FARAH Robert

Date of Birth: 20 Jan 1987

Age: 34

Gender: Male

Place of birth: MONTREAL, QC

Birth Country:

Canada

Place of residence : PEREIRA

Residence Country:

Colombia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Tennis	Men's Doubles COL Cabal / Farah	5

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Ariake Tennis Park Court 4	Men's Doubles Quarterfinal NZL Daniell / Venus 6 3 [10] COL Cabal / Farah 3 6 [7]	Finished
4th on Court 7	Ariake Tennis Park Court 7	Men's Doubles Second Round AUT Marach / Oswald 4 1 COL Cabal / Farah 6 6	Finished
3rd on Court 10	Ariake Tennis Park Court 10	Men's Doubles First Round ESP Carreno Busta / Davidovich Fokina 2 4 COL Cabal / Farah 6 6	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Grand Slams

	Aus Open		Roland Garros		Wimbledon		US Open
Year	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles	Singles	Doubles
2021	-	R32	-	SF	-	QF	-	-
2020	-	-	-	SF	-	-	-	R16
2019	-	R64	-	SF	-	WR	-	WR
2018	-	RU	-	QF	-	R16	-	SF
2017	-	R16	-	SF	-	R32	-	-
2016	-	R16	-	R64	-	R32	-	R64
2015	-	R32	-	R64	-	R32	-	R32
2014	-	R64	-	R64	-	-	-	R32
2013	-	QF	-	R16	-	R16	-	R64
2012	-	R32	-	R16	-	R64	-	R64
2011	-	-	-	-	-	R16	R128	R32

2021 Tournament Results - Doubles

Result
Winner	Barcelona,Dubai
Runner-up	Melbourne
Semifinal	Doha,Eastbourne,Roland Garros,Monte Carlo

Olympic Games - Doubles
2016 Rio de Janeiro, BRA - Partner: CABAL Juan Sebastian

Phase	Result	Opponent	Result
R32	Won	HERBERT Pierre-Hugues / MAHUT Nicolas (FRA)	7-6(4), 6-3
R16	Lost	JOHNSON Steve / SOCK Jack (USA)	4-6, 6-7(1)

Legend
WR - Winner, RU - Runner-up, F - Final, SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, R16 - Round of 16, R32 - Round of 32, R64 - Round of 64, R128 - Round of 128

Golf, reading, watching movies, spending time with his dogs. (atptour.com, 08 Jun 2021; Facebook page, 01 Jun 2013)

Languages spoken:

English, French, Spanish

Jeff Coetzee [club], RSA

Right (atptour.com, 08 Jun 2021)

Sporting relatives:

His sister Romy played tennis for the University of Miami in the United States of America. (atptour.com, 08 Jun 2021)

Turned professional in 2010

His father was a tennis coach and began teaching him to play the sport at age three in Cali, Colombia. At age 20 he was granted a scholarship to play tennis for the University of Southern California in the United States of America. (atptour.com, 08 Jun 2021; primerset.com, 01 Sep 2011; usctrojans.com, 01 Sep 2009)

Winning the men's doubles title at Wimbledon in 2019. (Facebook page, 20 Jun 2020)

Swiss tennis player Roger Federer. (usctrojans.com, 01 Sep 2009)

In 2019 he received the Great Cross of the Order of Merit by Colombian president Ivan Duque. (atptour.com, 08 Jun 2021)

He and doubles partner Juan Sebastian Cabal were named 2019 ATP Doubles Team of the Year. (atptour.com, 08 Jun 2021)

General Interest

General
OLD FRIENDS
He has known his men's doubles partner Juan Sebastian Cabal from age six, and the pair have been competing in doubles together since 2010. (hsbnoticias.com, 29 Feb 2016; elpais.com.co, 08 Mar 2016)

Milestones

He and doubles partner Juan Sebastian Cabal became the first all-Colombian doubles team to win a Grand Slam title when they claimed the men's doubles title at Wimbledon in 2019. They also became the first Colombian doubles team to win an ATP Masters 1000 tournament after winning the men's doubles title at the 2018 Italian Open in Rome, and are the first Colombian doubles team to qualify for the ATP Finals tournament [2018]. (atptour.com, 08 Jun 2021; SportsDeskOnline, 07 Jul 2021)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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