Pablo Llamas Ruiz

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Pablo Llamas Ruiz
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Llamas Ruiz at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)Flag of Spain.svg Spain
Born (2002-10-13) 13 October 2002 (age 22)
Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$414,873
Singles
Career record6–7
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 131 (16 October 2023)
Current rankingNo. 568 (9 June 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Q1 (2024)
French Open 1R (2025)
Wimbledon Q2 (2023)
US Open 1R (2025)
Doubles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 696 (2 October 2023)
Current rankingNo. 1366 (18 November 2024)
Last updated on: 9 June 2025.

Pablo Llamas Ruiz (born 13 October 2002) is a Spanish tennis player.

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Llamas Ruiz has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 131 achieved on 16 October 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 696 achieved on 2 October 2023. [1]

Career

2023: ATP Tour debut & first win, maiden Challenger title, top 150

In May, Llamas Ruiz made his ATP Tour debut in Lyon after qualifying for the main draw. He won his first ATP match over Max Purcell. [2] He lost to top seed Félix Auger-Aliassime in straight sets in the second round. [3]

In July, he won his maiden title Challenger title at the 2023 Open Castilla y León, defeating Antoine Escoffier in the final. [4]

2024: ATP quarterfinal, Masters debut, hiatus

In January, ranked No. 156, Llamas Ruiz qualified in Montpellier and recorded his second ATP win and first on hardcourt over Richard Gasquet. [5] [6] He lost to top seed Holger Rune in the second round. [7] [8]

In April, Llamas Ruiz qualified for the 2024 Estoril Open and defeated eighth seed Dominik Koepfer and lucky loser David Jordà Sanchis to reach his first ATP career quarterfinal, where he lost to eventual champion and second seed Hubert Hurkacz. [9] [10] , Later that month, he entered the qualifying competition at the 2024 Mutua Madrid Open as an alternate and qualified for his first Masters 1000 main draw with wins over Quentin Halys and second seed Federico Coria. [11]

2025: Major debut

In May, ranked No. 887, Llamas Ruiz entered the qualifying rounds at the 2025 French Open using his protected ranking and made his Grand Slam main draw debut. He lost to 29th seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the first round.

In July, Llamas Ruiz reached his second quarterfinal on the ATP Tour as a qualifier at the Croatia Open, by defeating seventh seed Kamil Majchrzak in the first round and Térence Atmane in the second round. [12]

Performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Current through the US Open 2025.

Tournament 2023 2024 2025 SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q1 A0 / 00–0  
French Open A Q1 1R 0 / 10–10%
Wimbledon Q2 A Q1 0 / 00–0  
US Open Q2 A 1R 0 / 10–1  
Win–loss0–00–00–20 / 20–20%

ATP Challenger Tour finals

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

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Jun 2023 Vicenza, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Francisco Comesaña 6–3, 2–6, 2–6
Win1–1 Jul 2023 Open Castilla y León, SpainChallengerHard Flag of France.svg Antoine Escoffier 7–6(11–9), 7–6(7–5)

References

  1. "Pablo Llamas Ruiz | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  2. "Draper Continues Return In Lyon".
  3. "Defending Champ Norrie, Auger-Aliassime Win Lyon Openers".
  4. "Challenger Tour Weekly Recap: Llamas Ruiz And Yevseyev Win Their First Titles". 31 July 2023.
  5. @TennisChannel (30 January 2024). "Qualifier Pablo Llamas Ruiz earns his first tour-level hard-court win, beating Gasquet 7-6(6), 7-5! Faces Holger Rune next for a spot in the quarterfinals" (Tweet) via Twitter.
  6. "Shapovalov up & running in 2024 in Montpellier; Frenchman Cazaux advances, Llamas Ruiz upsets Gasquet". ATPTour. 30 January 2024.
  7. "Stat of the Day: Holger Rune records milestone 100th win of career in Montpellier".
  8. "Rune secures 100th tour-level win in Montpellier; Dane advances to quarter-finals at ATP 250". ATPTour. 1 February 2024.
  9. "Hurkacz clinches first clay win of the year in Estoril, Ruud advances". ATPTour. 4 April 2024.
  10. "Tennis: Poland's Hurkacz reaches semifinals in Portugal's Estoril". 5 April 2024.
  11. "Former #NextGenATP champs Nakashima, Medjedovic qualify for Madrid". ATPTour. 23 April 2024.
  12. "Terence Atmane surpris par le 537e mondial Pablo Llamas Ruiz au deuxième tour à Umag". L'Equipe. 2025-07-22.