Daniel Gimeno Traver

{{Infobox tennis biography

|name = Daniel Gimeno Traver

|image = Gimeno Traver WMQ18 (7) (42647639125).jpg

|caption = Gimeno Traver at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships

|country = {{flagu|Spain}}

|residence = Nules, Castellón, Spain

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|8|7}}

|birth_place = Valencia, Spain

|height = {{height|m=1.83}}

|turnedpro = 2004

|plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)

|coach = Jose Altur

|careerprizemoney = $3,186,839

|singlesrecord = 97–173

|singlestitles = 0

|highestsinglesranking = No. 48 (18 March 2013)

|currentsinglesranking = No. 182 (16 July 2018)

|AustralianOpenresult = 2R (2013)

|FrenchOpenresult = 2R (2009, 2010, 2013, 2015)

|Wimbledonresult = 2R (2009)

|USOpenresult = 3R (2010)

|doublesrecord = 42–82

|doublestitles = 1

|highestdoublesranking = No. 63 (6 February 2012)

|currentdoublesranking = No. 1016 (28 May 2018)

|AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 2R (2011)

|FrenchOpenDoublesresult = 3R (2013)

|WimbledonDoublesresult = 1R (2013, 2015)

|USOpenDoublesresult = 3R (2010)

|updated = 7 June 2018

}}

Daniel Gimeno Traver ({{IPA|es|daˈnjel xiˈmeno tɾaˈβeɾ}};{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-dAG65V-hc&t=18s|title=Daniel Gimeno Traver nos presenta las Joma Pro Roland.|via=YouTube|author=Joma Sport|date=2013-04-24|access-date=2018-02-26|language=es}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2WsnZdV4FE|title=Entrevista Daniel Gimeno Traver|via=YouTube|author=Joma Sport|date=2012-05-14|access-date=2018-02-26|language=es}} 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.

=Coaching=

Gimeno Traver has coached Roberto Bautista Agut since the start of the 2022 season. With him, Bautista Agut has won 2 titles and reached a further 2 finals.

ATP career finals

=Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)=

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|0–1

|2015 Grand Prix Hassan II – Singles

|Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco

|250 Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|SVK}} Martin Kližan

|2–6, 2–6

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

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|0–1

|2011 Brasil Open – Doubles

|Brasil Open, Brazil

|250 Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Pablo Andújar

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Marcelo Melo
{{flagicon|BRA}} Bruno Soares

|6–7^(4–7), 3–6

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

|1–1

|2012 VTR Open – Doubles

|Chile Open, Chile

|250 Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|POR}} Fred Gil

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Pablo Andújar
{{flagicon|ARG}} Carlos Berlocq

|1–6, 7–5, [12–10]

Challenger career finals

= Singles (14–11) =

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!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Surface!!Opponent!!Score

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|1.

|9 August 2004

|Cordenons

|Clay

|{{flagicon|AUT}} Daniel Köllerer

|4–6, 6–4, 6–3

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|2.

|12 May 2008

|Aarhus

|Clay

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Éric Prodon

|7–5, 7–5

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|3.

|1 September 2008

|Brașov

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GER}} Alexander Flock

|4–6, 6–4, 6–4

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|4.

|14 September 2009

|Banja Luka

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GER}} Julian Reister

|6–4, 6–1

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|5.

|5 October 2009

|Tarragona

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Paolo Lorenzi

|6–4, 6–0

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|6.

|2 August 2010

|Segovia

|Hard

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Adrian Mannarino

|6–4, 7–6^(7–2)

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|7.

|11 September 2011

|Sevilla

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo

|6–3, 6–3

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|8.

|17 June 2012

|Monza

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Albert Montañés

|6–2, 4–6, 6–4

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|9.

|10 September 2012

|Sevilla

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Tommy Robredo

|6–3, 6–2

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|10.

|30 September 2012

|Madrid

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GER}} Jan-Lennard Struff

|6–4, 6–2

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|11.

|2 September 2013

|Alphen aan den Rijn

|Clay

|{{flagicon|NED}} Thomas Schoorel

|6–2, 6–4

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|12.

|10 September 2013

|Sevilla

|Clay

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Stéphane Robert

|6–4, 7–6^(7–2)

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|13.

|28 September 2014

|Kenitra

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Albert Ramos

|6–3, 6–4

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|14.

|1 February 2015

|Bucaramanga

|Clay

|{{flagicon|POR}} Gastão Elias

|6–3, 1–6, 7–5

== Runners-up ==

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!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Surface!!Opponent!!Score

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|1.

|5 September 2005

|Brașov

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GER}} Daniel Elsner

|5–7, 2–6

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|2.

|5 November 2007

|Guayaquil

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ECU}} Nicolás Lapentti

|3–6, 7–6⁽⁶⁾, 5–7

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|3.

|10 March 2008

|Tanger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Marcel Granollers

|4–6, 4–6

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|4.

|15 September 2008

|Banja Luka

|Clay

|{{flagicon|SRB}} Ilija Bozoljac

|4–6, 4–6

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|5.

|12 October 2009

|Asunción

|Clay

|{{flagicon|PAR}} Ramón Delgado

|6–7^(2–7), 6–1, 3–6

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|6.

|5 July 2010

|San Benedetto

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Carlos Berlocq

|3–6, 6–4, 4–6

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|7.

|2 October 2011

|Madrid

|Clay

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Jérémy Chardy

|1–6, 7–5, 6–7^(3–7)

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|8.

|12 August 2012

|Cordenons

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Paolo Lorenzi

|6–7^(5–7), 3–6

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|9.

|21 August 2016

|Cordenons

|Clay

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Taro Daniel

|3–6, 4–6

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|10.

|1 October 2017

|Rome

|Clay

|{{flagicon|SRB}} Filip Krajinović

|4–6, 3–6

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|11.

|22 April 2018

|Tunis

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Guido Andreozzi

|2–6, 0–3 ret.

= Doubles (3–6) =

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!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Surface!!Partner!!Opponents!!Score

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|1.

|1 May 2006

|Tunis, Tunisia

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Iván Navarro

|{{flagicon|NED}} Bart Beks
{{flagicon|AHO}} Martijn van Haasteren

|6–2, 7–5

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|2.

|5 May 2008

|Telde, Spain

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Daniel Muñoz

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Miguel Ángel López
{{flagicon|ESP}} José Antonio Sánchez

|6–3, 6–1

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|3.

|29 September 2012

|Madrid, Spain

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Iván Navarro

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Colin Ebelthite
{{flagicon|CZE}} Jaroslav Pospíšil

|6–2, 4–6, [10–7]

== Runners-up ==

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!No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Surface!!Partner!!Opponents!!Score

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|1.

|15 August 2005

|Cordenons, Italy

|Clay

|{{flagicon|NED}} Melle van Gemerden

|{{flagicon|AUT}} Daniel Köllerer
{{flagicon|AUT}} Oliver Marach

|WEA (no winner)

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|2.

|13 October 2008

|Montevideo, Uruguay

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Rubén Ramírez

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Franco Ferreiro
{{flagicon|BRA}} Flávio Saretta

|3–6, 2–6

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|3.

|19 September 2009

|Florianópolis, Brazil

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Pere Riba

|{{flagicon|POL}} Tomasz Bednarek
{{flagicon|POL}} Mateusz Kowalczyk

|1–6, 4–6

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|4.

|20 August 2011

|San Sebastián, Spain

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Israel Sevilla

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Stefano Ianni
{{flagicon|ITA}} Simone Vagnozzi

|3–6, 4–6

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|5.

|1 October 2011

|Madrid, Spain

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GBR}} Morgan Phillips

|{{flagicon|ESP}} David Marrero
{{flagicon|ESP}} Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo

|4–6, 7–6^(10–8), [9–11]

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|6.

|10 June 2012

|Caltanissetta, Italy

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Iván Navarro

|{{flagicon|URU}} Marcel Felder
{{flagicon|CRO}} Antonio Veić

|7–5, 6–7^(5–7), [6–10]

Performance timelines

''Current till 2018 Wimbledon Championships.

=Singles=

class=wikitable style=text-align:center;font-size:97% !Tournament!!2005!!2006!!2007!!2008!!2009!!2010!!2011!!2012!!2013!!2014!!2015!!2016!!2017!!2018!!{{Tooltip\|W–L\|Win–loss}}
colspan=18 align=left\|Grand Slam tournaments
align=left\|Australian Open \|A \|A \|A \|A \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|2R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|A \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|A \|A \|1–7
align=left\|French Open \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=f0f8ff\|Q2 \|A \|A \|bgcolor=afeeee\|2R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|2R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|2R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|2R \|bgcolor=f0f8ff\|Q2 \|bgcolor=f0f8ff\|Q1 \|bgcolor=f0f8ff\|Q2 \|4–8
align=left\|Wimbledon \|A \|A \|A \|A \|bgcolor=afeeee\|2R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|A \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|A \|bgcolor=f0f8ff\|Q1 \|bgcolor=f0f8ff\|Q2 \|1–6
align=left\|US Open \|A \|A \|A \|A \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|3R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|A \|A \| \|2–7
style=text-align:left\|Win–loss !0–1 !0–0 !0–0 !0–0 !2–4 !3–4 !0–4 !0–3 !2–4 !0–4 !1–3 !0–1 !0–0 !0–0 !8–28
bgcolor=EFEFEF \|align=left\|Year-end ranking \|192 \|267 \|170 \|90 \|72 \|56 \|107 \|70 \|77 \|112 \|98 \|115 \| \| !

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!Tournament!!2005!!2006!!2007!!2008!!2009!!2010!!2011!!2012!!2013!!2014!!2015!!2016!!2017!!2018!!{{Tooltip|W–L|Win–loss}}

colspan=18 align=left|Grand Slam tournaments

align=left|Australian Open

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|1–7

align=left|French Open

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=f0f8ff|Q2

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=f0f8ff|Q2

|bgcolor=f0f8ff|Q1

|bgcolor=f0f8ff|Q2

|4–8

align=left|Wimbledon

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=f0f8ff|Q1

|bgcolor=f0f8ff|Q2

|1–6

align=left|US Open

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|2–7

style=text-align:left|Win–loss

!0–1

!0–0

!2–4

!3–4

!0–4

!0–3

!2–4

!0–4

!1–3

!0–1

!0–0

!8–28

bgcolor=EFEFEF

|align=left|Year-end ranking

|192

|267

|170

|90

|72

|56

|107

|70

|77

|112

|98

|115

= Doubles =

class=wikitable style=text-align:center;font-size:97% !Tournament!!2009!!2010!!2011!!2012!!2013!!2014!!2015!!2016!!2017!!2018!!{{Tooltip\|W–L\|Win–loss}}
colspan=17 align=left\|Grand Slam tournaments
align=left\|Australian Open \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|2R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|A \|A \|A \|A \|1–6
align=left\|French Open \|bgcolor=afeeee\|2R \|A \|bgcolor=afeeee\|2R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|3R \|A \|bgcolor=afeeee\|2R \|A \|A \|A \|5–5
align=left\|Wimbledon \|A \|A \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|A \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|A \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|A \|A \| \|0–3
align=left\|US Open \|A \|bgcolor=afeeee\|3R \|bgcolor=afeeee\|2R \|A \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|A \|bgcolor=afeeee\|1R \|A \|A \| \|3–3
style=text-align:left\|Win–loss !1–2 !2–2 !3–4 !0–2 !2–4 !0–1 !1–3 !0–0 !0–0 !0–0 !9–18

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!Tournament!!2009!!2010!!2011!!2012!!2013!!2014!!2015!!2016!!2017!!2018!!{{Tooltip|W–L|Win–loss}}

colspan=17 align=left|Grand Slam tournaments

align=left|Australian Open

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|1–6

align=left|French Open

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|5–5

align=left|Wimbledon

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|0–3

align=left|US Open

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|3–3

style=text-align:left|Win–loss

!1–2

!2–2

!3–4

!0–2

!2–4

!0–1

!1–3

!0–0

!9–18

Wins over top 10 players

He has a 3–20 (.130) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

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Season

2004–2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014–2019

Total

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| Wins

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!style="width:175px"|Player

!Rank

!style="width:275px"|Tournament

!style="width:50px"|Surface

!Rd

!style="width:200px" class="unsortable"|Score

colspan=7 style=text-align:center|2010

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Nikolay Davydenko

|align=center bgcolor=EEE8AA|6

|Stuttgart, Germany

|bgcolor=EBC2AF|Clay

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|7–6^(9–7), 2–6, 6–1

colspan=7 style=text-align:center|2011

|{{flagicon|AUT}} Jürgen Melzer

|align=center bgcolor=EEE8AA|8

|style="background:#e9e9e9;"|Madrid, Spain

|bgcolor=EBC2AF|Clay

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|7–6^(10–8), 6–3

colspan=7 style=text-align:center|2013

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Richard Gasquet

|align=center bgcolor=EEE8AA|9

|style="background:#e9e9e9;"|Madrid, Spain

|bgcolor=EBC2AF|Clay

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|7–5, 3–6, 6–4

References

External links

{{ATP|G676}}
{{ITF profile}}
[http://steveghelper.com/MatchResults.php?players=Gimeno&weeks=12 Gimeno Traver recent match results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165115/http://steveghelper.com/MatchResults.php?players=Gimeno&weeks=12 |date=3 March 2016 }}
[http://steveghelper.com/RankingHistory.php?player=Gimeno Gimeno Traver World ranking history]
{{AS.com}}

Category:1985 births

Category:Living people

Category:Tennis players from Valencia

Category:Spanish male tennis players

Category:21st-century Spanish sportsmen