Carlos Gimeno Valero

Carlos Gimeno Valero
	Carlos Gimeno Valero
Country (sports)	Spain
Born	25 June 2001 (age 23); Valencia, Spain
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	2019
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Fran Martinez Lidon
Prize money	$97,314
Singles
Career record	0–1
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 260 (9 August 2021)
Current ranking	No. 503 (26 May 2024)
Doubles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 1508 (2 December 2019)
	Last updated on: 25 April 2022.

Carlos Gimeno Valero (born 25 June 2001) is a Spanish tennis player.

Gimeno Valero has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 260 achieved on 9 August 2021. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 1508 achieved on 2 December 2019.^[1]

Juniors

As a junior, Gimeno Valero reached his highest ranking of No. 12 in the world, in the combined singles and doubles junior ranking system. This was highlighted by a runner-up finish at the 2019 Wimbledon where he was defeated in the championship match by Japanese player Shintaro Mochizuki in straight sets 3–6, 2–6.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	2019	Wimbledon	Grass	Shintaro Mochizuki	3–6, 2–6

Career

Gimeno Valero has reached four career ITF singles finals winning all of them for a record of 4–0, which includes winning one ATP Challenger title, the Gran Canaria 2 Challenger in March 2021, where he defeated Belgian Kimmer Coppejans in straight sets in the final.

He managed to win in the first round of qualifying at the 2021 Barcelona Open by defeating Mikhail Kukushkin ‘in straight sets but would go on to lose in the second round to Tallon Griekspoor 7–6^(7–4), 6–7^(4–7), 3–6.

ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour Finals

Singles: 8 (7–1)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–0)
ITF World Tennis Tour (6–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (6–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2019	M25 Riba-roja de Turia, Spain	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Johan Nikles	6–4, 6–2
Win	2–0	Oct 2019	M15 Benicarlo, Spain	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Francisco Andreu Garcia	6–1, 6–2
Win	3–0	Sep 2020	M15 Sintra, Portugal	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Sebastian Fanselow	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Win	4–0	Mar 2021	Las Palmas, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Kimmer Coppejans	6–4, 6–2
Win	5–0	May 2021	M25 Vic, Spain	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Pedro Cachin	1–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	5–1	Nov 2023	M15 Valencia, Spain	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Marco Trungelliti	0–6, 2–6
Win	6–1	Jan 2024	M15 Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Filip Cristian Jianu	6–3, 6–4
Win	7–1	Feb 2024	M25 Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Vilius Gaubas	1–6, 7–6^(7–1), 7–5