Tommy Robredo
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Tommy Robredo
Country	Spain
Residence	Barcelona, Spain
Date of birth	May 1, 1982 (1982-05-01) (age 26)
Place of birth	Hostalric, Spain
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	75 kg (170 lb/11.8 st)
Turned pro	1998
Plays	Right-handed; one-handed backhand
Career prize money	$6,725,255
Singles
Career record:	327–199
Career titles:	7
Highest ranking:	No. 5 (28 August 2006)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	QF (2007)
French Open	QF (2003, 2005, 2007)
Wimbledon	3rd (2003)
US Open	4th (2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008)
Doubles
Career record:	78–112
Career titles:	2
Highest ranking:	No. 30 (27 September 2004)
Infobox last updated on: 29 September 2008.

This is a Spanish name; the first family name is Robredo and the second is Garcés.

Tommy Robredo Garcés (born 1 May 1982 in Hostalric, Girona) is a professional tennis player from Spain. On 8 May 2006, he broke into the world's top ten for the first time after rising to a rank of No. 10 in the world. His highest singles ranking to date is No. 5, which he first reached on 28 August 2006. He turned professional in 1998 and is currently coached by José Manuel "Pepo" Clavet, who has coached Àlex Corretja, Fernando Verdasco, and his brother Francisco Clavet. Robredo considers his forehand to be his best shot and red clay is his favorite surface.

Personal life

Robredo is named after the rock opera Tommy by The Who, of which his father is a big fan; however, he admits that he has not yet watched the movie in its entirety. In his free time he enjoys golf, mountain biking, riding his quad bike, or going down to the sea, and his favorite color is blue. He is an enthusiastic supporter of Futbol Club Barcelona and his favorite player is Carles Puyol. He is a big fan of the American television program 24.

Robredo's favorite foods are fish and other seafoods, particularly sushi and sashimi; he also is fond of sweet things and was formerly sponsored by the European sweets company HARIBO. He is currently sponsored by Sergio Tacchini for his sportswear, Dunlop for his tennis racquets, TW Steel watches, and the Ukrainian Food Company.

Robredo is known for his patrician good looks and a gentle, quiet personality; he readily admits to being a homebody. His native languages are Spanish and Catalan, and he also speaks English and French.

In May of 2006, Robredo publicly stated that he was no longer in a relationship with Argentinian tennis player Gisela Dulko. They had been dating for about a year.

Miscellaneous

Robredo's childhood tennis idol was Stefan Edberg, along with John McEnroe, Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, and various Spanish tennis players. He cites Arantxa Sánchez as his favorite female player among retired players; among recently active players his favorite male and female players are Roger Federer and Justine Henin.

Some fans refer to Robredo as "Disco Tommy" for the long, wavy hairstyle he began cultivating during the 2006 tennis season; after Robredo mentioned that he calls his coach "President Palmer" while his coach calls him "Jack Bauer" (from 24), fans also began referring to him as "Disco Jack."

2007 marked increased media exposure for Robredo. Besides posing nude for the July issue of the UK edition of Cosmopolitan, he was also recognized by the Spanish editions of Men's Health and Marie Claire, as well as People en Español.

Tennis career

Early years

Robredo began playing tennis regularly when he was five and his family moved to Olot, where his father Ángel became the director of the local tennis club, Club Natació Olot. (Robredo's mother Dolores is herself a former assistant coach.) He was coached by his father until 1996 when he joined the Spanish Tennis Federation at the Centre d'Alt Rendiment ("High Performance Center"), a famous center for professional sports training in Sant Cugat del Vallès. He turned professional in 1998.

As a junior player, Robredo won the Junior Orange Bowl 16-Under in both singles and doubles (with Marc López) in 1998. As a professional he made the singles and doubles finals of a Futures-level event, winning the doubles title with Pedro Cánovas. In 1999 he made the semifinals of the boys' event at the French Open and won a Futures tournament in singles as well as another in doubles. Earlier that year in Robredo's hometown tournament of Barcelona - his first event at the ATP Tour level - he recorded a fantastic win over Marat Safin, who was then ranked in the world's top thirty, before going on to lose to top ten player Todd Martin.

2000-2001

In 2000 Robredo reached the singles and doubles finals of the boys' event at Roland Garros, losing to Paul-Henri Mathieu in singles but winning the doubles with López. He also won the boy's doubles title at the Australian Open (with Nicolas Mahut) and won two Challenger-level tournaments, making the finals of a third and winning the doubles title in a fourth (with Michael Russell).

2001 was a breakthrough season for Robredo: He reached his first final at the ATP Tour level in Casablanca and won his first title on the main tour in Sopot. He also made the fourth round at two Grand Slams, losing to Yevgeny Kafelnikov at the French Open and winning a fantastic five-set match against world number five Juan Carlos Ferrero at the U.S. Open before losing to Andy Roddick. Robredo also made the semifinals of three other tour events, and by the end of 2001 he was the second youngest player to end the season inside the world's top thirty, behind Roddick.

2002-2003

Unlike the previous year, in 2002 Robredo was not able to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam tournament. However, he reached his first ATP Masters Series quarterfinal at the Rome Masters and quickly bettered that result by reaching his first Masters semifinal at Hamburg. Three additional semifinal results (at 's-Hertogenbosch, Båstad, and Stockholm) and a quarterfinal in Stuttgart helped Robredo end a second season ranked inside the world's top thirty. This season also saw Robredo pass the million-dollar mark in career earnings and make his debut in Spain's Davis Cup team against the United States.

Arguably, the highlight of Robredo's 2003 season was his run to the quarterfinal of the French Open. Robredo's result was notable in that he took out world number one Lleyton Hewitt in five sets and three-time French Open champion Gustavo Kuerten before eventually falling in a second five-set match to defending champion Albert Costa. Robredo remarked before his match against Costa: "I've beaten the ace, I've beaten the king," in reference to his wins over Hewitt and Kuerten. "Now I need to beat the jack, don't I? If I beat Costa, I'll have beaten the entire pack of cards."^[1] Despite not reaching a quarterfinal in any Masters Series event this season, strong showings in other tournaments, including three quarterfinals, three semifinals (one of which was a second Båstad semifinal), and a runner-up result in Stuttgart allowed Robredo to break into the world's top twenty for the first time in his career.

Robredo at the 2006 Australian Open.

2006-2007

2006 has been Robredo's best season to date. Shortly after reaching a career-high ranking of #10 in the world, he rose to #7 by winning his first ATP Masters Series title on 21 May at the Hamburg Masters, beating Radek Štěpánek in the final in straight sets. He then beat Nikolay Davydenko in straight sets in the Båstad final for his second title of the year. During 2006 Robredo also reached the fourth round of every Grand Slam tournament except Wimbledon; the final at Barcelona; three semifinals, including two at Masters events; and three quarterfinals, including one at a Masters event. After briefly peaking at an all-time high rank of #5, Robredo qualified for the year-ending Tennis Masters Cup (TMC) for the first time in his career. He did not advance past the round-robin stage at the TMC but did record a fantastic three-set victory over the tournament's eventual runner-up, James Blake.

In 2007 Robredo reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open for the first time, losing to world number one Roger Federer. Although no one at the tournament managed to win a set from Federer, Robredo and the eventual finalist Fernando González tied for the most number of games won against the world number one. He went on to lose another quarterfinal to Federer at the French Open; in that match Robredo became the first man since Andy Roddick in the 2006 U.S. Open to win a set from Federer in a Grand Slam tournament, snapping Federer's record winning streak of thirty-six consecutive sets in Grand Slam matches. Robredo later won his first title of the year by beating José Acasuso in straight sets at Sopot, the tournament where he had won his first ATP Tour title six years earlier.

2007 brought increased hardcourt success for Robredo: After years of contesting finals on red clay he reached the final of a tournament played on hardcourts for the first time at Auckland, followed by two more hardcourt finals at Beijing and Metz. He won the Metz title, defeating Andy Murray in three sets for his second title of the season. Despite reaching the semifinal of Estoril and six quarterfinals (including three Masters quarterfinals) in 2007, Robredo also lost his opening match at numerous events: At Dubai; at the Hamburg Masters and the Swedish Open where he was defending champion; and at three other Masters tournaments. He ended the year ranked #10 in the world - too low to compete at the TMC but high enough to attend as an alternate.

Robredo at the 2008 Indian Wells Masters.

2008

To date Robredo's current season has not been as successful as the previous two; he did not put together more than two back-to-back victories until the start of the European clay season in April, and his multiple losses to lower ranked players include his earliest loss at the French Open since 2002. However, he did win his first title of the year at Båstad, beating Tomáš Berdych in the final for his second Swedish Open title. He has also made the finals of the Orange Warsaw Open, the semifinals of the Valencia event, and the quarterfinals at Barcelona and the Rome Masters.

Robredo has had some doubles success this season, teaming up with compatriot Rafael Nadal to win his first doubles titles in four years by beating Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles at the Monte Carlo Masters. He also reached the semifinals of the Hamburg Masters with Leander Paes. Bhupathi, Knowles, and Paes are all former world number one doubles players.

Career statistics

ATP Masters Series singles finals (1)

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
2006	Hamburg	Radek Štěpánek	6–1, 6–3, 6–3

ATP Tour singles finals (14)

Wins (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	29 July 2001	Sopot, Poland	Clay	Albert Portas	1–6, 7–5, 7–6(2)
2.	2 May 2004	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Gastón Gaudio	6–3, 4–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
3.	21 May 2006	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Radek Štěpánek	6–1, 6–3, 6–3
4.	16 July 2006	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Nikolay Davydenko	6–2, 6–1
5.	5 August 2007	Sopot, Poland	Clay	José Acasuso	7–5, 6–0
6.	7 October 2007	Metz, France	Hard (i)	Andy Murray	0–6, 6–2, 6–3
7.	13 July 2008	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Tomáš Berdych	6–4, 6–1

Runners-up (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	15 April 2001	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Guillermo Cañas	7–5, 6–2
2.	20 July 2003	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Guillermo Coria	6–2, 6–2, 6–1
3.	1 May 2005	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Gastón Gaudio	6–1, 2–6, 6–1
4.	30 April 2006	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Rafael Nadal	6–4, 6–4, 6–0
5.	14 January 2007	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	David Ferrer	6–4, 6–2
6.	16 September 2007	Beijing, China	Hard (i)	Fernando González	6–1, 3–6, 6–1
7.	15 June 2008	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Nikolay Davydenko	6–3, 6–3

ATP Tour doubles finals (5)

Wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	5 January 2004	Chennai, India	Hard	Rafael Nadal	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	7–6(3), 4–6, 6–3
2.	27 April 2008	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Rafael Nadal	Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles	6–3, 6–3

Runners-up (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	29 April 2001	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Fernando Vicente	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	7–6(2), 6–4
2.	1 May 2005	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Juan Ignacio Chela	František Čermák Leoš Friedl	6–3, 6–4
3.	24 July 2005	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Mariano Hood	José Acasuso Sebastián Prieto	7–6(4), 6–3

Performance timeline

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only after a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current up to the end of the 2008 U.S. Open tournament.

(LQ = lost in qualifying draw)

References

External links

• Tommy Robredo at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Tommy Robredo at the International Tennis Federation
• Tommy Robredo at Davis Cup
• Official Site
• TommyRobredo.net (fansite)
• Tommy Robredo Fans (fan forum and newsgroup)
• Tommy Robredo Forum (fan forum)