Raúl Ramírez

Full name	Raúl Carlos Ramírez
Country (sports)	Mexico
Residence	Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
Born	(1953-06-20)20 June 1953 (age 72) Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	1973 (amateur tour from 1970)
Retired	1983
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,217,971
Singles
Career record	544–268
Career titles	19
Highest ranking	No. 4 (7 November 1976)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	SF (1976,1977)
Wimbledon	SF (1976)
US Open	QF (1978)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	SF (1974)
WCT Finals	QF (1975,1976,1978)
Doubles
Career record	583–194
Career titles	60
Highest ranking	No.1 (12 April 1976)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	W (1975,1977)
Wimbledon	W (1976)
US Open	F (1977)

Raúl Ramírez (born 20 June 1953) is a Mexican former professionaltennis player. He was active during the 1970s and 1980s. Ramírez was the first player to finish first in both singles and doubles Grand Prix point standings, accomplishing the feat in 1976. He attended and played tennis at theUniversity of Southern California in Los Angeles.^[1]

Ramírez was born inEnsenada, Baja California. In 1981, he married the Venezuelan-born formerMiss UniverseMaritza Sayalero. The couple lives in Ensenada and have three children: Rebecca (born 1982), Raúl (born 1984), and Daniel Francisco (1989).

Ramirez was ranked as high as World No. 4 (achieving this ranking on 7 November 1976) and he is one of the all-time leading doubles winners, having spent 62 weeks rankedWorld No. 1 in doubles, beginning 12 April 1976. He won 19 singles titles, including titles at theATP Masters Series events inRome (1975) andMonte Carlo (1978).

He won 60 doubles titles, includingWimbledon (1976), the French Open (1975 & '77), and at ATP Masters Series events inCincinnati (1978),Canada (1976, ’77 & ’81),Monte Carlo (1979),Paris (1977), andRome (1974, ’75, ’76 & ’77). He won theWCT World Doubles twice in 1975 and 1980. He won the men's singles in theOjai Tennis Tournament in 1971.^[2]

He played tournaments of the two world tennis circuits played at the time, theGrand Prix tennis circuit and theWorld Championship Tennis (WCT). These circuits were predecessors of theAssociation of Tennis Professionals Tour (ATP Tour). In 1975 he won the Grand Prix, the present day equivalent of the Race.

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1975	French Open	Clay	Brian Gottfried	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–4, 2–6, 6–2, 6–4
Loss	1976	French Open	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	6–7, 3–6, 1–6
Win	1976	Wimbledon	Grass	Brian Gottfried	Ross Case Geoff Masters	3–6, 6–3, 8–6, 2–6, 7–5
Win	1977	French Open(2)	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Wojciech Fibak Jan Kodeš	7–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	1977	US Open	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	4–6, 0–6
Loss	1979	Wimbledon	Grass	Brian Gottfried	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6–4, 4–6, 2–6, 2–6
Loss	1980	French Open(2)	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Victor Amaya Hank Pfister	6–1, 4–6, 4–6, 3–6

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1973	Wimbledon	Grass	Janet Newberry	Billie Jean King Owen Davidson	3–6, 2–6

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	Jul 1973	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Manuel Orantes	ABN
Win	1.	Oct 1973	Tehran, Iran	Clay	John Newcombe	6–7, 6–1, 7–5, 6–3
Win	2.	Feb 1974	Dayton, U.S.	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	6–1, 6–4, 7–6(7–1)
Win	3.	Aug 1974	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	3–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss	2.	Oct 1974	Tehran, Iran	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	0–6, 3–6, 1–6
Win	4.	Feb 1975	St. Petersburg WCT, U.S.	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	6–0, 1–6, 6–2
Loss	3.	Mar 1975	Caracas WCT, Venezuela	Hard	Rod Laver	6–7, 2–6
Win	5.	Apr 1975	Charlotte, U.S.	Clay	Roscoe Tanner	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	6.	Jun 1975	Rome, Italy	Clay	Manuel Orantes	7–6, 7–5, 7–5
Win	7.	Nov 1975	Tokyo, Japan	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6–4, 7–5, 6–3
Win	8.	Mar 1976	Mexico City WCT, Mexico	Clay	Eddie Dibbs	7–6, 6–2
Loss	4.	Mar 1976	Jackson WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Ken Rosewall	3–6, 3–6
Win	9.	Apr 1976	Caracas WCT, Venezuela	Clay	Ilie Năstase	6–3, 6–4
Win	10.	Jul 1976	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Adriano Panatta	7–5, 6–7, 6–1, 6–3
Loss	5.	Jul 1976	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Clay	Jimmy Connors	2–6, 4–6
Loss	6.	Aug 1976	North Conway, U.S.	Clay	Jimmy Connors	6–7, 6–4, 3–6
Loss	7.	Oct 1976	Tehran, Iran	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6–7, 0–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss	8.	Oct 1976	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Wojciech Fibak	7–6, 3–6, 4–6, 6–2, 1–6
Win	11.	Nov 1976	London, England	Carpet	Manuel Orantes	6–3, 6–4
Loss	9.	Feb 1977	Miami WCT, U.S.	Clay	Eddie Dibbs	0–6, 3–6
Loss	10.	May 1977	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Jimmy Connors	4–6, 7–5, 2–6
Win	12.	Jun 1977	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Mark Cox	9–7, 7–5
Win	13.	Sep 1977	Los Angeles, II, U.S.	Hard	Brian Gottfried	7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Loss	11.	Nov 1977	Oviedo, Spain	Hard	Eddie Dibbs	4–6, 1–6
Win	14.	Feb 1978	Mexico City WCT, Mexico	Hard	Pat DuPré	6–4, 6–1
Loss	12.	Feb 1978	Rancho Mirage, U.S.	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	1–6, 6–7
Loss	13.	Mar 1978	Washington Indoor, U.S.	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	5–7, 6–7
Loss	14.	Apr 1978	Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	5–7, 5–7
Win	15.	Apr 1978	Monte Carlo WCT, Monaco	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	6–3, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	15.	Jun 1978	Birmingham, England	Grass	Jimmy Connors	3–6, 1–6, 2–6
Loss	16.	Jul 1978	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Eddie Dibbs	2–6, 3–6
Loss	17.	Oct 1978	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Vijay Amritraj	4–6, 4–6
Win	16.	May 1979	Florence, Italy	Clay	Karl Meiler	6–4, 1–6, 3–6, 7–5, 6–0
Win	17.	Feb 1980	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Hard	Phil Dent	6–3, 6–2
Loss	18.	May 1980	Florence, Italy	Clay	Adriano Panatta	2–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss	19.	May 1981	Florence, Italy	Clay	José Luis Clerc	1–6, 2–6
Loss	20.	Jan 1982	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Pedro Rebolledo	4–6, 6–3, 6–7
Win	18.	Feb 1982	Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Zoltan Kuharszky	4–6, 7–6, 6–3
Loss	21.	Aug 1982	South Orange, U.S.	Clay	Yannick Noah	3–6, 6–7
Win	19.	Feb 1983	Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Morris Skip Strode	6–4, 6–2

Result	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	1973	Salt Lake City, U.S.	Hard (i)	Mike Estep	Jiří Hřebec Jan Kukal	6–4, 7–6
Win	2.	1973	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Jim McManus	José Mandarino Tito Vázquez	6–2, 6–2, 6–3
Loss	1.	1973	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Brian Gottfried	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–1, 6–7, 6–7
Win	3.	1973	New Delhi, India	Outdoor	Jim McManus	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj	6–2, 6–4
Win	4.	1974	Toronto WCT, Canada	Carpet	Tony Roche	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Win	5.	1974	Charlotte, U.S.	Clay	Buster Mottram	Owen Davidson John Newcombe	6–3, 1–6, 6–3
Loss	2.	1974	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Jürgen Fassbender Hans-Jürgen Pohmann	3–6, 4–6, 4–6
Win	6.	1974	Rome, Italy	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Juan Gisbert, Sr. Ilie Năstase	6–3, 6–2, 6–3
Loss	3.	1974	Chicago, U.S.	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Tom Gorman Marty Riessen	6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Win	7.	1974	South Orange, U.S.	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj	7–6, 6–7, 7–6
Loss	4.	1974	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Ross Case Geoff Masters	3–6, 2–6
Loss	5.	1974	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Patrice Dominguez Antonio Muñoz	1–6, 3–6
Loss	6.	1974	Tehran, Iran	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Manuel Orantes Guillermo Vilas	6–7, 6–2, 2–6
Loss	7.	1974	Paris Indoor, France	Hard (i)	Brian Gottfried	Patrice Dominguez François Jauffret	5–7, 4–6
Loss	8.	1974	London, England	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase	6–3, 6–7, 3–6
Win	8.	1975	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Dick Stockton Erik van Dillen	3–6, 6–3, 7–6
Win	9.	1975	St. Petersburg WCT, U.S.	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Charlie Pasarell Roscoe Tanner	6–4, 6–4
Win	10.	1975	La Costa WCT, U.S.	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Charlie Pasarell Roscoe Tanner	7–5, 6–4
Loss	9.	1975	São Paulo WCT, Brazil	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Ross Case Geoff Masters	7–6, 6–7, 6–7
Loss	10.	1975	Caracas WCT, Venezuela	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Ross Case Geoff Masters	5–7, 6–4, 2–6
Win	11.	1975	Orlando WCT, U.S.	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Colin Dibley Ray Ruffels	6–4, 6–4
Win	12.	1975	Tucson, U.S.	Hard	William Brown	Raymond Moore Dennis Ralston	2–6, 7–6, 6–4
Win	13.	1975	World Doubles WCT, Mexico	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Mark Cox Cliff Drysdale	7–6, 6–7, 6–2, 7–6
Win	14.	1975	Dallas WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	7–5, 6–3, 4–6, 2–6, 7–5
Win	15.	1975	Rome, Italy	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase	6–4, 7–6, 2–6, 6–1
Win	16.	1975	French Open, Paris	Clay	Brian Gottfried	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–4, 2–6, 6–2, 6–4
Loss	11.	1975	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Outdoor	Brian Gottfried	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	5–7, 6–2, 1–6
Win	17.	1975	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Brian Gottfried	John Andrews Mike Estep	4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Loss	12.	1975	Melbourne Indoor, Australia	Grass	Brian Gottfried	Ross Case Geoff Masters	4–6, 0–6
Win	18.	1975	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Brian Gottfried	Ross Case Geoff Masters	6–4, 6–2
Win	19.	1975	Perth, Australia	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Ross Case Geoff Masters	2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–0
Win	20.	1975	Tokyo, Japan	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Juan Gisbert, Sr. Manuel Orantes	7–6, 6–4
Win	21.	1976	Monterrey WCT, Mexico	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Ross Case Geoff Masters	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Win	22.	1976	Richmond WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Arthur Ashe Tom Okker	6–4, 7–5
Win	23.	1976	St. Louis WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	John Alexander Phil Dent	6–4, 6–2
Win	24.	1976	Mexico City WCT, Mexico	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie	6–4, 7–6
Win	25.	1976	Jackson, U.S.	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Ross Case Geoff Masters	7–5, 4–6, 6–0
Win	26.	1976	Caracas WCT, Venezuela	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Jeff Borowiak Ilie Năstase	7–5, 6–4
Win	27.	1976	Rome, Italy	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Geoff Masters John Newcombe	7–6, 5–7, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	13.	1976	French Open, Paris	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	6–7, 3–6, 1–6
Win	28.	1976	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Brian Gottfried	Ross Case Geoff Masters	3–6, 6–3, 8–6, 2–6, 7–5
Win	29.	1976	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Arthur Ashe Jimmy Connors	6–3, 6–3
Win	30.	1976	North Conway, U.S.	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Ricardo Cano Víctor Pecci	6–3, 6–0
Win	31.	1976	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	6–2, 6–2
Win	32.	1976	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Bob Hewitt	Juan Gisbert, Sr. Manuel Orantes	6–2, 6–1
Win	33.	1976	Woodlands Doubles, U.S.	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Phil Dent Allan Stone	6–1, 6–4, 5–7, 7–6
Win	34.	1976	Tehran, Iran	Clay	Wojciech Fibak	Juan Gisbert, Sr. Manuel Orantes	7–5, 6–1
Win	35.	1976	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Wojciech Fibak	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	4–6, 7–5, 6–3
Win	36.	1976	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	7–6, 6–4
Loss	14.	1976	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Brian Gottfried	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	4–6, 0–4, ret.
Win	37.	1977	Miami, U.S.	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Paul Kronk Cliff Letcher	7–5, 6–4
Loss	15.	1977	Washington Indoor, U.S.	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	3–6, 5–7
Loss	16.	1977	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Bob Hewitt	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win	38.	1977	Rome, Italy	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	6–7, 7–6, 7–5
Win	39.	1977	French Open, Paris	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Wojciech Fibak Jan Kodeš	7–6, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	40.	1977	North Conway, U.S.	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	7–5, 6–3
Win	41.	1977	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Bob Hewitt	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Loss	17.	1977	U.S. Open, New York	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	4–6, 0–6
Loss	18.	1977	Maui, U.S.	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	6–7, 4–6
Win	42.	1977	Paris Indoor, France	Hard (i)	Brian Gottfried	Jeff Borowiak Roger Taylor	6–2, 6–0
Loss	19.	1977	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Brian Gottfried	Wojciech Fibak Tom Okker	3–6, 3–6
Loss	20.	1977	Wembley, England	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Sandy Mayer Frew McMillan	3–6, 6–7
Loss	21.	1977	Oviedo, Spain	Hard	Jan Kodeš	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	3–6, 1–6
Loss	22.	1978	Mexico City WCT, Mexico	Hard	Marcello Lara	Gene Mayer Sashi Menon	3–6, 6–7
Win	43.	1978	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Phil Dent John Newcombe	3–6, 7–6, 6–2
Loss	23.	1978	Milan WCT, Italy	Carpet	Wojciech Fibak	José Higueras Víctor Pecci	7–5, 6–7, 6–7
Win	44.	1978	Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands	Carpet	Fred McNair	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	6–2, 6–3
Win	45.	1978	Cincinnati, U.S.	Clay	Gene Mayer	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie	6–3, 6–3
Loss	24.	1978	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Bob Hewitt	Jaime Fillol Álvaro Fillol	3–6, 6–7
Loss	25.	1978	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Fred McNair	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	2–6, 5–7
Loss	26.	1978	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Clay	Fred McNair	Bob Hewitt Arthur Ashe	3–6, 4–6
Loss	27.	1978	Los Angeles, U.S.	Carpet	Fred McNair	John Alexander Phil Dent	3–6, 6–7
Loss	28.	1978	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Fred McNair	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj	4–6, 5–7
Win	46.	1979	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Ilie Năstase	Víctor Pecci Balázs Taróczy	6–3, 6–4
Loss	29.	1979	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Adriano Panatta	Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart	6–4, 4–6, 6–7
Loss	30.	1979	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Brian Gottfried	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	6–4, 4–6, 2–6, 2–6
Loss	31.	1979	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart	6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	32.	1979	Louisville, U.S.	Hard	Vijay Amritraj	Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart	2–6, 6–1, 1–6
Loss	33.	1979	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Brian Gottfried	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	3–6, 4–6
Loss	34.	1979	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Brian Gottfried	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	4–6, 6–3, 1–6
Win	47.	1980	Masters Doubles WCT, London	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Wojciech Fibak Tom Okker	3–6, 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	35.	1980	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	3–6, 6–7
Win	48.	1980	Florence, Italy	Clay	Gene Mayer	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	6–1, 6–4
Loss	36.	1980	French Open, Paris	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Victor Amaya Hank Pfister	6–1, 4–6, 4–6, 3–6
Win	49.	1980	Sawgrass Doubles, U.S.	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	7–6, 6–4, 2–6, 7–6
Loss	37.	1981	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart	2–6, 2–6
Loss	38.	1981	Richmond WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Tim Gullikson Bernard Mitton	6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Win	50.	1981	Milan, Italy	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	John McEnroe Peter Rennert	7–6, 6–3
Win	51.	1981	Florence, Italy	Clay	Pavel Složil	Paolo Bertolucci Adriano Panatta	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Win	52.	1981	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Pavel Složil	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	6–4, 7–6
Win	53.	1981	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Clay	Van Winitsky	Pavel Složil Ferdi Taygan	5–7, 7–6, 7–6
Loss	39.	1981	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Van Winitsky	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	3–6, 7–5, 5–7
Win	54.	1981	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Ferdi Taygan	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	2–6, 7–6, 6–4
Win	55.	1982	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Manuel Orantes	Guillermo Aubone Ángel Giménez	DEF
Win	56.	1982	La Quinta, U.S.	Hard	Brian Gottfried	John Lloyd Dick Stockton	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Win	57.	1982	Washington, D.C., U.S.	Clay	Van Winitsky	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	7–5, 7–6
Win	58.	1982	South Orange, U.S.	Clay	Van Winitsky	Jai DiLouie Blaine Willenborg	3–6, 6–4, 6–1
Loss	40.	1982	La Costa WCT, U.S.	Hard	Robert Lutz	Fritz Buehning Johan Kriek	6–3, 6–7, 3–6
Win	59.	1982	Sawgrass Doubles, U.S.	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Mark Edmondson Kim Warwick	W/O
Loss	41.	1983	Masters Doubles WCT, London	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Heinz Günthardt Balázs Taróczy	3–6, 5–7, 6–7
Win	60.	1983	La Quinta, U.S.	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Tian Viljoen Danie Visser	6–3, 6–3

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