Daniel Gimeno-Traver
Daniel Gimeno-Traver (born 7 August 1985) is a professional Spanish tennis player who turned pro in 2004, when he was eighteen years old. He reached the final of Casablanca in 2015 and has won 12 Challenger Tour events, achieving a career-high singles ranking of World No. 48 in March 2013.
Personal life
Daniel Gimeno-Traver was born 7 August 1985 in Valencia, Spain. He is the son of Javier, a chemist, and Marisol, a nurse, and is the second of four brothers, Carlos, Miguel and Víctor being his siblings.
Tennis career
Gimeno-Traver started playing tennis at the age of 2. He prefers to play on clay and is currently coached by Israel Sevilla.
Juniors
As a junior he won the European Championships in 2003 beating Marcos Baghdatis in Switzerland. Gimeno-Traver won a further 5 junior titles, compiling a singles win/loss record of 51–10 and reaching as high as No. 4 in the junior world rankings in May 2003. He also beat Novak Djokovic on the way to a quarter-final place at Roland Garros, losing to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
Junior Slam results:
Australian Open: -
French Open: QF (2003)
Wimbledon: 1R (2003)
US Open: 3R (2003)
Pro tour
Gimeno-Traver reached ATP World Tour semifinals at Stuttgart and Gstaad in 2010, St. Petersburg in 2012 and Oeiras in 2014. His best Grand Slam performance was at the 2010 US Open, when he beat Jarkko Nieminen and Jérémy Chardy to reach the third round.
At the 2015 Grand Prix Hassan II, Gimeno-Traver defeated seeded players Mikhail Kukushkin and Jiří Veselý to reach his first ATP 250 final, where he lost to Martin Kližan.
ATP career finals
Tournament (W–R) | Singles | Doubles |
Grand Slam tournaments | 0–0 | 0–0 |
ATP World Tour Finals | 0–0 | 0–0 |
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
ATP World Tour 500 Series | 0–0 | 0–0 |
ATP World Tour 250 Series | 0–1 | 1–1 |
|
Surface (W–R) | Singles | Doubles |
Hard | 0–0 | 0–0 |
Clay | 0–1 | 1–1 |
Grass | 0–0 | 0–0 |
Carpet | 0–0 | 0–0 |
|
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Challenger career finals
Singles (13–8)
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
1. |
9 August 2004 |
Cordenons |
Clay |
Daniel Köllerer |
4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
2. |
12 May 2008 |
Aarhus |
Clay |
Éric Prodon |
7–5, 7–5 |
3. |
1 September 2008 |
Brasov |
Clay |
Alexander Flock |
4–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
4. |
14 September 2009 |
Banja Luka |
Clay |
Julian Reister |
6–4, 6–1 |
5. |
5 October 2009 |
Tarragona |
Clay |
Paolo Lorenzi |
6–4, 6–0 |
6. |
2 August 2010 |
Segovia |
Hard |
Adrian Mannarino |
6–4, 7–6(7–2) |
7. |
11 September 2011 |
Sevilla |
Clay |
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo |
6–3, 6–3 |
8. |
17 June 2012 |
Monza |
Clay |
Albert Montañés |
6–2, 4–6, 6–4 |
9. |
10 September 2012 |
Sevilla |
Clay |
Tommy Robredo |
6–3, 6–2 |
10. |
30 September 2012 |
Madrid |
Clay |
Jan-Lennard Struff |
6–4, 6–2 |
11. |
2 September 2013 |
Alphen aan den Rijn |
Clay |
Thomas Schoorel |
6-2, 6-4 |
12. |
10 September 2013 |
Sevilla |
Clay |
Stephane Robert |
6-4, 7-6(7–2) |
13. |
28 September 2014 |
Kenitra |
Clay |
Albert Ramos |
6-3, 6-4 |
Runners-up
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
1. |
5 September 2005 |
Brasov |
Clay |
Daniel Elsner |
5–7, 2–6 |
2. |
5 November 2007 |
Guayaquil |
Clay |
Nicolás Lapentti |
3–6, 7–6(6), 5–7 |
3. |
10 March 2008 |
Tanger |
Clay |
Marcel Granollers |
4–6, 4–6 |
4. |
15 September 2008 |
Banja Luka |
Clay |
Ilija Bozoljac |
4–6, 4–6 |
5. |
12 October 2009 |
Asunción |
Clay |
Ramón Delgado |
6–7(2–7), 6–1, 3–6 |
6. |
5 July 2010 |
San Benedetto |
Clay |
Carlos Berlocq |
3–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
7. |
2 October 2011 |
Madrid |
Clay |
Jérémy Chardy |
1–6, 7–5, 6–7(3–7) |
8. |
12 August 2012 |
Cordenos |
Clay |
Paolo Lorenzi |
6–7(5–7), 3–6 |
Doubles (3–6)
Runners-up
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
1. |
15 August 2005 |
Cordenons, Italy |
Clay |
Melle van Gemerden |
Daniel Köllerer
Oliver Marach |
WEA (no winner) |
2. |
13 October 2008 |
Montevideo, Uruguay |
Clay |
Rubén Ramírez |
Franco Ferreiro
Flávio Saretta |
3–6, 2–6 |
3. |
19 September 2009 |
Florianópolis, Brazil |
Clay |
Pere Riba |
Tomasz Bednarek
Mateusz Kowalczyk |
1–6, 4–6 |
4. |
20 August 2011 |
San Sebastián, Spain |
Clay |
Israel Sevilla |
Stefano Ianni
Simone Vagnozzi |
3–6, 4–6 |
5. |
1 October 2011 |
Madrid, Spain |
Clay |
Morgan Phillips |
David Marrero
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo |
4–6, 7–6(10–8), [9–11] |
6. |
10 June 2012 |
Caltanissetta, Italy |
Clay |
Iván Navarro |
Marcel Felder
Antonio Veić |
7–5, 6–7(5–7), [6–10] |
Current till 2015 US Open.
Singles
Doubles
References
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