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The Biofile: Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo

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Status: 38 year old veteran just finaled in an ATP Challenger – is nine wins away from 400 career ATP Challenger match victories. Career high ranking was #50 in 2006.

DOB: Jan. 6, l978 In: Alicante, Spain

Ht: 6-0 Wt: l60

Early Tennis Memory: “Big moment for me is when I made main draw in US Open. My first time in main draw into Grand Slam.”

Greatest Sports Moment: “For me, beating Ferrer in Roland Garros. I beat him in third round (2006). So this was my best moment.”

Most Painful Moment: “I can’t remember. I don’t know [smiles].”

Tennis Inspirations: “A lot of things. I play for a long time. I am professional since ’99. So I have a lot of inspirations and things to remember.”

First Famous Player You Met Or Encountered: “James Blake in New Haven before US Open.”

Tennis Heroes: “I don’t have.”

Favorite Tournament: “Roland Garros.”

Closest Tennis Friends: “It’s all the Spanish guys like Ferrer, Moya, Mantilla. All the guys who played a long time ago.”

Funniest Player Encountered: “I think the funniest is Djokovic.”

Embarrassing Tennis Memory: “I have two. One with Federer, I was 5-l (up) in the third. And one more time was in Rome, third round, 5-l in the third with Ancic. And I lost.”

Favorite Sport Outside Tennis: “Football.”

Three Athletes You Like To Watch & Follow: “I don’t have much time, I have family, I have kids. So when I’m home I can’t watch much.”

Current Car: “Audi.”

Last Book Read: “The last one was memories of one girl who drove in Formula One. And she died. I can’t remember her name. But she was from Spain.”

Funny Tennis Memory: “One time was in Rome. I played Safin and I was 60 40 down. And I was playing so bad. And people were whistling. And then the match changed. I don’t know why. I don’t know. And then I beat Safin 76 in the third set. And I was 60 40 down [smiles].”

4 comments

  • Doogie · April 18, 2014 at 10:29 am

    THX scoop!! So he was up 5:1 – wow.

  • Scoop Malinowski · April 18, 2014 at 10:53 am

    You’re welcome Doogie, how about that comeback vs. Safin. Nobody ever talks about that one. Another unique thing about RRH is he’s the guy that plays with the one sleeve, he either rolls up or cuts off his right sleeve to show his gun. We were watching yesterday and couldn’t tell if he scissors it or rolls it up. I say scissors but will ask him today 🙂

  • Abe Froman · April 22, 2014 at 8:40 am

    who the ‘F’ is this ‘F-ing’ guy ?…where do you find these people scoop ? LOL

  • Scoop Malinowski · April 22, 2014 at 9:24 am

    He beat Safin from 06 04 down. He’s also good enough to beat Ferrer at the French Open. He’s also good enough to still be winning matches at age 36 in Challengers, he lost a tight battle with eventual champ Kyrgios 67 (8) 46 in the second round in Sarasota, same scoreline of the final where Kyrgios beat Krajinovic.

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