Alberto Mancini

Alberto César Mancini (born 20 May 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. He won three top-level singles titles and four tour doubles titles. His career-high rankings were World No. 8 in singles and No. 79 in doubles (both in 1989).

Player career

Mancini turned professional in 1987. In 1988, he won his first top-level singles title at Bologna, and his first tour doubles title at St. Vincent.

Mancini won the two most significant titles of his career in 1989. In April that year he won the Monte Carlo Open, defeating Boris Becker in the final 7–5, 2–6, 7–6, 7–5. In May he won the Italian Open, beating Andre Agassi in the final 6–3, 4–6, 2–6, 7–6, 6–1, saving match point in the fourth set. Both events were part of the Grand Prix Championship Series. Mancini also reached the quarter-finals of the 1989 French Open, his career-best performance at a Grand Slam event. He defeated Simon Youl, Martín Jaite, Paul Haarhuis and Jakob Hlasek before losing to Stefan Edberg.

Mancini reached the final of the Italian Open again in 1991, but was forced to retire during the final against Emilio Sánchez with Sánchez leading 6–3, 6–1, 3–0. The last major final of Mancini's career was at the Lipton International players Championships in Florida in 1992, where he lost to Michael Chang 7–5, 7–5.

Mancini, a competitor at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, retired from the professional tour in 1994.

Coaching career

In February 2003, Mancini became the coach of Guillermo Coria. Under Mancini's guidance, Coria won the tournaments at 2003 Hamburg, 2003 Stuttgart, 2003 Kitzbühel, 2003 Sopot and 2003 Basel, as well as reaching the final of 2003 Monte Carlo, the semi-finals of the 2003 French Open, and the quarter-finals of the 2003 US Open. Coria finished 2003 as world number 5. Despite these successes, Coria surprisingly decided to part ways with Mancini in February 2004, soon after an upset first round loss at the 2004 Australian Open.

Mancini went on to become captain of the Argentina Davis Cup team, and led Argentina to the Davis Cup final in both 2006 and 2008. However, Argentina lost both finals. Mancini resigned his position as captain of the team after losing in Argentina to Spain in the 2008 Davis Cup final.

In 2010 he was granted the Konex Award Merit Diploma as one of the five best coaches of the last decade in Argentina.

In November 2020, Mancini became the coach of Fabio Fognini. He is currently coaching Daniel Altmaier.

Performance timeline

Singles

Tournament	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	WR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	0 / 1	1–1
French Open	A	1R	QF	2R	4R	3R	1R	Q3	0 / 6	10–6
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
US Open	A	A	4R	1R	1R	1R	1R	A	0 / 5	3–5
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	7–2	1–2	3–2	2–2	1–3	0–0	0 / 12	14–13
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	3R	1R	A	1R	QF	1R	0 / 5	5–5
Miami	A	A	4R	2R	A	F	2R	2R	0 / 5	9–5
Monte Carlo	A	2R	W	2R	3R	2R	A	1R	1 / 6	9–5
Hamburg	A	A	1R	1R	A	1R	2R	A	0 / 4	1–4
Rome	1R	1R	W	QF	F	3R	1R	A	1 / 7	16–6
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Paris	A	A	2R	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2
Win–loss	0–1	1–2	17–4	4–5	7–3	7–5	4–4	1–2	2 / 29	41–26
Year–End Ranking	130	49	9	127	22	31	141	399

ATP career finals

Singles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series (2–2) ATP Championship Series (0–1) ATP World Series (1–2)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (3–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoors (3–5) Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	[[1988 Bologna Open|Template:Dts]]	Bologna, Italy	Grand Prix	Clay	Template:Flagicon Emilio Sánchez	7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Win	2–0	[[1989 Monte Carlo Open – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Masters Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Boris Becker	7–5, 2–6, 7–6(7–4), 7–5
Win	3–0	[[1989 Italian Open – Men's singles|Template:Dts]]	Rome, Italy	Masters Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Andre Agassi	6–3, 4–6, 2–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–1
Loss	3–1	[[1991 Italian Open – Men's singles|Template:Dts]]	Rome, Italy	Masters Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Emilio Sánchez	3–6, 1–6, 0–3, ret.
Loss	3–2	[[1991 Swedish Open – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Båstad, Sweden	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Magnus Gustafsson	1–6, 2–6
Loss	3–3	[[1991 Mercedes Cup – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Stuttgart, Germany	Championship Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Michael Stich	6–1, 6–7(9–11), 4–6, 2–6
Loss	3–4	[[1992 Lipton International Players Championships – Men's singles|Template:Dts]]	Miami, United States	Masters Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Michael Chang	5–7, 5–7
Loss	3–5	[[1992 Philips Head Cup – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Kitzbühel, Austria	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Pete Sampras	3–6, 5–7, 3–6

Doubles (4 wins, 2 losses)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (4)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 1988	Munich, West Germany	Clay	Template:Flagicon Christian Miniussi	Template:Flagicon Rick Leach Template:Flagicon Jim Pugh	1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	1–1	Aug 1988	Saint-Vincent, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Christian Miniussi	Template:Flagicon Paolo Canè Template:Flagicon Balázs Taróczy	6–4, 5–7, 6–3
Loss	1–2	Oct 1988	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Template:Flagicon Christian Miniussi	Template:Flagicon Carlos di Laura Template:Flagicon Marcelo Filippini	3–6, 5–7
Win	2–2	Jul 1989	Boston, United States	Clay	Template:Flagicon Andrés Gómez	Template:Flagicon Todd Nelson Template:Flagicon Phillip Williamson	7–6, 6–2
Win	3–2	Sep 1989	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Template:Flagicon Andrés Gómez	Template:Flagicon Mansour Bahrami Template:Flagicon Guillermo Pérez Roldán	6–3, 7–5
Win	4–2	Apr 1990	Nice, France	Clay	Template:Flagicon Yannick Noah	Template:Flagicon Marcelo Filippini Template:Flagicon Horst Skoff	6–4, 7–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 2 (1–1)

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

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Template:Dts	Santiago, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Pedro Rebolledo	6–3, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Template:Dts	Venice, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Carlos Costa	3–6, 5–7

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