José de Armas

José de Armas
Country (sports) Venezuela
ResidenceCaracas, Venezuela
Born (1981-03-25) March 25, 1981 (age 43)
Florida, United States[1]
Turned pro1999
PlaysRight-handed
Prize moneyUS$ 134,800
Singles
Career record17–17
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 236 (19 May 2003)
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenQ1 (2003)
WimbledonQ1 (2009)
US OpenQ2 (2000)
Doubles
Career record12–13
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 231 (14 August 2000)
Last updated on: 21 September 2021.

José de Armas (born March 25, 1981, in Florida)[1] is a Venezuelan former professional tennis player.

De Armas reached a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 236, achieved on 19 May 2003. Additionally he reached a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 231, achieved on 14 August 2000.

Juniors

During his time as a junior, De Armas achieved doubles success on clay, and would go on to win the Junior Boys' Doubles championships at the French Open in both 1997 and 1998.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partnet Opponents Score
Win 1997 French Open Clay Peru Luis Horna France Arnaud Di Pasquale
France Julien Jeanpierre
6–4, 2–6, 7–5
Win 1998 French Open Clay Chile Fernando González Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero
Spain Feliciano López
6–7, 7–5, 6–3

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 32 (22–10)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (22–9)
Finals by surface
Hard (14–7)
Clay (8–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 1999 Mexico F5, Playa del Carmen Futures Hard Mexico Marco Osorio 6–3, 2–0 ret.
Win 2–0 May 2000 USA F12, Vero Beach Futures Clay Australia Lee Pearson 6–3, 7–6(7–1)
Loss 2–1 Jun 2000 Mexico F4, Cozumel Futures Hard United States Jack Brasington 3–6, 2–6
Loss 2–2 Nov 2000 USA F28, Malibu Futures Hard Russia Dmitry Tursunov 2–6, 1–6
Win 3–2 Feb 2001 Mexico F2, Cancún Futures Hard Morocco Mehdi Tahiri 6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–2
Loss 3–3 May 2001 USA F12, Hallandale Beach Futures Clay Peru Iván Miranda 1–6, 6–3, 6–7(7–9)
Loss 3–4 Oct 2001 Dominican Republic F1, Santo Domingo Futures Clay Germany Denis Gremelmayr 4–6, 0–6
Win 4–4 May 2002 USA F12, Tampa Futures Clay Canada Frank Dancevic 7–6(8–6), 5–7, 6–4
Win 5–4 Jun 2002 Venezuela F1, Barquisimeto Futures Hard United States Brandon Hawk 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win 6–4 Jul 2002 Venezuela F2, Maracaibo Futures Hard Colombia Michael Quintero Aguilar 1–6, 6–0, 6–3
Loss 6–5 Sep 2003 Gramado, Brazil Challenger Hard Brazil Marcos Daniel 5–7, 5–7
Win 7–5 May 2004 USA F10, Vero Beach Futures Clay Netherlands Melvyn op der Heijde 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3), 6–3
Loss 7–6 Oct 2004 Venezuela F2, Caracas Futures Hard Netherlands Antilles Jean-Julien Rojer 1–6, 3–6
Loss 7–7 Oct 2004 Venezuela F3, Caracas Futures Hard Netherlands Antilles Jean-Julien Rojer 4–6, 2–6
Win 8–7 Jan 2005 USA F2, Kissimmee Futures Hard United States Alex Kuznetsov 6–1, 6–4
Win 9–7 May 2005 USA F10, Orange Park Futures Clay United States Alex Kuznetsov 6–4, 7–5
Win 10–7 May 2005 USA F11, Tampa Futures Clay Italy Diego Álvarez 2–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win 11–7 Jun 2005 USA F12, Woodland Futures Hard Peru Iván Miranda 4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win 12–7 Nov 2007 Venezuela F8, Maracay Futures Hard Venezuela Roberto Maytín 6–2, 7–5
Loss 12–8 May 2008 USA F9, Vero Beach Futures Clay United States Chase Buchanan 6–4, 5–7, 6–7(2–7)
Win 13–8 Jun 2008 Venezuela F1, Maracay Futures Hard Venezuela Román Recarte 3–6, 6–4, 7–5
Win 14–8 Jun 2008 Venezuela F3, Valencia Futures Hard Ecuador Julio César Campozano 6–7(5–7), 6–0, 6–3
Win 15–8 Jul 2008 Venezuela F4, Maracaibo Futures Hard Venezuela Piero Luisi 6–3, 0–6, 6–3
Win 16–8 Aug 2008 Venezuela F5, Valencia Futures Hard United States Brett Ross 6–4, 6–3
Loss 16–9 Sep 2008 USA F24, Irvine Futures Hard Germany Tobias Clemens 4–6, 4–6
Win 17–9 Oct 2008 Venezuela F7, Barquisimeto Futures Clay Ecuador Julio César Campozano 6–3, 6–1
Win 18–9 Oct 2008 Venezuela F8, Valencia Futures Hard Ecuador Julio César Campozano 6–1, 6–3
Win 19–9 Oct 2008 Venezuela F9, Caracas Futures Hard Venezuela Piero Luisi 6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Win 20–9 Jan 2009 USA F1, Boca Raton Futures Clay Romania Gabriel Moraru 7–5, 6–3
Win 21–9 May 2009 Venezuela F3, Maracaibo Futures Hard Colombia Alejandro González 7–5, 6–3
Win 22–9 Oct 2009 Venezuela F7, Barquisimeto Futures Clay Colombia Eduardo Struvay 6–4, 5–7, 6–1
Loss 22–10 Oct 2009 Venezuela F8, Caracas Futures Hard Venezuela Piero Luisi 6–1, 5–7, 4–6

Doubles: 14 (10–4)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–3)
ITF Futures (9–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–1)
Clay (5–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 1999 Mexico F6, Chihuahua Futures Hard Mexico Daniel Langre Mexico Luis Uribe
Lebanon Jicham Zaatini
7–5, 6–7, 7–6
Loss 1–1 Dec 1999 Caracas, Venezuela Challenger Clay Venezuela Jimy Szymanski Argentina Gastón Etlis
Argentina Martín Rodríguez
4–6, 3–6
Win 2–1 Apr 2000 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Challenger Clay Venezuela Jimy Szymanski Canada Jocelyn Robichaud
United States Michael Sell
5–7, 6–4, 6–2
Loss 2–2 May 2000 USA F12, Vero Beach Futures Clay United States Diego Ayala United States Levar Harper-Griffith
Russia Dmitry Tursunov
3–6, 4–6
Win 3–2 Nov 2000 USA F28, Malibu Futures Hard Netherlands Djalmar Sistermans Monaco Sebastien Graeff
Australia Anthony Ross
7–6(9–7), 6–4
Win 4–2 May 2001 USA F12, Hallandale Beach Futures Clay Venezuela Nicolás Pereira United States Steve Berke
United States Kyle Porter
6–4, 2–6, 6–2
Loss 4–3 Jul 2001 Campinas, Brazil Challenger Clay Brazil Flávio Saretta Argentina Edgardo Massa
Argentina Leonardo Olguín
7–6(8–6), 2–6, 5–7
Win 5–3 Oct 2001 Venezuela F1, Caracas Futures Clay Ecuador Giovanni Lapentti Croatia Ivan Cinkus
Hungary Gergely Kisgyörgy
walkover
Win 6–3 Nov 2001 Venezuela F2, Caracas Futures Clay Ecuador Giovanni Lapentti Spain Antonio Baldellou-Esteva
Spain David Cors-Pares
6–4, 6–3
Win 7–3 Oct 2002 Mexico F15, Obregón Futures Hard Argentina Ignacio González King Brazil Pedro Braga
Brazil Ronaldo Carvalho
5–7, 7–5, 6–2
Win 8–3 Nov 2002 Mexico F16, Juárez Futures Clay Argentina Ignacio González King Mexico Bruno Echagaray
Mexico Santiago González
7–5, 6–3
Loss 8–4 Apr 2004 Salinas, Ecuador Challenger Hard United States Eric Nunez Argentina Federico Browne
Pakistan Aisam Qureshi
3–6, 3–6
Win 9–4 Oct 2007 Venezuela F5, Caracas Futures Hard Venezuela Jimy Szymanski Venezuela Piero Luisi
Venezuela Roberto Maytín
6–7(5–7), 7–6(8–6), [10–1]
Win 10–4 Nov 2007 Venezuela F7, Caracas Futures Hard Venezuela Jimy Szymanski Venezuela Miguel Cicenia
Venezuela Luis David Martinez
7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–4)

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