José de Armas

José de Armas
Country (sports) Venezuela
ResidenceCaracas, Venezuela
Born (1981-03-25) March 25, 1981 (age 43)
Florida, United States
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) 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 Luis Horna Arnaud Di Pasquale
Julien Jeanpierre
6–4, 2–6, 7–5
Win 1998 French Open Clay Fernando González Juan Carlos Ferrero
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 Marco Osorio 6–3, 2–0 ret.
Win 2–0 May 2000 USA F12, Vero Beach Futures Clay Lee Pearson 6–3, 7–6(7–1)
Loss 2–1 Jun 2000 Mexico F4, Cozumel Futures Hard Jack Brasington 3–6, 2–6
Loss 2–2 Nov 2000 USA F28, Malibu Futures Hard Dmitry Tursunov 2–6, 1–6
Win 3–2 Feb 2001 Mexico F2, Cancún Futures Hard Mehdi Tahiri 6–7(6–8), 6–3, 6–2
Loss 3–3 May 2001 USA F12, Hallandale Beach Futures Clay Iván Miranda 1–6, 6–3, 6–7(7–9)
Loss 3–4 Oct 2001 Dominican Republic F1, Santo Domingo Futures Clay Denis Gremelmayr 4–6, 0–6
Win 4–4 May 2002 USA F12, Tampa Futures Clay Frank Dancevic 7–6(8–6), 5–7, 6–4
Win 5–4 Jun 2002 Venezuela F1, Barquisimeto Futures Hard Brandon Hawk 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win 6–4 Jul 2002 Venezuela F2, Maracaibo Futures Hard Michael Quintero Aguilar 1–6, 6–0, 6–3
Loss 6–5 Sep 2003 Gramado, Brazil Challenger Hard Marcos Daniel 5–7, 5–7
Win 7–5 May 2004 USA F10, Vero Beach Futures Clay Melvyn op der Heijde 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–3), 6–3
Loss 7–6 Oct 2004 Venezuela F2, Caracas Futures Hard Jean-Julien Rojer 1–6, 3–6
Loss 7–7 Oct 2004 Venezuela F3, Caracas Futures Hard Jean-Julien Rojer 4–6, 2–6
Win 8–7 Jan 2005 USA F2, Kissimmee Futures Hard Alex Kuznetsov 6–1, 6–4
Win 9–7 May 2005 USA F10, Orange Park Futures Clay Alex Kuznetsov 6–4, 7–5
Win 10–7 May 2005 USA F11, Tampa Futures Clay Diego Álvarez 2–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win 11–7 Jun 2005 USA F12, Woodland Futures Hard Iván Miranda 4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win 12–7 Nov 2007 Venezuela F8, Maracay Futures Hard Roberto Maytín 6–2, 7–5
Loss 12–8 May 2008 USA F9, Vero Beach Futures Clay Chase Buchanan 6–4, 5–7, 6–7(2–7)
Win 13–8 Jun 2008 Venezuela F1, Maracay Futures Hard Román Recarte 3–6, 6–4, 7–5
Win 14–8 Jun 2008 Venezuela F3, Valencia Futures Hard Julio César Campozano 6–7(5–7), 6–0, 6–3
Win 15–8 Jul 2008 Venezuela F4, Maracaibo Futures Hard Piero Luisi 6–3, 0–6, 6–3
Win 16–8 Aug 2008 Venezuela F5, Valencia Futures Hard Brett Ross 6–4, 6–3
Loss 16–9 Sep 2008 USA F24, Irvine Futures Hard Tobias Clemens 4–6, 4–6
Win 17–9 Oct 2008 Venezuela F7, Barquisimeto Futures Clay Julio César Campozano 6–3, 6–1
Win 18–9 Oct 2008 Venezuela F8, Valencia Futures Hard Julio César Campozano 6–1, 6–3
Win 19–9 Oct 2008 Venezuela F9, Caracas Futures Hard Piero Luisi 6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Win 20–9 Jan 2009 USA F1, Boca Raton Futures Clay Gabriel Moraru 7–5, 6–3
Win 21–9 May 2009 Venezuela F3, Maracaibo Futures Hard Alejandro González 7–5, 6–3
Win 22–9 Oct 2009 Venezuela F7, Barquisimeto Futures Clay Eduardo Struvay 6–4, 5–7, 6–1
Loss 22–10 Oct 2009 Venezuela F8, Caracas Futures Hard 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 Daniel Langre Luis Uribe
Jicham Zaatini
7–5, 6–7, 7–6
Loss 1–1 Dec 1999 Caracas, Venezuela Challenger Clay Jimy Szymanski Gastón Etlis
Martín Rodríguez
4–6, 3–6
Win 2–1 Apr 2000 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Challenger Clay Jimy Szymanski Jocelyn Robichaud
Michael Sell
5–7, 6–4, 6–2
Loss 2–2 May 2000 USA F12, Vero Beach Futures Clay Diego Ayala Levar Harper-Griffith
Dmitry Tursunov
3–6, 4–6
Win 3–2 Nov 2000 USA F28, Malibu Futures Hard Djalmar Sistermans Sebastien Graeff
Anthony Ross
7–6(9–7), 6–4
Win 4–2 May 2001 USA F12, Hallandale Beach Futures Clay Nicolás Pereira Steve Berke
Kyle Porter
6–4, 2–6, 6–2
Loss 4–3 Jul 2001 Campinas, Brazil Challenger Clay Flávio Saretta Edgardo Massa
Leonardo Olguín
7–6(8–6), 2–6, 5–7
Win 5–3 Oct 2001 Venezuela F1, Caracas Futures Clay Giovanni Lapentti Ivan Cinkus
Gergely Kisgyörgy
walkover
Win 6–3 Nov 2001 Venezuela F2, Caracas Futures Clay Giovanni Lapentti Antonio Baldellou-Esteva
David Cors-Pares
6–4, 6–3
Win 7–3 Oct 2002 Mexico F15, Obregón Futures Hard Ignacio González King Pedro Braga
Ronaldo Carvalho
5–7, 7–5, 6–2
Win 8–3 Nov 2002 Mexico F16, Juárez Futures Clay Ignacio González King Bruno Echagaray
Santiago González
7–5, 6–3
Loss 8–4 Apr 2004 Salinas, Ecuador Challenger Hard Eric Nunez Federico Browne
Aisam Qureshi
3–6, 3–6
Win 9–4 Oct 2007 Venezuela F5, Caracas Futures Hard Jimy Szymanski Piero Luisi
Roberto Maytín
6–7(5–7), 7–6(8–6), [10–1]
Win 10–4 Nov 2007 Venezuela F7, Caracas Futures Hard Jimy Szymanski Miguel Cicenia
Luis David Martinez
7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–4)

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