Santiago González (tennis)

Santiago González

González at the 2015 French Open
Country (sports)	Mexico
Residence	Córdoba, Mexico
Born	24 February 1983 Córdoba, Mexico
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	2001
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 1,381,337
Singles
Career record	9–12
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 155 (22 May 2006)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2009)
French Open	Q2 (2004, 2010)
Wimbledon	1R (2009)
US Open	Q2 (2009)
Doubles
Career record	165–151
Career titles	11
Highest ranking	No. 23 (17 June 2013)
Current ranking	No. 55 (1 February 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2012)
French Open	3R (2010)
Wimbledon	3R (2011)
US Open	3R (2012)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2013)
French Open	F (2012)
Wimbledon	2R (2010, 2013)
US Open	F (2013, 2014)
Medal record Pan American Games 2003 Santo Domingo Doubles 2011 Guadalajara Mixed Doubles 2007 Rio de Janeiro Doubles Central American and Caribbean Games 2002 San Salvador Doubles 2002 San Salvador Team Event 2014 Veracruz Mixed Doubles 2002 San Salvador Mixed Doubles 2014 Veracruz Doubles
Last updated on: 1 February 2016.

Santiago González Torre (born 24 February 1983) is a Mexican professional tennis player. He is 6'3" (1.91 m). He turned professional in 2001. His highest ATP singles ranking in singles is World No. 155, achieved in May 2006, and World No. 23 in doubles, reached in June 2013. González represents Mexico at the Davis Cup competition; currently his record is 22–16.

Tennis career

González qualified for the 2009 Wimbledon Championships. He lost at his first match in Wimbledon against Israeli Dudi Sela. Along with American Scott Lipsky, he won an ATP World Tour 500 title in April 2011, the Barcelona Open. They defeated the Bryan brothers 5–7, 6–2, [12–10], breaking their 10-match winning streak. They also defeated doubles teams Jürgen Melzer & Nenad Zimonjić 6–3, 6–2, and Max Mirnyi & Daniel Nestor 7–6, 6–4.^[1]

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Mixed doubles: 3 (0–3)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2012	French Open	Clay	Klaudia Jans-Ignacik	Sania Mirza Mahesh Bhupathi	6–7^(3–7), 1–6
Runner-up	2013	US Open	Hard	Abigail Spears	Andrea Hlaváčková Max Mirnyi	6–7^(5–7), 3–6
Runner-up	2014	US Open	Hard	Abigail Spears	Sania Mirza Bruno Soares	1–6, 6–2, [9–11]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 16 (11 titles, 4 runners-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 (1–1)
ATP World Tour 250 (10–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Winner	1.	May 9, 2010	Serbia Open, Belgrade, Serbia	Clay	Travis Rettenmaier	Tomasz Bednarek Mateusz Kowalczyk	7–6^(8–6), 6–1
Runner-up	1.	July 11, 2010	Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, United States	Grass	Travis Rettenmaier	Carsten Ball Chris Guccione	3–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	April 24, 2011	Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Scott Lipsky	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	5–7, 6–2, [12–10]
Runner-up	2.	May 21, 2011	Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, Nice, France	Clay	David Marrero	Eric Butorac Jean-Julien Rojer	3–6, 4–6
Winner	3.	August 6, 2011	Bet-at-home Cup Kitzbühel, Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Daniele Bracciali	Franco Ferreiro André Sá	7–6^(7–1), 4–6, [11–9]
Winner	4.	July 15, 2012	Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Newport, United States	Grass	Scott Lipsky	Colin Fleming Ross Hutchins	7–6^(7–5), 6–3
Winner	5.	August 25, 2012	Winston-Salem Open, Winston-Salem, United States	Hard	Scott Lipsky	Pablo Andújar Leonardo Mayer	6–3, 4–6, [10–2]
Winner	6.	May 5, 2013	Portugal Open, Oeiras, Portugal	Clay	Scott Lipsky	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Jean-Julien Rojer	6–3, 4–6, [10–7]
Winner	7.	June 16, 2013	Gerry Weber Open, Halle, Germany	Grass	Scott Lipsky	Daniele Bracciali Jonathan Erlich	6–2, 7–6^(7–3)
Winner	8.	May 4, 2014	Portugal Open, Oeiras, Portugal	Clay	Scott Lipsky	Pablo Cuevas David Marrero	6–3, 3–6, [10–8]
Winner	9.	May 24, 2014	Düsseldorf Open, Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	Scott Lipsky	Martin Emmrich Christopher Kas	7–5, 4–6, [10–3]
Winner	10.	February 15, 2015	Memphis Open, Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Artem Sitak Donald Young	5–7, 7–6^(7–1), [10–8]
Runner-up	3.	March 1, 2015	Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco, Mexico	Hard	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo	6–7^(2–7), 7–5, [3–10]
Runner-up	4.	July 25, 2015	Croatia Open Umag, Umag, Croatia	Clay	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	André Sá Máximo González	6–4, 3–6, [5–10]
Winner	11.	14 February 2016	Memphis Open, Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	Mariusz Fyrstenberg	Steve Johnson Sam Querrey	6–4, 6–4
	12./5.	10 April 2016	U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, Houston, United States	Clay	Victor Estrella Burgos	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan

Doubles performance timeline

Current through the 2014 French Open.

Tournament	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	SR	W-L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	2R	QF	1R	1R	0 / 4	4–4
French Open	A	3R	1R	2R	1R	2R	0 / 5	4–5
Wimbledon	1R	2R	3R	2R	2R		0 / 5	5–5
US Open	A	1R	1R	3R	1R		0 / 4	2–4
Win–Loss	0–1	3–3	3–4	7–4	1–4	1–2	0 / 18	15–18

References

1. "Tennis – ATP World Tour – Barcelona 2011 Doubles Sunday". ATP World Tour. 24 April 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2011.

External links

• Santiago González at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Santiago González at the International Tennis Federation
• Santiago González at the Davis Cup
• Wimbledon profile