Albert Montañés
Albert Montañés Roca is a retired professional tennis player from Spain.
He first entered the top 100 in 2001. He 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 the 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 quarter-finals and the final.
He holds the record for most first-round exits at Grand Slam events; 33 reached at 2014 US Open, beating Kenneth Carlsen's long standing record of 30 first-round exits.
His career ended at the 2017 Barcelona Open. He was awarded a wild card to participate in the event and reached the second round, where he lost to fellow countryman Feliciano López 6–2, 6–2.
ATP career finals
Singles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner-ups)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Loss | 0–1 | 2001 Gelsor Open Romania – Singles| | Romanian Open, Romania | International | Clay | Younes El Aynaoui | 6–7, 6–7 |
Loss | 0–2 | 2004 Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana – Singles| | Valencia Open, Spain | International | Clay | Fernando Verdasco | 6–7, 3–6 |
Loss | 0–3 | 2005 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Men's Singles| | Mexican Open, Mexico | Intl. Gold | Clay | Rafael Nadal | 1–6, 0–6 |
Loss | 0–4 | 2007 Grand Prix Hassan II – Singles| | Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco | International | Clay | Paul-Henri Mathieu | 1–6, 1–6 |
Win | 1–4 | 2008 Dutch Open – Singles| | Dutch Open, Netherlands | International | Clay | Steve Darcis | 1–6, 7–5, 6–3 |
Win | 2–4 | 2009 Estoril Open – Men's Singles| | Estoril Open, Portugal | 250 Series | Clay | James Blake | 5–7, 7–6, 6–0 |
Win | 3–4 | 2009 BCR Open Romania – Singles| | Romanian Open, Romania | 250 Series | Clay | Juan Mónaco | 7–6, 7–6 |
Win | 4–4 | 2010 Estoril Open – Men's Singles| | Estoril Open, Portugal | 250 Series | Clay | Fred Gil | 6–2, 6–7, 7–5 |
Win | 5–4 | 2010 MercedesCup – Singles| | Stuttgart Open, Germany | 250 Series | Clay | Gaël Monfils | 6–2, 1–2 ret. |
Loss | 5–5 | 2011 Bet-at-home Cup Kitzbühel – Singles| | Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria | 250 Series | Clay | Robin Haase | 4–6, 6–4, 1–6 |
Win | 6–5 | 2013 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur – Singles| | Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, France | 250 Series | Clay | Gaël Monfils | 6–0, 7–6 |
Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Loss | 0–1 | 2007 Movistar Open – Doubles| | Chile Open, Chile | International | Clay | Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo | Paul Capdeville Óscar Hernández | 6–4, 4–6, |
Loss | 0–2 | 2007 Brasil Open – Doubles| | Brasil Open, Brasil | International | Clay | Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo | Lukáš Dlouhý Pavel Vízner | 2–6, 6–7 |
Loss | 0–3 | 2007 ATP Buenos Aires – Doubles| | Argentina Open, Argentina | International | Clay | Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo | Martín García Sebastián Prieto | 4–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 0–4 | 2008 Brasil Open – Doubles| | Brasil Open, Brasil | International | Clay | Santiago Ventura Bertomeu | Marcelo Melo André Sá | 6–4, 2–6, |
Win | 1–4 | 2008 Grand Prix Hassan II – Doubles| | Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco | International | Clay | Santiago Ventura Bertomeu | James Cerretani Todd Perry | 6–1, 6–2 |
Win | 2–4 | 2010 Qatar Open – Doubles| | Qatar Open, Qatar | 250 Series | Hard | Guillermo García López | František Čermák Michal Mertiňák | 6–4, 7–5 |
Singles performance timeline
1 Held as Hamburg Masters until 2008, Madrid Masters 2009–present.2 Held as Stuttgart Masters until 2001, Madrid Masters from 2002–08, and Shanghai Masters 2009–present.