Albert Ramos Viñolas (Spanish pronunciation: [alˈβeɾt ˈramoz βiˈɲolas];[lower-alpha 1][2] born 17 January 1988) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He is currently ranked in the top 40 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP),[3] and has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 17, achieved by reaching the final of the 2017 Monte Carlo Masters.

Albert Ramos Viñolas

Ramos Viñolas playing in the 2022 Monte Carlo Masters
Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Mataró, Spain
Born	(1988-01-17) 17 January 1988 (age 34) Barcelona, Spain
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2007
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	José María Díaz Noé Losmozos
Prize money	US$9,448,129
Singles
Career record	266–296 (47.3% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 17 (8 May 2017)
Current ranking	No. 52 (25 July 2022)[1]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2018)
French Open	QF (2016)
Wimbledon	3R (2016, 2017)
US Open	2R (2012, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022)
Doubles
Career record	28–138 (16.9% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 117 (5 March 2018)
Current ranking	No. 329 (18 July 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2018)
French Open	2R (2022)
Wimbledon	1R (2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022)
US Open	2R (2013, 2019)
Last updated on: 18 July 2022.

Playing style

Ramos-Viñolas has a baseline game, comparable to compatriot Rafael Nadal. He is a counterpuncher who uses a heavy topspin game to grind opponents down. He has a heavy topspin forehand, which is his strongest shot to move opponents around the court. He can also flatten out his forehand to produce clean winners. Both wings are capable of producing winners, but his flatter forehand can produce many unforced errors. He has an accurate first serve, which he uses to then set up his next shot. His first serve can break down when under pressure. He is a strong mover around the court, and he makes net approaches often. He also plays with a lot of variety, using slices and drop-shots to mix up his game. He has most success on clay where he won all of his career titles and reached the quarterfinals of 2016 French Open and advanced to his first Masters 1000 final.

Tennis career

Junior career

Ramos Viñolas has participated in the finals of six Futures tournaments, four of which he won. He lost in the finals of two ATP Challenger Tour tournaments (in Seville against his compatriot Pere Riba and in Palermo against Romanian player Adrian Ungur). In 2010 he won his first Challenger final in San Sebastián, defeating Benoît Paire.

2010: First tournaments on the ATP World Tour

As World No. 167, Albert Ramos Viñolas began 2010 nearly 300 positions higher than the start of the previous season. He lost in the qualifying rounds of Doha, Sydney and the Australian Open before returning to Challenger tournaments for the next three months. After qualifying into the main draw of the Barcelona Open, and securing a straight sets victory in the first round, Ramos Viñolas defeated World No. 12 Fernando González in three close sets. Despite losing to Ernests Gulbis in the third round, his upset over Gonzalez increased his confidence going forward.

Successive losses in the qualifying rounds of the French Open, and Wimbledon led to a dip in his rankings, however success at the San Sebastian, Seville and various other Challenger tournaments, gave Ramos Viñolas a ranking of World No. 123 to finish off his season.

2011: Cracking the Top 100

Ramos Viñolas played a combination of ATP World Tour events, and Challenger tournaments over the course of 2011. Second round losses at the Chile and Argentina Open to Fabio Fognini, and Tommy Robredo respectively, gave Ramos Viñolas direct entrance into his first ATP tournaments. He tasted his first grand slam success at the French Open after a first round victory over Javier Marti. He lost to eventual quarterfinalist and World No. 5 Robin Söderling in the second round.

After victories in Milan and again at the San Sebastian Challenger, Ramos Viñolas made it to his first ATP Quarterfinal at the Romanian Open, losing to Florian Mayer in straight sets. His performance in Bucharest allowed Ramos Viñolas' ranking to peak below 100 at World No. 87. Following an impressive win over Marin Cilic in the first round of the Shanghai Masters, Ramos Viñolas finished his year at World No. 66.

2012: First ATP final and continued success

At the 2012 Indian Wells Masters, he won over Richard Gasquet to reach the third round, where he fell to Pablo Andújar. At the 2012 Miami Masters, he defeated world no. 15 player Feliciano López, then lost to Gasquet in the third round. His lone ATP final came in the 2012 Grand Prix Hassan II in Casablanca, which he lost to reigning champion Andújar in an all-Spanish affair.[4]

2013: Mixed results and minor setbacks

At the 2013 Miami Masters, Ramos Viñolas beat world no. 14 Juan Mónaco and former world no. 4 James Blake to reach the fourth round, where he lost to Jürgen Melzer. At the 2013 Barcelona Open, he defeated Jerzy Janowicz and world no. 15 Kei Nishikori, after which Rafael Nadal defeated him in the quarterfinals.

2014: Struggles with form

2015: Resurgence to his previous best

At the 2015 Shanghai Rolex Masters, Ramos Viñolas defeated world No. 2 Roger Federer in three sets to reach the third round, where he fell to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.[5]

2016: First Grand Slam quarterfinal and first ATP title

At the 2016 French Open, Ramos Viñolas advanced to the quarterfinals by defeating eighth seed Milos Raonic in straight sets in the fourth round.[6] He then lost in straight sets to third seed Stan Wawrinka.[7] Later that year at Wimbledon, he defeated Vasek Pospisil in four sets, and then 25th seed Viktor Troicki, to reach the third round for the first time.

Ramos Viñolas next played at the Swedish Open as the third seed. He defeated Roberto Carballés Baena in straight sets, and then beat Andrea Arnaboldi in three sets. In the semifinals, he defeated top seed David Ferrer in straight sets. He won his first ATP title when he defeated fifth seed Fernando Verdasco in the final in straight sets.

He continued his good form for the year by reaching the final in Chengdu, where he lost to the young Russian Karen Khachanov in three sets.

2017: First Masters 1000 Final and top 20 debut

Ramos Viñolas reached the final of the 2017 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters, beating top seed Andy Murray, 5th seed Marin Cilic, 11th seed Lucas Pouille in the 4th round, quarterfinal and semifinal respectively en route to the championship match, where he lost to the 9 times tournament champion Rafael Nadal. He reached his career-high of world No. 17 on 8 May 2017, following a quarterfinal run at the 2017 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell where he was defeated by the top seed Andy Murray.

2018-2019: Second ATP title

At the 2018 Australian Open he reached the third round, his best showing at this Grand Slam, where he was defeated by the 14th seed Novak Djokovic.

He won his second title on clay at the 2019 Swiss Open Gstaad in July and reached in the same month his 7th final on clay at the 2019 Generali Open Kitzbühel in Austria, where he lost to top seed Dominic Thiem.

2020-2021: Third ATP title, return to top 40

Ramos Viñolas reached the finals of two ATP tournaments on clay at the 2021 Córdoba Open, where he was defeated by first time qualifier Argentine Juan Manuel Cerundolo ranked No. 335, and at the 2021 Estoril Open, without losing a set reaching his 10th career final and third ATP title on clay defeating Brit Cameron Norrie in three sets.[8][9] As a result he returned to the top 40 on 3 May 2021, for the first time since March 2020.[10]

2022: Fourth ATP title

Ramos Viñolas won his fourth career title at the 2022 Córdoba Open where he defeated Chilean Alejandro Tabilo 4-6, 6-3, 6-4, coming back from a break deficit in the second set and a double break deficit in the third set.[11]

Performance timelines

Singles

Current through the 2022 Miami Open.

Doubles

Significant finals

Masters 1000 finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner–up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	2017	Monte-Carlo Masters	Clay	Rafael Nadal	1–6, 3–6

ATP career finals

Singles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2012	Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco	250 Series	Clay	Pablo Andújar	1–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win	1–1	Jul 2016	Swedish Open, Sweden	250 Series	Clay	Fernando Verdasco	6–3, 6–4
Loss	1–2	Oct 2016	Chengdu Open, China	250 Series	Hard	Karen Khachanov	7–6(7–4), 6–7(3–7), 3–6
Loss	1–3	Mar 2017	Brasil Open, Brazil	250 Series	Clay	Pablo Cuevas	7–6(7–3), 4–6, 4–6
Loss	1–4	Apr 2017	Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco	Masters 1000	Clay	Rafael Nadal	1–6, 3–6
Loss	1–5	Feb 2018	Ecuador Open, Ecuador	250 Series	Clay	Roberto Carballés Baena	3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win	2–5	Jul 2019	Swiss Open Gstaad, Switzerland	250 Series	Clay	Cedrik-Marcel Stebe	6–3, 6–2
Loss	2–6	Jul 2019	Austrian Open, Austria	250 Series	Clay	Dominic Thiem	6–7(0–7), 1–6
Loss	2–7	Feb 2021	Córdoba Open, Argentina	250 Series	Clay	Juan Manuel Cerúndolo	0–6, 6–2, 2–6
Win	3–7	May 2021	Estoril Open, Portugal	250 Series	Clay	Cameron Norrie	4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win	4–7	Feb 2022	Córdoba Open, Argentina	250 Series	Clay	Alejandro Tabilo	4–6, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2013	Swedish Open, Sweden	250 Series	Clay	Carlos Berlocq	Nicholas Monroe Simon Stadler	2–6, 6–3, [3–10]

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 19 (11–8)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponents	Score
Loss	0-1	Jun 2006	Spain F20, Santa Cruz de Tenerife	Futures	Hard	Adrian Mannarino	0–6, 2–6
Loss	0-2	May 2008	Spain F21, Maspalomas	Futures	Clay	David Diaz-Ventura	5–7, 3–6
Win	1-2	Jul 2008	Spain F25, Alicante	Futures	Clay	Mounir El Aarej	4–6, 5–0 ret.
Win	2-2	Mar 2009	Spain F9, Badalona	Futures	Clay	Roberto Bautista Agut	6–4, 6–4
Win	3-2	May 2009	Spain F15, Balaguer	Futures	Clay	Roberto Bautista Agut	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Win	4-2	May 2009	Spain F16, Lleida	Futures	Clay	Pablo Santos-Gonzalez	6–2, 6–3
Loss	4-3	Sep 2009	Seville, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Pere Riba	6–7(2–7), 2–6
Loss	4-4	Sep 2009	Palermo, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Adrian Ungur	4–6, 4–6
Win	5-4	Aug 2010	San Sebastián, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Benoît Paire	6–4, 6–2
Win	6-4	Sep 2010	Seville, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Pere Riba	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Win	7-4	Jun 2011	Milan, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Evgeny Korolev	6–4, 3–0, ret.
Loss	7-5	Jun 2011	Turin, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Carlos Berlocq	4–6, 3–6
Win	8-5	Aug 2011	San Sebastián, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Pere Riba	6–1, 6–2
Win	9-5	Jun 2014	Milan, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Pere Riba	6–3, 7–5
Loss	9-6	Jun 2014	Padova, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Máximo González	3–6, 4–6
Win	10-6	Sep 2014	Genoa, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Mate Delić	6–1, 7–5
Loss	10-7	Sep 2014	Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Challenger	Clay	Viktor Troicki	5–7, 6–4, 5–7
Loss	10-8	Sep 2014	Kenitra, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	Daniel Gimeno-Traver	3–6, 4–6
Win	11-8	Jul 2015	San Benedetto, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Alessandro Giannessi	6–2, 6–4

Doubles: 5 (1–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2007	Spain F26	Futures	Clay	Georgi Rumenov Payakov	Mariano Albert-Ferrando Guillermo Olaso	7–6(7–2), 6-7(5-7), 4–6
Win	1–1	Mar 2008	Spain F12	Futures	Clay	Guillermo Olaso	Rui Machado Andoni Vivanco-Guzmán	6–3, 6–4
Loss	1–2	Oct 2008	Spain F40	Futures	Clay	David Canudas-Fernandez	Miles Armstrong Photos Kallias	3–6, 1–6
Loss	1–3	Aug 2009	Vigo, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Pedro Clar	Thiemo de Bakker Raemon Sluiter	6–7(5–7), 2–6
Loss	1–4	Aug 2009	San Sebastián, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Pedro Clar	Jonathan Eysseric Romain Jouan	5–7, 3–6

Record against top 10 players

Ramos' match record against those who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who have been No. 1 in bold (ATP World Tour, Grand Slam and Davis Cup main draw matches).

* As of 27 October 2021^[update]

Wins over top-10 players

• Ramos has an 8–46 (14.8%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	ARVR
2015
1.	Roger Federer	3	Shanghai Masters, China	Hard	2R	7–6(7–4), 2–6, 6–3	70
2016
2.	Milos Raonic	9	French Open, France	Clay	4R	6–2, 6–4, 6–4	55
3.	Dominic Thiem	10	Chengdu Open, China	Hard	QF	6–1, 6–4	31
2017
4.	Andy Murray	1	Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco	Clay	3R	2–6, 6–2, 7–5	24
5.	Marin Čilić	8	Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco	Clay	QF	6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–2	24
2018
6.	John Isner	9	Rome Masters, Italy	Clay	2R	6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–5)	41
2021
7.	Diego Schwartzman	9	Córdoba Open, Argentina	Clay	QF	6–1, 4–6, 6–3	47
2022
8.	Cameron Norrie	10	Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco	Clay	2R	6–4, 2–6, 6–4	37

Equipment and wear

He currently uses Babolat racquets and wears Joma clothes and footwear after ending his contract with Lacoste this year.

Personal life

His sister Anna played college tennis at the University of the Pacific.[12] He married Helena Martí in November 2017, and they had a daughter born in August 2020.[13][14]

Notes

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Albert Ramos.

• Albert Ramos Viñolas at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Albert Ramos Viñolas at the International Tennis Federation
• Albert Ramos Viñolas at the Davis Cup
• Albert Ramos Viñolas (and here) at the Comité Olímpico Español (in Spanish)
• Albert Ramos Viñolas at the International Olympic Committee
• Alberto Ramos at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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