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.

For the Australian rugby league footballer, see Robbie Farah.

This article uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Farah and the second or maternal family name is Maksoud.

Robert Farah Maksoud

Farah at the 2016 Wimbledon
Country (sports)	Colombia
Residence	Bogota, Colombia
Born	(1987-01-20) 20 January 1987 Montreal, Quebec, Canada[1]
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)
Medal record Pan American Games Guadalajara 2011 Singles Guadalajara 2011 Doubles
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
Loss	2018	Australian Open	Hard	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Oliver Marach Mate Pavić	4–6, 4–6
Win	2019	Wimbledon	Grass	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Nicolas Mahut Édouard Roger-Vasselin	6–7^(5–7), 7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(8–6), 6–7^(5–7), 6–3
Win	2019	US Open	Hard	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos	6–4, 7–5

Mixed doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2016	Wimbledon	Grass	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Heather Watson Henri Kontinen	6–7^(5–7), 4–6
Loss	2017	French Open	Clay	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Gabriela Dabrowski Rohan Bopanna	6–2, 2–6, [10–12]

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2014	Miami Open	Hard	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–7^(8–10), 4–6
Win	2018	Italian Open	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Pablo Carreño Busta João Sousa	3–6, 6–4, [10–4]
Loss	2018	Cincinnati Masters	Hard	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	6–4, 3–6, [6–10]
Win	2019	Italian Open (2)	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Raven Klaasen Michael Venus	6–1, 6–3
Loss	2019	Cincinnati Masters	Hard	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Ivan Dodig Filip Polášek	6–4, 4–6, [6–10]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 34 (16 titles, 19 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (2–1) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (2–3) ATP World Tour 500 Series (3–4) ATP World Tour 250 Series (9–11)

Finals by surface Hard (3–8) Clay (11–11) Grass (2–0)

Finals by setting Outdoor (14–18) Indoor (2–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2012	Swiss Open, Switzerland	250 Series	Clay	Santiago Giraldo	Marcel Granollers Marc López	4–6, 6–7^(9–11)
Loss	0–2	May 2013	Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, France	250 Series	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Johan Brunström Raven Klaasen	3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–3	Jan 2014	Brisbane International, Australia	250 Series	Hard	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Daniel Nestor	7–6^(7–4), 4–6, [7–10]
Loss	0–4	Feb 2014	Chile Open, Chile	250 Series	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Oliver Marach Florin Mergea	3–6, 4–6
Win	1–4	Feb 2014	Rio Open, Brazil	500 Series	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	David Marrero Marcelo Melo	6–4, 6–2
Loss	1–5	Mar 2014	Brasil Open, Brazil	250 Series	Clay (i)	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Guillermo García-López Philipp Oswald	7–5, 4–6, [13–15]
Loss	1–6	Mar 2014	Miami Open, United States	Masters 1000	Hard	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–7^(8–10), 4–6
Win	2–6	Aug 2014	Winston-Salem Open, United States	250 Series	Hard	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Jamie Murray John Peers	6–3, 6–4
Win	3–6	Feb 2015	Brasil Open, Brazil	250 Series	Clay (i)	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Paolo Lorenzi Diego Schwartzman	6–4, 6–2
Win	4–6	May 2015	Geneva Open, Switaerland	250 Series	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Raven Klaasen Lu Yen-hsun	7–5, 4–6, [10–7]
Loss	4–7	Jul 2015	Swedish Open, Sweden	250 Series	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Jérémy Chardy Łukasz Kubot	7–6^(8–6), 3–6, [8–10]
Loss	4–8	Aug 2015	German Open, Germany	500 Series	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Jamie Murray John Peers	6–2, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss	4–9	Oct 2015	Japan Open, Japan	500 Series	Hard	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Raven Klaasen Marcelo Melo	6–7^(5–7), 6–3, [7–10]
Win	5–9	Feb 2016	Argentina Open, Argentina	250 Series	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Íñigo Cervantes Paolo Lorenzi	6–3, 6–0
Win	6–9	Feb 2016	Rio Open, Brazil (2)	500 Series	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Pablo Carreño Busta David Marrero	7–6^(7–5), 6–1
Loss	6–10	May 2016	Bavarian International, Germany	250 Series	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Henri Kontinen John Peers	3–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Win	7–10	May 2016	Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, France	250 Series	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Mate Pavić Michael Venus	4–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win	8–10	Oct 2016	Kremlin Cup, Russia	250 Series	Hard (i)	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Julian Knowle Jürgen Melzer	7–5, 4–6, [10–5]
Win	9–10	Feb 2017	Argentina Open, Argentina (2)	250 Series	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Santiago González David Marrero	6–1, 6–4
Loss	9–11	Feb 2017	Rio Open, Brazil	500 Series	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Pablo Carreño Busta Pablo Cuevas	4–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Loss	9–12	Apr 2017	Hungarian Open, Hungary	250 Series	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Brian Baker Nikola Mektić	6–7^(2–7), 4–6
Win	10–12	May 2017	Bavarian International, Germany	250 Series	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Jérémy Chardy Fabrice Martin	6–3, 6–3
Loss	10–13	May 2017	Geneva Open, Switaerland	250 Series	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău	6–2, 6–7^(9–11), [6–10]
Loss	10–14	Jan 2018	Australian Open, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Oliver Marach Mate Pavić	4–6, 4–6
Loss	10–15	Feb 2018	Argentina Open, Argentina	250 Series	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Andrés Molteni Horacio Zeballos	3–6, 7–5, [3–10]
Win	11–15	May 2018	Italian Open, Italy	Masters 1000	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Pablo Carreño Busta João Sousa	3–6, 6–4, [10–4]
Loss	11–16	Aug 2018	Cincinnati Masters, United States	Masters 1000	Hard	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	6–4, 3–6, [6–10]
Loss	11–17	Jan 2019	Sydney International, Australia	250 Series	Hard	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	4–6, 3–6
Win	12–17	Apr 2019	Barcelona Open, Spain	500 Series	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
Win	13–17	May 2019	Italian Open, Italy (2)	Masters 1000	Clay	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Raven Klaasen Michael Venus	6–1, 6–3
Win	14–17	Jun 2019	Eastbourne International, United Kingdom	250 Series	Grass	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Maximo González Horacio Zeballos	3–6, 7–6^(7–4), [10–6]
Win	15–17	Jul 2019	Wimbledon Championships, United Kingdom	Grand Slam	Grass	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Nicolas Mahut Édouard Roger-Vasselin	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	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Ivan Dodig Filip Polášek	6–4, 4–6, [6–10]
Win	16–18	Sep 2019	US Open, United States	Grand Slam	Hard	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos	6–4, 7–5
Loss	16–19	Feb 2020	Mexican Open, Mexico	500 Series	Hard	Juan Sebastián Cabal	Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo	6–7^(6–8), 7–6^(7–4), [9–11]

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	5.	6 August 2012	Aptos, USA	Hard	Steve Johnson	6–3, 6–3

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A

P

Z#

PO

G

F-S

SF-B

NMS

NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

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

Doubles

Current through the 2019 Davis Cup Finals.

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	SR	W-L
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
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

1. ATPtennis.com – Players – Profiles – Profile
2. fedecoltenis (11 September 2014). "SALUDO ROBERT FARAH". YouTube (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 January 2018.
3. Ministerio TIC Colombia (7 July 2017). "#BajemosElTono - Robert Farah, tenista profesional". YouTube (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 January 2018.
4. "Robert Farah, a Colombian-Lebanese with tennis in his genes". Lorientlejour.com. 2019.
5. "Robert Farah Player Profile". USC Athletics. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
6. "Robert Farah suspended for three months for endorsing betting". BBC Sport. 13 July 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
7. "Colombian History: Cabal/Farah Triumph In Wimbledon Final Thriller". ATP Tour. 13 July 2019.
8. "The truth behind World No.1's mysterious Aussie Open exit". 7news.com.au. 14 January 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
9. "Robert Farah: No ban for doubles champion despite positive test". bbc.co.uk. 10 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.

External links

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