# Albert Montañés

Albert Montañés Roca (Catalan:, Spanish:; born 26 November 1980) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He first entered the top 100 in 2001, achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 22 in 2010, and has won six singles titles and two doubles titles.
Montañés is one of very few players to win a title after saving match points in two different matches. He did it during his title run in Estoril 2009 in his quarter-finals and the final. He holds the record for most first-round exits at Grand Slam events; 35 reached at Wimbledon in 2016, beating Kenneth Carlsen's long standing record of 30 first-round exits. Montañés' career ended at the 2017 Barcelona Open, where he lost to countryman Feliciano López in the second round.

## ATP career finals
### Singles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
* ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–1)
* ATP World Tour 250 Series (6–4)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (6–5)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
* Titles by setting
* Outdoor (6–5)
* Indoor (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2001 | Romanian Open, Romania | International | Clay | Younes El Aynaoui | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$ |
| Loss | 0–2 | Apr 2004 | Valencia Open, Spain | International | Clay | Fernando Verdasco | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Feb 2005 | Mexican Open, Mexico | Intl. Gold | Clay | Rafael Nadal | 1–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 0–4 | Apr 2007 | Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco | International | Clay | Paul-Henri Mathieu | 1–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 1–4 | Jul 2008 | Dutch Open, Netherlands | International | Clay | Steve Darcis | 1–6, 7–5, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–4 | May 2009 | Estoril Open, Portugal | 250 Series | Clay | James Blake | 5–7, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 6–0 |
| Win | 3–4 | Sep 2009 | Romanian Open, Romania | 250 Series | Clay | Juan Mónaco | 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$ |
| Win | 4–4 | May 2010 | Estoril Open, Portugal (2) | 250 Series | Clay | Fred Gil | 6–2, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 7–5 |
| Win | 5–4 | Jul 2010 | Stuttgart Open, Germany | 250 Series | Clay | Gaël Monfils | 6–2, 1–2 ret. |
| Loss | 5–5 | Aug 2011 | Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria | 250 Series | Clay | Robin Haase | 4–6, 6–4, 1–6 |
| Win | 6–5 | May 2013 | Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, France | 250 Series | Clay | Gaël Monfils | 6–0, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ |

### Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)

* 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 (2–4)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (1–0)
* Clay (1–4)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
* Titles by setting
* Outdoor (2–4)
* Indoor (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2007 | Chile Open, Chile | International | Clay | Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo | Paul Capdeville Óscar Hernández | 6–4, 4–6, [6–10] |
| Loss | 0–2 | Feb 2007 | Brasil Open, Brasil | International | Clay | Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo | Lukáš Dlouhý Pavel Vízner | 2–6, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ |
| Loss | 0–3 | Feb 2007 | Argentina Open, Argentina | International | Clay | Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo | Martín García Sebastián Prieto | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–4 | Feb 2008 | Brasil Open, Brasil | International | Clay | Santiago Ventura Bertomeu | Marcelo Melo André Sá | 6–4, 2–6, [7–10] |
| Win | 1–4 | May 2008 | Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco | International | Clay | Santiago Ventura Bertomeu | James Cerretani Todd Perry | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Win | 2–4 | Jan 2010 | Qatar Open, Qatar | 250 Series | Hard | Guillermo García López | František Čermák Michal Mertiňák | 6–4, 7–5 |

## Performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |

### Singles

| Tournament | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | W–L |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 4–13 |
| French Open | 3R | 3R | 1R | A | 2R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 4R | 1R | 2R | 1R | Q2 | 1R | 16–14 |
| Wimbledon | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | Q1 | 1R | 6–13 |
| US Open | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 4R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | Q3 | Q2 | 4–13 |
| Win–loss | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 9–4 | 4–4 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 30–53 |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 3R | 4R | A | A | A | A | A | 4–4 |
| Miami Masters | A | 2R | 1R | A | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | A | 2R | A | A | 5–9 |
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | 1R | A | A | 2R | A | A | Q2 | 3R | QF | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | Q2 | A | 10–8 |
| Rome Masters | A | 3R | A | A | 1R | A | 2R | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | Q1 | 2R | Q1 | A | A | 5–7 |
| Madrid $^1$ | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | Q1 | 3–6 |
| Canada Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 0–1 |
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 0–1 |
| Shanghai $^2$ | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | A | 1R | A | A | A | 1–5 |
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1–3 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 4–4 | 6–6 | 4–7 | 5–8 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 30–44 |
| Career statistics ||||||||||||||||||
| Titles–Finals | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 6–11 |
| Year-end ranking | 65 | 78 | 81 | 99 | 71 | 85 | 46 | 45 | 31 | 25 | 53 | 96 | 63 | 108 | 116 | 164 | |
$^1$ Held as Hamburg Masters (outdoor clay) until 2008, Madrid Masters (outdoor clay) 2009–present. $^2$ Held as Stuttgart Masters (indoor hard) until 2001, Madrid Masters (indoor hard) from 2002 to 2008, and Shanghai Masters (outdoor hard) 2009–present.

### Doubles

| Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | W–L |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 1R | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | 1–7 |
| French Open | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 1–7 |
| Wimbledon | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 0–6 |
| US Open | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | 2–7 |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 4–27 |

## Top 10 Wins per season

| Season | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | Total |
| Wins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |

### Wins over Top 10s per season

| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score |
| 2002 |||||||
| 1. | Gustavo Kuerten | 2 | Rome, Italy | Clay | 2R | 6–4, 3–6, 6–1 |
| 2007 |||||||
| 2. | Fernando González | 5 | Viña del Mar, Chile | Clay | QF | 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 |
| 2009 |||||||
| 3. | Gilles Simon | 8 | Estoril, Portugal | Clay | QF | 5–7, 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |
| 2010 |||||||
| 4. | Marin Čilić | 9 | Monte-Carlo, Monaco | Clay | 3R | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 5. | Roger Federer | 1 | Estoril, Portugal | Clay | SF | 6–2, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$ |
| 2013 |||||||
| 6. | Richard Gasquet | 9 | Umag, Croatia | Clay | 2R | 6–4, 6–4 |