Spanish tennis player
In this
Spanish name , the first or paternal
surname is
Gimeno and the second or maternal family name is
Traver .
Daniel Gimeno Traver (Spanish pronunciation: [daˈnjel xiˈmeno tɾaˈβeɾ] ;[ 1] [ 2] born 7 August 1985) is a professional Spanish tennis player who turned pro in 2004, when he was eighteen years old. He reached the final of Casablanca in 2015 and has won 12 Challenger Tour events, achieving a career-high singles ranking of World No. 48 in March 2013.
Daniel Gimeno Traver was born 7 August 1985 in Valencia , Spain. He is the son of Javier, a chemist, and Marisol, a nurse, and is the second of four brothers, Carlos, Miguel and Víctor being his siblings.
Gimeno Traver started playing tennis at the age of 2. He prefers to play on clay and is currently coached by Israel Sevilla.
As a junior, he won the European Championships in 2003 beating Marcos Baghdatis in Switzerland. Gimeno Traver won a further 5 junior titles, compiling a singles win–loss record of 51–10 and reaching as high as No. 4 in the junior world rankings in May 2003. He also beat Novak Djokovic on the way to a quarter-final place at Roland Garros , losing to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga .
Junior Slam results:
Australian Open: -
French Open: QF (2003 )
Wimbledon: 1R (2003 )
US Open: 3R (2003 )
Gimeno Traver reached ATP World Tour semifinals at Stuttgart and Gstaad in 2010 , St. Petersburg in 2012 and Oeiras in 2014 . His best Grand Slam performance was at the 2010 US Open , when he beat Jarkko Nieminen and Jérémy Chardy to reach the third round.
At the 2015 Grand Prix Hassan II , Gimeno Traver defeated seeded players Mikhail Kukushkin and Jiří Veselý to reach his first ATP 250 final, where he lost to Martin Kližan .
Gimeno Traver has coached Roberto Bautista Agut since the start of the 2022 season . With him, Bautista Agut has won 2 titles and reached a further 2 finals.
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)[ edit ]
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (0–0)
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)[ edit ]
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (1–1)
Indoor (0–0)
Challenger career finals [ edit ]
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Opponent
Score
1.
9 August 2004
Cordenons
Clay
Daniel Köllerer
4–6, 6–4, 6–3
2.
12 May 2008
Aarhus
Clay
Éric Prodon
7–5, 7–5
3.
1 September 2008
Brașov
Clay
Alexander Flock
4–6, 6–4, 6–4
4.
14 September 2009
Banja Luka
Clay
Julian Reister
6–4, 6–1
5.
5 October 2009
Tarragona
Clay
Paolo Lorenzi
6–4, 6–0
6.
2 August 2010
Segovia
Hard
Adrian Mannarino
6–4, 7–6(7–2)
7.
11 September 2011
Sevilla
Clay
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
6–3, 6–3
8.
17 June 2012
Monza
Clay
Albert Montañés
6–2, 4–6, 6–4
9.
10 September 2012
Sevilla
Clay
Tommy Robredo
6–3, 6–2
10.
30 September 2012
Madrid
Clay
Jan-Lennard Struff
6–4, 6–2
11.
2 September 2013
Alphen aan den Rijn
Clay
Thomas Schoorel
6–2, 6–4
12.
10 September 2013
Sevilla
Clay
Stéphane Robert
6–4, 7–6(7–2)
13.
28 September 2014
Kenitra
Clay
Albert Ramos
6–3, 6–4
14.
1 February 2015
Bucaramanga
Clay
Gastão Elias
6–3, 1–6, 7–5
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Opponent
Score
1.
5 September 2005
Brașov
Clay
Daniel Elsner
5–7, 2–6
2.
5 November 2007
Guayaquil
Clay
Nicolás Lapentti
3–6, 7–6(6) , 5–7
3.
10 March 2008
Tanger
Clay
Marcel Granollers
4–6, 4–6
4.
15 September 2008
Banja Luka
Clay
Ilija Bozoljac
4–6, 4–6
5.
12 October 2009
Asunción
Clay
Ramón Delgado
6–7(2–7) , 6–1, 3–6
6.
5 July 2010
San Benedetto
Clay
Carlos Berlocq
3–6, 6–4, 4–6
7.
2 October 2011
Madrid
Clay
Jérémy Chardy
1–6, 7–5, 6–7(3–7)
8.
12 August 2012
Cordenons
Clay
Paolo Lorenzi
6–7(5–7) , 3–6
9.
21 August 2016
Cordenons
Clay
Taro Daniel
3–6, 4–6
10.
1 October 2017
Rome
Clay
Filip Krajinović
4–6, 3–6
11.
22 April 2018
Tunis
Clay
Guido Andreozzi
2–6, 0–3 ret.
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
1.
15 August 2005
Cordenons , Italy
Clay
Melle van Gemerden
Daniel Köllerer Oliver Marach
WEA (no winner)
2.
13 October 2008
Montevideo , Uruguay
Clay
Rubén Ramírez
Franco Ferreiro Flávio Saretta
3–6, 2–6
3.
19 September 2009
Florianópolis , Brazil
Clay
Pere Riba
Tomasz Bednarek Mateusz Kowalczyk
1–6, 4–6
4.
20 August 2011
San Sebastián , Spain
Clay
Israel Sevilla
Stefano Ianni Simone Vagnozzi
3–6, 4–6
5.
1 October 2011
Madrid , Spain
Clay
Morgan Phillips
David Marrero Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
4–6, 7–6(10–8) , [9–11]
6.
10 June 2012
Caltanissetta , Italy
Clay
Iván Navarro
Marcel Felder Antonio Veić
7–5, 6–7(5–7) , [6–10]
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
DNQ
A
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Current till 2018 Wimbledon Championships .
Wins over top 10 players [ edit ]
He has a 3–20 (.130) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Season
2004–2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014–2019
Total
Wins
0
1
1
0
1
0
3