Historia de Tommy Robredo

Su nombre completo Tommy Robredo Garcés... Comenzó a jugar tenis a los cinco años y con el tiempo llegó a ser el No. 1 junior de España, en el 2000... Creció jugando en pistas duras del club de natación de Olot (a 160 kilómetros al norte de Barcelona) y a los 14 años jugó por primera vez en los courts de tierra batida del Centro de Alto Rendimiento en Barcelona (CAR)... Su padre, Ángel, un entrenador de tenis es un gran fanático del grupo “The Who” y bautizó a su hijo en honor a ellos (Tommy compró la opera rock de “The Who” y descubrió más cosas acerca de eso)... En junio del 2007, él y su padre conocieron a la banda en la Arena Wembley de Londres… Su madre, Dolores, era asistente de entrenador de tenis y actualmente es ama de casa… Seguidor del FC Barcelona y su futbolista favorito es Carles Puyol... En juniors, ganó el Orange Bowl en 16 años en 1998 y en el 2000 llegó a la final de Roland Garros (perdió con Mathieu)... Un año antes había avanzado a cuarta ronda del cuadro, lo más exitoso de su carrera para seguir compitiendo ese año en juveniles… Cree que el derecho es su mejor tiro y la arcilla es su mejor superficie, aunque él tiene claro que es necesario jugar en todas las superficies… Apareció en la revista People en español en septiembre del 2007 y en Cosmopolitan del Reino Unido en julio del 2007…. En octubre del 2007 recibió el premio “Hombre con más Estilo” de parte de Men's Health... Tiene un récord de 6-9 en Copa (5-6 en singles) en nueve confrontes... Entrenado por su compatriota y ex jugador ATP José Clavet (desde enero del 2007).
1999 -- Made his ATP debut in Barcelona ranked No. 410, and posted wins over Sanguinetti and No. 25 Safin before losing to T. Martin in 3rd RD...
2000 -- Played well in Challengers (23-10 record), winning titles in Espinho and Seville...In doubles, won title in Edinburgh (w/Russell)...
2001 -- Finished as second-youngest player (behind Roddick) at 19 years, 8 months in year-end ATP Top 30...Advanced to his first ATP final in Casablanca (l. to Canas)...Won first ATP title in Sopot, defeating countryman Portas in a third set tie-break...Was 23-9 on clay...In doubles, reached his first ATP final in Barcelona (w/Vicente)...
2002 -- Reached SF in four tournaments (AMS Hamburg, 's-Hertogenbosch, Bastad, Stockholm)...Made Davis Cup debut against U.S. in QF tie and lost to Roddick in opening match...Compiled records of 14-7 on clay and 14-14 on hard...Surpassed $1 million in career earnings...
2003 -- Reached SF in Estoril...At Roland Garros, reached QF by beating No. 1 Hewitt in five sets and three-time champion Kuerten before losing to defending champion Costa in five sets...Reached final in Stuttgart (l. to Coria) and SF in Bsstad...
2004 -- The No. 2 Spaniard (behind No. 5 Moya) finished in Top 20 for first time and captured second career ATP title in his hometown of Barcelona (d. Gaudio in five sets)...Match lasted three hours and 46 minutes (second-longest final of year)...Advanced to QF or better in eight tournaments and also helped his country reach Davis Cup title (d. U.S. 3-2) by posting two singles wins in 1st RD and SF ties...
Other highlights included SF in Chennai, 's-Hertogenbosch for second time in three years and at AMS Cincinnati (l. to Hewitt)...Also advanced to QF in Sydney and AMS Madrid...Had a 5-1 record in matches decided in a third set tie-break...Reached 3rd RD at Athens Olympics and 4th RD at US Open...
2005 -- Finished in Top 20 for second straight year and one of four Spaniards in that group (No. 2 Nadal, No. 15 Ferrer, No. 18 Ferrero)...Won a career-best 44 matches and equaled his Grand Slam-best QF showing at Roland Garros...Did not lose a 1st RD match in 12 straight tournaments in second half of season...Best result was runner-up in Estoril (l. to Gaudio) in April...
Also advanced to SF in Dubai (l. to Ljubicic) in February and QF at Roland Garros (d. Safin, l. to Davydenko) for second time in three years... Began second half stretch with SF in Bsstad (l. to Nadal) and QF in Umag and New Haven... Reached 4th RD at US Open for second straight year (l. to Blake) and followed with QF in Palermo, SF in Vienna and QF at AMS Paris...Went 3-7 vs. Top 10 opponents, defeating Moya, Safin and Gaudio...In doubles, reached finals in Estoril (w/Chela) and Stuttgart (w/Hood)...
2006 -- Compiled a career-best season by finishing in Top 10 for first time with a personal-high 49 match wins...Also qualified for his first Tennis Masters Cup and captured his first ATP Masters Series title...Broke into Top 10 on May 8 shortly after reaching Barcelona final and Monte Carlo QF, then moved up to No. 7 by capturing AMS Hamburg title...Saved seven set points against Ferrer in first set of QF to win 7-6(10), 6-4, then defeated Ancic (SF) and Stepanek (F) in straight sets en route to AMS Hamburg title...
In January, turned in a career-best 4th RD showing at Australian Open (d. Tursunov, Blake, l. to Nalbandian)...Played in 1st RD Davis Cup tie vs. Belarus and lost to Mirnyi and Voltchkov (in dead rubber)...In March, advanced to QF in Las Vegas (d. Murray, Fish, l. to Karlovic) and followed with a 3rd RD showing in Indian Wells (l. to Blake)...After a 7-10 start, turned around his season on clay in April...Reached final for second time in three years in his hometown...Posted wins over Verdasco, No. 16 Stepanek and Wawrinka before losing to defending champion and No. 2 Nadal in straight sets...The previous week at AMS Monte Carlo, he defeated Horna, O. Rochus and No. 3 Nalbandian before falling to Gaudio in QF...Lost to Ancic in five sets in 4th RD at Roland Garros...
After going 2-2 on grass, returned on clay in July to win Bsstad title (d. No. 5 Davydenko)...Posted his third win over a Top 10 player this season at AMS Cincinnati, defeating No. 3 Ljubicic in QF before losing to Ferrero in SF...Reached a career-high No. 5 in ATP Rankings on Aug. 28 going into US Open where he lost in 4th RD for third straight year (l. to Youzhny)... Played well rest of season with SF in Mumbai (l. to Tursunov), QF in Tokyo (l. to Lee) and SF at AMS Paris (l. to Davydenko) where he qualified for Shanghai...At Tennis Masters Cup, was 1-2 in round-robin play...One of three players (Nadal, Davydenko) to win at least 20 matches on clay and hard courts...Surpassed $1 million for first time in a season and earned $1,454,675...
2007 -- Finished in Top 10 for second straight year, capturing two ATP titles, including his first on hard courts, and advanced to two Grand Slam QF for first time in a season...Also won at least 40 matches and finished in Top 20 for fourth straight year...Opened with runner-up in Auckland (l. to Ferrer) and followed with first QF at Australian Open (d. Gasquet, l. to Federer)...
In March, advanced to QF at AMS Miami (l. to Canas)...On clay, reached SF in Estoril (l. to Djokovic), QF at AMS Rome (l. to Davydenko) and at Roland Garros for third time in five years (l. to Federer)...On grass, advanced to QF in ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. to Wessels) and 2nd RD at Wimbledon (l. to Arthurs)...Returned to clay in July and reached QF in Kitzbnhel (l. to Monaco) and won title in Sopot (d. Acasuso)...
Struggled in next three tournaments on hard courts (1-3) before getting to 3rd RD at US Open (l. to Gulbis)...Then advanced to his first ATP Asian final in Beijing (l. to Gonzalez) before capturing his first indoor hard court title in Metz (d. Murray)...Went 0-6 vs. Top 10 opponents and compiled marks of 28-14 on hard, 18-9 on clay and 3-2 on grass...Served as first alternate for Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai.
2008 -- Finished in Top 30 for eighth straight year as he captured his seventh career ATP title...Began season slowly with a 4-6 mark in first three months before compiling a 33-17 from April-on...Played in 1st RD Davis Cup win against Peru, winning both of his singles matches...
Played consistently in a seven clay tournament stretch (17-7) highlighted by a SF in Valencia (l. to Ferrer), QF in Barcelona (l. to Ferrer) and AMS Rome (l. to Roddick) , 3rd RD at Roland Garros (l. to Stepanek) and runner-up in Warsaw (l. to Davydenko)...In July, won title in Bastad for second time in three years (d. Berdych)...
After a 4th RD five-set loss to Djokovic at US Open, went 6-5 rest of season with his best showing a QF in Beijing (l. to Sela)... Compiled marks of 23-7 on clay and 12-14 on hard....In doubles, won his second career ATP title at AMS Monte Carlo (w/Nadal)...Also SF at AMS Hamburg (w/Paes) and US Open (w/Roitman)...Finished No. 33 in doubles.
2009
The Spaniard finished in Top 20 for fifth time in six years, highlighted by back-to-back clay court titles in Costa do Sauipe (d. Bellucci) and Buenos Aires (d. Monaco) in February…Had a 12-match winning streak en route to a career-best 32-11 start (25-7 on clay) through Roland Garros…He was only player to finish in Top 20 in both singles (15) and doubles (20)…Played in Davis Cup doubles match (w/Lopez) and lost to Troicki-Zimonjic although Spain beat Serbia 4-1…Retired with a right wrist injury against No. 4 Murray in second set in Indian Wells*…On European clay, advanced to QFs in Barcelona (l. to Ferrer) and same result at Roland Garros, maintaining his success in odd years (2003, ‘05, ‘07)…Lost to No. 5 del Potro in QFs…In July, reached SFs in Båstad (l. to Monaco…Went 0-9 vs. Top 10 opponents and compiled marks of 27-10 on clay (second-most wins behind Monaco’s 29), 17-13 on hard and 2-2 on grass…Earned over $1 million for second time (2006).