Alberto Berasategui

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Alberto Berasategui (b. May 28 1973, in Bilbao, Spain) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He is best remembered for reaching the men's singles final at the French Open in 1994.

Berasategui began playing tennis at age 7 and was the European junior champion in 1991. He turned professional later that year, and won his first top-level singles title in 1993 in Sao Paulo. He established a reputation on the tour in the early 1990s as a very strong clay court player.

1994 was without doubt the pinnacle of Berasategui's career. He reached nine finals, winning seven of them. And he qualified for his first (and only) Grand Slam final at the French Open, where he faced fellow-Spaniard and defending-champion Sergi Bruguera. Bruguera won the final in four sets in 6-3, 7-5, 2-6, 6-1. Berasategui reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 7 in November 1994.

During his career, Berasategui won a total of 14 top-level singles titles and 1 tour doubles titles. His career prize-money earnings totalled US$4,676,187. His last singles title was won in Estoril in 1998. He retired from the professional tour in 2001.