1. Robert Farah won 19 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including two at the Masters 1000 level, and became world No 1 in doubles for the first time on 15 July 2019.
15 Facts About Robert Farah
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Robert Farah spent a total of 68 weeks at the top of the doubles rankings, and was year-end No 1 in both 2019 and 2020.
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Robert Farah represented Colombia in the Davis Cup from 2010 to his retirement, as well as at the 2016 and at the 2020 Olympic Games.
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Robert Farah played college tennis at the University of Southern California from 2006 to 2010 where he won two NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships as a USC Trojan.
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Robert Farah finished his Senior season as the No 1 ranked NCAA D1 player in the US in singles, while additionally ranked 2nd in doubles.
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Robert Farah won the 2008 NCAA Men's Doubles National Championship, partnering Kaes Van't Hof.
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Robert Farah occasionally played doubles at USC with future ATP pro Steve Johnson.
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In 2016, Robert Farah reached his first grand slam final, in the mixed doubles at Wimbledon partnering Anna-Lena Gronefeld.
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Robert Farah made his last ATP tour-level professional appearance at the 2023 US Open with Cabal where they lost in the second round.
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Robert Farah's mother is a teacher at the French Liceo Paul Valery de Cali.
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Robert Farah's father is a retired tennis player.
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Robert Farah's sister is a former professional tennis player Romy Farah.
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In October 2019, Robert Farah was tested positive for the anabolic steroid Boldenone.
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Robert Farah was provisionally suspended from official tournaments from 14 January 2020 and did not compete at the 2020 Australian Open.
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Robert Farah argued that he had ingested Boldenone from contaminated Colombian meat and the ITF chose not to ban him, holding that he "bears no fault or negligence for the violation".