Rubin Statham (born 25 April 1987) is a former professional tennis player from New Zealand. He reached an ATP career-high ranking of world No. 279 in singles on 25 February 2013, and No. 139 in doubles on 17 June 2013.
Personal information Formerly known as José Rubin Statham, he was often referred to by his nickname of "José".
His twin brother Mikal (usually referred to by his nickname of "Oliver") is also a professional tennis player.
Career 2005 In June 2005, Statham's second year on the professional tour, he made his first final at the Japan F8 tournament. He lost in the final to Go Soeda of Japan 4–6, 3–6. In November 2008, Kyu Tae Im of Korea defeated him 6–7(3), 1–6 in the final of the Malaysia F2 event. This was the second time he had made a final in over three years. In May 2009 Statham won his first tournament, at Australia F3, defeating Australian Greg Jones 4–6, 6–4, 6–1 in the final. In his next tournament, Australia F4, he lost in the final to Jones 5–7, 6–7(6). He won his next tournament in Egypt F7 by defeating Jean-Noel Insausti of France in the final 7–5, 6–2. He made it four finals in a row in his next tournament at Egypt F8, losing to Karim Maamoun of Egypt in the final 2–6, 2–6.
2009 In October 2009 Statham won another Futures title at Thailand F4. He defeated Roman Jebavý of the Czech Republic 6–3, 2–6, 7–5 in the final, having also won the doubles title the day before. He also won the Vietnam F1 title in the same month, defeating Amir Weintraub of Israel 6–7(4), 7–6(4), 6–1 in the final, and again made it a special event by winning the doubles as well. He did it again in Korea in May 2013. In October 2010, Statham was the only New Zealand representative in the Men's Singles at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and was the sixth seed. He lost in the quarterfinals to top-seeded and eventual champion Somdev Devvarman of India 3–6, 4–6.
2019-2020 In January 2019 Statham played the ASB Classic in Auckland, where he caused a major upset by beating the 6th seed and 25th ranked player in the world at the time, Hyeon Chung in straight sets 7–5, 6–3.
In March 2020, Statham's win in the World Group I play-off was his first competitive match for more than a year, a serious hip injury having caused him to retire from the first round of a Challenger event in Bangkok in February 2019. Other than purely domestic events, such as the New Zealand Premier League and Te Anau Invitational, it was the only match he played during the year.
2023-2025 At the 2023 Chengdu Open he reached the semifinals with Marcos Giron after the retirement of Marcelo Demoliner and Matwe Middelkoop and the subsequent withdrawal of Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson.
He entered the qualifying event in singles at the 2023 Astana Open as an alternate replacing Borna Gojo and reached the second round of qualifying.
Statham announced his retirement on 3 January 2025.
Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals
Singles: 26 (12-14) Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (0-0)ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (12–14)Titles by surfaceHard (6–9)Clay (6–5)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0-1Japan F8, TokyoFuturesHard Go Soeda4–6, 3–6Loss0-2Malaysia F2, Petaling JayaFuturesHard Kyu Tae Im6–7(3–7), 1–6Win1-2Australia F3, BundabergFuturesClay Greg Jones4–6, 6–4, 6–1Loss1-3Australia F4, IpswichFuturesClay Greg Jones5–7, 6–7(3–7)Win2-3Egypt F7, AlexandriaFuturesClay Jean-Noel Insausti7–5, 6–2Loss2-4Egypt F8, Ain SokhnaFuturesClay Karim Maamoun2–6, 2–6Win3-4Thailand F4, BangkokFuturesHard Roman Jebavý6–3, 2–6, 7–5 Win4-4Vietnam F1, Bình DươngFuturesHard Amir Weintraub6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 6–1Win5-4Vietnam F1, Ho Chi Minh CityFuturesHard Nick Lindahl5–2 RETWin6-4Thailand F2, BangkokFuturesHard Christopher Rungkat7–6(12–10), 6–3Win7-4Germany F5, UnterföhringFuturesClay Jeremy Jahn7–6(7–3), 7–5Loss7-5Austria F4, FieberbrunnFuturesClay Nicolas Reissig 4–6, 6–7(5–7)Win8-5Korea F3, DaeguFuturesHard Lim Yong-kyu7–5, 3–6, 6–1Loss8-6Korea F10, ChuncheonFuturesHard John Millman3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–7(5–7)Loss8-7Korea F11, AnseongFuturesHard John Millman1–6, 5–7Loss8-8Australia F10, WollongongFuturesHard Jarmere Jenkins4–6, 5–7Loss8-9Australia F4, MelbourneFuturesClay Jordan Thompson1–6, 5–7Win9-9Australia F5, MorningtonFuturesClay Matthew Barton2–6, 6–3, 6–4Win10-9Usa F22, PittsburghFuturesClay Kaichi Uchida 6–3, 2–6, 6–2Win11-9China F1, AnningFuturesClay Marco Bortolotti4–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–4)Loss11-10China F2, AnningFuturesClay Yang Tsung-hua6–2, 4–6, 6–7(7–9)Win12-10Thailand F1, Hua HinFuturesHard Finn Tearney4–6, 6–1, 6–1Loss12-11Usa F24, ChampaignFuturesHard Dominik Koepfer7–6(7–5), 2–6, 5–7Loss12-12Thailand F10, Hua HinFuturesHard Alexey Vatutin4–6, 4–6Loss12-13M15 Cancún, MexicoWorld Tennis TourHard Lý Hoàng Nam4–6, 4–6Loss12-14M15 Chiang Rai, ThailandWorld Tennis TourHard Makoto Ochi4–6, 4–6
Doubles: 70 (23 titles, 47 runners-up) Legend ATP Challenger Tour (4–11) ITF Futures (19–36) Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents ScoreRunner–up 1. 6 February 2011 Burnie Hard Marinko Matosevic Philip Bester Peter Polansky 3–6, 6–4, [12–14]Runner–up 2. 27 March 2011 Pingguo Hard Harri Heliövaara Michail Elgin Alexander Kudryavtsev 2–6, 3–6Runner–up 3. 29 July 2012 Oberstaufen Clay Andrey Kuznetsov Andrei Dăescu Florin Mergea 6–7(1–7), 6–7(4–7)Runner–up 4. 6 January 2013 Nouméa Hard Artem Sitak Samuel Groth Toshihide Matsui 6–7(6–8), 6–1, [4–10]Runner–up 5. 27 October 2013 Traralgon Hard Dane Propoggia Adam Feeney Ryan Agar 3–6, 4–6Runner–up 6. 9 February 2014 West Lakes Hard Dane Propoggia Marcus Daniell Jarmere Jenkins 4–6, 4–6Runner–up 7. 15 February 2015 Launceston Hard Adam Hubble Radu Albot Mitchell Krueger 6–3, 5–7, [9–11]Winner 1. 7 June 2015 Gimcheon Hard Li Zhe Dean O'Brien Ruan Roelofse 6–4, 6–2Winner 2. 21 October 2017 Ningbo Hard Radu Albot Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Christopher Rungkat 7–5, 6–3Runner–up 8. 19 August 2018 Gwangju Hard Benjamin Lock Nam Ji-sung Song Min-kyu 7–5, 3–6, [5–10]Winner 3. 7 January 2023 Nouméa Hard Colin Sinclair Toshihide Matsui Kaito Uesugi 6–4, 6–3Runner–up 9. 8 April 2023 San Luis Potosí Hard Benjamin Lock Colin Sinclair Adam Walton 7–5, 3–6, [5–10]Runner-up 10. 22 April 2023 Cuernavaca Hard Benjamin Lock Skander Mansouri Michail Pervolarakis 4–6, 4–6Runner-up 11. 14 May 2023 Busan Hard Max Purcell Evan King Reese Stalder w/oWinner 4. 6 January 2024 Nouméa Hard Colin Sinclair Toshihide Matsui Calum Puttergill 7–5, 6–2
Davis Cup (49) With 33 ties, Statham holds the record number of appearances in the Davis Cup for New Zealand, his debut being in 2005. His 28 singles victories in those 33 ties is also the highest number by a New Zealand player.
In March 2020, Statham won against Brandon Perez in the World Group I play-off against Venezuela. LegendGroup membership World Group (0) Group I (10–17) Group II (18–4) Group III (0) Group IV (0)Results by surfaceHard (22–15)Grass (0–2)Clay (4–3)Carpet (2–1)Results by settingOutdoors (13–10)Indoors (15–11) indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.