Ruben Gonzales (born September 11, 1985) is an American-bornFilipino professionaltennis player playing on theATP Challenger Tour. On 6 May 2013, he reached his highestATP singles ranking of No. 766 and his highest doubles ranking of No. 116 achieved on 6 March 2023.
Gonzales was born inChicago and raised inTerre Haute, Indiana. His parents are from thePhilippines and he has two siblings who he watched play tennis.[1] At eight years old, he wanted to become a professional tennis player.[2] For a time, he lived inManila, where he spent some of his high school years.[1]
In his rookie season, he won the 2005 Big Ten singles consolation championship. He was also named as an ITA Scholar-Athlete. In his sophomore was selected to the Academic All-Big Ten team while having the highest GPA on the team.[2]
A lung injury,spontaneous pneumothorax, kept Gonzales out for most of his junior season and unable to qualify for the NCAA tournament in either singles or doubles.[2][4] Despite this, he was able to finish with a No. 37 ranking in doubles and a No. 125 ranking in singles as he became known as "The Spirit of Illinois Tennis". He was awarded with Illinois' Scholar Athlete Award and was named to the Academic All-Big Ten team once again.[2]
In 2022, Gonzales won three ATP Challenger doubles championships.[8] He followed that up with a runner-up finish in the 2023Cleveland Open and a semis finish in theTenerife Challenger.[9]
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