Ángel Giménez (born 10 October 1955) is a former professional tennis player from Spain.
Career Giménez twice made the second round in the singles draw of a Grand Slam, both times in 1981. At the French Open he defeated Bolivian Mario Martinez, before losing to Paul Torre. Then at Wimbledon that year he had a win over Jörgen Windahl and was then beaten by Andrew Pattison in five sets. His best doubles performance came in the 1981 French Open, when he and Ricardo Cano reached the third round.ITF Tennis Profile He never competed in the Australian Open or US Open.
He won two titles on the Grand Prix tennis circuit, at Vienna in 1980 and then the British Hard Court Championships later that year. As a doubles player he reached three finals, but lost them all. He had one of the best wins of his career in 1981 when he defeated Vitas Gerulaitis at Hamburg.ATP World Tour Profile
In the Davis Cup, Giménez took part in seven ties for Spain, from 1976 to 1982. The Spaniard won six of his 10 rubbers, two in singles and four in doubles.Davis Cup Profile
As a coach he has worked with many players, including Gabriela Sabatini,Gabriela Sabatini "Tenía como coach primero a Ángel Giménez y luego, en la etapa de los.." Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, Svetlana Kuznetsova and Daniela Hantuchová. He now works at the Academia Sanchez-Casal in Barcelona, Spain.
Career finals Singles: 3 (2–1) ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Jun 1980 Vienna, AustriaClay Tomáš Šmíd1–6, 1–1 Win2–0 Sep 1980 Bournemouth, United KingdomClay Shlomo Glickstein3–6, 6–3, 6–3Loss2–1Apr 1982 Bournemouth, United KingdomClay Manuel Orantes2–6, 0–6
Doubles: 3 (0–3) ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Feb 1981 Mar del Plata, ArgentinaClay Jairo Velasco, Sr. David Carter Paul Kronk7–6, 4–6, 0–6Loss0–2 Jan 1982 Viña Del Mar, ChileClay Guillermo Aubone Manuel Orantes Raúl RamírezDefaultLoss0–3Feb 1982 Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClay Manuel Orantes Hans Kary Zoltan Kuharszky5–7, 2–6
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