# Ruben Gonzales (tennis)

Ruben Gonzales (born September 11, 1985) is an American-born Filipino professional tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On May 6, 2013, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 766 and his highest doubles ranking of 122 achieved on August 29, 2022.

## Personal life

Gonzales was born in Chicago and raised in Terre Haute, Indiana. His parents are from the Philippines and he has two siblings who he watched play tennis. At eight years old, he wanted to become a professional tennis player. For a time, he lived in Manila, where he spent some of his high school years.
In 2019, he proposed to his girlfriend, race car driver Michele Bumgarner.

## Career
### College

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.
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. 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 llinois’ Scholar Athlete Award and was named to the Academic All-Big Ten team once again.
In his senior season, Gonzales helped Illinois defeat Xavier in the first round of the 2008 NCAA Division I tennis championships. Illinois made it to the Round of 16, where they lost to Ohio State.

### Professional

In the 2016 ATP Challenger Philippine Open, Gonzales lost to Igor Sijsling.
In 2022, Gonzales won three ATP Challenger doubles championships. He followed that up with a runner-up finish in the 2023 Cleveland Open and a semis finish in the Tenerife Challenger.

## Tour titles

* Legend
* Grand Slam (0)
* ATP Masters Series (0)
* ATP Tour (0)
* Challengers (7)

### Doubles

| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | June 16, 2013 | Internationaux de Tennis de Blois | Clay | Chris Letcher | Jonathan Eysseric Nicolas Renavand | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | July 28, 2013 | Tampere Open | Hard | Chris Letcher | Henri Kontinen Goran Tošić | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 1. | July 27, 2014 | Tampere Open | Clay | Sean Thornley | Elias Ymer Anton Zaitcev | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 7–6$^{(12–10)}$, [10–8] |
| Runner-up | 3. | August 3, 2014 | Svijany Open | Clay | Sean Thornley | Roman Jebavý Jaroslav Pospíšil | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 2. | February 20, 2015 | Morelos Open | Hard | Darren Walsh | Emilio Gómez Roberto Maytín | 4–6, 6–3, [12–10] |
| Runner-up | 4. | July 16, 2016 | Gimcheon Open | Hard | Nicolás Barrientos | Cheng-Peng Hsieh Tsung-Hua Yang | (W/O) |
| Runner-up | 5. | September 17, 2016 | China International Nanchang | Hard | Nicolás Barrientos | Wu Di Zhang Zhizhen | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 6. | November 19, 2017 | Dunlop World Challenge Toyota | Carpet | Christopher Rungkat | Max Purcell Andrew Whittington | 3–6, 6–2, [8–10] |
| Runner-up | 7. | April 22, 2018 | China International Nanchang | Clay | Christopher Rungkat | Gong Mao-Xin Zhang Ze | 6–3, 6–7$^{(7–9)}$, [7–10] |
| Winner | 3. | July 22, 2018 | The Hague Open Scheveningen | Clay | Nathaniel Lammons | Luis David Martinez Gonçalo Oliveira | 6–3, 6–7$^{(8–10)}$, [10–5] |
| Runner-up | 8. | August 5, 2018 | Sopot Open | Clay | Nathaniel Lammons | Mateusz Kowalczyk Szymon Walków | 6–7$^{(6–8)}$, 3–6 |
| Winner | 4. | October 20, 2019 | Las Vegas Challenger | Hard | Ruan Roelofse | Nathan Pasha Max Schnur | 2–6, 6–3, [10–8] |
| Runner-up | 9. | November 3, 2019 | City of Playford Tennis International II | Hard | Evan King | Harri Heliövaara Patrik Niklas-Salminen | 4–6, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, [7–10] |
| Winner | 5. | September 25, 2021 | Bucharest Challenger | Clay | Hunter Johnson | Maximilian Marterer Lukáš Rosol | 1–6, 6–2, [10–3] |
| Winner | 6. | April 30, 2022 | Savannah Challenger | Clay | Treat Huey | Wu Tung-lin Zhang Zhizhen | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 10. | July 16, 2022 | Georgia's Rome Challenger | Hard (i) | Reese Stalder | Enzo Couacaud Andrew Harris | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 7. | August 20, 2022 | República Dominicana Open | Clay | Reese Stalder | Nicolás Barrientos Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–3 |
| Winner | 8. | November 5, 2022 | Keio Challenger Yokohama | Hard | Victor Vlad Cornea | Tomoya Fujiwara Masamichi Imamura | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 11. | February 4, 2023 | Cleveland Open | Hard (i) | Reese Stalder | Robert Galloway Hans Hach Verdugo | 6–3, 5–7, [6–10] |
| Runner-up | 12. | February 18, 2023 | Bahrain Ministry of Interior Tennis Challenger | Hard | Fernando Romboli | Patrik Niklas-Salminen Bart Stevens | 3–6, 4–6 |