Ramón Delgado

Ramón Delgado (Spanish pronunciation: [raˈmon delˈɣaðo]; born 14 November 1976) is a Paraguayan retired tennis player and current tennis coach. He turned professional in 1995 and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 52 in April 1999. He reached the final at Bogotá in 1998 and the fourth round of the 1998 French Open, defeating Pete Sampras in the second round.

Ramón Delgado

Country (sports)	Paraguay
Residence	Asunción, Paraguay
Born	(1976-11-14) November 14, 1976 (age 48) Asunción, Paraguay
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	1995
Retired	2011
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,385,410
Singles
Career record	103–108
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 52 (26 April 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2002)
French Open	4R (1998)
Wimbledon	1R (1998, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2010)
US Open	3R (2001, 2002)
Doubles
Career record	19–28
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 91 (18 June 2007)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	3R (2006)
Last updated on: 10 June 2021.

Tennis career

2002

In April 2002, Delgado lost in the first round of the Mallorca Open to a 15-year-old Rafael Nadal in Nadal's first ever ATP match. Nadal would go on to win 22 major titles as of the 2022 French Open.

2006

Delgado also nearly qualified for the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, but was defeated in the third and final qualifying round by Roko Karanušić.

2010

In October 2010, Delgado defeated Chilean Nicolás Massú in three sets (7–5, 2–6, 6–3) to advance and face Spanish player Pere Riba at the last 16 stage of the Copa Petrobras.^[1]

2011

He announced his retirement from tennis in May 2011.^[2]

Coaching career

In 2011, Delgado began coaching tennis.^[3]

Delgado was captain of Paraguay's 2015 Fed Cup team, which was made up of Verónica Cepede Royg, Sarita Giménez, Camila Giangreco and Montserrat González.^[4]

ATP Tour career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0) ATP World Tour Championship Series (0–0) ATP World Tour World Series (0–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoor (0–1) Indoor (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 1998	Bogotá, Colombia	World Series	Clay	Mariano Zabaleta	4–6, 4–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 15 (9–6)

Legend ATP Challenger (9–6) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (4–2) Clay (5–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1-0	Jul 1997	Cali, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Sebastián Prieto	6–3, 1–6, 7–6
Loss	1-1	Jul 1997	Quito, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Mariano Puerta	1-6, 5-7
Loss	1-2	May 2001	Rocky Mount, United States	Challenger	Clay	Jan Vacek	6–7(0–7), 5–7
Win	2-2	Jun 2001	Tallahassee, United States	Challenger	Hard	Justin Gimelstob	7–5, 6–3
Loss	2-3	Jul 2001	Campinas, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Alessio di Mauro	2-6, 4-6
Win	3-3	Jul 2001	Campos Do Jordão, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Daniel Melo	7–6(7–3), 6–2
Loss	3-4	Nov 2004	Champaign-Urbana, United States	Challenger	Hard	Justin Gimelstob	4-6, 4-6
Win	4-4	Nov 2004	Bogotá, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Mariano Puerta	6–4, 7–5
Win	5-4	Sep 2005	Lubbock, United States	Challenger	Hard	Bobby Reynolds	2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Loss	5-5	Nov 2005	Nashville, United States	Challenger	Hard	Bobby Reynolds	4–6, 4–6
Win	6-5	Apr 2006	Mexico City, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Alejandro Falla	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Win	7-5	Apr 2007	Mexico City, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Adrián García	6–3, 6–3
Win	8-5	Oct 2009	Asunción, Paraguay	Challenger	Clay	Daniel Gimeno Traver	7–6(7–2), 1–6, 6–3
Win	9-5	Nov 2009	Puebla, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Andre Begemann	6–3, 6–4
Loss	9-6	Oct 2010	Asunción, Paraguay	Challenger	Clay	Rui Machado	2–6, 6–3, 5–7

Doubles: 17 (6–11)

Legend ATP Challenger (6–11) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (3–2) Clay (3–9) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0-1	Dec 1996	Santiago, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Alejandro Aramburu Acuna	Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez	4-6, 4-6
Loss	0-2	Jul 1997	Quito, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Martin Garcia	Bernardo Martínez Marco Osorio	4-6, 4-6
Loss	0-3	May 2001	Birmingham, United States	Challenger	Clay	Ignacio Hirigoyen	James Blake Mark Merklein	5-7, 1-6
Loss	0-4	Apr 2002	Paget, Bermuda	Challenger	Clay	Alexandre Simoni	George Bastl Neville Godwin	5-7, 3-6
Win	1-4	Oct 2003	Torrance, United States	Challenger	Hard	André Sá	Diego Ayala Robert Kendrick	6–3, 6–4
Win	2-4	Jan 2004	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	André Sá	Marcelo Melo Franco Ferreiro	7–5, 7–6(7–5)
Win	3-4	Jan 2005	La Serena, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Enzo Artoni	Tomas Behrend Marcos Daniel	7–6(7–2), 6–4
Loss	3-5	Feb 2005	Dallas, United States	Challenger	Hard	André Sá	Giovanni Lapentti Rik de Voest	4–6, 4–6
Win	4-5	Nov 2005	Boston, United States	Challenger	Hard	André Sá	Harsh Mankad Jeremy Wurtzman	6–3, 6–2
Loss	4-6	Apr 2006	Bogotá, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	André Sá	Chris Drake Eric Butorac	walkover
Loss	4-7	May 2006	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Sergio Roitman	Petr Pála David Škoch	0–6, 0–6
Loss	4-8	Apr 2007	Mexico City, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	André Sá	Marcelo Melo Horacio Zeballos	4–6, 2–6
Win	5-8	Jun 2007	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Juan Pablo Guzmán	Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl	7–6(10–8), 6–1
Win	6-8	Mar 2008	Bogotá, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Brian Dabul	Thomaz Bellucci Bruno Soares	7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss	6-9	Nov 2008	Lima, Peru	Challenger	Clay	Júlio Silva	Luis Horna Sebastián Prieto	3–6, 3–6
Loss	6-10	Aug 2009	Vancouver, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Kaes Van't Hof	Kevin Anderson Rik de Voest	4–6, 4–6
Loss	6-11	Apr 2010	Curitiba, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	André Sá	Dominik Meffert Leonardo Tavares	6–3, 2–6, [4–10]

Performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	1R	A	A	2R	A	Q1	A	Q1	A	A	A	Q2	0 / 2	1–2	33%
French Open	A	2R	4R	1R	Q1	A	1R	A	Q1	Q3	Q1	Q2	A	A	Q2	0 / 4	4–4	50%
Wimbledon	A	Q2	1R	1R	A	Q1	1R	A	1R	Q2	Q3	Q1	A	A	1R	0 / 5	0–5	0%
US Open	1R	A	1R	1R	A	3R	3R	2R	Q1	Q2	1R	A	A	A	Q2	0 / 7	5–7	42%
Win–loss	0–1	1–1	3–3	0–4	0–0	2–1	3–4	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0 / 18	10–18	36%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	1R	Q1	Q2	A	A	2R	0 / 3	1–3	25%
Miami Open	A	A	2R	3R	A	A	1R	A	Q2	A	Q1	Q2	A	A	Q2	0 / 3	3–3	50%
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Hamburg	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	NMS		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Rome Masters	A	A	A	1R	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Canada Masters	A	A	2R	3R	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	0 / 3	4–3	57%
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	1R	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	0 / 3	0–3	0%
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	2–3	5–7	0–0	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0 / 15	9–15	38%