Rubin Statham

Rubin Statham (born 25 April 1987) is a former professional tennis player from New Zealand. He reached an ATP career-high ranking of world No. 279 in singles on 25 February 2013, and No. 139 in doubles on 17 June 2013.

Personal information Formerly known as José Rubin Statham, he was often referred to by his nickname of "José".

His twin brother Mikal (usually referred to by his nickname of "Oliver")

2019-2020 In January 2019 Statham played the ASB Classic in Auckland, where he caused a major upset by beating the 6th seed and 25th ranked player in the world at the time, Hyeon Chung in straight sets 7–5, 6–3.

In March 2020, Statham's win in the World Group I play-off was his first competitive match for more than a year, a serious hip injury having caused him to retire from the first round of a Challenger event in Bangkok in February 2019. Other than purely domestic events, such as the New Zealand Premier League and Te Anau Invitational, it was the only match he played during the year.

2023-2025 At the 2023 Chengdu Open he reached the semifinals with Marcos Giron after the retirement of Marcelo Demoliner and Matwe Middelkoop and the subsequent withdrawal of Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson.

He entered the qualifying event in singles at the 2023 Astana Open as an alternate replacing Borna Gojo and reached the second round of qualifying.

Statham announced his retirement on 3 January 2025.

Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals

Singles: 26 (12-14) Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (0-0)ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (12–14)Titles by surfaceHard (6–9)Clay (6–5)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

Doubles: 70 (23 titles, 47 runners-up) Legend ATP Challenger Tour (4–11) ITF Futures (19–36) Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents ScoreRunner–up 1. 6 February 2011 Burnie Hard Marinko Matosevic Philip Bester Peter Polansky 3–6, 6–4, [12–14]Runner–up 2. 27 March 2011 Pingguo Hard Harri Heliövaara Michail Elgin Alexander Kudryavtsev 2–6, 3–6Runner–up 3. 29 July 2012 Oberstaufen Clay Andrey Kuznetsov Andrei Dăescu Florin Mergea 6–7(1–7), 6–7(4–7)Runner–up 4. 6 January 2013 Nouméa Hard Artem Sitak Samuel Groth Toshihide Matsui 6–7(6–8), 6–1, [4–10]Runner–up 5. 27 October 2013 Traralgon Hard Dane Propoggia Adam Feeney Ryan Agar 3–6, 4–6Runner–up 6. 9 February 2014 West Lakes Hard Dane Propoggia Marcus Daniell Jarmere Jenkins 4–6, 4–6Runner–up 7. 15 February 2015 Launceston Hard Adam Hubble Radu Albot Mitchell Krueger 6–3, 5–7, [9–11]Winner 1. 7 June 2015 Gimcheon Hard Li Zhe Dean O'Brien Ruan Roelofse 6–4, 6–2Winner 2. 21 October 2017 Ningbo Hard Radu Albot Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan Christopher Rungkat 7–5, 6–3Runner–up 8. 19 August 2018 Gwangju Hard Benjamin Lock Nam Ji-sung Song Min-kyu 7–5, 3–6, [5–10]Winner 3. 7 January 2023 Nouméa Hard Colin Sinclair Toshihide Matsui Kaito Uesugi 6–4, 6–3Runner–up 9. 8 April 2023 San Luis Potosí Hard Benjamin Lock Colin Sinclair Adam Walton 7–5, 3–6, [5–10]Runner-up 10. 22 April 2023 Cuernavaca Hard Benjamin Lock Skander Mansouri Michail Pervolarakis 4–6, 4–6Runner-up 11. 14 May 2023 Busan Hard Max Purcell Evan King Reese Stalder w/oWinner 4. 6 January 2024 Nouméa Hard Colin Sinclair Toshihide Matsui Calum Puttergill 7–5, 6–2

Davis Cup (49) With 33 ties, Statham holds the record number of appearances in the Davis Cup for New Zealand, his debut being in 2005. His 28 singles victories in those 33 ties is also the highest number by a New Zealand player.

In March 2020, Statham won against Brandon Perez in the World Group I play-off against Venezuela. LegendGroup membership World Group (0) Group I (10–17) Group II (18–4) Group III (0) Group IV (0)Results by surfaceHard (22–15)Grass (0–2)Clay (4–3)Carpet (2–1)Results by settingOutdoors (13–10)Indoors (15–11) indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.