Robert Farah (tennis)
Robert Charbel Farah Maksoud (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈroβeɾt ˈfaɾa];[2][3] born 20 January 1987)[1] is a Canadian-born Colombian professional tennis player. Currently, he is ranked No. 1 in the world in men's doubles. Farah has a long-standing doubles partnership with countryman Juan Sebastián Cabal, with whom he has won 15 ATP titles, including the 2019 Wimbledon title, 2019 US Open title and two Italian Open titles. He currently resides in Bogota, Colombia.
Farah at the 2016 Wimbledon | |
Country (sports) | |
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Residence | Bogota, Colombia |
Born | Montreal, Quebec, Canada[1] | 20 January 1987
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
Turned pro | 2010 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
College | University of Southern California |
Prize money | $3,742,771 |
Singles | |
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 (2011, 2012) |
US Open | 1R (2011) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 273–160 (at ATP Tour and Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 16 |
Highest ranking | No. 1 (15 July 2019) |
Current ranking | No. 1 (16 March 2020) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | F (2018) |
French Open | SF (2017, 2019) |
Wimbledon | W (2019) |
US Open | W (2019) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Tour Finals | SF (2018, 2019) |
Olympic Games | 2R (2016) |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
Australian Open | QF (2019) |
French Open | F (2017) |
Wimbledon | F (2016) |
US Open | SF (2016) |
Last updated on: 22 March 2020. |
Family
Farah Maksoud is the son of a family of Lebanese descent.[4] His mother is a teacher at the French Liceo Paul Valery de Cali. His father is a tennis player (not recognized at professional level).[4] In 2006, he became a professional tennis player.
College Tennis
Farah played college tennis at the University of Southern California from 2006 to 2010 where he won two NCAA Division I Mens's Tennis Championships as a USC Trojan. He finished his senior season as the No. 1 ranked NCAA Div 1 player in the nation in singles, while additionally ranked 2nd in doubles. He won the 2008 NCAA Men's Doubles National Championship, partnering Kaes Van't Hof. He occasionally played doubles at USC with future ATP pro Steve Johnson.[5]
ATP Tour
Farah's consistent doubles partnership with fellow countryman Juan Sebastián Cabal began at Wimbledon 2011, when they defeated the pair consisting of Pakistani Aisam Qureshi (8 in doubles) and Indian Rohan Bopanna (9 in the world), in a tight three set match that went to 21–19 in the final set, before losing in second round against American Michael Russell and Kazakhstani Mikhail Kukushkin in straight sets.
In the 2013 Australian Open, Farah and Cabal made their first appearance in the quarterfinals.
In 2016, Farah reached his first grand slam final, in the mixed doubles at Wimbledon partnering Anna-Lena Grönefeld. They lost in straight sets to Henri Kontinen of Finland and Heather Watson of the UK.
In 2017, Farah and Cabal reached their first men's doubles grand slam semifinal at the French Open. In the same tournament he reached the final of the mixed doubles partnering Gronefeld where they lost to Rohan Bopanna and Gabriela Dabrowski in 3 sets.
In July 2018, Farah was given a suspended three month suspension and fined £3,800 for promoting a gambling website on his twitter. Farah would only serve the suspension if there were further breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program.[6]
Exactly a year after his suspension, Farah and countryman Cabal won their first ever grand slam men's doubles title at Wimbledon in 2019, defeating Frenchmen Nicolas Mahut and Édouard Roger-Vasselin in a thrilling 5 set match that required 4 tie-break sets; this victory means that Farah and Cabal both will ascend to world No. 1 in the week following the conclusion of the Championships.[7]
In October 2019, Farah was tested positive for the anabolic steroid Boldenone. He was provisionally suspended from official tournaments from 14 January 2020 and did not compete at the 2020 Australian Open.[8] Farah argued that he had ingested Boldenone from contaminated Colombian meat and the ITF chose not to ban him, holding that he "bears no fault or negligence for the violation".[9]
Major finals
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 2018 | Australian Open | Hard | 4–6, 4–6 | ||
Win | 2019 | Wimbledon | Grass | 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 7–6(8–6), 6–7(5–7), 6–3 | ||
Win | 2019 | US Open | Hard | 6–4, 7–5 |
Mixed doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 2016 | Wimbledon | Grass | 6–7(5–7), 4–6 | ||
Loss | 2017 | French Open | Clay | 6–2, 2–6, [10–12] |
Masters 1000 finals
Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 2014 | Miami Open | Hard | 6–7(8–10), 4–6 | ||
Win | 2018 | Italian Open | Clay | 3–6, 6–4, [10–4] | ||
Loss | 2018 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | 6–4, 3–6, [6–10] | ||
Win | 2019 | Italian Open (2) | Clay | 6–1, 6–3 | ||
Loss | 2019 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | 6–4, 4–6, [6–10] |
ATP career finals
Doubles: 34 (16 titles, 19 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2012 | Swiss Open, Switzerland | 250 Series | Clay | 4–6, 6–7(9–11) | ||
Loss | 0–2 | May 2013 | Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, France | 250 Series | Clay | 3–6, 2–6 | ||
Loss | 0–3 | Jan 2014 | Brisbane International, Australia | 250 Series | Hard | 7–6(7–4), 4–6, [7–10] | ||
Loss | 0–4 | Feb 2014 | Chile Open, Chile | 250 Series | Clay | 3–6, 4–6 | ||
Win | 1–4 | Feb 2014 | Rio Open, Brazil | 500 Series | Clay | 6–4, 6–2 | ||
Loss | 1–5 | Mar 2014 | Brasil Open, Brazil | 250 Series | Clay (i) | 7–5, 4–6, [13–15] | ||
Loss | 1–6 | Mar 2014 | Miami Open, United States | Masters 1000 | Hard | 6–7(8–10), 4–6 | ||
Win | 2–6 | Aug 2014 | Winston-Salem Open, United States | 250 Series | Hard | 6–3, 6–4 | ||
Win | 3–6 | Feb 2015 | Brasil Open, Brazil | 250 Series | Clay (i) | 6–4, 6–2 | ||
Win | 4–6 | May 2015 | Geneva Open, Switaerland | 250 Series | Clay | 7–5, 4–6, [10–7] | ||
Loss | 4–7 | Jul 2015 | Swedish Open, Sweden | 250 Series | Clay | 7–6(8–6), 3–6, [8–10] | ||
Loss | 4–8 | Aug 2015 | German Open, Germany | 500 Series | Clay | 6–2, 3–6, [8–10] | ||
Loss | 4–9 | Oct 2015 | Japan Open, Japan | 500 Series | Hard | 6–7(5–7), 6–3, [7–10] | ||
Win | 5–9 | Feb 2016 | Argentina Open, Argentina | 250 Series | Clay | 6–3, 6–0 | ||
Win | 6–9 | Feb 2016 | Rio Open, Brazil (2) | 500 Series | Clay | 7–6(7–5), 6–1 | ||
Loss | 6–10 | May 2016 | Bavarian International, Germany | 250 Series | Clay | 3–6, 6–3, [7–10] | ||
Win | 7–10 | May 2016 | Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, France | 250 Series | Clay | 4–6, 6–4, [10–8] | ||
Win | 8–10 | Oct 2016 | Kremlin Cup, Russia | 250 Series | Hard (i) | 7–5, 4–6, [10–5] | ||
Win | 9–10 | Feb 2017 | Argentina Open, Argentina (2) | 250 Series | Clay | 6–1, 6–4 | ||
Loss | 9–11 | Feb 2017 | Rio Open, Brazil | 500 Series | Clay | 4–6, 7–5, [8–10] | ||
Loss | 9–12 | Apr 2017 | Hungarian Open, Hungary | 250 Series | Clay | 6–7(2–7), 4–6 | ||
Win | 10–12 | May 2017 | Bavarian International, Germany | 250 Series | Clay | 6–3, 6–3 | ||
Loss | 10–13 | May 2017 | Geneva Open, Switaerland | 250 Series | Clay | 6–2, 6–7(9–11), [6–10] | ||
Loss | 10–14 | Jan 2018 | Australian Open, Australia | Grand Slam | Hard | 4–6, 4–6 | ||
Loss | 10–15 | Feb 2018 | Argentina Open, Argentina | 250 Series | Clay | 3–6, 7–5, [3–10] | ||
Win | 11–15 | May 2018 | Italian Open, Italy | Masters 1000 | Clay | 3–6, 6–4, [10–4] | ||
Loss | 11–16 | Aug 2018 | Cincinnati Masters, United States | Masters 1000 | Hard | 6–4, 3–6, [6–10] | ||
Loss | 11–17 | Jan 2019 | Sydney International, Australia | 250 Series | Hard | 4–6, 3–6 | ||
Win | 12–17 | Apr 2019 | Barcelona Open, Spain | 500 Series | Clay | 6–4, 7–6(7–4) | ||
Win | 13–17 | May 2019 | Italian Open, Italy (2) | Masters 1000 | Clay | 6–1, 6–3 | ||
Win | 14–17 | Jun 2019 | Eastbourne International, United Kingdom | 250 Series | Grass | 3–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–6] | ||
Win | 15–17 | Jul 2019 | Wimbledon Championships, United Kingdom | Grand Slam | Grass | 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 7–6(8–6), 6–7(5–7), 6–3 | ||
Loss | 15–18 | Aug 2019 | Cincinnati Masters, United States | Masters 1000 | Hard | 6–4, 4–6, [6–10] | ||
Win | 16–18 | Sep 2019 | US Open, United States | Grand Slam | Hard | 6–4, 7–5 | ||
Loss | 16–19 | Feb 2020 | Mexican Open, Mexico | 500 Series | Hard | 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–4), [9–11] |
ATP Challenger & ITF Futures
Singles: 5 (3–2)
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ATP Challenger Tour (1–2) |
ITF Futures (2–0) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 7 June 2010 | Maracaibo, Venezuela | Hard | 6–3, 7–6(7–3) | |
Winner | 2. | 21 June 2010 | Barquisimeto, Venezuela | Hard | 6–4, 6–2 | |
Winner | 3. | 12 July 2010 | Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | 6–3, 2–6, 7–6(7–3) | |
Runner–up | 4. | 16 September 2011 | Aguascalientes, Mexico | Clay | 6–4, 7–6(7–3) | |
Runner–up | 5. | 6 August 2012 | Aptos, USA | Hard | 6–3, 6–3 |
Performance timelines
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | P | Z# | PO | G | F-S | SF-B | NMS | NH |
Doubles
Current through the 2019 Davis Cup Finals.
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | SR | W-L | ||
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | 2R | QF | 1R | 2R | 3R | 3R | F | 1R | 0 / 8 | 14–8 | ||
French Open | A | A | 3R | 3R | 1R | 1R | 1R | SF | QF | SF | 0 / 8 | 15–8 | ||
Wimbledon | A | 3R | 1R | 3R | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | 3R | W | 1 / 8 | 15–7 | ||
US Open | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | SF | W | 1 / 8 | 13–7 | ||
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–4 | 7–4 | 1–3 | 3–4 | 3–4 | 7–3 | 14–4 | 16–2 | 2 / 32 | 57–30 | ||
Year-end championship | ||||||||||||||
ATP Finals | Did not qualify | SF | SF | 0 / 2 | 3–5 | |||||||||
ATP Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||||
Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | QF | 0 / 4 | 3–4 | ||
Miami Open | A | A | A | A | F | 2R | A | 1R | QF | 2R | 0 / 5 | 7–5 | ||
Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | SF | A | QF | 2R | 0 / 5 | 7–5 | ||
Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | SF | A | 1R | 2R | SF | 1R | 0 / 5 | 6–5 | ||
Italian Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | QF | 1R | A | W | W | 2 / 5 | 11–3 | ||
Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | ||
Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | F | F | 0 / 3 | 7–3 | ||
Shanghai Masters | A | A | A | A | QF | QF | 2R | 2R | SF | QF | 0 / 6 | 10–6 | ||
Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 0 / 6 | 4–6 | ||
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 11–6 | 8–7 | 4–6 | 3–4 | 13–8 | 16–8 | 2 / 41 | 55–39 | ||
National representation | ||||||||||||||
Summer Olympics | NH | A | Not Held | 2R | Not Held | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | |||||||
Davis Cup | PO | Z1 | Z1 | PO | PO | PO | Z1 | PO | PO | RR | 0 / 1 | 12–7 | ||
Win–Loss | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0 / 2 | 13–8 | ||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 16 | |||
Finals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 34 | |||
Overall Win–Loss | 0–1 | 4–3 | 16–14 | 21–17 | 35–20 | 37–24 | 33–21 | 33–15 | 39–23 | 51–20 | 269–158 | |||
Year-end ranking | 160 | 83 | 64 | 48 | 23 | 27 | 30 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 63% |
Mixed doubles
Tournament | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | SR | W–L |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | QF | 0 / 5 | 3–5 |
French Open | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | F | SF | 2R | 0 / 6 | 10–6 |
Wimbledon | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | F | A | 2R | A | 0 / 5 | 6–5 |
US Open | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | SF | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 4-3 |
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 8–4 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 0 / 19 | 22–19 |
References
- ATPtennis.com – Players – Profiles – Profile
- fedecoltenis (11 September 2014). "SALUDO ROBERT FARAH". YouTube (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- Ministerio TIC Colombia (7 July 2017). "#BajemosElTono - Robert Farah, tenista profesional". YouTube (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 January 2018.
- "Robert Farah, a Colombian-Lebanese with tennis in his genes". Lorientlejour.com. 2019.
- "Robert Farah Player Profile". USC Athletics. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- "Robert Farah suspended for three months for endorsing betting". BBC Sport. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
- "Colombian History: Cabal/Farah Triumph In Wimbledon Final Thriller". ATP Tour. 13 July 2019.
- "The truth behind World No.1's mysterious Aussie Open exit". 7news.com.au. 14 January 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
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