Daniel Gimeno Traver


Daniel Gimeno Traver 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

Wimbledon: 1R

US Open: 3R

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

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–12015 Grand Prix Hassan II – Singles|Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco250 SeriesClay Martin Kližan2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–12011 Brasil Open – Doubles|Brasil Open, Brazil250 SeriesClay Pablo Andújar Marcelo Melo
Bruno Soares		6–7, 3–6
Win1–12012 VTR Open – Doubles|Chile Open, Chile250 SeriesClay Fred Gil Pablo Andújar
Carlos Berlocq		1–6, 7–5,

Challenger career finals

Singles (14–11)

Runners-up

No.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
1.5 September 2005BrasovClay Daniel Elsner5–7, 2–6
2.5 November 2007GuayaquilClay Nicolás Lapentti3–6, 7–6, 5–7
3.10 March 2008TangerClay Marcel Granollers4–6, 4–6
4.15 September 2008Banja LukaClay Ilija Bozoljac4–6, 4–6
5.12 October 2009AsunciónClay Ramón Delgado6–7, 6–1, 3–6
6.5 July 2010San BenedettoClay Carlos Berlocq3–6, 6–4, 4–6
7.2 October 2011MadridClay Jérémy Chardy1–6, 7–5, 6–7
8.12 August 2012CordenonsClay Paolo Lorenzi6–7, 3–6
9.21 August 2016CordenonsClay Taro Daniel3–6, 4–6
10.1 October 2017RomeClay Filip Krajinović4–6, 3–6
11.22 April 2018TunisClay Guido Andreozzi2–6, 0–3 ret.

Doubles (3–6)

Runners-up

No.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.15 August 2005Cordenons, ItalyClay Melle van Gemerden Daniel Köllerer
Oliver Marach		WEA
2.13 October 2008Montevideo, UruguayClay Rubén Ramírez Franco Ferreiro
Flávio Saretta		3–6, 2–6
3.19 September 2009Florianópolis, BrazilClay Pere Riba Tomasz Bednarek
Mateusz Kowalczyk		1–6, 4–6
4.20 August 2011San Sebastián, SpainClay Israel Sevilla Stefano Ianni
Simone Vagnozzi		3–6, 4–6
5.1 October 2011Madrid, SpainClay Morgan Phillips David Marrero
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo		4–6, 7–6,
6.10 June 2012Caltanissetta, ItalyClay Iván Navarro Marcel Felder
Antonio Veić		7–5, 6–7,

Performance timelines

''Current till 2018 Wimbledon Championships.

Singles

Doubles

Wins over top 10 players

Season2004 - 200920102011201220132014 - 2019Total
Wins0110103