Robert Farah (tennis)

For the Australian rugby league footballer, see Robbie Farah.

Robert Farah Maksoud
Singles
Farah at the 2011 US Open
Country (sports)	Colombia
Residence	Bogotá, Colombia
Born	(1987-01-20) 20 January 1987 Montreal, Quebec^[1]
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	2010
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,176,240
Career record	4–9 (at ATP Tour and Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 163 (6 June 2011)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2011)
French Open	Q2 (2011, 2012)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2012)
US Open	1R (2011)
Doubles
Career record	146–100 (at ATP Tour and Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	8
Highest ranking	No. 21 (16 February 2015)
Current ranking	No. 30 (14 November 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2013)
French Open	3R (2012, 2013)
Wimbledon	3R (2011, 2013)
US Open	2R (2011, 2014, 2015)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2016)
French Open	2R (2014, 2015)
Wimbledon	F (2016)
US Open	SF (2016)
Last updated on: 16 November 2016.

Robert Farah
Medal record

Tennis
Representing Colombia
Pan American Games
	Guadalajara 2011	Singles
	Guadalajara 2011	Doubles

Robert Charbel Farah Maksoud (born 20 January 1987)^[1] is a Colombian professional tennis player.

ATP Tour

In his second Gram Slam tournament, Wimbledon, and debuting with fellow countryman Juan Sebastián Cabal in doubles, they defeated the pair consisting of Pakistani Aisam Qureshi (8 in doubles) and Indian Rohan Bopanna (9 in the world), who were ranked number 5 in the world, with partials 2–6, 6–2 and 21–19, and in second round they lost in three sets to the couple formed by American Michael Russell and Kazakhstani Mikhail Kukushkin, with partials 6–4, 6–2, 6–3.

In the Australian Open, the couple formed by Juan Sebastián Cabal Colombian Robert Farah made it through to the quarter-finals.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Mixed Doubles: 1 (1 final)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2016	Wimbledon	Grass	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Henri Kontinen Heather Watson	7–6^(7–5), 6–4

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	2014	Miami	Hard	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6^(10–8), 6–4

ATP career finals

Doubles: 18 (8 titles, 10 runners-up)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–1)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (2–2)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (6–7)

Finals by Surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (6–7)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	22 July 2012	Swiss Open, Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Santiago Giraldo	Marcel Granollers Marc López	4–6, 6–7^(9–11)
Runner-up	2.	25 May 2013	Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, Nice, France	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Johan Brunström Raven Klaasen	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	5 January 2014	Brisbane International, Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Daniel Nestor	7–6^(7–4), 4–6, [7–10]
Runner-up	4.	9 February 2014	Royal Guard Open, Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Oliver Marach Florin Mergea	3–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	23 February 2014	Rio Open, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	David Marrero Marcelo Melo	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	2 March 2014	Brasil Open, São Paulo, Brazil	Clay (i)	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Guillermo García-López Philipp Oswald	7–5, 4–6, [13–15]
Runner-up	6.	29 March 2014	Sony Open Tennis, Miami, United States	Hard	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–7^(8–10), 4–6
Winner	2.	23 August 2014	Winston-Salem Open, Winston-Salem, United States	Hard	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Jamie Murray John Peers	6–3, 6–4
Winner	3.	15 February 2015	Brasil Open, São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Paolo Lorenzi Diego Schwartzman	6–4, 6–2
Winner	4.	23 May 2015	Geneva Open, Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Raven Klaasen Lu Yen-hsun	7–5, 4–6, [10–7]
Runner-up	7.	25 July 2015	Swedish Open, Bastad, Sweden	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Jérémy Chardy Łukasz Kubot	7–6^(8–6), 3–6, [8–10]
Runner-up	8.	2 August 2015	International German Open, Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	John Peers Jamie Murray	6–2, 3–6, [8–10]
Runner-up	9.	11 October 2015	Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Raven Klaasen Marcelo Melo	6–7^(5–7), 6–3, [7–10]
Winner	5.	14 February 2016	Argentina Open, Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Iñigo Cervantes Paolo Lorenzi	6–3, 6–0
Winner	6.	21 February 2016	Rio Open, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Pablo Carreño David Marrero	7–6^(7–5), 6–1
Runner-up	10.	1 May 2016	BMW Open, Munich, Germany	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Henri Kontinen John Peers	3–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Winner	7.	21 May 2016	Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, Nice, France	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Mate Pavić Michael Venus	4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Winner	8.	23 October 2016	Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia	Hard (i)	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	7–5, 4–6, [10–5]

ATP Challenger & ITF Futures

Singles: 5 (3–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–2)
ITF Futures (2–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	7 June 2010	Maracaibo, Venezuela	Hard	Iván Miranda	6–3, 7–6^(7–3)
Winner	2.	21 June 2010	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	Hard	Iván Endara	6–4, 6–2
Winner	3.	12 July 2010	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Carlos Salamanca	6–3, 2–6, 7–6^(7–3)
Runner–up	4.	16 September 2011	Aguascalientes, Mexico	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	6–4, 7–6^(7–3)
Runner–up	54.	6 August 2012	Aptos, USA	Hard	Steve Johnson	6–3, 6–3

Singles performance timeline

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	R#	RR	Q#	A	P	Z#	PO	G	F-S	SF-B	NMS	NH

(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; played in a (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; won a (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; or (NH) tournament not held.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	SR	W-L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q2	Q1	Q1	0 / 0	0–0
French Open	A	Q2	Q2	A	0 / 0	0–0
Wimbledon	A	Q2	Q2	A	0 / 0	0–0
US Open	Q3	1R	Q2	A	0 / 1	0–1
Win–Loss	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0 / 1	0–1
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Miami Masters	A	Q2	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0
ATP World Tour 500 series
Barcelona	A	A	3R	A	0 / 1	2–1
Washington	A	A	Q2	A	0 / 0	0–0
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	0 / 1	2–1
ATP World Tour 250 series
Brisbane	A	Q1	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Viña del Mar	A	A	Q2	A	0 / 0	0–0
San Jose	A	1R	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
Delray Beach	A	1R	Q3	A	0 / 1	0–1
Munich	A	1R	2R	A	0 / 1	1–2
Stuttgart	A	A	Q3	A	0 / 0	0–0
Win–Loss	0–0	0–3	1–1	0–0	0 / 4	1–4
Career statistics
Titles–Finals	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 0	0–0
Year End Ranking	189	232	207	NA

Doubles performance timeline

Current till 2016 Paris Masters.

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	SR	W-L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	2R	QF	1R	2R	3R	0 / 5	7–5
French Open	A	3R	3R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 5	4–5
Wimbledon	3R	1R	3R	A	2R	2R	0 / 5	7–5
US Open	2R	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	0 / 6	3–5
Win–Loss	3–2	3–4	7–4	1-3	3-4	4-4	0 / 21	21–21
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	NH	A	Not Held			2R	0 / 1	1–1
Davis Cup Singles
Americas Zone Group I	1R	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	0 / 4	6–4
World Group	A	A	PO	PO	PO	A	0 / 2	2–0
Win–Loss	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	0 / 4	10–4
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	0 / 2	1–2
Miami Masters	A	A	A	F	2R	A	0 / 2	5–2
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	A	2R	1R	SF	0 / 3	4–3
Madrid Masters	A	A	A	SF	A	1R	0 / 2	3–2
Rome Masters	A	A	A	1R	QF	1R	0 / 3	2–3
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	2R	A	0 / 1	1–1
Shanghai Masters	A	A	A	QF	QF	2R	0 / 3	5–3
Paris Masters	A	A	A	2R	2R	1R	0 / 3	2–3
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	11–6	8–7	4–6	0 / 19	23–19
Year-End Ranking	83	64	48	23	27		Nº 21

Mixed doubles performance timeline

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	0 / 2	1–2
French Open	A	A	A	2R	2R	1R	0 / 3	2–3
Wimbledon	A	1R	2R	1R	A	F	0 / 4	5–4
US Open	A	A	A	2R	1R	SF	0 / 3	4-3
Win–Loss	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–3	1–3	8–4	0 / 9	9–12

* Statistics correct as of 1 June 2013.

References

1 2 ATPtennis.com – Players – Profiles – Profile

External links

Robert Farah at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Robert Farah at the International Tennis Federation
Robert Farah at the Davis Cup

Association of Tennis Professionals: Top male doubles tennis players from the Americas as of 12 December 2016

1. Bruno Soares (3 ) 2. Bob Bryan (5 ) 2. Mike Bryan (5 ) 4. Marcelo Melo (8 ) 5. Rajeev Ram (14 )

6. Daniel Nestor (15 ) 7. Jack Sock (16 ) 8. Vasek Pospisil (20 ) 9. Juan Sebastián Cabal (30 ) 9. Robert Farah (30 )

Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Colombian male doubles tennis players as of 14 November 2016

1. Juan Sebastián Cabal (30 ) 1. Robert Farah (30 ) 3. Nicolás Barrientos (176 ) 4. Alejandro González (248 1) 5. Eduardo Struvay (273 1)

6. Alejandro Falla (287 1) 7. Alejandro Gómez (440 121) 8. Cristian Rodríguez (508 2) 9. Felipe Mantilla (680 2) 10. José Daniel Bendeck (811 1)

Intercollegiate Tennis Association Senior Player of the Year

1981: Tim Mayotte
1982: Mark Dickson
1983: Jean Desdunes
1984: Ted Farnsworth
1985: George Bezecny
1986: Dan Goldie
1987: Den Bishop
1988: Robbie Weiss
1989: Mark Kaplan
1990: Jeff Chiang
1991: Al Parker
1992: Alex O'Brien
1993: Daniel Courcol
1994: Marcus Hilpert
1995: Trey Phillips
1996: Jeff Salzenstein
1997: Mitch Sprengelmeyer
1998: Pavel Kudrnac
1999: Hisham Hemeda
2000: Daniel Andersson/Ryan Sachire
2001: Peter Luczak
2002: Andy Leber/Javier Taborga
2003: David Martin/Ryan Newport
2004: Brian Wilson/Jeremy Wurtzman
2005: Benedikt Dorsch
2006: Raian Luchici
2007: John Isner
2008: Somdev Devvarman
2009: Arnau Brugues
2010: Robert Farah Maksoud
2011: Michael Shabaz
2012: Steve Johnson
2013: Jarmere Jenkins
2014: Clay Thompson

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