Chennai 2004 (w/Nadal)
Finalist: Barcelona 2001 (w/Vicente), Estoril 2005 (w/Chela), Stuttgart 2005 (w/Hood)

Other titles:

Hopman Cup 2002, Davis Cup 2004, Spanish Masters 2005
Finalist: Hopman Cup 2007

Biography:

Full name is Tommy Robredo Garces...Began playing tennis at age five and progressed through years to become No. 1 junior in Spain in 2000...Grew up playing on hard courts at Olot Swimming Club (100 miles north of Barcelona) and at age 14 first played on clay courts at Spanish Federation Tennis Center in Barcelona (C.A.R.)...Father, Angel, a tennis coach, was a big fan of the rock group ôThe Who… and named his son after the group’s hit song (Tommy bought the movie from ôThe Who… to find out more about it)...Mother, Dolores, was an assistant tennis coach and now a housewife...Supports FC Barcelona and favorite player is Puyol...In juniors, won Orange Bowl 16-under in 1998 and in 2000 reached final at Roland Garros (l. to Mathieu)...One year later, advanced to 4th RD in main draw, the most success the following year from junior to tour competition... Considers forehand his best shot and clay his favorite surface but knows it is absolutely necessary to play on all surfaces...Has a 3-8 career Davis Cup record (2-5 in singles) in seven ties...Coached by Pepo Clavet (since January 2007). (ATP.com)

2006 review:

The Barcelona resident compiled a career-best season by finishing in Top 10 for first time with a personal-high 49 match wins...Also qualified for his first Tennis Masters Cup and captured his first ATP Masters Series title... Broke into Top 10 on May 8 shortly after reaching Barcelona final and Monte-Carlo QF, then moved up to No. 7 by capturing AMS Hamburg title...Saved seven set points against Ferrer in first set of QF to win 7-6(10), 6-4, then defeated Ancic (SF) and Stepanek (F) in straight sets en route to AMS Hamburg title...In January, turned in a career-best 4th RD showing at Australian Open (d. Tursunov, Blake, l. to Nalbandian)...Played in 1st RD Davis Cup tie vs. Belarus and lost to Mirnyi and Voltchkov (in dead rubber)...In March, advanced to QF in Las Vegas (d. Murray, Fish, l. to Karlovic) and followed with a 3rd RD showing in Indian Wells (l. to Blake)...After a 7-10 start, turned around his season on clay in April... Reached final for second time in three years in his hometown...Posted wins over Verdasco, No. 16 Stepanek and Wawrinka before losing to defending champion and No. 2 Nadal in straight sets...The previous week at Masters Series Monte-Carlo, he defeated Horna, O. Rochus and No. 3 Nalbandian before falling to Gaudio in QF...Lost to Ancic in five sets in 4th RD at Roland Garros... After going 2-2 on grass, returned on clay in July to win Bastad title, defeating No. 5 Davydenko...Posted his third win over a Top 10 player this season at ATP Masters Series Cincinnati, defeating No. 3 Ljubicic in QF before losing to Ferrero in SF...Reached a career-high No. 5 in ATP Rankings on Aug. 28 going into US Open where he lost in 4th RD for third straight year (l. to Youzhny)...Played well rest of season with SF in Mumbai (l. to Tursunov), QF in Tokyo (l. to Lee) and SF at ATP Masters Series Paris (l. to Davydenko) where he qualified for Shanghai...At Tennis Masters Cup, was 1-2 in round-robin play...One of three players (Nadal, Davydenko) to win at least 20 matches on clay and hard courts...Went 4-6 vs. Top 10 opponents and compiled marks of 22-7 on clay and 22-16 on hard along with 3-4 on carpet and 2-2 on grass...Surpassed $1 million for first time in a season and earned $1,454,675. (ATP.com)

Career highlights:

1999 – Made his ATP debut in Barcelona ranked No. 410, and posted wins over Sanguinetti and No. 25 Safin before losing to T. Martin in 3rd RD… 2000 – Played well in Challengers (23-10 record), winning titles in Espinho and Seville…In doubles, won title in Edinburgh (w/Russell)… 2001 – Finished as second-youngest player (behind Roddick) at 19 years, 8 months in year-end ATP Top 30… Advanced to his first ATP final in Casablanca (l. to Canas)… Won first ATP title in Sopot, defeating countryman Portas in a third set tie-break…Was 23-9 on clay…In doubles, reached his first ATP final in Barcelona (w/Vicente)… 2002 – Reached SF in four tournaments (AMS Hamburg, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Bastad, Stockholm)… Made Davis Cup debut against U.S. in QF tie and lost to Roddick in opening match of tie… Compiled records of 14-7 on clay and 14-14 on hard… Surpassed $1 million in career earnings… 2003 – Reached SF in Estoril…At Roland Garros, reached QF by beating No. 1 Hewitt in five sets and three-time champion Kuerten before losing to defending champion Costa in five sets… Reached final in Stuttgart (l. to Coria) and SF in Bastad… Compiled 22-8 mark on clay, 10-14 on hard, 4-2 on grass…2004 – The No. 2 Spaniard (behind No. 5 Moya) finished in Top 20 for first time and captured second career ATP title in his hometown of Barcelona (d. Gaudio in five sets)…Match lasted three hours and 46 minutes (second-longest final of year)…Advanced to QF or better in eight tournaments and also helped his country reach Davis Cup title (d. U.S. 3-2) by posting two singles wins in 1st RD and SF ties… Other highlights included SF in Chennai, ‘s-Hertogenbosch for second time in three years and at AMS Cincinnati (l. to Hewitt)…Also advanced to QF in Sydney and AMS Madrid…Had a 5-1 record in matches decided in a third set tie-break…Reached 3rd RD at Athens Olympics and 4th RD at US Open …Played well on all surfaces by posting records of 20-12 on hard, 15-8 on clay, 4-2 on grass and 4-3 on carpet… Earned a career-high $861,357…2005 – Finished in Top 20 for second straight year and one of four Spaniards in that group (No. 2 Nadal, No. 15 Ferrer, No. 18 Ferrero)... Won a career-best 44 matches and equaled his Grand Slam-best QF showing at Roland Garros... Did not lose a 1st RD match in 12 straight tournaments in second half of season... Best result was runner-up in Estoril (l. to Gaudio) in April... Also advanced to SF in Dubai (l. to Ljubicic) in February and QF at Roland Garros (d. Safin, l. to Davydenko) for second time in three years... Began second half stretch with SF in Bastad (l. to Nadal) and QF in Umag and New Haven... Reached 4th RD at US Open for second straight year (l. to Blake) and followed with QF in Palermo, SF in Vienna and QF at AMS Paris... Went 3-7 vs. Top 10 opponents, defeating Moya, Safin and Gaudio... Compiled records of 20-10 on clay and hard, 3-2 on carpet... In doubles, reached finals in Estoril (w/Chela) and Stuttgart (w/Hood). (ATP.com)