Albert Montañés Roca (, ; born 26 November 1980) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He first entered the top 100 in 2001, achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 22 in 2010, and has won six singles titles and two doubles titles.
Montañés is one of very few players to win a title after saving match points in two different matches. He did it during his title run in Estoril 2009 in his quarterfinals and the final. He holds the record for most first-round exits at Grand Slam events; 35 reached at Wimbledon in 2016, beating Kenneth Carlsen's long standing record of 30 first-round exits. Montañés' career ended at the 2017 Barcelona Open, where he lost to countryman Feliciano López in the second round.
ATP career finals
Singles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–1)ATP World Tour 250 Series (6–4)Titles by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (6–5)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Titles by settingOutdoor (6–5)Indoor (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Romanian Open, RomaniaInternationalClay Younes El Aynaoui6–7(5–7), 6–7(2–7)Loss0–2Valencia Open, SpainInternationalClay Fernando Verdasco6–7(5–7), 3–6Loss0–3Mexican Open, MexicoIntl. GoldClay Rafael Nadal1–6, 0–6Loss0–4Grand Prix Hassan II, MoroccoInternationalClay Paul-Henri Mathieu1–6, 1–6Win1–4Dutch Open, NetherlandsInternationalClay Steve Darcis1–6, 7–5, 6–3Win2–4Estoril Open, Portugal250 SeriesClay James Blake5–7, 7–6(8–6), 6–0Win3–4Romanian Open, Romania250 SeriesClay Juan Mónaco7–6(7–2), 7–6(8–6)Win4–4Estoril Open, Portugal (2)250 SeriesClay Fred Gil6–2, 6–7(4–7), 7–5Win5–4Stuttgart Open, Germany250 SeriesClay Gaël Monfils6–2, 1–2 ret.Loss5–5Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria250 SeriesClay Robin Haase4–6, 6–4, 1–6Win6–5Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, France250 SeriesClay Gaël Monfils6–0, 7–6(7–3)
Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)ATP World Tour 250 Series (2–4)Titles by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (1–4)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Titles by settingOutdoor (2–4)Indoor (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Chile Open, ChileInternationalClay Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Paul Capdeville Óscar Hernández6–4, 4–6, [6–10]Loss0–2Brasil Open, BrasilInternationalClay Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Lukáš Dlouhý Pavel Vízner2–6, 6–7(4–7)Loss0–3Argentina Open, ArgentinaInternationalClay Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Martín García Sebastián Prieto4–6, 2–6Loss0–4Brasil Open, BrasilInternationalClay Santiago Ventura Bertomeu Marcelo Melo André Sá6–4, 2–6, [7–10]Win1–4Grand Prix Hassan II, MoroccoInternationalClay Santiago Ventura Bertomeu James Cerretani Todd Perry6–1, 6–2Win2–4Qatar Open, Qatar250 SeriesHard Guillermo García López František Čermák Michal Mertiňák6–4, 7–5
Performance timelines
Singles Tournament2001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016W–LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenA1R2R1R1R1R1R1R1R3R2R1R1R1RAA4–13French Open3R3R1RA2R3R3R2R1R3R4R1R2R1RQ21R16–14WimbledonA1R1R2R1R1R1R2R3R3R1R1R1RAQ11R6–13US OpenA1R1R1R2R1R1R1R1R4R1R1R1R1RQ3Q24–13Win–loss2–12–41–41–32–42–42–42–42–49–44–40–41–40–30–00–230–53ATP World Tour Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersAAAAAAA1R2R3R4RAAAAA4–4Miami MastersA2R1RAA2R1R2R2R2R2RAA2RAA5–9Monte-Carlo MastersA1RAA2RAAQ23RQF2R2R2R2RQ2A10–8Rome MastersA3RAA1RA2RA2R1R1RQ12RQ1AA5–7Madrid 1A1RAAAAAQF1R1R1R1RAAAQ13–6Canada MastersAAAAAAAAAA1RAAAAA0–1Cincinnati MastersAAAAAAAAAA1RAAAAA0–1Shanghai 2AAAAAA1R1RA1R2RA1RAAA1–5Paris MastersAAAAAA1RA2R1RAAAAAA1–3Win–loss0–03–40–10–01–21–11–44–46–64–75–81–22–32–20–00–030–44Career statisticsTitles–Finals0–10–00–00–10–10–00–11–12–22–20–10–00–10–00–00–06–11Year-end ranking65788199718546453125539663108116164 1 Held as Hamburg Masters (outdoor clay) until 2008, Madrid Masters (outdoor clay) 2009–present. 2 Held as Stuttgart Masters (indoor hard) until 2001, Madrid Masters (indoor hard) from 2002 to 2008, and Shanghai Masters (outdoor hard) 2009–present.
Doubles Tournament20032004200520062007200820092010201120122013W–LGrand Slam tournaments Australian Open1RAA1RA1R1R2R1R1RA1–7French OpenA1RAA1R2R1R1R1R1RA1–7WimbledonA1RAA1R1R1R1R1RAA0–6 US OpenAAA1R1R1R2R1R1RA2R2–7Win–loss0–10–20–00–20–31–41–41–40–40–21–14–27
Top 10 Wins per season Season1999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017TotalWins00010000101200100006
Wins over Top 10s per season #PlayerRankEventSurfaceRdScore20021. Gustavo Kuerten2Rome, ItalyClay2R6–4, 3–6, 6–120072. Fernando González5Viña del Mar, ChileClayQF6–3, 3–6, 6–420093. Gilles Simon8Estoril, PortugalClayQF5–7, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)20104. Marin Čilić9Monte-Carlo, MonacoClay3R6–4, 6–45. Roger Federer1Estoril, PortugalClaySF6–2, 7–6(7–5)20136. Richard Gasquet9Umag, CroatiaClay2R6–4, 6–4
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