Carlos Gimeno Valero

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Carlos Gimeno Valero
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Carlos Gimeno Valero
Country (sports)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Born (2001-06-25) 25 June 2001 (age 23)
Valencia, Spain
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro2019
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachFran Martinez Lidon
Prize money$97,314
Singles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 260 (9 August 2021)
Current rankingNo. 503 (26 May 2024)
Doubles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 1508 (2 December 2019)
Last updated on: 25 April 2022.

Carlos Gimeno Valero (born 25 June 2001) is a Spanish tennis player.

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Gimeno Valero has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 260 achieved on 9 August 2021. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 1508 achieved on 2 December 2019. [1]

Juniors

As a junior, Gimeno Valero reached his highest ranking of No. 12 in the world, in the combined singles and doubles junior ranking system. This was highlighted by a runner-up finish at the 2019 Wimbledon where he was defeated in the championship match by Japanese player Shintaro Mochizuki in straight sets 3–6, 2–6.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss 2019 Wimbledon Grass Flag of Japan.svg Shintaro Mochizuki 3–6, 2–6

Career

Gimeno Valero has reached four career ITF singles finals winning all of them for a record of 4–0, which includes winning one ATP Challenger title, the Gran Canaria 2 Challenger in March 2021, where he defeated Belgian Kimmer Coppejans in straight sets in the final.

He managed to win in the first round of qualifying at the 2021 Barcelona Open by defeating Mikhail Kukushkin ‘in straight sets but would go on to lose in the second round to Tallon Griekspoor 7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), 3–6.

ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour Finals

Singles: 8 (7–1)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–0)
ITF World Tennis Tour (6–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (6–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Oct 2019M25 Riba-roja de Turia, SpainWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Johan Nikles 6–4, 6–2
Win2–0Oct 2019M15 Benicarlo, SpainWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Spain.svg Francisco Andreu Garcia6–1, 6–2
Win3–0Sep 2020M15 Sintra, PortugalWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Fanselow 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Win4–0 Mar 2021 Las Palmas, SpainChallengerClay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kimmer Coppejans 6–4, 6–2
Win5–0May 2021M25 Vic, SpainWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Argentina.svg Pedro Cachin 1–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss5–1Nov 2023M15 Valencia, SpainWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Argentina.svg Marco Trungelliti 0–6, 2–6
Win6–1Jan 2024M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Romania.svg Filip Cristian Jianu 6–3, 6–4
Win7–1Feb 2024M25 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Lithuania.svg Vilius Gaubas 1–6, 7–6(7–1), 7–5

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References

  1. "Carlos Gimeno Valero | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis".