Rajeev Ram(Usa)
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RAJEEV RAM (USA) www.entourajforkids.org @RajeevRam Rajeev Ram @rajeevram318 Date of Birth: March 18, 1984 Career Win-Loss: 55-91 Birthplace: Denver, CO, USA Career Win-Loss vs. Top 10: 0-7 Residence: Carmel, IN, USA Career 5-set Record: 0-5 Height: 1.93m (6’4”) Career Prize Money: $3,544,911 Weight: 81kg (180lbs) Highest Emirates ATP Ranking: Plays: Right-handed 56 (April 18, 2016) One-handed backhand Highest Emirates ATP Doubles Ranking: 14 (November 21, 2016) EMIRATES ATP RANKING HISTORY (W-L) junior doubles final w/Baker (l. to Mergea/Tecau). 2016: 128 (12-18) 2010: 185 (6-18) 2004: 290 (1-3) > ATP Masters 1000: Reached ATP Masters 1000 3R for 1st time at 2016 Toronto (d. Gulbis and Pouille, l. to Nishikori). 2015: 89 (7-6) 2009: 79 (8-6) 2003: 385 (1-1) Also reached 2R at 2016 Indian Wells (l. to Tomic) and 2016 2014: 2008: 2002: 140 (3-7) 195 (2-4) 838 (0-1) Miami (w/o vs. Berdych). Recovered from illness and 2013: 127 (4-11) 2007: 234 (0-1) 2001: T1379 (0-0) advanced to 2016 Miami doubles final w/Klaasen (d. J. 2012: 134 (7-9) 2006: 202 (0-1) Murray/Soares in 1R, l. to Herbert/Mahut). 2011: 149 (2-3) 2005: 199 (2-2) > Olympics: Earned silver medal in mixed doubles at 2016 Rio Olympics w/V. Williams (d. Rojer/Bertens in 1R after 2016 HIGHLIGHTS saving 2 MPs, l. to Sock/Mattek-Sands). Named to Team Prize Money: $923,408 USA when Bryans withdrew 6 days before Olympics began. Win-Loss: 12-18 (singles), 37-25 (doubles) Challenger: 2-2 (singles), 0-1 (doubles) CAREER TITLES (2): 2015 (1) – Newport(G); Singles Finalist: Delray Beach 2009 (1) – Newport(G). FINALIST (1): 2016 (1) – Delray Doubles Winner: Halle, Chengdu Beach(H). CAREER DOUBLES TITLES (10). FINALIST (8). Finalist: Miami, Geneva, Tokyo, ATP Finals Semi-finalist: Chennai, Wimbledon (all w/Klaasen) GRAND SLAM HISTORY (Career W-L: 5-17) Career 16 15 13 12 10 09 08 05 04 CAREER Aus. Open 2-4 2R — 2R — 1R — 1R — — > Ranking: The American achieved career-high rankings Roland Garros 0-2 1R — — — 1R — — — — during 2016 season in singles (No. 56 on Apr. 18) and Wimbledon 1-4 1R — 2R — 1R 1R — — — doubles (No. 14 on Nov. 21). Set new career-high doubles US Open 2-7 1R 2R 2R 1R — 1R — 1R 1R ranking 8 times in 2016. Ended year at No. 6 in team Doubles. US Open: Mixed: 2016 – F (w/Vandeweghe) rankings w/Klaasen. > ATP Finals: Debuted in 2016 by reaching final w/Klaasen ATP FINALS HISTORY (d. Murray/Soares, l. to Kontinen/Peers). First American Career 16 finalist other than Bryans since 2001 champion Leach. 3-2 F (w/Klaasen) > Milestones: Captured both of his ATP singles titles at Newport - as 181st-ranked LL in 2009 (d. Querrey) and ATP WORLD TOUR MASTERS 1000 HISTORY World No. 161 in 2015 (d. Karlovic 76 in 3rd). Also in 2015, (Career W-L: 4-10) saved MPs and beat both Isner and Mannarino 76 in 3rd. Career 16 15 14 13 12 10 08 06 Winner of 10 ATP doubles titles, including 2009 Newport Indian Wells 1-3 2R — 1R — — 1R — — w/Kerr (d. Kohlmann/Wassen) and back-to-back at Miami 1-3 2R — — 1R 1R 1R — — Halle w/Klaasen in 2015 (d. Bopanna/Mergea) and 2016 Canada 2-2 3R — — — — — — 1R (d. Bryan/Bryan and Kubot/Peya). Boasts 7 singles and Cincinnati 0-2 — 1R — — — — 1R — 27 doubles titles on ATP Challenger Tour. Owns singles records of 17-6 at Newport and 38-85 at all other PERSONAL tour-level events. Won career-high 12 singles and 37 > Began playing tennis at age 4 doubles matches in 2016. Made ATP singles debut near > Father, Raghav, is a biologist; mother, Sushma, is a hometown at 2002 Indianapolis as WC (l. to Massu) and scientific technician earned 1st win at 2003 Indianapolis as WC (d. I. Levine). > Played at Carmel (Indiana) High School, earning > Grand Slam: Reached 2R of Grand Slam 5 times in All-State honors and winning state singles title singles, most recently at 2016 Australian Open (d. > In college, helped University of Illinois to 32-0 season and Anderson, l. to Robert 75 in 5th). In doubles, advanced NCAA team title in 2003. Also won 2003 NCAA doubles to SFs at 2014 US Open w/Lipsky (d. Butorac/Klaasen; l. title w/Wilson (d. Maiberger/Redondo of San Diego State) to Bryan/Bryan) and 2016 Wimbledon w/Klaasen (d. > Admired Boris Becker and Pete Sampras growing up Bryan/Bryan, l. to Benneteau/Roger-Vasselin). > Favourite play is serve-and-volley and surface is grass Reached 1st Grand Slam final in mixed doubles at 2016 > Enjoys playing golf and table tennis US Open w/Vandeweghe (d. Paes/Hingis in 2R, l. to > Member of ATP Player Council for 2016-18 term Pavic/Siegemund). Advanced to 2002 Wimbledon > Coached by Bryan Smith 134 For updated player bios throughout the season, please visit ALBERT RAMOS-VIÑOLAS (ESP) @albertramos88 Albert Ramos @albertramosvinolas Date of Birth: January 17, 1988 Career Win-Loss: 123-147 Birthplace: Barcelona, Spain Career Win-Loss vs. Top 10: 3-24 Residence: Mataro, Spain Career 5-set Record: 4-3 Height: 1.88m (6’2”) Career Prize Money: $3,643,951 Weight: 80kg (177lbs) Highest Emirates ATP Ranking: Plays: Left-handed 26 (October 24, 2016) Two-handed backhand Highest Emirates ATP Doubles Ranking: 202 (November 4, 2013) EMIRATES ATP RANKING HISTORY (W-L) Martin in 5 sets, l. to Söderling in 2R). Suffered 2016: 27 (34-31) 2011: 66 (13-16) 2006: T779 (0-0) 10-match losing streak at Grand Slams from 2012 US Open to 2015 Wimbledon. 2015: 54 (16-23) 2010: 123 (2-4) 2005: T1254 (0-0) > ATP Masters 1000: Reached R16 twice at ATP Masters 2014: 2009: 2004: 63 (13-20) 168 (0-0) T1447 (0-0) 1000 events: 2013 Miami (d. Blake, l. to Melzer) and 2015 2013: 82 (20-23) 2008: 452 (0-0) Shanghai as Q (d. Federer, l. to Tsonga). Win over No. 3 2012: 51 (25-30) 2007: 707 (0-0) Federer was 1st vs. Top 10 player and remains biggest of career by ranking. Also reached 3R at 2012 Indian Wells 2016 HIGHLIGHTS (d. Gasquet, l. to Andujar), 2012 Miami (d. Lopez, l. to Prize Money: $1,239,704 Gasquet), 2015 Indian Wells (d. Benneteau, l. to No. 1 Win-Loss: 34-31 (singles), 2-16 (doubles) Djokovic) and 2016 Indian Wells (d. Kyrgios, l. to Singles Winner: Båstad Monfils). Finalist: Chengdu Semi-finalist: Quito CAREER TITLES (1): 2016 (1) - Båstad(CL). FINALIST (2): Quarter-finalist: Istanbul, Roland Garros, Gstaad, 2016 (1) – Chengdu(H); 2012 (1) – Casablanca(CL). Moscow, Vienna CAREER DOUBLES FINALIST (1). CAREER GRAND SLAM HISTORY (Career W-L: 11-21) > Ranking: The Spaniard has finished 6 straight seasons Career 16 15 14 13 12 11 in Top 100 (2011-16) and improved year-end ranking in 3 Aus. Open 1-5 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R — straight seasons (2014-16). One of 4 left-handed Roland Garros 5-6 QF 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R Spaniards in 2016 year-end Top 50. Achieved Wimbledon 3-4 3R 2R — 1R 1R — career-high No. 26 on Oct. 24, 2016 after advancing to US Open 2-6 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R Moscow QF (l. to Fognini). Broke into Top 50 on Apr. 16, 2012 after reaching Casablanca final. Cracked Top 100 ATP WORLD TOUR MASTERS 1000 HISTORY on June 13, 2011 and won Milan, ITA Challenger title (Career W-L: 27-28) later that week (d. Korolev). Peaked at No. 9 in junior Career 16 15 14 13 12 11 rankings on Mar. 27, 2006. Indian Wells 7-4 3R 3R — 2R 3R — > Milestones: Captured 1st ATP World Tour singles title at Miami 7-4 2R 2R — 4R 3R — 2016 Båstad, beating countrymen Carballes Baena, Monte-Carlo 3-5 1R 2R 2R 2R 1R — Ferrer and Verdasco in straight sets. Also reached Madrid 3-4 2R 2R 2R — 1R — finals at 2012 Casablanca (l. to Andujar) and 2016 Rome 2-3 2R — — 2R 1R — Chengdu (d. Thiem in QF, l. to Khachanov). Advanced to Cincinnati 0-2 1R — — — 1R — 1st doubles final at 2013 Båstad w/Berlocq (d. Marrero/ Shanghai 3-4 1R 3R — — 1R 2R Verdasco in QF, l. to Monroe/Stadler). Winner of 7 Paris 2-2 2R — — — 2R — Challenger and 4 Futures singles titles, most recently sweeping all 10 sets at 2015 San Benedetto, ITA PERSONAL Challenger (d. Giannessi). Posted double-digit ATP win > Began playing tennis at age 5 because of his father, who totals in 6 straight seasons (2011-16), highlighted by played at the local club in Mataro 34-win effort in 2016. Owns 100+ wins on ATP World > Father, Guzman, is a dentist; mother, Leonor; brother, Tour (123-147), ATP Challenger Tour (135-64) and ITF Eduard; sister, Anna Futures Circuit (103-71). Made winning ATP debut at > Favourite surface is clay and favourite shot is forehand 2010 Barcelona as Q (d. Russell and F. Gonzalez, l. to > When not on the tour, enjoys spending time with friends Gulbis in 3R). and family > Grand Slams: Advanced to 3R, 4R and QF of a Grand > Big fan of FC Barcelona and likes to go to Camp Nou Slam for 1st time at 2016 Roland Garros (d. Sock in 5 sets when he gets a chance and Raonic, l. to Wawrinka). Also advanced to 2016 > Pursuing an online business administration degree Wimbledon 3R (d.