Country | Spain |
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Residence | Andorra la Vella, Andorra |
Born | 28 June 1973 Bilbao, Spain |
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Turned pro | 1991 |
Retired | 2001 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Career prize money | US$4,676,187 |
Singles | |
Career record | 278–199 |
Career titles | 14 |
Highest ranking | No. 7 (14 November 1994) |
Grand Slam results | |
Australian Open | QF (1998) |
French Open | F (1994) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2000) |
US Open | 2R (1993, 1996) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 47–59 |
Career titles | 1 |
Highest ranking | No. 55 (6 October 1997) |
Last updated on: 11 November 2007. |
Alberto Berasategui (born 28 June 1973, in Bilbao, Spain) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He reached 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 São Paulo. He established a reputation on the tour in the mid 1990s as a very strong clay court player.
In 1994, 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.
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 was also known for his extreme western grip where his unusual hold on the racket would allow him to hit both forehands and backhands with the same side of the racket.[1] This helped him on clay, but on other surfaces he did not have much of an impact save for a quarter-final appearance at the 1998 Australian Open, in which he beat world number 2, Patrick Rafter, in four sets, and came back from two sets down to beat the 1995 Australian Open champion, Andre Agassi.
Berasategui retired from the professional tour in May 2001, having had persistent wrist injuries since his match with Hernán Gumy at the Bologna tournament in June 1998. The injuries had an adverse effect on his results and form, and had caused his consistency and ranking to decline. He also suffered severe cramps of unknown origin in long matches.
Contents |
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
Runner-up | 1994 | French Open | Clay | Sergi Bruguera | 3–6, 5–7, 6–2, 1–6 |
Legend |
Grand Slam tournaments (0–1) |
Tennis Masters Cup (0–0) |
ATP Masters Series (0–0) |
ATP Championship Series (1–1) |
ATP Tour (13–7) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Championship | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
Runner-up | 1. | 30 August 1993 | Umag, Croatia | Clay | Thomas Muster | 5–7, 6–3, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 11 October 1993 | Athens, Greece | Clay | Jordi Arrese | 4–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
Winner | 1. | 8 November 1993 | São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | Sláva Doseděl | 6–4, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 3. | 15 November 1993 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Carlos Costa | 6–3, 1–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 2. | 18 April 1994 | Nice, France | Clay | Jim Courier | 6–4, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 4. | 23 May 1994 | Bologna, Italy | Clay | Javier Sánchez | 6–7(3–7), 6–4, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 6 June 1994 | French Open, Paris, France | Clay | Sergi Bruguera | 3–6, 5–7, 6–2, 1–6 |
Winner | 3. | 25 July 1994 | Stuttgart, Germany | Clay | Andrea Gaudenzi | 7–5, 6–3, 7–6(7–5) |
Winner | 4. | 29 August 1994 | Umag, Croatia | Clay | Karol Kučera | 6–2, 6–4 |
Winner | 5. | 3 October 1994 | Palermo, Italy | Clay | Àlex Corretja | 2–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–4 |
Winner | 6. | 10 October 1994 | Athens, Greece | Clay | Óscar Martínez | 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–3 |
Winner | 7. | 31 October 1994 | Santiago, Chile | Clay | Francisco Clavet | 6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 8. | 7 November 1994 | Montevideo, Uruguay | Clay | Francisco Clavet | 6–4, 6–0 |
Winner | 9. | 19 June 1995 | Porto, Portugal | Clay | Carlos Costa | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 6. | 6 November 1995 | Montevideo, Uruguay | Clay | Bohdan Ulihrach | 2–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 10. | 24 June 1996 | Bologna, Italy | Clay | Carlos Costa | 6–3, 6–4 |
Winner | 11. | 29 July 1996 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | Àlex Corretja | 6–2, 6–4, 6–4 |
Winner | 12. | 16 September 1996 | Bucharest, Romania | Clay | Carlos Moyà | 6–1, 7–6(7–5) |
Runner-up | 7. | 15 September 1997 | Marbella, Spain | Clay | Albert Costa | 3–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 13. | 6 October 1997 | Palermo, Italy | Clay | Dominik Hrbatý | 6–4, 6–2 |
Winner | 14. | 13 April 1998 | Estoril, Portugal | Clay | Thomas Muster | 3–6, 6–1, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 8. | 20 April 1998 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay | Todd Martin | 2–6, 6–1, 3–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 9. | 11 October 1999 | Palermo, Italy | Clay | Arnaud di Pasquale | 1–6, 3–6 |
Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | Career SR | Career Win-Loss |
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Grand Slams | ||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | QF | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 4 | 6–4 |
French Open | A | A | 1R | 2R | F | 3R | 3R | 1R | 4R | 4R | 1R | A | 0 / 9 | 17–9 |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
US Open | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 5 | 2–5 |
Grand Slam SR | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 19 | N/A |
Annual Win-Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 6–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 7–3 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | N/A | 25–19 |
Year-End Championship | ||||||||||||||
ATP Tour World Championships | A | A | A | A | RR | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0-3 |
ATP Masters Series | ||||||||||||||
Indian Wells | A | A | A | A | 1R | 3R | 1R | QF | 1R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 6 | 4–6 |
Miami | A | A | A | A | 3R | 3R | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | 0 / 6 | 2–6 |
Monte Carlo | A | A | A | A | 3R | 3R | 1R | 2R | SF | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 7 | 8–7 |
Rome | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | SF | SF | 2R | A | A | 0 / 6 | 11–6 |
Hamburg | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | QF | 3R | 3R | A | A | 0 / 7 | 8–7 |
Canada | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 |
Cincinnati | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 2–2 |
Stuttgart (Stockholm) | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 |
Paris | A | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 2–2 |
Masters Series SR | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 7 | 0 / 6 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 40 | N/A |
Annual Win-Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–5 | 5–7 | 6–7 | 11–7 | 9–6 | 3–5 | 0–2 | 0–0 | N/A | 39–40 |
Year End Ranking | 495 | 298 | 115 | 36 | 8 | 32 | 19 | 23 | 21 | 60 | 153 | 737 | N/A |