Santiago Ventura Bertomeu (; born 5 January 1980) is a retired
tennis
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player from Spain. He was born in
Castellón, Spain and lives in
Burriana, Spain. He is a clay court specialist and is known for the considerable use of drop shots during his matches.
Ventura reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 65 on 3 March 2008. He reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 37 on 7 July 2008.
He was the first player to be beaten by
Andy Murray
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on the
ATP Tour
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, in the first round of the Aegon Championships tournament in
2005
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Career finals
Singles (1 title)
Doubles (5 titles, 3 runner-ups)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 22 (13–9)
Doubles: 55 (38–17)
Notes
References
External links
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Ventura World ranking history
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1980 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Castellón de la Plana
Spanish male tennis players
Tennis players from the Valencian Community