In the early morning of April 19, Beijing time, the first round of the ATP500 Barcelona station began to compete, in a match between local players, Mirales, who broke through from the qualifiers, met with former champion Robredo. After two sets of competition, Mirales swept Robledo 6-1 with ease in two rounds to reach the second round of the men's singles of the tournament.
Earlier, Robredo had announced that the Barcelona Open would be the last leg of his career. After stopping the first round with a wild card, Robredo officially ended his more than 20-year career.
Robredo, who will turn 40 in May this year, once ranked 5th in the world at his career highest. He reached the finals on the Tour a total of 23 times, winning 12 titles and 11 runners-up. Among Robredo's 11 titles was the 2006 Hamburg Masters, the biggest singles title of his career.
At the Grand Slam, Robredo's best record was in the quarterfinals, and unfortunately he did not go any further. He has reached the quarterfinals of the French Open five times, and has also had eight experiences at the Australian Open and the US Open, the only one who failed to break into the quarterfinals was Wimbledon, and his best record at Wimbledon was the top sixteen.
In addition to his success in singles, Robredo also had an impressive record in doubles. He was a top 20 doubles player and reached the final 11 times in tour doubles, winning 5 titles and 6 runners-up. The most important title of his doubles career was the Masters title in 2008 with nadal. In addition, Robredo has reached the semi-finals four times in Grand Slam doubles matches.
Robredo has a career record of 533 wins and 359 losses, and he has helped Spain win the Davis Cup three times. In addition, he has a remarkable achievement in his career, that is, he has defeated nine world number one players (Kurten, Rios, Ferrero, Safin, Hewitt, Moya, Murray, Djokovic, Federer).
At Robredo's retirement ceremony, Spanish tennis star Ferrer, former world number one Ferrero, Davis Cup champion teammates F-López, M-Lopez and Agut all came to the scene to bid him farewell. Former opponents such as Murray, Moya and Nalbandian all sent their blessings to Robredo via video.