Tommy Robredo

At 41 years old, Tommy Robredo has this physical status:

Tommy Robredo Garca (born 1 May 1982) is a Spanish professional tennis player.

His career-high singles ranking is ranked No. 1 in the world. 5, who was in danger of winning the Hamburg Masters earlier this year. Robredo has reached the quarterfinals of seven Grand Slam singles tournaments.

He was a semifinalist at three versions of the US Open doubles tournament, and one in mixed doubles. He started working as a freelance in 1998 and was coached by José Manuel "Pepo" Clavet, and is now being taught by Karim Perona.

Robb finds his forehand to be his best hope, and red clay is his favorite surface. Robredo is the only player in Open Era history to win three consecutive sets back, a feat that was unattainable en route to Roland's quarterfinals.

He also has the ATP World Tour record for the highest percentage of five-set matches won with 77.3 percent (17–5 win-loss record).

Personal life

Robredo is named after the rock opera Tommy by The Who, of which his father is a huge fan.

Robredo is currently sponsored by Sergio Tacchini for his sportswear, Asics for his shoes, Wilson for his tennis racquets, TW Steel watches, Smeg, and Ukrainian Food Company.

Stefan Edberg, John McEnroe, Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi, and other Spanish tennis players were among Robredo's childhood tennis heroes. He cites Arantxa Sánchez (with whom he won the 2002 Hopman Cup for Spain) as his favorite female player among retired athletes; Roger Federer and Justine Henin are two of the most active players his favorite male and female players.

Some fans refer to Robredo's long, wavy hairstyle he started cultivating during the 2006 tennis season as "Disco Tommy," after Robredo announced that he called his mentor "President Palmer" while his coach, "Jack Bauer," as his coach (from 24).

Robbins' media exposure in 2007 has soared. He was featured in Men's Wellbeing and Marie Claire's Spanish-speaking editions, as well as People en Espaol.

Robredo married Patricia Berga Alzamora on November 16th, his long-time girlfriend. In 2021, the couple's first child, a girl, was born.

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Tennis career

When Robredo was five years old, he and his family moved to Olot, where his father, ngel, became the head coach of the local tennis club, Club Natació Olot. (Robredo's mother, Dolores, is herself a former assistant coach.) He was coached by his father until 1996 when he joined the Spanish Tennis Federation at the Centre d'Alt Rendiment ("High Performance Center"), a prestigious center for professional sports education in Sant Cugat del Vallès. In 1998, he became a successful field engineer.

Robredo, a junior, won the Junior Orange Bowl 16-Under in both singles and doubles (with Marc López) in 1998. He won the doubles and doubles finals of a Futures-level competition as a professional, as well as Pedro Cánovas. He made the semifinals of the French Open in 1999 and claimed a Futures tournament in singles as well as another in doubles. He defeated Marat Safin, who was then ranked in the top 30 players in Robredo's hometown tournament, Barcelona, earlier this year, before going on to lose to top ten player Todd Martin earlier this year.

Robredo lost in singles and doubles finals at Roland Garros in 2000, but doubles with López won the boys' tournament. He also secured the Australian Open boys' doubles title (with Nicolas Mahut). Robredo started the year off with a final at a Challenger tournament in Bartella, Italy, losing to Germán Puentes. He then won two Challenger events in Espinho, Portugal, defeating Jimy Szymanski, and Seville, Spain over Spain's defeating scar Serrano. He appeared in two ATP main draws this year, losing in the first round of both Torneo Godó and Davidoff Swiss Indoors respectively.

Robredo began his 2001 season by reaching his first ATP semifinals at the Gold Flake Open, losing 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 to Russian Andrei Stoliarov. He made his slam debut at the Australian Open but lost in straight sets to eventual runner-up and Arnaud Clément. He later fell early at the Chevrolet Cup and the Copa AT&T.

He then reached his first ATP final at the Grand Prix Hassan II, losing 5–7, 2–6 in the final, bringing him into the top 100 for the first time. After losing his first top 20 player in the world no. 1, he backed it up with a third round appearance at the Open SEAT Godó. Sébastien Grosjean, 13 before losing to Michel Kratochvil. He appeared in Spain again at the Majorca Open, winning the second round of the tournament.

He then won his first slam match at the French Open, beating Raemon Sluiter 7–5, 7–6, 7–9(11–9), and then fell to fourth round losing former French Open champion Yevgeny Kafelnikov 3–6, 6–6, 4–6. He followed it with a semifinal appearance at the Heineken Trophy in Guillermo Caas. He made it to the second round of Wimbledon, but he lost to Sargis Sargsian in the second round. He then returned to clay, placing the Telenordia Swedish Open in the quarterfinals and the third round of the Mercedes Cup.

At the Idea Prokom Open, he was able to win his first title of the year after defeating compatriot Albert Portas 1–6, 7–6, 7–6, 7–7.2). He then dropped early at the Legg Mason Tennis Classic and the RCA Championships. In the 4th Round, he earns his first top-ten victory over beating world number five Juan Carlos Ferrero in a close five setter 7–6, 6–6, 7–11, 7–11), before losing in straight sets to Andy Roddick in the 4th Round. At the Campionato Internazionali di Sicilia, he continued his hopes by winning a semifinal. In the second round of the CA-TennisTrophy competition and the first rounds of Stuttgart Masters, Davidoff Swiss Indoors, and Paris Masters, he finished the year with a four-match losing streak. He was the second youngest player to end the season in the top ten countries, behind Roddick.

Robredo began in 2002 by partnering with Arantxa Sánchez Vicario to win the Hopman Cup for Spain. Sánchez Vicario lost 1–6, 6–7 to Monica Seles in the final against the United States before Robredo tied the tie 6–6, 7–6. The Spanish couple then won the mixed doubles, 6–4, 6–2. However, he was only able to win 4 matches to ten loses in the first four months of the season, and he was unable to win back-to-back matches. He progressed to the second rounds of the Australian Open, Open 13, ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, and the NASDAQ-100 Open. This was his first back-to-back victory at the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, where he advanced to the quarterfinals losing to Andy Roddick in two close sets. He continued his good showing at the Hamburg Masters, where he beat the then world no. 1 in the standings. Tommy Haas of the third round en route to his Masters semifinal debut, where he defeated Marat Safin 4–6, 2–4 with a right ankle injury. He lost in the third round to Andre Agassi at the French Open. He reached the semifinals of the Ordina Open for the second year in a row, losing to Sjeng Schalken in the Ordina Open. However, he lost in the first round of Wimbledon to Raemon Sluiter. He then progressed to the semifinals of Swedish Open and the quarterfinals of the Mercedes Cup. He made it to the second round of the Canada Masters and third round of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters at his US Open preparations. He reached the third rounds of the US Open, losing in straight sets to Wayne Ferreira. Robredo lost in the first round of the Brasil Open and Kremlin Cup, and the second round of the San Diego Masters Madrid loses at both TennennisTrophy and Mutua Madrile. If Stockholm Open lost to Paradorn Srichaphan, he reached his fourth semifinal. He ended the year with a second-round loss at the BNP Paribas Masters, losing in straight sets to Thomas Johansson. For the second year in a row, he ended the year at number 30 and hit the million-dollar mark in career earnings.

Robredo's first round defeats, including in the Australian Open, began in 2003. He won his first matches at the Dubai Tennis Championships, defeating the world No. 1 in the event. In the third set tie-break, Marat Safin beat Me 7–3 in the second round 7–3. He failed in the quarterfinals to Ji Novák. In the third round of the Pacific Life Open and his first match at the NASDAQ-100 Open, he then lost in the third round of the NASDAQ-100 Open. He lost in straight sets to Agust Calleri in another semifinal at the Estoril Open. He reached the third round of Monte Carlo Masters and Telecom Italia Masters in the remainder of the European clay season. At the quarterfinals of the Open Seat Godo, he defeated Agustn Calleri once more. In the second round of the Hamburg Masters, Mariano Zabaleta stunned him.

At the French Open, he had his best showing of the year, when he reached his first slam quarterfinals, where he defeated world No. 69. In the third round and three-time French Open champion Gustavo Kuerten's first round, 1–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–3, 6–3, 6–3 before losing in a second five-set match to defending champion Albert Costa 6–2, 6–6, 2–6, 2–6. In reaction to his victories over Hewitt and Kuerten, Robbie remarked "I've beat the ace, I've defeated the king."

"Now I need to beat the jack, don't I?

I'll have defeated Costa Rica if I were to win the entire pack of cards."

Robredo progressed to the top 20 after losing to Andy Roddick in the quarterfinals and third round at Wimbledon. He reached his third semifinal appearance at the Swedish Open, losing to Nicolás Lapentti in a tie for his third time. He reached his lone final of the year at the Mercedes Cup, but he lost in straight sets 6–2, 6–1. Robredo's first round of the North American Swing and US Open were disappointing, with just a third round at the Canada Masters, a second round at the TD Waterhouse Cup, and the first rounds of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters and US Open. He was able to progress to the quarterfinals of the Open de Moselle but he lost in his first matches against Trophy and Mutua Madrilena Masters Madrid. In his final two competitions at the Davidoff Swiss Indoors and BNP Paribas Masters, he then failed in the round of 16. Robredo finished the year at 21 years old, just outside the top 20.

Robredo had a great start to his 2004 season with a semifinal at the Chennai Open losing 6–1, 6–7 (11–12), 5–7, and a quarterfinal to Carlos Moye 1–6. Rafael Nadal claimed his first doubles title at the Chennai Open, defeating Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram in the final. However, this didn't refer to his Australian Open, where he came to 34th ranked Gastón Gaudio, who just missed the seedings in straight sets. He won his first Davis Cup match over the Czech Republic's Radek tt’pánek in four sets (7–6), 7–7(9–7), representing Spain in the Davis Cup. Despite being in the quarterfinals of the Milan Indoor, he dropped early in his next three tournaments, first rounds of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament and Indian Wells Masters, and the second round of the Dubai Tennis Championships. He was able to progress to the fourth round of the Miami Masters, losing to Carlos Moyen once more. He was only able to reach the quarterfinals of the Estoril Open during the European clay season and was disqualified in the first round of Monte Carlo Masters. However, he made his ATP debut at Torneo Godó, where he won his second ATP crown, by defeating Gastón Gaudio in a five-hour marathon 6–3, 6–3. He failed in the second and third rounds of the Telecom Italia Masters and Hamburg Masters. Despite his mixed results, he was able to progress to the fourth round of the French Open after defeating the world no. 11 Nicolás Massif, who has only lost four games in three sets. In straight sets, he lost in straight sets to Carlos Moyen.

He was able to progress to the semifinals of the Ordinance Open in the grass season but he fell short of Wimbledon in the second round. He then crashed in the second round of his next three tournaments, Swedish Open, Mercedes Cup, and Canada Masters. Robredo bounced back from his first Masters hardcourt semifinal appearance at the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, where he defeated the world No. 1 in the first round. In the second round, Juan Carlos Ferrero (7–6), 6–4, 6–4 before losing in straight sets to Lleyton Hewitt. He lost in the third round to Tomá Berdych, who was competing for Spain at the Olympics. He was able to make it to the fourth round of the year's title, losing to world no. In straight sets, Andy Roddick defeats him in straight sets. He then competed for Spain against France in the Davis Cup semifinals and beat Paul-Henri Mathieu in a dead rubber. He started with a quarterfinal appearance at the Madrid Masters, losing to Andre Agassi. He then withdrawn from his second round match against eventual champion Ji Novák at the Davidoff Swiss Indoors. In his first match at the Paris Masters, Jürgen Melzer shocked him. Robredo ended the year with a loss at the Davis Cup final, but the loss didn't have an effect on the result, as Spain already had the tie and his match was a dead rubber. For the first time at 13, Robredo saw the year finish inside the top 20 for the first time.

He started the year off in the first round of the Heineken Open. Marcos Baghdatis was disqualified in straight sets in the third round, 6–7, 1–6—fortis the first slam of the year, the Australian Open was held in straight sets. He reached his first semifinal appearance at the Dubai Tennis Championships, losing in straight sets to Croatian Ivan Ljubii. He reached the fourth round of the Pacific Life Open and NASDAQ-100 Open, defeating Tim Henman and suffering with a neck injury in the third round. He missed several events due to his injury.

He started his European clay season at the Torneo Godó, losing in straight sets to Alberto Martin. He reached his first final of the year at the Estoril Open, but he fell short of Argentinian Gastón Gaudio 1–6, 6–2, 1–6. But Julien Benneteau at Internazionali BNL d'Italia lost just a game. He was able to progress to the third round at the Hamburg Masters, defeating the world no. 1. 1 Roger Federer Federer. He finished his French Open preparations at the World Team Cup by beating Vincent Spadea and Tommy Haas, but lost to Thomas Johansson. After defeating the then world no. 1, he was able to reach his second quarterfinal at the French Open. Marat Safin 7–5, 1–6, 6–6, 8–6, but 8–6, but lost to Russian Nikolay Davydenko 6–3, 1–6, 6–6, 4–6. He dropped early in the Ordina Open and first round of Wimbledon at the grass season.

After Wimbledon, Robredo played on clay. He started with a semifinal appearance at the Swedish Open in which he came up to world No. 1 in the world no. Rafael Nadal, a 3rdoctor from Brazil. Andreas Seppi and Filippo Volandri, both from Italy, were then disillusioned by the Spanish Cup and the quarterfinals of the Croatia Open Umag, respectively, losing in three sets in three sets. At the US Open Series, the Spaniard did well. He was disqualified in the third round of the Rogers Cup after losing to Gastón Gaudio. In the first round of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, he defeated Gastón Gaudio but lost to José Acasuso in the second round. He was able to reach the quarterfinals of the New Haven Open at Yale at his last stop before the US Open, defeating Victor Hănescu. He advanced to the fourth round of the US Open for the fourth time, losing to American James Blake. He competed on the clay courts of Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia, but lost in the quarterfinals to Filippo Volandri. He began his indoor season with a berbery in the BA-CA-TennisTrophy semifinals, losing to Ivan Ljubii. He then followed it up with a final 16 appearance at the Mutua Madrilea Masters Madrid and the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, which pushed him out of the top 20. He finished the year with a quarter-final appearance at the BNP Paribas Masters, losing to Ivan Ljubii. Robredo finished the year as the world No. 1 in the world. 19.

Robredo's 2006 season got off to a promising start, losing in the second round of the Next Generation Adelaide International and the first round of the Medibank International. Despite a poor preparation, he was able to progress to the fourth round of the Australian Open for the first time after defeating James Blake 6–3, 6–4, 6–4, but lost to the world no. 4 David Nalbandian 3–6, 6–2, 2–6, 6–6. He then won four straight losses, including those at the Davis Cup, the SAP Open, and the Regions Morgan Keegan Championships. He snapped off his losing streak by making it to the quarterfinals of the Tennis Channel Open, losing 6–7 (4–6), 4–6. At the first Masters events of the year, including losing to James Blake in the third round of the Pacific Life Open and losing to Nicolás Mass in the second round of the NASDAQ-100 Open.

Robredo had a superb European clay season, beginning with a loss to Gastón Gaudio 1–6, 3–6, after defeating then world no. 2. 3 David Nalbandian. He then followed it up with his first final of the year at the Torneo Godó against compatriot Rafael Nadal, but lost in straight sets 4–6, 4–6, 0–6. Robredo's debut earned him to his top-ten debut. Despite losing in the first round of the Internazionali BNL d'Italia to Britain's Greg Rusedski 7–5, 3–6, 4–6, he bounced back at the Hamburg Masters. After beating Mario Anguill 7–5, 6–4 in the semifinal, he reached the final and defeated Radek 6–3, 6–3. With his first Masters title, he came back to the top ten. In the fourth round, he was stunned by Mario Anguill's upset in 5 tight sets, 6–4, 6–7, 5–7. In the second rounds of the Ordina Open and Wimbledon Championships, he failed in the grass season. He then stunned the world by defeating the planet no. 5 Nikolay Davydenko of Sweden defeated him in straight sets of the Swedish Open final for his second title of the year. However, he fell early at the Austrian Open Kitzbühel and Orange Warsaw Open losing in the second round.

José Acasuso's second round Rogers Cup defeat he was dissatisfied with his US Open appearance. After failing then to meet the world no. 1, he then reached the semifinals of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters. 3 Ivan Ljubii (7–6–6), 6–2, but a resurgent former world no. 1 No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero 3–6, 4–6. Despite the loss, he made it to the top five. He reached the fourth round of the US Open for the third year in a row, this time losing to Mikhail Youzhny 2–6. 1–6.

Dmitry Tursunov upset him in the semifinals 6–7(2–7), 1–6, and 6–6 as the top seed at the Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open. He lost to Hyung-taik Lee, the surprise quarterfinalist at the Japan Open Tennis Championships. He reached the third round of the Mutua Madrilea Madrid Masters, losing to Robby Ginepri in the third round. At the BNP Paribas Masters, he was able to qualify to the semifinals of the year's final Masters event of the year, losing to Nikolay Davydenko 3–6, 7–5, 2–6. Robredo qualified for the Tennis Masters Cup and lost in the round robin stage to Rafael Nadal and Nikolay Davydenko, but he defeated eventual runner James Blake in three sets. For the first time since being in the top ten, he ended the year at number 7 for the first time.

Robredo began 2007 by reaching the final of the Heineken Open, losing to compatriot David Ferrer 4–6, 2–6, in his first hardcourt final. For the first time in his career, he won the Australian Open quarterfinals 6–4, 6–4, 6–4, before losing to World No. 4. In straight sets, Roger Federer defeats him in single sets.

Novak Djokovic lost in three sets in the quarterfinals of the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament to him, followed by defeats in the Dubai Tennis Championships and Pacific Life Open. He was able to reach the quarterfinals at the Sony Ericsson Open, defeating eventual runner Guillermo Caas 6–7, 1–6, 6–7.

He reached the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters and Torneo Godó in three sets for the first time in European clay season, with both loses falling in three sets. He advanced to the Estoril Open semifinals for the second time, losing to Novak Djokovic. He was able to progress to the quarterfinals of Internazionali BNL d'Italia, losing in three sets to Nikolay Davydenko. He was disqualified in the second round of the Hamburg Masters after receiving a bye to Nicolás Almagro (7–6), 4–6. He reached his third quarterfinals at the French Open, defeating Roger Federer 5–7, 6–1, 2–6, 2–6, and becoming the first man since Andy Roddick in the 2006 US Open to win a set from Federer in a Grand Slam tournament, snapping Federer's record of thirty-six consecutive sets in Grand Slam matches.

He was dissatisfied by qualifier Peter Wessels in the Ordina Open quarterfinals. He lost in straight sets to Wayne Arthurs in the second round at Wimbledon. He was then disqualified in the first rounds of the Swedish Open and Mercedes Cup. If the Austrian Open lost to eventual champion Juan Mónaco 2–6, 6–2, 2–6. At the Orange Prokom Open, he claimed his first title of the year, beating José Acasuso 7–5, 6–0 in the final. In his first matches at the Rogers Cup and the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, he eventually lost in his first matches. He then fell in the third round of the Pilot Pen Tennis and US Open, from back-to-back. He then reached his first indoor final at the China Open, losing to second seed Fernando González 1–6, 6–6. He won his first hardcourt and indoor title of his career over Andy Murray 0–6, 6–3, 6–3. He then lost in his first matches at the Mutua Madrilena Masters Madrid and Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon. The BNP Paribas Masters lost 4–6, 4–6, 4–6 in the quarterfinals, his first tournament of the year. He then competed as an alternate at the Tennis Masters Cup. He finished the year ranked World No. 1. 10.

Robredo began the season with back-to-back losses in the first round of the Qatar Open, losing to Agustn Calleri and the Medibank International losing to Radek tpánek. At the Australian Open, he beat Mischa Zverev in five sets before losing to Mardy Fish 1–6, 2–6, 3–6. He then competed for Spain against Peru and won both his matches. In the first matches at the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament and Sony Ericsson Open, as well as the third round of the Pacific Life Open, he won only one other match in hardcourts. At the Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana, he triumphed in his first back-to-back games in the semifinals of the year, defeating eventual champion David Ferrer 6–2, 3–6. He reached the third round of the Monte-Carlo Masters after losing to David Nalbandian who had only played for a game. Rafael Nadal, a former footballer, also competed in doubles over four years by defeating Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles in his first doubles titles in four years. After disappointing the world no., he continued with back-to-back quarterfinals at the Open Sabadell Atlántico Barcelona losing to David Ferrer 6–7, 6–7, 4–6, 4–7, 6–7(4–7), 4–6. 4 Nikolay Davydenko 4–6, 6–2, 7–6, 7–4). In the second round of the Hamburg Masters, Ivo Karlovi upset him in his last preparations for the Roland Garros. Nevertheless, he was able to compete in the doubles semifinal pairing with Leander Paes. He was stunned by Radek tpánek's tumultuousness in the third round, 3–6, 2–6, 1–6. He recovered after losing in the Warsaw Open finals of the year to Russian Nikolay Davydenko 3–6, 3–6.

In the second round of Wimbledon, he defeated Tommy Haas 4–6, 4–6, 3–6, 3–6. However, he took his first title of the year at the Swedish Open in Sweden, beating the world no. 4 David Ferrer 2–6, 6–2, 6–2, 6–2 in the semifinals, and Tomá Berdych 6–1, 6–1. He failed in the second round of both the Masters Series of Rogers Cup and Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, losing to Marin ili and Robin Söderling, respectively. He lost to Andreas Seppi 4–6, 6–8, 6-8, while representing Spain at the Olympics. He was able to progress to the fourth round for the fifth time after defeating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga but lost in five sets 6–6, 3–6, 3–6. He was able to reach the quarterfinals at the Asian Open, losing to eventual champion Tomá Berdych and the third round AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships. He ended the year with second round exits at the Mutua Madrilea Madrid Open, Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, and BNP Paribas Masters. He came as the world no. The number 21 is 21.

Robredo began the year at Medibank International Sydney, where he lost to Mario Angui 6–2, 6–1 in the second round. He was the 21st seed in the Australian Open, where he advanced to the fourth round without dropping a single set, but he fell 5–7, 3–6. Robredo had a great South American clay season, starting with a semifinal appearance at the Movistar Open losing 7–5, 2–6, 4–6. He won back-to-back titles at the Brasil Open and Copa Telmex, beating Thomaz Bellucci, 6–3, 6–4, and Juan Mónaco, 7–5, 7–6(7–5). Marcel Granollers won the doubles at the Brasil Open, defeating Lucas Arnold Ker and Juan Mónaco in the final 6–5, 7–5. His streak came to an end when Abierto Mexicano Telcel lost 5–7, 2–6 in the quarterfinals, ending his hopes.

Taylor Dent defeated Andy Murray in the fourth round, 2–6, 0–3 RET, and in the 2009 Sony Ericsson Open, he was disqualified by Taylor Dent, 5–7, 3–6. He was defeated by his Buenos Aires finals opponent Juan Mónaco, 2–6, 4–6, in the second round on European clay, first in the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters. In the quarterfinals of the Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, he then lost to compatriot David Ferrer. He lost in the third round to Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray, respectively, at the Masters Internazionali BNL d'Italia and Mutua Madrilee'a Madrid Open. He defeated Adrian Mannarino and compatriot Daniel Gimeno-Traver in straight sets at Roland Garros, and Máximo González, 4–6, 6–1, 6–0 in the third round. He defeated Philipp Kohlschreiber before losing in straight sets to Juan Martn del Potro in the quarterfinals, 3–6, 2–6.

In the first round of the Ordina Open, he placed second, losing to Marcos Baghdatis. Robredo advanced to the third round of Wimbledon, where he was seeded 15th, after coming back from two sets down to defeat Austrian Stefan Koubek. He was next defeated by Israeli Dudi Sela 6–7–10), 5–7, 5–2, 5–7, but 5–7, 5–7, 5–7, but they lost to him in the first round of 16. He was the defending champion and the top seed at the Swedish Open Championships. He advanced to the semifinals after losing only nine games. However, he lost 0–6, 2–6 to Juan Mónaco. After losing bye, he then dropped out in the second round of the International German Open and Legg Mason Tennis Classic. He defeated Iván Navarro and Juan Carlos Ferrero respectively. In the first round of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, he also qualified in the second round of the Rogers Cup, losing to Philipp Petzschner and losing to Jérémy Chardy. After being allowed a bye into the second round, he fell to José Acasuso in the Pilot Pen Tennis tournament. Despite poor showings at the tournaments leading up to the US Open, Robredo found some form and was rewarded with another fourth-round appearance of the US Open. However, he was denied a quarterfinal by Roger Federer, this time in straight sets 5–7, 2–6, 2–6. He reached the second round of the US Open at the China Open in his first tournament after the US Open at the China Open, losing to Robin Söderling. He then competed in the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000, where he reached the third round before losing to Rafael Nadal. He competed in the Valencia Open 500 in 2009, losing to Fernando Verdasco in the quarterfinals. Despite being on the third set at 5–4 in his last tournamanent of the year, he lost to Rafael Nadal 3–6, 6–3, 5–7 in the third round.

Robredo began the year by winning the Hopman Cup for Spain with Marguet Sánchez, who also won the Hopman Cup for Spain. Victor Hănescu, 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 7–6(7–4), 6–6, 6–4 ret, and over Lleyton Hewitt, 6–4, 6–4. He then defeated Andy Murray, 6–3, 6–3 in the final and lifted the tie 2–1 over the Great Britain team. It was his second time he had been a member of a winning Hopman Cup team.

John Isner, 6–7(5–7), 6–6, 4–6 in the quarterfinals, his first ATP event of 2010 was at the Heineken Open, where he was the top seed, but was disqualified by John Isner, 6–7(5–6), 6–6, 4–6. He was dissatisfied by a no. 16th seed at the Australian Open. In the first round, 114 players in Santiago Giraldo defeated them in straight sets, 4–6, 2–6, 2–6, 2–6. He then competed in the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, where he was defeated by Florian Mayer, 6–3, 3–6, in the second round. He also failed early in the second rounds of the Open 13 and Dubai Tennis Championships, causing him to fall out of the top 20.

He recovered to BNP Paribas Open in 2002. Marcos Baghdatis, 6–6, 6–4, and 5–7 defeated Sergiy Stakhovsky, 6–4, 6–5, 6–5, 5–6, 5–7, before eventually succumbing to Andy Roddick in the quarterfinals, 3–6, 5–7. Despite recovering from a break down in 5–6, Benjamin Becker upset him in the third round of the Sony Ericsson Open, losing 6–1, 4–6, 6–7.

He then suffered a five-match losing streak, beginning in the third round of the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters losing to Simone Bolelli, 7–6(9–7), 4–6, 4–6, and the Wimbledon Championships, which resulted in his first round crashing to a halt. The world's highest-ranked 36 countries. He also missed the Internazionali BNL d'Italia and Mutua Madrile's Madrid Open.

He competed in the Swedish Open, defeating Micha Przysiny and Andre Golubev. In the quarterfinals, he defeated second seed Fernando Verdasco 6–4, 6–3. He lost in the semifinals to Nicolás Almagro 1–6, 3–6. He then lost his next two matches at the International German Open and Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad to lower-ranked opponents. At the second round of the Rogers Cup, first round of the Western & Southern Financial Group Masters, and third round of the Pilot Pen Tennis, he also fell early in his US Open preparations.

However, he was able to advance to the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the first time this year by winning over Lukás 6–4, 6–1, 6–6, 4–6. He then reached the quarterfinals of the Open de Moselle, losing in two tie-break sets to Richard Gasquet. He then failed in the first rounds of the China Open and If Stockholm Open Championships as well as the second round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters.

Tommy began his 2011 season at the Heineken Open, where he defeated Thomaz Bellucci 4–6, 6–3, 1–6 in the second round. He reached the fourth round with victories over Somdev Devvarman, 16th seed Mardy Fish, and Sergiy Stakhovsky before losing in four sets to second seed and defending champion Roger Federer in four sets, 3–6, 2–6.

He went from 5–2 down in the third set to defeat Santiago Giraldo, the sixth seed, at the Movistar Open, where he was the sixth seed. He then competed at the Brasil Open, where compatriot Pablo Andre 4–6, 7–5, 2–6 in the second round stunned him. He then reached the semifinals of the 2011 Copa Claro, losing to eventual champion Nicolás Almagro 5–7, 1–6. He won over the world no. 1 for the first time. 6–4, 6–4, David Nalbandian, 6–4. He was able to reach the quarterfinals at BNP Paribas Open, but he was forced to leave the game due to a tightened left abductor muscle, which caused him to miss the Sony Ericsson Open. Robredo defeated sixth seed Fernando Verdasco 6–4, 6–3, and 3–3 on display, but was forced to withdraw due to a left leg injury. He missed the European season, including the French Open, putting an end to his streak of 41 straight slams played. In his return, he was only able to win two games, progressing to the second rounds of the ATP Studena Croatia Open and Shanghai Rolex Masters. He failed in the first rounds of Wimbledon, Swedish Open, BRD Năstase c Trophy, China Open, If Stockholm Open, and Firste Bank Open have been lost.

Robredo did not play for the first five months of 2012 due to a knee injury. He played in ATP Challenger Tour for two years at the Città di Caltanissetta in Italy, defeating Gastis Elias and Aspiring Trofeo City Life in straight sets, defeating Martn Alund. He returned to Sweden in the Main Tour at the Swedish Open for the Defeated in three sets to David Ferrer in the quarterfinals. He continued to play at the International German Open in the first round, but lost to Federico Delbonis in the first round. He lost in the first round of the Winston-Salem Open to ukasz Kubot in the US Open Series. He shocked the world no. 1 at the US Open. Andreas Seppi was 27 in the first round before losing in four sets to Leonardo Mayer. He then failed in back-to-back finals in the Challenger circuit, losing to Albert Montaés and losing in straight sets to Daniel Gimeno-Traver. He then progressed to the second round of the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships and Shanghai Rolex Masters, losing to Kei Nishikori and Tommy Haas respectively. He was competing in the first round of the Valencia Open 500 for his final match.

Robredo's 2013 season was anything but promising; he only won two matches in his first five events. In the first rounds of the Brisbane International and VTR Open, losing in the first rounds of the Australian Open, Brasil Open, and the second rounds of the Brisbane International and the VTR Open. However, he returned to the top 100 once more because he didn't have to defend any points. He reached his first semifinal appearance in two years at Copa Claro, losing to eventual champion David Ferrer. This form did not persist in the second round of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel and the first round of the BNP Paribas Open, as he failed in the second round of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel and the first round of the BNP Paribas Open.

Robredo won his first title in two years in Casablanca, defeating Kevin Anderson in the final. He won the Barcelona Open BancSabadell by a margin of no. 57. 6 Tomá Berdych won the third round for the first time in three years over a top-ten player. However, he was disqualified in the quarterfinals to Milos Raonic. He reached the Portugal Open quarterfinals with another quarterfinal appearance, losing to Andreas Seppi. Robredo was able to win the Mutua Madrid Open before losing to Tommy Haas.

Robredo also reached his fifth French Open quarterfinals, defeating Henri Cochet in 1927 and becoming the first man since Henri Cochet's 1927 to win three separate Grand Slam matches from two sets to love down in three separate matches. Robredo defeated Igor Sijsling in straight sets in his first match after beating Lleyton Hewitt at the 2003 French Open. In the fourth set, he continued his good work by defeating Gail Monfils in five close sets, saving four match points. Robredo then defeated Nicolas Almagro in five sets after being led by a lack of service in each of the last three sets. In the quarterfinals, Robredo lost in straight sets to David Ferrer. In the third round of Wimbledon, Robredo lost in straight sets to eventual champion Andy Murray. Despite his good showings, he lost in his first matches at the Swedish Open and International German Open. He returned to form at the ATP Vegeta Croatia Open Umag, winning his second title of the year over Fabio Fognini in the final.

He reached the third round of the Western & Southern Open, losing in straight sets to Tomá Berdych after winning his second top-10 victory of the season over Stanislas Wawrinka in the second round and losing in the third round of the Winston-Salem Open to Gal Monfils in the third round.

For the eighth time, he qualified in the fourth round of the US Open for the eighth time. He won in three sets over Federer in a 0–10 head-to-head series and reached his first US Open quarterfinal appearance. This was Federer's first loss at a hard-court Grand Slam since 2003. In the quarterfinals to eventual champion Rafael Nadal in straight sets, he lost in straight sets. Fabio Fognini defeated him in the first round of the China Open to begin the Asian swing. In the second round of the Shanghai Rolex Masters against Fognini due to a wrist injury, he later lost his season. Robredo ended the year as the world's biggest no. 18. Robredo was voted the year's best tennis Writers Association player of the year by the Spanish Tennis Writers Association.

Robredo, a seeded 17th, advanced to the fourth round of the Australian Open, losing a close match to eventual champion Stanislas Wawrinka. He also reached the fourth rounds of the 2014 Wimbledon seeded 23rd, where he lost to Roger Federer and was seeded 16th, where he also lost to Wawrinka again.

After his last tournament at the 2022 Barcelona Open, Robredo announced his plans to retire. He lost in straight sets in the first round in his last match against countryman Bernabé Zapata Miralles.

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