Daniel Gimeno Traver (; born 7 August 1985) is a Spanish tennis coach and a former professional player. He is also the current director of the Copa Faulconbridge. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 48 in March 2013. Gimeno Traver won 14 Challenger events.
Personal life Daniel Gimeno Traver was born 7 August 1985 in Valencia, Spain. He is the son of Javier, a chemist, and Marisol, a nurse, and is the second of four brothers, Carlos, Miguel and Víctor being his siblings.
Gimeno Traver started playing tennis at the age of 2. His favorite surface was clay.Gimeno Traver Bio
Professional Career
Juniors As a junior, he won the European Championships in 2003 beating Marcos Baghdatis in Switzerland. Gimeno Traver won a further 5 junior titles, compiling a singles win–loss record of 51–10 and reaching as high as No. 4 in the junior world rankings in May 2003. He also beat Novak Djokovic on the way to the quarterfinals at Roland Garros, losing to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.Gimeno Traver Juniors Overview
Grand Slam results:
Australian Open: - French Open: QF (2003) Wimbledon: 1R (2003) US Open: 3R (2003)
ATP Tour Gimeno Traver reached the ATP World Tour semifinals in Stuttgart and Gstaad in 2010, St. Petersburg in 2012 and in Oeiras in 2014.
His best Grand Slam performance was at the 2010 US Open, when he beat Jarkko Nieminen and Jérémy Chardy to reach the third round.
At the 2015 Grand Prix Hassan II, Gimeno Traver defeated seeded players Mikhail Kukushkin and Jiří Veselý to reach his first ATP 250 final, where he lost to Martin Kližan.
Coaching career Following his retirement in 2021, Gimeno Traver coached Roberto Bautista Agut starting in the 2022 season. With him, Bautista Agut won 3 titles and reached a further 2 finals.
ATP career finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)Titles by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Titles by settingOutdoor (0–1)Indoor (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco250 SeriesClay Martin Kližan2–6, 2–6
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–1)Titles by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (1–1)Grass (0–0)Titles by settingOutdoor (1–1)Indoor (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Brasil Open, Brazil250 SeriesClay Pablo Andújar Marcelo Melo Bruno Soares6–7(4–7), 3–6Win1–1Chile Open, Chile250 SeriesClay Fred Gil Pablo Andújar Carlos Berlocq1–6, 7–5, [12–10]
Challenger career finals
Singles (14–11) No.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore1.9 August 2004CordenonsClay Daniel Köllerer4–6, 6–4, 6–32.12 May 2008AarhusClay Éric Prodon7–5, 7–53.1 September 2008BrașovClay Alexander Flock4–6, 6–4, 6–44.14 September 2009Banja LukaClay Julian Reister6–4, 6–15.5 October 2009TarragonaClay Paolo Lorenzi6–4, 6–06.2 August 2010SegoviaHard Adrian Mannarino6–4, 7–6(7–2)7.11 September 2011SevillaClay Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo6–3, 6–38.17 June 2012MonzaClay Albert Montañés6–2, 4–6, 6–49.10 September 2012SevillaClay Tommy Robredo6–3, 6–210.30 September 2012MadridClay Jan-Lennard Struff6–4, 6–211.2 September 2013Alphen aan den RijnClay Thomas Schoorel6–2, 6–412.10 September 2013SevillaClay Stéphane Robert6–4, 7–6(7–2)13.28 September 2014KenitraClay Albert Ramos6–3, 6–414.1 February 2015BucaramangaClay Gastão Elias6–3, 1–6, 7–5
Runners-up
No.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore1.5 September 2005BrașovClay Daniel Elsner5–7, 2–62.5 November 2007GuayaquilClay Nicolás Lapentti3–6, 7–6(6), 5–73.10 March 2008TangerClay Marcel Granollers4–6, 4–64.15 September 2008Banja LukaClay Ilija Bozoljac4–6, 4–65.12 October 2009AsunciónClay Ramón Delgado6–7(2–7), 6–1, 3–66.5 July 2010San BenedettoClay Carlos Berlocq3–6, 6–4, 4–67.2 October 2011MadridClay Jérémy Chardy1–6, 7–5, 6–7(3–7)8.12 August 2012CordenonsClay Paolo Lorenzi6–7(5–7), 3–69.21 August 2016CordenonsClay Taro Daniel3–6, 4–610.1 October 2017RomeClay Filip Krajinović4–6, 3–611.22 April 2018TunisClay Guido Andreozzi2–6, 0–3 ret.
Doubles (3–6) No.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore1.1 May 2006Tunis, TunisiaClay Iván Navarro Bart Beks Martijn van Haasteren6–2, 7–52.5 May 2008Telde, SpainClay Daniel Muñoz Miguel Ángel López José Antonio Sánchez6–3, 6–13.29 September 2012Madrid, SpainClay Iván Navarro Colin Ebelthite Jaroslav Pospíšil6–2, 4–6, [10–7]
Runners-up
No.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore1.15 August 2005Cordenons, ItalyClay Melle van Gemerden Daniel Köllerer Oliver MarachWEA (no winner)2.13 October 2008Montevideo, UruguayClay Rubén Ramírez Franco Ferreiro Flávio Saretta3–6, 2–63.19 September 2009Florianópolis, BrazilClay Pere Riba Tomasz Bednarek Mateusz Kowalczyk1–6, 4–64.20 August 2011San Sebastián, SpainClay Israel Sevilla Stefano Ianni Simone Vagnozzi3–6, 4–65.1 October 2011Madrid, SpainClay Morgan Phillips David Marrero Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo4–6, 7–6(10–8), [9–11]6.10 June 2012Caltanissetta, ItalyClay Iván Navarro Marcel Felder Antonio Veić7–5, 6–7(5–7), [6–10]
Performance timelines
Current till 2018 Wimbledon Championships.
Singles Tournament20052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAA1R1R1R1R2R1RA1RAA1–7French Open1RQ2AA2R2R1R1R2R1R2RQ2Q1Q24–8WimbledonAAAA2R1R1RA1R1R1RAQ1Q21–6US OpenAAAA1R3R1R1R1R1R1RAA2–7Win–loss0–10–00–00–02–43–40–40–32–40–41–30–10–00–08–28Year-end ranking192267170907256107707711298115365178
Doubles Tournament2009201020112012201320142015201620172018Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open1R1R2R1R1R1RAAAA1–6French Open2RA2R1R3RA2RAAA5–5WimbledonAA1RA1RA1RAA0–3US OpenA3R2RA1RA1RAA3–3Win–loss1–22–23–40–22–40–11–30–00–00–09–18
Wins over top 10 players He has a 3–20 (.130) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10. Season 2004–2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014–2019 Total Wins 0 1 1 0 1 0 3
#PlayerRankTournamentSurfaceRdScore20101. Nikolay Davydenko6Stuttgart, GermanyClay2R7–6(9–7), 2–6, 6–120112. Jürgen Melzer8Madrid, SpainClay2R7–6(10–8), 6–320133. Richard Gasquet9Madrid, SpainClay2R7–5, 3–6, 6–4
References
External links
Gimeno Traver recent match results Gimeno Traver World ranking history