César Ramírez (tennis)

César Ramírez
Country (sports)	Mexico
Born	January 25, 1990 (age 35); 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
	Last updated on: 24 May 2021.

César Ramírez (Latin 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]

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 César 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	Nicolás Barrientos	6–2, 6–1
Win	6–5	Apr 2012	Mexico F4, Mexico City	Futures	Hard	Víctor 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, Medellín	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 Rodríguez Víctor Romero	6–4, 2–6, [8–10]
Win	1–3	May 2009	Mexico F3, Córdoba	Futures	Hard	Juan Manuel Elizondo	Carlos Palencia Santiago González	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 Sánchez German Sanchez Delfin	6–4, 7–6^(7–3)
Loss	2–5	Oct 2009	France F16, Sarreguemines	Futures	Carpet	Vladimir Obradović	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 Díaz Figueroa Bruno Rodríguez	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	Cancún, 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 Arévalo	Christopher Díaz Figueroa Sebastien Vidal	6–3, 6–2
Loss	7–8	Dec 2011	Mexico F14, Ixtapa	Futures	Hard	Nima Roshan	Luis Díaz 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 Arévalo	Christopher Díaz Figueroa Sebastien Vidal	6–1, 6–4
Loss	9–9	Apr 2012	Leon, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Bruno Rodríguez	John-Patrick Smith John Peers	3–6, 3–6
Win	10–9	Aug 2012	Colombia F1, Bogotá	Futures	Clay	Mauricio Echazú	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, Querétaro	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 Echazú Jorge Brian Panta	7–6^(7–3), 6–3
Win	17–9	Aug 2014	Colombia F3, Medellín	Futures	Clay	Marcelo Arévalo	Facundo Mena Cătălin Gârd	6–4, 6–4
Win	18–9	Sep 2014	Medellín, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Austin Krajicek	Roberto Maytín Andrés Molteni	6–3, 7–5
Loss	18–10	Oct 2014	Cali, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Alejandro González	Guido Andreozzi Guillermo Durán	3–6, 4–6
Loss	18–11	Jul 2015	San Benedetto, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela	Antonio Šančić 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

^ 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."
^ Interview (Spanish)
^ “Tiburón” Ramírez podría estar en el “top 20” de la ATP
^ "ATP Notability". Retrieved 2012-02-20.
^ "Ramirez tests positive for steroids, suspended". 29 June 2018.
^ "ITF Tennis – ANTIDOPING". Archived from the original on 2022-10-22. Retrieved 2021-01-14.

Sources

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

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[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". Archived from the original on 2022-10-22. Retrieved 2021-01-14.

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