Alberto Berasategui

Alberto Berasategui Salazar (born 28 June 1973) is a former top-10 professional tennis player from Spain. He was a Grand Slam finalist at the 1994 French Open, and won a total of 14 ATP singles titles, achieving a career-high singles ranking of world No. 7 in November 1994.

Tennis career

Berasategui won a total of 14 top-level singles titles and one tour doubles title. All of them, as well as all losses in finals, were on clay. He won at least one singles title for six consecutive years (1993–1998). He began playing tennis at age seven and was the European junior champion in 1991. He turned professional later that year, and won his first top-level singles title in 1993, two years later.

In 1994, Berasategui reached nine finals, winning seven of them. He also reached his first Grand Slam final at the French Open, where he defeated Wayne Ferreira, Cédric Pioline, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Javier Frana, Goran Ivanišević and Magnus Larsson to face fellow Spaniard and defending champion Sergi Bruguera who defeated him in four sets.

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.

Playing style

Berasategui was known for his extreme western grip, known as the "Hawaiian grip", where his unusual hold on the racket would allow him to hit both forehands and backhands with the same side of the racket. This helped him on clay, but he did not have much of an impact on other surfaces except for a quarterfinals appearance at the 1998 Australian Open, after having beaten world No. 2, Patrick Rafter in four sets in the third round, and came back from two sets down to beat the 1995 Australian Open champion, former and future world No. 1, Andre Agassi, in the fourth round. He lost in quarterfinals to Marcelo Ríos after winning a tight first-set tiebreak.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1994	French Open	Clay	Template:Flagicon Sergi Bruguera	3–6, 5–7, 6–2, 1–6

ATP career finals

Singles: 23 (14 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–1) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series(0–0) ATP Championship Series (1–1) ATP World Series (13–7)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (14–9) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoors (14–9) Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	[[1993 Croatia Open – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Umag, Croatia	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Thomas Muster	5–7, 6–3, 3–6
Loss	0–2	[[1993 Athens International – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Athens, Greece	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jordi Arrese	4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	1–2	[[São Paulo|Template:Dts]]	São Paulo, Brazil	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Sláva Doseděl	6–4, 6–3
Loss	1–3	[[1993 ATP Buenos Aires – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Buenos Aires, Argentina	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Carlos Costa	6–3, 1–6, 4–6
Win	2–3	[[1994 Philips Open – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Nice, France	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jim Courier	6–4, 6–2
Loss	2–4	[[Bologna Outdoor|Template:Dts]]	Bologna, Italy	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Javier Sánchez	6–7(3–7), 6–4, 3–6
Loss	2–5	[[1994 French Open – Men's singles|Template:Dts]]	Paris, France	Grand Slam	Clay	Template:Flagicon Sergi Bruguera	3–6, 5–7, 6–2, 1–6
Win	3–5	[[1994 Mercedes Cup – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Stuttgart, Germany	Championship Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Andrea Gaudenzi	7–5, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Win	4–5	[[1994 Croatia Open Umag – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Umag, Croatia	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Karol Kučera	6–2, 6–4
Win	5–5	[[Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia|Template:Dts]]	Palermo, Italy	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Àlex Corretja	2–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–4
Win	6–5	[[1994 Athens International – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Athens, Greece	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Óscar Martínez	4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win	7–5	[[1994 Hellmann's Cup – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Santiago, Chile	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Francisco Clavet	6–3, 6–4
Win	8–5	[[1994 Topper Open – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Montevideo, Uruguay	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Francisco Clavet	6–4, 6–0
Win	9–5	[[Oporto Open|Template:Dts]]	Porto, Portugal	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Carlos Costa	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	9–6	[[ATP Montevideo|Template:Dts]]	Montevideo, Uruguay	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Bohdan Ulihrach	2–6, 3–6
Win	10–6	[[1996 Internazionali di Carisbo – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Bologna, Italy	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Carlos Costa	6–3, 6–4
Win	11–6	[[1996 EA Generali Open – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Kitzbühel, Austria	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Àlex Corretja	6–2, 6–4, 6–4
Win	12–6	[[1996 Romanian Open – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Bucharest, Romania	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Carlos Moyà	6–1, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	12–7	[[1997 Marbella Open – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Marbella, Spain	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Albert Costa	3–6, 2–6
Win	13–7	[[1997 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Palermo, Italy	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Dominik Hrbatý	6–4, 6–2
Win	14–7	[[1998 Estoril Open – Men's singles|Template:Dts]]	Estoril, Portugal	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Thomas Muster	3–6, 6–1, 6–3
Loss	14–8	[[1998 Torneo Godó – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Barcelona, Spain	Championship Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Todd Martin	2–6, 6–1, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	14–9	[[1999 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Palermo, Italy	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Arnaud Di Pasquale	1–6, 3–6

Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series(0–0) ATP Championship Series (1–0) ATP World Series (0–3)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (1–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoors (1–3) Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	[[1997 Torneo Godó – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Barcelona, Spain	Championship Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jordi Burillo	Template:Flagicon Pablo Albano Template:Flagicon Àlex Corretja	6–3, 7–5
Loss	1–1	[[1997 Marbella Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Marbella, Spain	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jordi Burillo	Template:Flagicon Karim Alami Template:Flagicon Julian Alonso	6–4, 3–6, 0–6
Loss	1–2	[[Brighton International|Template:Dts]]	Bournemouth, United Kingdom	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Wayne Arthurs	Template:Flagicon Neil Broad Template:Flagicon Kevin Ullyett	6–7, 3–6
Loss	1–3	[[1999 Majorca Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Mallorca, Spain	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Francisco Roig	Template:Flagicon Lucas Arnold Ker Template:Flagicon Tomas Carbonell	1–6, 4–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 10 (7–3)

Legend ATP Challenger (7–3) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (7–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Template:Dts	Reggio Calabria, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Roberto Azar	4–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	Template:Dts	Mar del Plata, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Martin Stringari	6–2, 7–5
Win	2–1	Template:Dts	Graz, Austria	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Carlos Costa	6–4, 6–3
Win	3–1	Template:Dts	Barcelona, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Carl-Uwe Steeb	6–3, 7–5
Win	4–1	Template:Dts	Braunschweig, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jozsef Krocsko	6–2, 6–2
Win	5–1	Template:Dts	Venice, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Javier Sánchez	6–2, 6–2
Loss	5–2	Template:Dts	Cairo, Egypt	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Fernando Meligeni	6–3, 1–6, 2–6
Win	6–2	Template:Dts	Zagreb, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ivan Ljubicic	6–1, 6–2
Win	7–2	Template:Dts	Cairo, Egypt	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Karim Alami	7–5, 6–3
Loss	7–3	Template:Dts	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Guillermo Coria	1–6, 6–4, 4–6

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Legend ATP Challenger (1–0) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Template:Dts	Cairo, Egypt	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon German Puentes-Alcaniz	Template:Flagicon Branislav Galik Template:Flagicon Borut Urh	6–0, 6–0

Performance timeline

Singles

Tournament	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	3R	QF	1R	1R	0 / 4	6–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	1R	2R	F	3R	3R	1R	4R	4R	1R	0 / 9	17–9	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	A	2R	1R	A	2R	1R	1R	A	A	0 / 5	2–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–1	2–2	6–2	2–1	3–2	2–3	7–3	3–2	0–3	0 / 19	25–19	Template:Tennis win percentage
Year-end Championships
Tennis Masters Cup	DNQ		RR	Did not qualify						0 / 1	0–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	1R	3R	1R	QF	1R	1R	A	0 / 6	4–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
Miami	A	A	3R	3R	A	2R	2R	2R	1R	0 / 6	2–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
Monte Carlo	A	A	3R	3R	1R	2R	SF	1R	1R	0 / 7	8–7	Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome	A	A	2R	2R	2R	SF	SF	2R	Q1	0 / 6	11–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
Hamburg	2R	A	1R	2R	2R	QF	3R	3R	A	0 / 7	8–7	Template:Tennis win percentage
Canada	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati	A	A	A	3R	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 2	2–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Stuttgart	A	A	A	1R	2R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 3	1–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
Paris	A	A	A	A	3R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 2	2–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	1–1	0–0	4–5	5–7	6–7	11–7	9–6	3–5	0–2	0 / 40	39–40	Template:Tennis win percentage
Year-end Ranking	115	36	8	32	19	23	21	60	153	Career Earnings: $4,676,187

Doubles

Tournament	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	1R	A	1R	0 / 2	0–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	A	A	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	A	3R	A	A	A	0 / 1	2–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0 / 4	2–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Masters Series
Miami	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Hamburg	A	QF	2R	A	A	0 / 2	3–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome	Q2	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
Canada	Q2	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	2–1	1–2	0–1	0–0	0 / 2	3–4	Template:Tennis win percentage

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