Tommy Robredo · Biography

Tomás Robredo Garcés won his first ATP title in 2001 in Sopot, Poland, beating fellow Spaniard Albert Portas in the final. Born on 1 May 1982 in Hostalric, in the province of Girona, he is a retired Spanish tennis player. His parents named him Tommy after Tommy, the rock opera by The Who, which his father loved. He reached world No. 5 in August 2006. He won 12 singles titles, five doubles titles and three Davis Cups with Spain.

Early years

Robredo turned professional in 1998. That year, aged 16, he made his tour debut at the Conde de Godó tournament in Barcelona, where he would also play his last match 23 years later. He grew up in Catalonia and worked with several coaches over his career, including José Manuel “Pepo” Clavet, Karim Perona and José Luis Aparisi. He was a baseliner who won most of his matches on clay, but he also reached quarter-finals on the hard courts of Melbourne and New York.

From Sopot to Barcelona (2001-2005)

After the Sopot title he entered the top 30 in 2001 and stayed there until 2009. In 2002 he won the Hopman Cup with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario. In 2003 he reached his first Roland Garros quarter-final, and he got that far again in 2005, 2007, 2009 and 2013. His biggest title at home came in April 2004: the Barcelona Open, where he beat Argentina’s Gastón Gaudio in the final. That year he also won the Chennai doubles title with Rafael Nadal and played at the Athens Olympics, losing to Tomáš Berdych in the third round.

Hamburg and world No. 5 (2006-2009)

2006 was the best season of his career. He won the Hamburg Masters, his only Masters title, against Radek Štěpánek of the Czech Republic, and then won Båstad against Nikolay Davydenko. On 28 August 2006 he reached world No. 5, the highest ranking of his career. He finished both 2006 and 2007 in the top ten. In 2007 he reached the Australian Open quarter-finals and won titles in Sopot, against José Acasuso, and Metz, against Andy Murray. He won Båstad again in 2008 against Tomáš Berdych, and in 2009 won Costa do Sauípe against Thomaz Bellucci and Buenos Aires against Juan Mónaco. In doubles he reached No. 16 in April 2009 and played three US Open semi-finals (2004, 2008 and 2010). He also played at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Injuries and comeback (2010-2013)

In 2010 he won a second Hopman Cup, this time with María José Martínez Sánchez. In February 2011 he won Santiago, beating Santiago Giraldo in the final. Later that year a left leg injury kept him out of the clay season and Roland Garros, which ended a run of 41 Grand Slams in a row. A knee injury kept him off the tour for the first five months of 2012, and he came back on the Challenger circuit. In 2013 he won Casablanca against Kevin Anderson and Umag against Fabio Fognini. At Roland Garros he won three matches in a row after losing the first two sets, against Igor Sijsling, Gaël Monfils and Nicolás Almagro. He was the first player in the Open Era to do it, and the first man since Henri Cochet in 1927. At the 2013 US Open he beat Roger Federer for the first time after ten straight losses to him, and reached the quarter-finals. He finished that year ranked No. 18.

Davis Cup and Olympics

Robredo was part of the Spanish teams that won the Davis Cup in 2004, 2008 and 2009. In the 2004 final against the United States in Seville he played the last singles rubber, after Spain had already won the tie. He also played for the Spain national team at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.

Final seasons and retirement (2014-2022)

In 2014 he reached the fourth round at the Australian Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. In October that year he became the fifth Spaniard to win more than 500 matches on the ATP tour. In 2018 he received the ATP Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year award. He announced his retirement in March 2022. He played his last match on 18 April 2022 at the Barcelona Open, losing 6-1, 6-1 to Bernabé Zapata. He finished his career with 533 wins and 358 losses in singles.

Coach and tournament director

In December 2022 he started coaching Chun-Hsin Tseng of Chinese Taipei. In May 2025 he was officially named director of the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell–Trofeo Conde de Godó, replacing David Ferrer. The 2026 edition was the first he prepared in the role.