César Ramírez (tennis)

César Ramírez
Country (sports) Mexico
Born (1990-01-25) January 25, 1990 (age 34)
Veracruz, Mexico
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2+12 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$ 141,642
Singles
Career record8–12 (ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 391 (10 September 2012)
Grand Slam singles results
US Open Junior2R (2008)
Doubles
Career record7–11 (ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 105 (16 February 2015)
Medal record
Representing  Mexico
Men's tennis
Central American and Caribbean Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Veracruz Doubles
Last updated on: 24 May 2021.

César Ramírez (Latin American Spanish: [ˈsesaɾ raˈmiɾes]; born January 25, 1990) nicknamed "el Tiburón" ("the Shark"), is a tennis player from Mexico.[1][2][3] He played for the Mexican Davis Cup squad in 2012.[4]

Ramírez tested positive for steroids[5] and has been suspended from competition for four years, until 12 April 2022.[6]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 14 (8–6)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (8–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–4)
Clay (3–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2008 Mexico F13, Ciudad Obregón Futures Hard France Fabrice Martin 6–2, 6–4
Win 2–0 May 2009 Mexico F4, Coatzacoalcos Futures Hard Mexico Bruno Echagaray 6–3, 5–7, 6–2
Loss 2–1 May 2009 Mexico F5, Puerto Vallarta Futures Hard Italy Luigi D'Agord 7–5, 2–6, 3–6
Loss 2–2 Nov 2009 Mexico F14, Guadalajara Futures Clay Canada Vasek Pospisil 2–6, 2–6
Win 3–2 Feb 2010 Panama F1, Panama City Futures Clay Ecuador Julio César Campozano 2–6, 6–3, 7–5
Loss 3–3 Aug 2010 Mexico F5, Zacatecas Futures Hard United Kingdom David Rice 3–6, 4–6
Loss 3–4 Nov 2010 Mexico F8, Guadalajara Futures Clay Moldova Roman Borvanov 1–6, 4–6
Loss 3–5 Nov 2010 Mexico F10, Colima Futures Hard United States James Ludlow 6–7(4–7), 4–6
Win 4–5 Sep 2011 Mexico F10, Zacatecas Futures Hard Bulgaria Boris Nicola Bakalov 6–3, 6–3
Win 5–5 Dec 2011 Mexico F16, Guadalajara Futures Clay Colombia Nicolás Barrientos 6–2, 6–1
Win 6–5 Apr 2012 Mexico F4, Mexico City Futures Hard Mexico Víctor Romero 6–2, 6–4
Loss 6–6 Jul 2012 USA F21, Godfrey Futures Hard United States Jason Jung 6–2, 5–7, 2–6
Win 7–6 Aug 2012 Colombia F2, Medellín Futures Clay Colombia Michael Quintero walkover
Win 8–6 Oct 2013 Mexico F15, Quintana Roo Futures Hard Colombia Michael Quintero 6–1, 6–1

Doubles: 29 (18–11)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (2–4)
ITF Futures (16–7)
Finals by surface
Hard (14–5)
Clay (4–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2008 Mexico F11, Torreón Futures Hard Mexico Juan Manuel Elizondo United States Matthew Roberts
Mexico Antonio Ruiz-Rosales
5–7, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Nov 2008 Mexico F14, Ciudad Obregón Futures Hard Mexico Juan Manuel Elizondo Italy Claudio Grassi
Mexico Antonio Ruiz-Rosales
4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 0–3 Nov 2008 Mexico F15, Guadalajara Futures Clay Mexico Juan Manuel Elizondo Mexico Bruno Rodríguez
Mexico Víctor Romero
6–4, 2–6, [8–10]
Win 1–3 May 2009 Mexico F3, Córdoba Futures Hard Mexico Juan Manuel Elizondo Mexico Carlos Palencia
Mexico Santiago González
6–4, 5–7, [12–10]
Loss 1–4 May 2009 Mexico F5, Puerto Vallarta Futures Hard Mexico Juan Manuel Elizondo Canada Adil Shamasdin
Canada Vasek Pospisil
1–6, 6–2, [7–10]
Win 2–4 Jun 2009 Mexico F8, León Futures Hard Mexico Juan Manuel Elizondo Mexico Manuel Sánchez
Mexico German Sanchez Delfin
6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 2–5 Oct 2009 France F16, Sarreguemines Futures Carpet Serbia Vladimir Obradović Netherlands Antilles Martijn van Haasteren
Netherlands Michel Koning
4–6, 4–6
Win 3–5 Nov 2009 Mexico F15, Puerto Vallarta Futures Hard Mexico Javier Herrera-Eguiluz Australia Nima Roshan
Moldova Roman Borvanov
6–3, 6–4
Win 4–5 May 2010 Mexico F3, Mexico City Futures Hard Australia Nima Roshan United States Conor Pollock
United States Brett Joelson
6–3, 3–6, [14–12]
Win 5–5 Aug 2010 Mexico F5, Zacatecas Futures Hard Mexico Juan Manuel Elizondo Guatemala Christopher Díaz Figueroa
Mexico Bruno Rodríguez
6–4, 6–7(2–7), [10–4]
Win 6–5 Sep 2010 Mexico F6, León Futures Hard Mexico Juan Manuel Elizondo Australia Nima Roshan
Canada Vasek Pospisil
6–3, 4–6, [10–6]
Loss 6–6 Nov 2010 Cancún, Mexico Challenger Clay Austria Rainer Eitzinger Mexico Santiago González
Dominican Republic Víctor Estrella Burgos
1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 6–7 Jul 2011 Italy F19, Fano Futures Clay Australia Nima Roshan Italy Luca Vanni
Italy Stefano Ianni
7–6(7–2), 3–6, [6–10]
Win 7–7 Sep 2011 Mexico F10, Zacatecas Futures Hard El Salvador Marcelo Arévalo Guatemala Christopher Díaz Figueroa
Guatemala Sebastien Vidal
6–3, 6–2
Loss 7–8 Dec 2011 Mexico F14, Ixtapa Futures Hard Australia Nima Roshan Mexico Luis Díaz Barriga
United States Adam El Mihdawy
4–6, 4–6
Win 8–8 Dec 2011 Mexico F15, Tehuacán Futures Hard Australia Nima Roshan Mexico Daniel Garza
Mexico Raul-Isaias Rosas-Zarur
6–3, 6–1
Win 9–8 Feb 2012 Panama F1, Panama City Futures Clay El Salvador Marcelo Arévalo Guatemala Christopher Díaz Figueroa
Guatemala Sebastien Vidal
6–1, 6–4
Loss 9–9 Apr 2012 Leon, Mexico Challenger Hard Mexico Bruno Rodríguez Australia John-Patrick Smith
Australia John Peers
3–6, 3–6
Win 10–9 Aug 2012 Colombia F1, Bogotá Futures Clay Peru Mauricio Echazú Colombia Michael Quintero
Dominican Republic Víctor Estrella Burgos
6–4, 7–5
Win 11–9 Oct 2013 Mexico F13, Veracruz Futures Hard Puerto Rico Alex Llompart Colombia Juan Carlos Spir
South Africa Dean O'Brien
6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
Win 12–9 Oct 2013 Mexico F15, Quintana Roo Futures Hard Japan Kaichi Uchida Puerto Rico Alex Llompart
New Zealand Finn Tearney
7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win 13–9 Mar 2014 Guadalajara, Mexico Challenger Hard Mexico Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela Australia Matthew Ebden
Germany Andre Begemann
6–4, 6–2
Win 14–9 Apr 2014 Mexico F1, Querétaro Futures Hard Mexico Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela South Africa Dean O'Brien
United States Kevin King
6–3, 7–5
Win 15–9 May 2014 Mexico F2, Córdoba Futures Hard Mexico Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela South Africa Dean O'Brien
United States Kevin King
7–6(7–1), 6–1
Win 16–9 May 2014 Mexico F4, Morelia Futures Hard Mexico Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela Peru Mauricio Echazú
Peru Jorge Brian Panta
7–6(7–3), 6–3
Win 17–9 Aug 2014 Colombia F3, Medellín Futures Clay El Salvador Marcelo Arévalo Argentina Facundo Mena
United States Cătălin Gârd
6–4, 6–4
Win 18–9 Sep 2014 Medellín, Colombia Challenger Clay United States Austin Krajicek Venezuela Roberto Maytín
Argentina Andrés Molteni
6–3, 7–5
Loss 18–10 Oct 2014 Cali, Colombia Challenger Clay Colombia Alejandro González Argentina Guido Andreozzi
Argentina Guillermo Durán
3–6, 4–6
Loss 18–11 Jul 2015 San Benedetto, Italy Challenger Clay Mexico Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela Croatia Antonio Šančić
Croatia Dino Marcan
3–6, 7–6(12–10), [10–12]

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2008 Australian Open Hard Canada Vasek Pospisil Chinese Taipei Hsieh Cheng-peng
Chinese Taipei Yang Tsung-hua
6–3, 5–7, [5–10]

References

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  1. ^ Avanza el tenista mexicano César Ramírez a la siguiente ronda "El Tiburón rompió el saque del su rival dos veces consecutivas el segundo set, lo que facilitó su victoria."
  2. ^ Interview (Spanish)
  3. ^ “Tiburón” Ramírez podría estar en el “top 20” de la ATP
  4. ^ "ATP Notability". Retrieved 2012-02-20.
  5. ^ "Ramirez tests positive for steroids, suspended". 29 June 2018.
  6. ^ "ITF Tennis – ANTIDOPING". Archived from the original on 2022-10-22. Retrieved 2021-01-14.

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