Jose Statham

Jose Rubin Statham
Country (sports)  New Zealand
Residence Auckland, New Zealand
Born (1987-04-25) 25 April 1987
Auckland, New Zealand
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro 2004
Plays Right-handed
Prize money US$179,591
Singles
Career record 19–14 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles 8 ITF
Highest ranking No. 279 (25 February 2013)
Current ranking No. 416 (29 February 2016)
Doubles
Career record 1–9 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour and Davis Cup)
Career titles 19 ITF
Highest ranking No. 139 (17 June 2013)
Current ranking No. 489 (17 November 2014)
Last updated on: 22 November 2014.

Jose Rubin Statham (born 25 April 1987 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a professional tennis player from New Zealand.[1][2]

Career

In June 2005, Statham's second year on the professional tour, he made his first final at the Japan F8 tournament. He lost in the final to Go Soeda of Japan 4-6, 3-6. Statham had his best victory to date when he defeated Pablo Andújar of Spain, who was ranked number 215 at the time, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in the first round of qualifying for the Heineken Open in January 2007. He lost in the second qualifying round to Guillermo García López of Spain 2-6, 6-7(3). In November 2008, Kyu Tae Im of Korea defeated him 6-7(3), 1-6 in the final of the Malaysia F2 event. This was the second time he had made a final in over three years. In April 2009, Statham won his first tournament at Australia F3. He defeated Australian Greg Jones 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 in the final. In his next tournament, Australia F4, he continued his great form before losing in the final to Greg Jones 5-7, 6-7(6). His form continued in his next tournament, in Egypt F7, by winning his second title. He defeated Jean-Noel Insausti of France in the final 7-5, 6-2. He made it four finals in a row in his next tournament; Egypt F8. He lost to Karim Maamoun of Egypt in the final 2-6, 2-6.

In October 2009, Statham won another Futures title at Thailand F4. He defeated Roman Jebavý of the Czech Republic 6-3, 2-6, 7-5 in the final. He also won the Vietnam F1 title in the same month, defeating Amir Weintraub of Israel 6-7(4), 7-6(4), 6-1 in the final. In October 2010, Statham was the only New Zealand representative in the Men's Singles at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and was the sixth seed. He won his first round against Haydn Lewis of Barbados 6-2, 6-1. He also won his second round match with Colin Fleming of Scotland when Fleming retired after Statham won the first set 6-4. He eventually lost in the quarterfinals to home favourite, number one seed and eventual champion Somdev Devvarman of India 3-6, 4-6.[3] As of 17 January 2011, he is ranked 501 on the ATP World Tour.[4]

On 4 January 2014, Rubin Statham was announced as the third and final wildcard for the Heineken Open Tournament.[5]

On 5 April 2015, Rubin took out the ITF Mornington Pro Tour Tournament after defeating Australian Matthew Barton. 2-6, 6-3, 6-4, on the newly built 12 x Conipur Pro Clay Courts (4 ITF International Size Courts) The match lasting for 1h 59m. Winning the total prize money of $15,000.

ATP/ITF Tour Finals

Singles (9-8)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures (9-8)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
Runner–up 1. 10 November 2008 Petaling Jaya, Malaysia Hard South Korea Kyu Tae Im 6-7(3–7), 1-6
Winner 1. 3 May 2009 Bundaberg, Australia Clay United Kingdom Greg Jones 4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Runner–up 2. 10 May 2009 Ipswich, Australia Clay United Kingdom Greg Jones 5-7, 6-7(3–7)
Winner 2. 31 May 2009 Alexandria, Egypt Clay France Jean-Noel Insausti 7–5, 6–2
Runner–up 3. 6 June 2009 Ain Sukhna, Egypt Clay Egypt Karim Maamoun 2-6, 2-6
Winner 3. 10 October 2009 Bangkok, Thailand Hard Czech Republic Roman Jebavý 6–3, 2–6, 7–5
Winner 4. 31 October 2009 Bình Dương, Vietnam Hard Israel Amir Weintraub 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 6–1
Winner 5. 6 April 2012 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Hard Australia Nick Lindahl 5-2 RET
Winner 6. 19 May 2012 Bangkok, Thailand Hard Indonesia Christopher Rungkat 7–6(12–10), 6–3
Winner 7. 17 June 2012 Unterföhring, Germany Clay Germany Jeremy Jahn 7–6(7–3), 7–5
Runner–up 4. 5 August 2012 Fieberbrunn, Austria Clay Austria Nicolas Reissig 4-6, 6-7(5-7)
Winner 8. 26 May 2013 Daegu, South Korea Hard South Korea Lim Yong-kyu 7–5, 3–6, 6–1
Runner–up 5. 17 August 2014 Chuncheon, South Korea Hard Australia John Millman 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7)
Runner–up 6. 24 August 2014 Anseong, South Korea Hard Australia John Millman 1–6, 5–7
Runner–up 7. 23 November 2014 Wollongong, Australia Hard United States Jarmere Jenkins 4–6, 5–7
Runner–up 8. 29 March 2015 Melbourne, Australia Clay Australia Jordan Thompson 1–6, 5–7
Winner 9. 5 April 2015 Mornington, Australia Clay Australia Matthew Barton 2–6, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles (20–7)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–7)
ITF Futures (19–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
Runner–up 1. 6 February 2011 Burnie Hard Australia Marinko Matosevic Canada Philip Bester
Canada Peter Polansky
3–6, 6–4, [12–14]
Runner–up 2. 27 March 2011 Pingguo Hard Finland Harri Heliövaara Russia Michail Elgin
Russia Alexander Kudryavtsev
2–6, 3–6
Runner–up 3. 29 July 2012 Oberstaufen Clay Russia Andrey Kuznetsov Romania Andrei Dăescu
Romania Florin Mergea
6–7(1–7), 6–7(4–7)
Runner–up 4. 6 January 2013 Nouméa Hard New Zealand Artem Sitak Australia Samuel Groth
Japan Toshihide Matsui
6–7(6–8), 6–1, [4–10]
Runner–up 5. 27 October 2013 Traralgon Hard Australia Dane Propoggia Australia Adam Feeney
Australia Ryan Agar
3–6, 4–6
Runner–up 6. 9 February 2014 West Lakes Hard Australia Dane Propoggia New Zealand Marcus Daniell
United States Jarmere Jenkins
4–6, 4–6
Runner–up 7. 15 February 2015 Launceston Hard Australia Adam Hubble Moldova Radu Albot
United States Mitchell Krueger
6–3, 5–7, [9–11]
Winner 1. 7 June 2015 Gimcheon Hard China Li Zhe South Africa Dean O'Brien
South Africa Ruan Roelofse
6–4, 6–2

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