Spanish tennis player
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Gimeno and the second or maternal family name is
Traver .
Daniel Gimeno Traver (Spanish pronunciation: [daˈnjel xiˈmeno tɾaˈβeɾ] ;[ 1] [ 2] born 7 August 1985) is a professional Spanish tennis player who turned pro in 2004, when he was eighteen years old. He reached the final of Casablanca in 2015 and has won 12 Challenger Tour events, achieving a career-high singles ranking of World No. 48 in March 2013.
Daniel Gimeno Traver was born 7 August 1985 in Valencia , Spain. He is the son of Javier, a chemist, and Marisol, a nurse, and is the second of four brothers, Carlos, Miguel and Víctor being his siblings.
Gimeno Traver started playing tennis at the age of 2. He prefers to play on clay and is currently coached by Israel Sevilla.
As a junior, he won the European Championships in 2003 beating Marcos Baghdatis in Switzerland. Gimeno Traver won a further 5 junior titles, compiling a singles win–loss record of 51–10 and reaching as high as No. 4 in the junior world rankings in May 2003. He also beat Novak Djokovic on the way to a quarter-final place at Roland Garros , losing to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga .
Junior Slam results:
Australian Open: - French Open: QF (2003 ) Wimbledon: 1R (2003 ) US Open: 3R (2003 )
Gimeno Traver reached ATP World Tour semifinals at Stuttgart and Gstaad in 2010 , St. Petersburg in 2012 and Oeiras in 2014 . His best Grand Slam performance was at the 2010 US Open , when he beat Jarkko Nieminen and Jérémy Chardy to reach the third round.
At the 2015 Grand Prix Hassan II , Gimeno Traver defeated seeded players Mikhail Kukushkin and Jiří Veselý to reach his first ATP 250 final, where he lost to Martin Kližan .
Gimeno Traver has coached Roberto Bautista Agut since the start of the 2022 season . With him, Bautista Agut has won 2 titles and reached a further 2 finals.
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)[ edit ] Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)
Titles by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting Outdoor (0–1) Indoor (0–0)
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)[ edit ] Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–1)
Titles by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (1–1) Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting Outdoor (1–1) Indoor (0–0)
Challenger career finals [ edit ] No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score 1. 9 August 2004 Cordenons Clay Daniel Köllerer 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 2. 12 May 2008 Aarhus Clay Éric Prodon 7–5, 7–5 3. 1 September 2008 Brașov Clay Alexander Flock 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 4. 14 September 2009 Banja Luka Clay Julian Reister 6–4, 6–1 5. 5 October 2009 Tarragona Clay Paolo Lorenzi 6–4, 6–0 6. 2 August 2010 Segovia Hard Adrian Mannarino 6–4, 7–6(7–2) 7. 11 September 2011 Sevilla Clay Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo 6–3, 6–3 8. 17 June 2012 Monza Clay Albert Montañés 6–2, 4–6, 6–4 9. 10 September 2012 Sevilla Clay Tommy Robredo 6–3, 6–2 10. 30 September 2012 Madrid Clay Jan-Lennard Struff 6–4, 6–2 11. 2 September 2013 Alphen aan den Rijn Clay Thomas Schoorel 6–2, 6–4 12. 10 September 2013 Sevilla Clay Stéphane Robert 6–4, 7–6(7–2) 13. 28 September 2014 Kenitra Clay Albert Ramos 6–3, 6–4 14. 1 February 2015 Bucaramanga Clay Gastão Elias 6–3, 1–6, 7–5
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score 1. 5 September 2005 Brașov Clay Daniel Elsner 5–7, 2–6 2. 5 November 2007 Guayaquil Clay Nicolás Lapentti 3–6, 7–6(6) , 5–7 3. 10 March 2008 Tanger Clay Marcel Granollers 4–6, 4–6 4. 15 September 2008 Banja Luka Clay Ilija Bozoljac 4–6, 4–6 5. 12 October 2009 Asunción Clay Ramón Delgado 6–7(2–7) , 6–1, 3–6 6. 5 July 2010 San Benedetto Clay Carlos Berlocq 3–6, 6–4, 4–6 7. 2 October 2011 Madrid Clay Jérémy Chardy 1–6, 7–5, 6–7(3–7) 8. 12 August 2012 Cordenons Clay Paolo Lorenzi 6–7(5–7) , 3–6 9. 21 August 2016 Cordenons Clay Taro Daniel 3–6, 4–6 10. 1 October 2017 Rome Clay Filip Krajinović 4–6, 3–6 11. 22 April 2018 Tunis Clay Guido Andreozzi 2–6, 0–3 ret.
No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score 1. 15 August 2005 Cordenons , Italy Clay Melle van Gemerden Daniel Köllerer Oliver Marach WEA (no winner) 2. 13 October 2008 Montevideo , Uruguay Clay Rubén Ramírez Franco Ferreiro Flávio Saretta 3–6, 2–6 3. 19 September 2009 Florianópolis , Brazil Clay Pere Riba Tomasz Bednarek Mateusz Kowalczyk 1–6, 4–6 4. 20 August 2011 San Sebastián , Spain Clay Israel Sevilla Stefano Ianni Simone Vagnozzi 3–6, 4–6 5. 1 October 2011 Madrid , Spain Clay Morgan Phillips David Marrero Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo 4–6, 7–6(10–8) , [9–11] 6. 10 June 2012 Caltanissetta , Italy Clay Iván Navarro Marcel Felder Antonio Veić 7–5, 6–7(5–7) , [6–10]
Key W F SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Current till 2018 Wimbledon Championships .
Wins over top 10 players [ edit ] He has a 3–20 (.130) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10. Season 2004–2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014–2019 Total Wins 0 1 1 0 1 0 3