Víctor Romero

Víctor Romero (born 26 January 1979) is a Mexican former professional tennis player.

Víctor Romero

Country (sports)	Mexico
Born	(1979-01-26) 26 January 1979 (age 44) Mexico City, Mexico
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$67,460
Singles
Career record	1–0
Career titles	0 0 Challenger, 7 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 395 (11 June 2007)
Doubles
Career record	2–0
Career titles	0 0 Challenger, 13 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 309 (4 April 2005)
Last updated on: 21 June 2021.

Biography

Romero grew up in Mexico City and was a top-50 ITF junior. Before turning professional he played college tennis in the United States for Tulane University, a private university in New Orleans, Louisiana.^[1] He represented Mexico at the 2005 Summer Universiade and won a mixed doubles silver medal.^[2]

On the professional tour he reached a best singles ranking of 395 in the world.^[1] As a doubles player he was runner-up in two ATP Challenger tournaments, both in 2006. He won 20 ITF satellite tournaments, 7 in singles and 13 in doubles.

Romero was a men's doubles bronze medalist for Mexico at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, partnering Santiago González.^[3]

During his career he featured in four Davis Cup ties for his native country and retired unbeaten, from one singles and three doubles rubbers.

Romero emigrated with his family to New Zealand in 2010. His wife, who he met while at Tulane University, is a New Zealander.^[1]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 14 (7–7)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–0) ITF Futures (7–7)

Finals by surface Hard (6–6) Clay (1–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2002	Mexico F12, Tuxtla Gutiérrez	Futures	Hard	Matt Klinger	6–4, 7–6^(7–5)
Win	2–0	Sep 2004	Mexico F11, Mexico City	Futures	Hard	Santiago González	2–6, 7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(10–8)
Loss	2–1	Oct 2005	Mexico F14, Monterrey	Futures	Hard	Bruno Echagaray	6–7^(8–10), 2–6
Win	3–1	Nov 2005	Mexico F17, León	Futures	Hard	Riccardo Ghedin	6–3, 7–5
Loss	3–2	Jul 2006	Mexico F10, Comitán	Futures	Hard	Lazaro Navarro-Batles	1–6, 0–6
Loss	3–3	May 2007	Mexico F4, Guadalajara	Futures	Clay	Carlos Palencia	7–5, 6–7^(3–7), 6–7^(1–7)
Loss	3–4	May 2007	Mexico F5, Celaya	Futures	Hard	Nicholas Monroe	0–6, 2–6
Win	4–4	May 2008	Mexico F5, Guadalajara	Futures	Clay	Marinko Matosevic	6–4, 6–2
Win	5–4	May 2008	Mexico F6, Celaya	Futures	Hard	Rafael Arévalo	7–5, 7–5
Win	6–4	Feb 2009	Mexico F2, Naucalpan	Futures	Hard	Adriano Biasella	6–7^(2–7), 6–2, 6–1
Loss	6–5	May 2010	Mexico F3, Mexico City	Futures	Hard	Miguel Gallardo Valles	4–6, 3–6
Win	7–5	May 2010	Mexico F4, Celaya	Futures	Hard	Adam El Mihdawy	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	7–6	Nov 2010	Mexico F9, Durango	Futures	Hard	Roman Borvanov	3–6, 4–6
Loss	7–7	Apr 2012	Mexico F4, Mexico City	Futures	Hard	César Ramírez	2–6, 4–6

Doubles: 20 (13–7)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–2) ITF Futures (13–5)

Finals by surface Hard (11–3) Clay (2–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 1998	Bolivia F1, La Paz	Futures	Clay	Pedro Braga	Keith Brill   Paulo Taicher	4–6, 7–6, 7–6
Loss	1–1	Aug 1999	Spain F4, Gandia	Futures	Clay	JL Condor-Fernandez	Tim Crichton   Todd Perry	4–6, 1–6
Win	2–1	Nov 1999	Mexico F7, León	Futures	Hard	Marco Osorio	Flávio Saretta   Leonardo Silva	7–6, 6–3
Win	3–1	Sep 2004	Mexico F10, Comitán	Futures	Hard	Michael Kogan	Bruno Echagaray   Miguel Gallardo Valles	5–7, 6–3, 7–6^(10–8)
Win	4–1	Oct 2004	Mexico F12, Torreón	Futures	Hard	Michael Kogan	Carlos Palencia   Daniel Garza	6–1, 6–2
Win	5–1	Oct 2004	Mexico F13, Monterrey	Futures	Hard	Michael Kogan	David Brewer   Richard Irwin	6–3, 6–2
Win	6–1	Oct 2004	USA F30, Baton Rouge	Futures	Hard	Michael Kogan	Julien Cassaigne   Philip Gubenco	6–3, 6–1
Win	7–1	Nov 2004	Mexico F16, León	Futures	Hard	Daniel Langre	Dawid Olejniczak   Piotr Szczepanik	7–6^(7–4), 7–5
Loss	7–2	Feb 2005	Mexico F1, Naucalpan	Futures	Hard	Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	Santiago González   Alejandro Hernández	4–6, 2–6
Win	8–2	Feb 2005	Mexico F2, Casablanca Satelite	Futures	Hard	Daniel Langre	Daniel Garza   Marco Osorio	6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Win	9–2	Sep 2005	Mexico F12, Puerto Vallarta	Futures	Hard	Daniel Garza	Scott Doerner   Jason Zimmermann	6–4, 7–6^(7–5)
Loss	9–3	Jan 2006	Mexico F1, Naucalpan	Futures	Hard	Daniel Langre	Nicholas Monroe   Sam Warburg	6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	9–4	Apr 2006	Aguascalientes, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Hector Almada	Juan Martín del Potro   Martín Vassallo Argüello	5–7, 5–7
Loss	9–5	Apr 2006	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Hector Almada	Daniel Garza   Dawid Olejniczak	2–6, 2–6
Loss	9–6	May 2006	Mexico F7, Guadalajara	Futures	Clay	Eduardo Peralta-Tello	Pierre-Ludovic Duclos   Bruno Echagaray	3–6, 3–6
Loss	9–7	Oct 2006	Mexico F18, Mazatlán	Futures	Hard	Bruno Rodríguez	Carlos Palencia   Miguel Gallardo Valles	2–6, 2–6
Win	10–7	Nov 2006	Mexico F20, Querétaro	Futures	Hard	Bruno Rodríguez	Pablo Gonzalez   Daniel Garza	6–1, 5–7, 7–6^(7–3)
Win	11–7	Nov 2007	Mexico F13, Querétaro	Futures	Hard	Bruno Rodríguez	Joel Kielbowicz   Ross Wilson	6–3, 6–4
Win	12–7	Nov 2008	Mexico F15, Guadalajara	Futures	Clay	Bruno Rodríguez	Juan Manuel Elizondo   César Ramírez	4–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Win	13–7	Nov 2010	Mexico F9, Durango	Futures	Hard	Roman Borvanov	Maciek Sykut   Denis Zivkovic	6–3, 6–4

See also

• List of Mexico Davis Cup team representatives

References

1. Hyndman, Iain (13 October 2012). "Club signs up former Davis Cup player as head coach". The New Zealand Herald. Wanganui Chronicle.
2. "Tenis mixto da medalla de plata a México en Universiada". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish). 21 August 2005.
3. "Vela, gimnasia rítmica, tenis y tiro con arco aportaron en el repunte tricolor". La Jornada (in Spanish). 29 July 2007.

External links

• Víctor Romero at the Association of Tennis Professionals  
• Víctor Romero at the Davis Cup  
• Víctor Romero at the International Tennis Federation