Albert Ramos, an example of those that are no longer found

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In a moment in tennis where speed, power, physicality, and the absence of tactics prevail, finding a player like Albert Ramos in the upcoming years seems like an impossible mission. The Catalan has hung up his racket at the Challenger de Valencia, on his favorite surface, clay.

When thinking about the golden generation of Spanish tennis from the past decade, names like Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer, Fernando Verdasco, Feliciano López, Roberto Bautista, Pablo Carreño, Marcel Granollers, or Juan Carlos Ferrero always appear, all of them winners of the Davis Cup with Spain. However, away from the spotlight, there was always a player with droopy eyes and few words who did his job silently and without a frown, reaping many rewards. That player was Albert Ramos.

Albert Ramos' retirement confirms the extinction of a tennis that no longer exists

A clay-court specialist who excelled on clay, capable of defeating Roger Federer on hard courts and experiencing Carlos Alcaraz's first ATP victory in 2020. In both good and bad times, Ramos never gave up, always trying one more time in a battle against the constant evolution of a tennis increasingly filled with highlights and less strategy. These aspects began to take a toll on Ramos, especially in the last few seasons, where years accumulated, and his legs felt heavy. Finally, at the beginning of 2025, his body said enough.

"The preseason was very tough, I had a muscle tear in South America that led to pubic osteopathy, and that's when I realized the years had passed. Now I need to be in great shape to maintain the level because I don't have a very strong serve, but when I push myself to the limit, I experience pain. After winning a match, recovering becomes difficult for me. To be honest, I saw that this had to end," he stated in an interview on PuntodeBreak with our Fernando Murciego during the 2025 Barcelona Open, where he received the first of many tributes.

The Challenger de Valencia 2025 was the chosen tournament to hang up the racket

Barcelona was a good place to retire, but the player from Mataró wasn't yet ready to end something he had been doing his entire life. He waited a few months until deciding that his final tournament would be the Challenger de Valencia 2025, where he secured two victories but was stopped in the quarterfinals by Jan Choinski, ending an 18-year career.

In 2007, he made his breakthrough, and since then, his natural habitat had been clay, ideal for his tactical and less powerful style of tennis, particularly his less effective serve compared to other players. His affinity for clay is evident in his track record. All four titles he holds (Bastad 2017, Gstaad 2019, Estoril 2021, and Córdoba 2022) were on this surface.

Never changed his coach and had an 18-year professional relationship with José María Díaz

Another aspect that sets him apart as a player of the past and a unique case is that throughout his professional career, he remained with the same coach, José María Díaz, and no one else. Something unimaginable for an elite player today. In this aspect too, Albert Ramos has set an example.

Now that he has retired, finding a player with these characteristics will be very challenging, and the accolades for him run out as quickly as this article, so there could be no better send-off than his own words in the PuntodeBreak interview.

"I don't have the ego to need any special recognition. I am happy and content with everything I have done, with all the struggles and efforts I made to become a better player. All I hope is that people see me as a player who always tried to give his all throughout his entire career." Albert Ramos can rest assured that he will always be remembered as such.

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