The 21st century
Spain · born Castellón de la Plana, 1988 · right-handed · 's-Hertogenbosch champion 2014 and Wimbledon semi-finalist 2019
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12
ATP singles titles, the first on grass at 's-Hertogenbosch in 2014
SF
Wimbledon 2019, his best run at a major
67.1%
Grass-court match win rate, his best surface (ATP, April 2026)
9
Career-high ranking, November 2019
2019
Davis Cup champion with Spain
Roberto Bautista Agut was born in Castellón de la Plana in 1988 and played football in the Villarreal youth teams until he was 14 before choosing tennis. He turned professional in 2005, played his first ATP match in Valencia in 2009 and broke into the top 100 in August 2012. A counterpuncher with a flat forehand, he won 12 tour titles: nine on hard courts, two on clay and one on grass.
His first title came at 's-Hertogenbosch in June 2014. He reached the Shanghai Masters final in 2016, his first major quarter-final at the 2019 Australian Open and the Wimbledon semi-finals that July, and he reached his career high of No. 9 in November 2019. That month he helped Spain win the Davis Cup in Madrid. He won his last title at Antwerp in 2024.
He announced in April 2026 that he would retire at the end of the season. His last official ATP match was a first-round defeat by João Fonseca at Wimbledon on 29 June 2026, and he said goodbye at the Copa del Rey exhibition in Huelva in July.
| 's-Hertogenbosch 2014 | Seeded third and ranked No. 28, beat the 2009 champion Benjamin Becker 2-6, 7-6, 6-4 in the final, coming from a set down, for his first ATP title |
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| Wimbledon 2019 | Reached the quarter-finals without losing a set, beat Guido Pella 7-5, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, then lost the semi-final to Novak Djokovic 6-2, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 |
| Wimbledon fourth rounds | 2015, lost to Roger Federer; 2017, after beating Kei Nishikori, lost to Marin Čilić; 2021, as eighth seed, lost to Denis Shapovalov |
| Other grass finals | Mallorca 2022: lost to Stefanos Tsitsipas 4-6, 6-3, 6-7 |
| 's-Hertogenbosch (Rosmalen) | ||
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| 2014 | Men's singles Rosmalen Grass Court Championships | |
Leading grass titles only: the grass majors, tour-level grass events since 1968 and the leading grass championships before 1968. †single source; ‡ sources disagree. Roll of champions
"I had planned to be in Ibiza right now."
The person behind the player.
Castellón, to 2002
He started tennis at five but played football for Villarreal CF until he was 14, and has said that he would have been a footballer if not a tennis player. He supports Villarreal and CD Castellón. His boyhood heroes included Sergi Bruguera, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Carlos Moyà and David Ferrer.
Source: ATP TourWimbledon, July 2019
He had planned his stag party in Ibiza for the second week of Wimbledon, since grass was not his strongest surface. "My friends, six of them, are all there. Well, it feels better to be here in London," he said after reaching the semi-finals.
Source: RTÉMadrid, November 2019
His father died during the 2019 Davis Cup Finals and he left the Spanish team. He rejoined it from Castellón for the weekend and in the final beat Félix Auger-Aliassime 7-6, 6-3 to put Spain ahead against Canada.
Source: Tennis CanadaAway from tennis
His ATP biography lists horse riding as his hobby; he owns eight horses.
Source: ATP TourWimbledon and Huelva, 2026
He played his last official match at Wimbledon, losing to João Fonseca in the first round, then retired at 38 after the Copa del Rey exhibition. "The time has come, because I feel it has. It's a fact of life," he said.
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