Daniel Gimeno-Traver

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Gimeno and the second or maternal family name is Traver.

Daniel Gimeno-Traver

Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Nules, Castellón, Spain
Born	(1985-08-07) 7 August 1985 Valencia, Spain
Height
Turned pro	2004
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,694,017
Singles
Career record	88–151
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 48 (18 March 2013)
Current ranking	No. 62 (13 July 2015)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2013)
French Open	2R (2009, 2010, 2013, 2015)
Wimbledon	2R (2009)
US Open	3R (2010)
Doubles
Career record	40–72
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 63 (6 February 2012)
Current ranking	No. 658 (25 May 2015)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2011)
French Open	3R (2013)
Wimbledon	1R (2013, 2015)
US Open	3R (2010)
Last updated on: 28 May 2015.

Daniel Gimeno-Traver (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 semifinals at Stuttgart and Gstaad in 2010, St. Petersburg in 2012 and Oerias in 2014. His best slam performance was defeating Jarkko Nieminen and Jeremy Chardy to reach the third round of the 2010 US Open.

At the 2015 Grand Prix Hassan II, Gimeno-Traver defeated seeeded players Mikhail Kukushkin and Jiří Veselý to reach his first ATP 250 final, where he lost to Martin Kližan.

ATP career finals

Tournament ( W–R ) Singles Doubles Grand Slam tournaments 0–0 0–0 ATP World Tour Finals 0–0 0–0 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 0–0 0–0 ATP World Tour 500 Series 0–0 0–0 ATP World Tour 250 Series 0–1 1–1

Surface ( W–R ) Singles Doubles Hard 0–0 0–0 Clay 0–1 1–1 Grass 0–0 0–0 Carpet 0–0 0–0

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	12 April 2015	Grand Prix Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Martin Kližan	2–6, 2–6

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

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	13 February 2011	Brasil Open, Costa do Sauípe, Brazil	Clay	Pablo Andújar	Marcelo Melo Bruno Soares	6–7(4–7), 3–6
Winner	1.	February 5, 2012	VTR Open, Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Frederico Gil	Pablo Andújar Carlos Berlocq	1–6, 7–5, [12–10]

Challenger career finals

Singles (13–8)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	9 August 2004	Cordenons	Clay	Daniel Köllerer	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
2.	12 May 2008	Aarhus	Clay	Éric Prodon	7–5, 7–5
3.	1 September 2008	Brasov	Clay	Alexander Flock	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
4.	14 September 2009	Banja Luka	Clay	Julian Reister	6–4, 6–1
5.	5 October 2009	Tarragona	Clay	Paolo Lorenzi	6–4, 6–0
6.	2 August 2010	Segovia	Hard	Adrian Mannarino	6–4, 7–6(7–2)
7.	11 September 2011	Sevilla	Clay	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	6–3, 6–3
8.	17 June 2012	Monza	Clay	Albert Montañés	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
9.	10 September 2012	Sevilla	Clay	Tommy Robredo	6–3, 6–2
10.	30 September 2012	Madrid	Clay	Jan-Lennard Struff	6–4, 6–2
11.	2 September 2013	Alphen aan den Rijn	Clay	Thomas Schoorel	6-2, 6-4
12.	10 September 2013	Sevilla	Clay	Stephane Robert	6-4, 7-6(7–2)
13.	28 September 2014	Kenitra	Clay	Albert Ramos	6-3, 6-4

Runners-up

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	5 September 2005	Brasov	Clay	Daniel Elsner	5–7, 2–6
2.	5 November 2007	Guayaquil	Clay	Nicolás Lapentti	3–6, 7–6(6), 5–7
3.	10 March 2008	Tanger	Clay	Marcel Granollers	4–6, 4–6
4.	15 September 2008	Banja Luka	Clay	Ilija Bozoljac	4–6, 4–6
5.	12 October 2009	Asunción	Clay	Ramón Delgado	6–7(2–7), 6–1, 3–6
6.	5 July 2010	San Benedetto	Clay	Carlos Berlocq	3–6, 6–4, 4–6
7.	2 October 2011	Madrid	Clay	Jérémy Chardy	1–6, 7–5, 6–7(3–7)
8.	12 August 2012	Cordenos	Clay	Paolo Lorenzi	6–7(5–7), 3–6

Doubles (3–6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	1 May 2006	Tunis, Tunisia	Clay	Iván Navarro	Bart Beks Martijn van Haasteren	6–2, 7–5
2.	5 May 2008	Telde, Spain	Clay	Daniel Muñoz	Miguel Ángel López José Antonio Sánchez	6–3, 6–1
3.	29 September 2012	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Iván Navarro	Colin Ebelthite Jaroslav Pospíšil	6–2, 4–6, [10–7]

Runners-up

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	15 August 2005	Cordenons, Italy	Clay	Melle van Gemerden	Daniel Köllerer Oliver Marach	WEA (no winner)
2.	13 October 2008	Montevideo, Uruguay	Clay	Rubén Ramírez	Franco Ferreiro Flávio Saretta	3–6, 2–6
3.	19 September 2009	Florianópolis, Brazil	Clay	Pere Riba	Tomasz Bednarek Mateusz Kowalczyk	1–6, 4–6
4.	20 August 2011	San Sebastián, Spain	Clay	Israel Sevilla	Stefano Ianni Simone Vagnozzi	3–6, 4–6
5.	1 October 2011	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Morgan Phillips	David Marrero Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	4–6, 7–6(10–8), [9–11]
6.	10 June 2012	Caltanissetta, Italy	Clay	Iván Navarro	Marcel Felder Antonio Veić	7–5, 6–7(5–7), [6–10]

Performance timelines

Current till 2015 US Open.

Singles

Tournament	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	A	1–6
French Open	1R	Q2	A	A	2R	2R	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	4–8
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	A	1R	1R	1R	1–6
US Open	A	A	A	A	1R	3R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2–7
Win–Loss	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–4	3–4	0–4	0–3	2–4	0–4	1–3	8–27
Year End Ranking	192	267	170	90	72	56	107	70	77	112

Doubles

Tournament	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	1–6
French Open	2R	A	2R	1R	3R	A	2R	5–5
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	1R	0–3
US Open	A	3R	2R	A	1R	A		3–3
Win–Loss	1–2	2–2	3–4	0–2	2–4	0–1	1–2	9–17

External links

• Daniel Gimeno-Traver at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Gimeno Traver recent match results
• Gimeno Traver World ranking history