Ramón Delgado (; born 14 November 1976) is a Paraguayan retired tennis player and current tennis coach. He turned professional in 1995 and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 52 in April 1999. He reached the final at Bogotá in 1998 and the fourth round of the 1998 French Open, defeating Pete Sampras in the second round.
Tennis career 2002 In April 2002, Delgado lost in the first round of the Mallorca Open to a 15-year-old Rafael Nadal in Nadal's first ever ATP match. Nadal would go on to win 22 major titles as of the 2022 French Open.
2006 Delgado nearly qualified for the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, but was defeated in the third and final qualifying round by Roko Karanušić.
2010 In October 2010, Delgado defeated Chilean Nicolás Massú in three sets (7–5, 2–6, 6–3) to advance and face Spanish player Pere Riba at the last 16 stage of the Copa Petrobras.
2011 He announced his retirement from tennis in May 2011.
Coaching career In 2011, Delgado began coaching tennis.
Delgado was captain of Paraguay's 2015 Fed Cup team, which was made up of Verónica Cepede Royg, Sarita Giménez, Camila Giangreco and Montserrat González.
ATP Tour career finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)ATP World Tour Championship Series (0–0)ATP World Tour World Series (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoor (0–1)Indoor (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Bogotá, ColombiaWorld SeriesClay Mariano Zabaleta4–6, 4–6
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 15 (9–6) LegendATP Challenger (9–6)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (4–2)Clay (5–4)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1-0Cali, ColombiaChallengerClay Sebastián Prieto6–3, 1–6, 7–6Loss1-1Quito, EcuadorChallengerClay Mariano Puerta1-6, 5-7Loss1-2Rocky Mount, United StatesChallengerClay Jan Vacek6–7(0–7), 5–7Win2-2Tallahassee, United StatesChallengerHard Justin Gimelstob7–5, 6–3Loss2-3Campinas, BrazilChallengerClay Alessio di Mauro2-6, 4-6Win3-3Campos Do Jordão, BrazilChallengerHard Daniel Melo7–6(7–3), 6–2Loss3-4Champaign-Urbana, United StatesChallengerHard Justin Gimelstob4-6, 4-6Win4-4Bogotá, ColombiaChallengerClay Mariano Puerta6–4, 7–5Win5-4Lubbock, United StatesChallengerHard Bobby Reynolds2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–3Loss5-5Nashville, United StatesChallengerHard Bobby Reynolds4–6, 4–6Win6-5Mexico City, MexicoChallengerClay Alejandro Falla6–3, 4–6, 6–4Win7-5Mexico City, MexicoChallengerClay Adrián García6–3, 6–3Win8-5Asunción, ParaguayChallengerClay Daniel Gimeno Traver7–6(7–2), 1–6, 6–3Win9-5Puebla, MexicoChallengerHard Andre Begemann6–3, 6–4Loss9-6Asunción, ParaguayChallengerClay Rui Machado2–6, 6–3, 5–7
Doubles: 17 (6–11) LegendATP Challenger (6–11)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (3–2)Clay (3–9)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0-1Santiago, ChileChallengerClay Alejandro Aramburu Acuna Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez4-6, 4-6Loss0-2Quito, EcuadorChallengerClay Martin Garcia Bernardo Martínez Marco Osorio4-6, 4-6Loss0-3Birmingham, United StatesChallengerClay Ignacio Hirigoyen James Blake Mark Merklein5-7, 1-6Loss0-4Paget, BermudaChallengerClay Alexandre Simoni George Bastl Neville Godwin5-7, 3-6Win1-4Torrance, United StatesChallengerHard André Sá Diego Ayala Robert Kendrick6–3, 6–4Win2-4São Paulo, BrazilChallengerHard André Sá Marcelo Melo Franco Ferreiro7–5, 7–6(7–5)Win3-4La Serena, ChileChallengerClay Enzo Artoni Tomas Behrend Marcos Daniel7–6(7–2), 6–4Loss3-5Dallas, United StatesChallengerHard André Sá Giovanni Lapentti Rik de Voest4–6, 4–6Win4-5Boston, United StatesChallengerHard André Sá Harsh Mankad Jeremy Wurtzman6–3, 6–2Loss4-6Bogotá, ColombiaChallengerClay André Sá Chris Drake Eric ButoracwalkoverLoss4-7Prague, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Sergio Roitman Petr Pála David Škoch0–6, 0–6Loss4-8Mexico City, MexicoChallengerClay André Sá Marcelo Melo Horacio Zeballos4–6, 2–6Win5-8Prostějov, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Juan Pablo Guzmán Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl7–6(10–8), 6–1Win6-8Bogotá, ColombiaChallengerClay Brian Dabul Thomaz Bellucci Bruno Soares7–6(7–5), 6–4Loss6-9Lima, PeruChallengerClay Júlio Silva Luis Horna Sebastián Prieto3–6, 3–6Loss6-10Vancouver, CanadaChallengerHard Kaes Van't Hof Kevin Anderson Rik de Voest4–6, 4–6Loss6-11Curitiba, BrazilChallengerClay André Sá Dominik Meffert Leonardo Tavares6–3, 2–6, [4–10]
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAA1RAA2RAQ1AQ1AAAQ20 / 21–2French OpenA2R4R1RQ1A1RAQ1Q3Q1Q2AAQ20 / 44–4WimbledonAQ21R1RAQ11RA1RQ2Q3Q1AA1R0 / 50–5US Open1RA1R1RA3R3R2RQ1Q21RAAAQ20 / 75–7Win–loss0–11–13–30–40–02–13–41–10–10–00–10–00–00–00–10 / 1810–18ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersAAA1RAAAAA1RQ1Q2AA2R0 / 31–3Miami OpenAA2R3RAA1RAQ2AQ1Q2AAQ20 / 33–3Monte-Carlo MastersAAA2RAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 11–1HamburgAAA1RAAAAAAAAANMS0 / 10–1Rome MastersAAA1RAAQ2AAAAAAAA0 / 10–1Canada MastersAA2R3RAAA2RAAAAAAQ10 / 34–3Cincinnati MastersAA1R1RAA1RQ1AAAAAAQ10 / 30–3Paris MastersAAAAAQ2AAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–02–35–70–00–00–21–10–00–10–00–00–00–01–10 / 159–15
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