César Ramírez (tennis)

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César Ramírez (American Spanish: [ˈsesaɾ raˈmiɾes]; born January 25, 1990) nicknamed "el Tiburón" ("the Shark"), is a tennis player from Mexico.^[1][2][3] He played for the Mexican Davis Cup squad in 2012.^[4]

Cesar Ramirez

Country (sports)	Mexico
Born	(1990-01-25) January 25, 1990 (age 33) Veracruz, Mexico
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$ 141,642
Singles
Career record	8–12 (ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 391 (10 September 2012)
Grand Slam singles results
US Open Junior	2R (2008)
Doubles
Career record	7–11 (ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 105 (16 February 2015)
Medal record Representing  Mexico Men's Tennis Central American and Caribbean Games 2014 Veracruz Doubles
Last updated on: 24 May 2021.

Ramírez tested positive for steroids^[5] and has been suspended from competition for four years, until 12 April 2022.^[6]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 14 (8–6)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–0) ITF Futures (8–6)

Finals by surface Hard (5–4) Clay (3–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2008	Mexico F13, Ciudad Obregón	Futures	Hard	Fabrice Martin	6–2, 6–4
Win	2–0	May 2009	Mexico F4, Coatzacoalcos	Futures	Hard	Bruno Echagaray	6–3, 5–7, 6–2
Loss	2–1	May 2009	Mexico F5, Puerto Vallarta	Futures	Hard	Luigi D'Agord	7–5, 2–6, 3–6
Loss	2–2	Nov 2009	Mexico F14, Guadalajara	Futures	Clay	Vasek Pospisil	2–6, 2–6
Win	3–2	Feb 2010	Panama F1, Panama City	Futures	Clay	Julio-Cesar Campozano	2–6, 6–3, 7–5
Loss	3–3	Aug 2010	Mexico F5, Zacatecas	Futures	Hard	David Rice	3–6, 4–6
Loss	3–4	Nov 2010	Mexico F8, Guadalajara	Futures	Clay	Roman Borvanov	1–6, 4–6
Loss	3–5	Nov 2010	Mexico F10, Colima	Futures	Hard	James Ludlow	6–7^(4–7), 4–6
Win	4–5	Sep 2011	Mexico F10, Zacatecas	Futures	Hard	Boris Nicola Bakalov	6–3, 6–3
Win	5–5	Dec 2011	Mexico F16, Guadalajara	Futures	Clay	Nicolas Barrientos	6–2, 6–1
Win	6–5	Apr 2012	Mexico F4, Mexico City	Futures	Hard	Victor Romero	6–2, 6–4
Loss	6–6	Jul 2012	USA F21, Godfrey	Futures	Hard	Jason Jung	6–2, 5–7, 2–6
Win	7–6	Aug 2012	Colombia F2, Medellin	Futures	Clay	Michael Quintero	walkover
Win	8–6	Oct 2013	Mexico F15, Quintana Roo	Futures	Hard	Michael Quintero	6–1, 6–1

Doubles: 29 (18–11)

Legend ATP Challenger (2–4) ITF Futures (16–7)

Finals by surface Hard (14–5) Clay (4–5) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2008	Mexico F11, Torreón	Futures	Hard	Juan-Manuel Elizondo	Matthew Roberts   Antonio Ruiz-Rosales	5–7, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Nov 2008	Mexico F14, Ciudad Obregón	Futures	Hard	Juan-Manuel Elizondo	Claudio Grassi   Antonio Ruiz-Rosales	4–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Loss	0–3	Nov 2008	Mexico F15, Guadalajara	Futures	Clay	Juan-Manuel Elizondo	Bruno Rodriguez   Victor Romero	6–4, 2–6, [8–10]
Win	1–3	May 2009	Mexico F3, Cordoba	Futures	Hard	Juan-Manuel Elizondo	Carlos Palencia   Santiago Gonzalez	6–4, 5–7, [12–10]
Loss	1–4	May 2009	Mexico F5, Puerto Vallarta	Futures	Hard	Juan-Manuel Elizondo	Adil Shamasdin   Vasek Pospisil	1–6, 6–2, [7–10]
Win	2–4	Jun 2009	Mexico F8, León	Futures	Hard	Juan-Manuel Elizondo	Manuel Sanchez   German Sanchez Delfin	6–4, 7–6^(7–3)
Loss	2–5	Oct 2009	France F16, Sarreguemines	Futures	Carpet	Vladimir Obradovic	Martijn Van Haasteren   Michel Koning	4–6, 4–6
Win	3–5	Nov 2009	Mexico F15, Puerto Vallarta	Futures	Hard	Javier Herrera-Eguiluz	Nima Roshan   Roman Borvanov	6–3, 6–4
Win	4–5	May 2010	Mexico F3, Mexico City	Futures	Hard	Nima Roshan	Conor Pollock   Brett Joelson	6–3, 3–6, [14–12]
Win	5–5	Aug 2010	Mexico F5, Zacatecas	Futures	Hard	Juan-Manuel Elizondo	Christopher Diaz-Figueroa   Bruno Rodriguez	6–4, 6–7^(2–7), [10–4]
Win	6–5	Sep 2010	Mexico F6, León	Futures	Hard	Juan-Manuel Elizondo	Nima Roshan   Vasek Pospisil	6–3, 4–6, [10–6]
Loss	6–6	Nov 2010	Cancun, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Rainer Eitzinger	Santiago González   Víctor Estrella Burgos	1–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Loss	6–7	Jul 2011	Italy F19, Fano	Futures	Clay	Nima Roshan	Luca Vanni   Stefano Ianni	7–6^(7–2), 3–6, [6–10]
Win	7–7	Sep 2011	Mexico F10, Zacatecas	Futures	Hard	Marcelo Arevalo	Christopher Diaz-Figueroa   Sebastien Vidal	6–3, 6–2
Loss	7–8	Dec 2011	Mexico F14, Ixtapa	Futures	Hard	Nima Roshan	Luis Diaz-Barriga   Adam El Mihdawy	4–6, 4–6
Win	8–8	Dec 2011	Mexico F15, Tehuacán	Futures	Hard	Nima Roshan	Daniel Garza   Raul-Isaias Rosas-Zarur	6–3, 6–1
Win	9–8	Feb 2012	Panama F1, Panama City	Futures	Clay	Marcelo Arevalo	Christopher Diaz-Figueroa   Sebastien Vidal	6–1, 6–4
Loss	9–9	Apr 2012	Leon, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Bruno Rodriguez	John-Patrick Smith   John Peers	3–6, 3–6
Win	10–9	Aug 2012	Colombia F1, Bogota	Futures	Clay	Mauricio Echazu	Michael Quintero   Víctor Estrella Burgos	6–4, 7–5
Win	11–9	Oct 2013	Mexico F13, Veracruz	Futures	Hard	Alex Llompart	Juan-Carlos Spir   Dean O'Brien	6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
Win	12–9	Oct 2013	Mexico F15, Quintana Roo	Futures	Hard	Kaichi Uchida	Alex Llompart   Finn Tearney	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
Win	13–9	Mar 2014	Guadalajara, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	Matthew Ebden   Andre Begemann	6–4, 6–2
Win	14–9	Apr 2014	Mexico F1, Queretaro	Futures	Hard	Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	Dean O'Brien   Kevin King	6–3, 7–5
Win	15–9	May 2014	Mexico F2, Córdoba	Futures	Hard	Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	Dean O'Brien   Kevin King	7–6^(7–1), 6–1
Win	16–9	May 2014	Mexico F4, Morelia	Futures	Hard	Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	Mauricio Echazu   Jorge Brian Panta	7–6^(7–3), 6–3
Win	17–9	Aug 2014	Colombia F3, Medellin	Futures	Clay	Marcelo Arevalo	Facundo Mena   Catalin Gard	6–4, 6–4
Win	18–9	Sep 2014	Medellin, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Austin Krajicek	Roberto Maytin   Andres Molteni	6–3, 7–5
Loss	18–10	Oct 2014	Cali, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Alejandro Gonzalez	Guido Andreozzi   Guillermo Duran	3–6, 4–6
Loss	18–11	Jul 2015	San Benedetto, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	Antonio Sancic   Dino Marcan	3–6, 7–6^(12–10), [10–12]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2008	Australian Open	Hard	Vasek Pospisil	Hsieh Cheng-peng   Yang Tsung-hua	6–3, 5–7, [5–10]

References

1. Avanza el tenista mexicano César Ramírez a la siguiente ronda "El Tiburón rompió el saque del su rival dos veces consecutivas el segundo set, lo que facilitó su victoria."
2. Interview (Spanish)
3. “Tiburón” Ramírez podría estar en el “top 20” de la ATP
4. "ATP Notability". Retrieved 2012-02-20.
5. "Ramirez tests positive for steroids, suspended". 29 June 2018.
6. "ITF Tennis - ANTIDOPING".

Sources

• César Ramírez at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• César Ramírez at the International Tennis Federation