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| Birth Name(s) : Tommy Robredo |
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Full Tommy Robredo Biography
Tommy Robredo Garcés (born 1 May 1982 in Hostalric, Girona) is a professional tennis player from Spain. On 8 May 2006, he broke into the world's top ten for the first time after rising to a rank of No. 10 in the world, and apart from two weeks he has maintained a position in the top ten ever since. His highest singles ranking to date is No. 5, which he first reached on 28 August 2006. He turned professional in 1998 and is currently coached by Jose Manuel "Pepó" Clavet, who has coached Àlex Corretja, Fernando Verdasco, and his brother Francisco Clavet. Robredo considers his forehand to be his best shot and red clay is his favorite surface.
Robredo is named after the rock opera Tommy by The Who, of which his father is a big fan; however, he admits that he has not yet watched the movie in its entirety. In his free time he enjoys golf, mountain biking, riding his quad bike, or going down to the sea, and his favorite color is blue. He is an enthusiastic supporter of Futbol Club Barcelona and his favorite player is Carles Puyol. He is a big fan of the American television program 24.
Robredo's favorite foods are fish and other seafoods, particularly sushi and sashimi; he also is fond of sweet things and was formerly sponsored by the European sweets company HARIBO. He is currently sponsored by Sergio Tacchini for his sportswear, Dunlop for his tennis racquets, TW Steel watches, and the Ukrainian Food Company.
Robredo is known for his patrician good looks and a gentle, quiet personality; he readily admits to being a homebody. His native languages are Spanish and Catalan, and he also speaks English and French.
In May of 2006, Robredo officially revealed that he was no longer in a relationship with Argentinian tennis player Gisela Dulko. They had been dating for about a year.
Some fans refer to Robredo as "Disco Tommy" for the long, wavy hairstyle he began cultivating during the 2006 tennis season; after Robredo mentioned that he calls his coach "President Palmer" while his coach calls him "Jack Bauer" (from 24), fans also began referring to him as "Disco Jack."
2007 marked increased media exposure for Robredo. Besides posing nude for the July issue of the UK edition of Cosmopolitan, he was also recognized by the Spanish editions of Men's Health and Marie Claire, as well as People en Español.
In 2000 Robredo reached the singles and doubles finals of the boys' event at Roland Garros, losing to Paul-Henri Mathieu in singles but winning the doubles with López. He also won the boy's doubles title at the Australian Open (with Nicolas Mahut) and won two Challenger-level tournaments, making the finals of a third and winning the doubles title in a fourth (with Michael Russell).
2001 was a breakthrough season for Robredo: He reached his first final at the ATP Tour level in Casablanca and won his first title on the main tour in Sopot. He also made the fourth round at two Grand Slams, losing to Yevgeny Kafelnikov at the French Open and winning a fantastic five-set match against world number five Juan Carlos Ferrero at the U.S. Open before losing to Andy Roddick. Robredo also made the semifinals of three other tour events, and by the end of 2001 he was the second youngest player to end the season inside the world's top thirty, behind Roddick.
2006 has been Robredo's best season to date. Shortly after reaching a career high ranking of #10 in the world, he reached a new ranking of #7 by winning his first ATP Masters Series title on 21 May at the AMS Hamburg tournament, where he beat Radek Štěpánek in the final in straight sets. He then beat Nikolay Davydenko in straight sets in the final of the Båstad tournament for his second title of the year. After briefly peaking at an all-time high rank of #5, Robredo qualified for the year-ending Tennis Masters Cup (TMC) for the first time in his career by reaching the quarterfinals of the AMS Paris tournament on 2 November. Entering the tournament ranked #6, he did not advance past the round-robin stage but did record a fantastic three-set victory over the tournament's eventual runner-up, James Blake.
Robredo started the season well, reaching the final of a tournament played on hardcourts for the first time in his career at Auckland; his previous appearances in finals had been solely in claycourt tournaments. He also reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open for the first time, where he lost in straight sets to world number one Roger Federer. Although no one at the Australian Open managed to win a set off of Federer, Robredo and the eventual finalist Fernando González tied for the most number of games won against the world number one during the tournament.
By beating José Acasuso in straight sets, Robredo won his first title of the year in Sopot, the place where he had won his first ATP Tour title six years earlier. After losing the second hardcourt final of his career to González at the China Open, Robredo finally won his first hardcourt title and second of the season at Metz, defeating Andy Murray in three sets.
Robredo's best results in Master Series tournaments this season have been quarterfinal appearances at the Miami and Rome Masters. |
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