Raúl Ramírez

Raúl Ramírez (born June 20, 1953 in Ensenada, Baja California) is an Mexican former professional tennis player of the 1970s and 1980s. He played tennis at the University of Southern California.

He was ranked as high as No. 4 in the world (achieving that ranking on November 7, 1976) and No. 6 in doubles (January 3, 1983). He won 19 singles titles, including titles at the ATP Masters Series events in Rome (1975) and Monte Carlo (1978).

He won 59 doubles titles, including Wimbledon (1976), the French Open (1975 & '77), and at ATP Masters Series events in Cincinnati (1978), Canada (1976, ’77 & ’81), Monte Carlo (1979), Paris (1977), and Rome (1974, ’75, ’76 & ’77).

In 1981 he married the Venezuelan-born former Miss Universe Maritza Sayalero. The couple live in Ensenada and have three children: Rebecca (born 1982), Raúl (born 1984) and Daniel Francisco (1989).

Career highlights

Singles titles (19)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1973	*Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Manuel Orantes	ABN
2.	1973	Tehran, Iran	Clay	John Newcombe	6-7, 6-1, 7-5, 6-3
3.	1974	Columbus, U.S.	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	3-6, 7-6, 6-4
4.	1975	St. Petersburg WCT, U.S.	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	6-0, 1-6, 6-2
5.	1975	Charlotte, U.S.	Clay	Roscoe Tanner	3-6, 6-4, 6-3
6.	1975	Rome, Italy	Clay	Manuel Orantes	7-6, 7-5, 7-5
7.	1975	Tokyo, Japan	Clay	Manuel Orantes	6-4, 7-5, 6-3
8.	1976	Mexico City WCT, Mexico	Clay	Eddie Dibbs	7-6, 6-2
9.	1976	Caracas WCT, Venezuela	Clay	Ilie Năstase	6-3, 6-4
10.	1976	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Adriano Panatta	7-5, 6-7, 6-1, 6-3
11.	1976	London, England	Carpet	Manuel Orantes	6-3, 6-4
12.	1977	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Mark Cox	9-7, 7-5
13.	1977	Los Angeles, U.S.	Hard	Brian Gottfried	7-5, 3-6, 6-4
14.	1978	Mexico City WCT, Mexico	Hard	Pat Dupre	6-4, 6-1
15.	1978	Monte Carlo WCT, Monaco	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	6-3, 6-3, 6-4
16.	1979	Florence, Italy	Clay	Karl Meiler	6-4, 1-6, 3-6, 7-5, 6-0
17.	1980	San Juan, Puerto Rico	Hard	Phil Dent	6-3, 6-2
18.	1982	*Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Zoltan Kuharszky	4-6, 7-6, 6-3
19.	1983	Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Morris Skip Strode	6-4, 6-2

Singles runner-ups (20)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1974	Tehran, Iran	Clay	Guillermo Vilas	6-0, 6-3, 6-1
2.	1975	Caracas WCT, Venezuela	Hard	Rod Laver	7-6, 6-2
3.	1976	Jackson WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Ken Rosewall	6-3, 6-3
4.	1976	Washington D.C., U.S.	Clay	Jimmy Connors	6-2, 6-4
5.	1976	North Conway, U.S.	Clay	Jimmy Connors	7-6, 4-6, 6-3
6.	1976	Tehran, Iran	Clay	Manuel Orantes	7-6, 6-0, 2-6, 6-4
7.	1976	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Wojtek Fibak	6-7, 6-3, 6-4, 2-6, 6-1
8.	1977	Miami, U.S.	Clay	Eddie Dibbs	6-0, 6-3
9.	1977	Las Vegas, U.S.	Hard	Jimmy Connors	6-4, 5-7, 6-2
10.	1977	Oviedo, Spain	Hard	Eddie Dibbs	6-4, 6-1
11.	1978	Palm Springs, U.S.	Hard	Roscoe Tanner	6-1, 7-6
12.	1978	Washington Indoor, U.S.	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	7-5, 7-6
13.	1978	Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands	Carpet	Jimmy Connors	7-5, 7-5
14.	1978	Birmingham, England	Grass	Jimmy Connors	6-3, 6-1, 6-2
15.	1978	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Eddie Dibbs	6-2, 6-3
16.	1978	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Vijay Amritraj	6-4, 6-4
17.	1980	Florence, Italy	Clay	Adriano Panatta	6-2, 2-6, 6-4
18.	1981	Florence, Italy	Clay	José Luis Clerc	6-1, 6-2
19.	1982	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Pedro Rebolledo	6-4, 3-6, 7-6
20.	1982	South Orange, U.S.	Clay	Yannick Noah	6-3, 7-6

Doubles titles (59)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1973	Salt Lake City, U.S.	Hard (i)	Mike Estep	Jiri Hrebec Jan Kukal	6-3, 6-3
2.	1973	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Jim McManus	Jose Mandarino Tito Vasquez	6-2, 6-2, 6-3
3.	1973	New Delhi, India	Outdoor	Jim McManus	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj	6-2, 6-4
4.	1974	Toronto WCT, Canada	Carpet	Tony Roche	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	6-3, 2-6, 6-4
5.	1974	Charlotte, U.S.	Clay	Buster Mottram	Owen Davidson John Newcombe	6-3, 1-6, 6-3
6.	1974	Rome, Italy	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Juan Gisbert Ilie Năstase	6-3, 6-2, 6-3
7.	1974	South Orange, U.S.	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj	7-6, 6-7, 7-6
8.	1975	Philadelphia WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Dick Stockton Erik Van Dillen	5-7, 7-6, 6-4
9.	1975	St. Petersburg WCT, U.S.	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Charlie Pasarell Roscoe Tanner	6-4, 6-4
10.	1975	La Costa WCT, U.S.	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Charlie Pasarell Roscoe Tanner	7-5, 6-4
11.	1975	Orlando WCT, U.S.	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Colin Dibley Ray Ruffels	6-4, 6-4
12.	1975	Tucson, U.S.	Hard	William Brown	Raymond Moore Dennis Ralston	W/O
13.	1975	World Doubles WCT, Mexico	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Mark Cox Cliff Drysdale	7-6, 6-7, 6-2, 7-6
14.	1975	Dallas WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Mark Cox Cliff Drysdale	7-6, 6-7, 6-2, 7-6
15.	1975	Rome, Italy	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase	6-4, 7-6, 2-6, 6-1
16.	1975	French Open, Paris	Clay	Brian Gottfried	John Alexander Phil Dent	6-4, 6-2
17.	1975	Boston, U.S.	Clay	Brian Gottfried	John Andrews Mike Estep	6-3, 6-2
18.	1975	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Brian Gottfried	Ross Case Geoff Masters	6-4, 6-2
19.	1975	Perth, Australia	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Ross Case Geoff Masters	2-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-0
20.	1975	Tokyo, Japan	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Juan Gisbert Manuel Orantes	6-2, 6-4
21.	1976	Monterrey WCT, Mexico	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Ross Case Geoff Masters	6-2, 4-6, 6-3
22.	1976	Richmond WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Arthur Ashe Tom Okker	6-4, 7-5
23.	1976	St. Louis WCT, U.S.	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	John Alexander Phil Dent	6-4, 6-2
24.	1976	México City WCT, México	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie	6-4, 7-6
25.	1976	Jackson, U.S.	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Ross Case Geoff Masters	7-5, 4-6, 6-0
26.	1976	Caracas WCT, Venezuela	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Jeff Borowiak Ilie Năstase	7-5, 6-4
27.	1976	Rome, Italy	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Geoff Masters John Newcombe	7-6, 5-7, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
28.	1976	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Brian Gottfried	Ross Case Geoff Masters	3-6, 6-3, 8-6, 2-6, 7-5
29.	1976	Washington D.C., U.S.	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Arthur Ashe Jimmy Connors	6-3, 6-3
30.	1976	North Conway, U.S.	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Ricardo Cano Victor Pecci	3-6, 6-4, 6-4
31.	1976	Indianapolis, U.S.	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	6-2, 6-2
32.	1976	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Bob Hewitt	Juan Gisbert Manuel Orantes	6-2, 6-1
33.	1976	Woodlands Doubles, U.S.	Hard	Brian Gottfried	Phil Dent Allan Stone	6-1, 6-4, 5-7, 7-6
34.	1976	Tehran, Iran	Clay	Wojtek Fibak	Juan Gisbert Manuel Orantes	6-3, 6-4
35.	1976	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Wojtek Fibak	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	4-6, 7-5, 6-3
36.	1976	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	7-6, 6-4
37.	1977	Miami, U.S.	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Paul Kronk Cliff Letcher	7-5, 6-4
38.	1977	Rome, Italy	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	6-7, 7-6, 7-5
39.	1977	French Open, Paris	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Wojtek Fibak Jan Kodeš	7-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
40.	1977	North Conway, U.S.	Clay	Brian Gottfried	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	7-5, 6-3
41.	1977	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Bob Hewitt	Fred McNair Sherwood Stewart	6-4, 3-6, 6-2
42.	1977	Paris, France	Hard (i)	Brian Gottfried	Jeff Borowiak Roger Taylor	6-2, 6-0
43.	1978	Memphis, U.S.	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Phil Dent John Newcombe	3-6, 7-6, 6-2
44.	1978	Rotterdam WCT, Netherlands	Carpet	Fred McNair	Robert Lutz Stan Smith	W/O
45.	1978	Cincinnati, U.S.	Clay	Gene Mayer	Ismail El Shafei Brian Fairlie	6-3, 6-3
46.	1979	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Ilie Năstase	Victor Pecci Balázs Taróczy	6-3, 6-4
47.	1980	Masters Doubles WCT, London	Carpet	Brian Gottfried	Wojtek Fibak Tom Okker	3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
48.	1980	Florence, Italy	Clay	Gene Mayer	Paolo Bertolucci