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    • Source: Ruben Gonzales (tennis)

      • Ruben Gonzales (born September 11, 1985) is an American-born Filipino professional tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On May 6, 2013, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 766 and his highest doubles ranking of 122 achieved on August 29, 2022.


      Personal life


      Gonzales was born in Chicago and raised in Terre Haute, Indiana. His parents are from the Philippines and he has two siblings who he watched play tennis. At eight years old, he wanted to become a professional tennis player. For a time, he lived in Manila, where he spent some of his high school years.
      In 2019, he proposed to his girlfriend, race car driver Michele Bumgarner.


      Career




      = College

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      In his rookie season, he won the 2005 Big Ten singles consolation championship. He was also named as an ITA Scholar-Athlete. In his sophomore was selected to the Academic All-Big Ten team while having the highest GPA on the team.
      A lung injury, spontaneous pneumothorax, kept Gonzales out for most of his junior season and unable to qualify for the NCAA tournament in either singles or doubles. Despite this, he was able to finish with a No. 37 ranking in doubles and a No. 125 ranking in singles as he became known as "The Spirit of Illinois Tennis". He was awarded with llinois’ Scholar Athlete Award and was named to the Academic All-Big Ten team once again.
      In his senior season, Gonzales helped Illinois defeat Xavier in the first round of the 2008 NCAA Division I tennis championships. Illinois made it to the Round of 16, where they lost to Ohio State.


      = Professional

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      In the 2016 ATP Challenger Philippine Open, Gonzales lost to Igor Sijsling.
      In 2022, Gonzales won three ATP Challenger doubles championships. He followed that up with a runner-up finish in the 2023 Cleveland Open and a semis finish in the Tenerife Challenger.


      Tour titles




      = Doubles

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      References




      External links


      Ruben Gonzales at the Association of Tennis Professionals
      Ruben Gonzales at the International Tennis Federation
      Ruben Gonzales at the Davis Cup

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