# Ramón Delgado

Ramón Delgado (Spanish pronunciation:; born 14 November 1976) is a Paraguayan retired tennis player and current tennis coach. He turned professional in 1995 and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 52 in April 1999. He reached the final at Bogotá in 1998 and the fourth round of the 1998 French Open, defeating Pete Sampras in the second round.

## Tennis career
### 2002

In April 2002, Delgado lost in the first round of the Mallorca Open to a 15-year-old Rafael Nadal in Nadal's first ever ATP match. Nadal would go on to win 22 major titles as of the 2022 French Open.

### 2006

Delgado also nearly qualified for the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, but was defeated in the third and final qualifying round by Roko Karanušić.

### 2010

In October 2010, Delgado defeated Chilean Nicolás Massú in three sets (7–5, 2–6, 6–3) to advance and face Spanish player Pere Riba at the last 16 stage of the Copa Petrobras.

### 2011

He announced his retirement from tennis in May 2011.

## Coaching career

In 2011, Delgado began coaching tennis.
Delgado was captain of Paraguay's 2015 Fed Cup team, which was made up of Verónica Cepede Royg, Sarita Giménez, Camila Giangreco and Montserrat González.

## ATP Tour career finals
### Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

* Legend
* Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Championship Series (0–0)
* ATP World Tour World Series (0–1)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (0–1)
* Grass (0–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoor (0–1)
* Indoor (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Nov 1998 | Bogotá, Colombia | World Series | Clay | Mariano Zabaleta | 4–6, 4–6 |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
### Singles: 15 (9–6)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (9–6)
* ITF Futures (0–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (4–2)
* Clay (5–4)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1-0 | Jul 1997 | Cali, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | Sebastián Prieto | 6–3, 1–6, 7–6 |
| Loss | 1-1 | Jul 1997 | Quito, Ecuador | Challenger | Clay | Mariano Puerta | 1-6, 5-7 |
| Loss | 1-2 | May 2001 | Rocky Mount, United States | Challenger | Clay | Jan Vacek | 6–7$^{(0–7)}$, 5–7 |
| Win | 2-2 | Jun 2001 | Tallahassee, United States | Challenger | Hard | Justin Gimelstob | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Loss | 2-3 | Jul 2001 | Campinas, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Alessio di Mauro | 2-6, 4-6 |
| Win | 3-3 | Jul 2001 | Campos Do Jordão, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | Daniel Melo | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–2 |
| Loss | 3-4 | Nov 2004 | Champaign-Urbana, United States | Challenger | Hard | Justin Gimelstob | 4-6, 4-6 |
| Win | 4-4 | Nov 2004 | Bogotá, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | Mariano Puerta | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Win | 5-4 | Sep 2005 | Lubbock, United States | Challenger | Hard | Bobby Reynolds | 2–6, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–3 |
| Loss | 5-5 | Nov 2005 | Nashville, United States | Challenger | Hard | Bobby Reynolds | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 6-5 | Apr 2006 | Mexico City, Mexico | Challenger | Clay | Alejandro Falla | 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 7-5 | Apr 2007 | Mexico City, Mexico | Challenger | Clay | Adrián García | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 8-5 | Oct 2009 | Asunción, Paraguay | Challenger | Clay | Daniel Gimeno Traver | 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 1–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 9-5 | Nov 2009 | Puebla, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | Andre Begemann | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 9-6 | Oct 2010 | Asunción, Paraguay | Challenger | Clay | Rui Machado | 2–6, 6–3, 5–7 |

### Doubles: 17 (6–11)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (6–11)
* ITF Futures (0–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (3–2)
* Clay (3–9)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0-1 | Dec 1996 | Santiago, Chile | Challenger | Clay | Alejandro Aramburu Acuna | Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez | 4-6, 4-6 |
| Loss | 0-2 | Jul 1997 | Quito, Ecuador | Challenger | Clay | Martin Garcia | Bernardo Martínez Marco Osorio | 4-6, 4-6 |
| Loss | 0-3 | May 2001 | Birmingham, United States | Challenger | Clay | Ignacio Hirigoyen | James Blake Mark Merklein | 5-7, 1-6 |
| Loss | 0-4 | Apr 2002 | Paget, Bermuda | Challenger | Clay | Alexandre Simoni | George Bastl Neville Godwin | 5-7, 3-6 |
| Win | 1-4 | Oct 2003 | Torrance, United States | Challenger | Hard | André Sá | Diego Ayala Robert Kendrick | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 2-4 | Jan 2004 | São Paulo, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | André Sá | Marcelo Melo Franco Ferreiro | 7–5, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$ |
| Win | 3-4 | Jan 2005 | La Serena, Chile | Challenger | Clay | Enzo Artoni | Tomas Behrend Marcos Daniel | 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 6–4 |
| Loss | 3-5 | Feb 2005 | Dallas, United States | Challenger | Hard | André Sá | Giovanni Lapentti Rik de Voest | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 4-5 | Nov 2005 | Boston, United States | Challenger | Hard | André Sá | Harsh Mankad Jeremy Wurtzman | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 4-6 | Apr 2006 | Bogotá, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | André Sá | Chris Drake Eric Butorac | walkover |
| Loss | 4-7 | May 2006 | Prague, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Sergio Roitman | Petr Pála David Škoch | 0–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 4-8 | Apr 2007 | Mexico City, Mexico | Challenger | Clay | André Sá | Marcelo Melo Horacio Zeballos | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 5-8 | Jun 2007 | Prostějov, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Juan Pablo Guzmán | Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl | 7–6$^{(10–8)}$, 6–1 |
| Win | 6-8 | Mar 2008 | Bogotá, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | Brian Dabul | Thomaz Bellucci Bruno Soares | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–4 |
| Loss | 6-9 | Nov 2008 | Lima, Peru | Challenger | Clay | Júlio Silva | Luis Horna Sebastián Prieto | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 6-10 | Aug 2009 | Vancouver, Canada | Challenger | Hard | Kaes Van't Hof | Kevin Anderson Rik de Voest | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 6-11 | Apr 2010 | Curitiba, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | André Sá | Dominik Meffert Leonardo Tavares | 6–3, 2–6, [4–10] |

## Performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |

### Singles

| Tournament | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 2R | A | Q1 | A | Q1 | A | A | A | Q2 | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| French Open | A | 2R | 4R | 1R | Q1 | A | 1R | A | Q1 | Q3 | Q1 | Q2 | A | A | Q2 | 0 / 4 | 4–4 | 50% |
| Wimbledon | A | Q2 | 1R | 1R | A | Q1 | 1R | A | 1R | Q2 | Q3 | Q1 | A | A | 1R | 0 / 5 | 0–5 | 0% |
| US Open | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | A | 3R | 3R | 2R | Q1 | Q2 | 1R | A | A | A | Q2 | 0 / 7 | 5–7 | 42% |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0 / 18 | 10–18 | 36% |
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 |||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | Q1 | Q2 | A | A | 2R | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Miami Open | A | A | 2R | 3R | A | A | 1R | A | Q2 | A | Q1 | Q2 | A | A | Q2 | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | 50% |
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Hamburg | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | NMS | NMS | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Rome Masters | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | Q2 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Canada Masters | A | A | 2R | 3R | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 3 | 4–3 | 57% |
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | 1R | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 5–7 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0 / 15 | 9–15 | 38% |