Christian Miniussi

Christian Carlos Miniussi Ventureira (born 5 July 1967) is a former tennis player from Argentina.

Miniussi turned professional in 1984. He started playing tennis at the Adrogué Tennis Club and he also represented his native country as a lucky loser at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the first round by France's Fabrice Santoro. In the doubles competition Miniussi claimed the bronze medal alongside Javier Frana.

The right-hander won one career title in singles (São Paulo, 1991). He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 18 May 1992, when he became the number 57 of the world.

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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

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

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	[[ATP São Paulo|Template:Dts]]	São Paulo, Brazil	World Series	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jaime Oncins	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	1–1	[[1992 Maceió Open – Singles|Template:Dts]]	Maceió, Brazil	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Tomás Carbonell	6–7(12–14), 7–5, 2–6

Doubles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (0–0) ATP International Series (5–5)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (5–5) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	[[1985 Nabisco Grand Prix de Verano|Template:Dts]]	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Grand Prix	Clay	Template:Flagicon Martín Jaite	Template:Flagicon Eduardo Bengoechea Template:Flagicon Diego Pérez	6–4, 6–3
Loss	1–1	[[1987 Torneo Godó|Template:Dts]]	Barcelona, Spain	Grand Prix	Clay	Template:Flagicon Javier Frana	Template:Flagicon Miloslav Mečíř Template:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd	1–6, 2–6
Loss	1–2	[[1988 Bavarian Tennis Championships – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Munich, West Germany	Grand Prix	Clay	Template:Flagicon Alberto Mancini	Template:Flagicon Rick Leach Template:Flagicon Jim Pugh	1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	2–2	[[ATP Florence|Template:Dts]]	Florence, Italy	Grand Prix	Clay	Template:Flagicon Javier Frana	Template:Flagicon Claudio Pistolesi Template:Flagicon Horst Skoff	7–6, 6–4
Loss	2–3	[[1988 Bordeaux Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]]	Bordeaux, France	Grand Prix	Clay	Template:Flagicon Diego Nargiso	Template:Flagicon Joakim Nyström Template:Flagicon Claudio Panatta	1–6, 4–6
Win	3–3	[[ATP Saint-Vincent|Template:Dts]]	St. Vincent, Italy	Grand Prix	Clay	Template:Flagicon Alberto Mancini	Template:Flagicon Paolo Canè Template:Flagicon Balázs Taróczy	6–4, 5–7, 6–3
Loss	3–4	[[1988 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia|Template:Dts]]	Palermo, Italy	Grand Prix	Clay	Template:Flagicon Alberto Mancini	Template:Flagicon Carlos di Laura Template:Flagicon Marcelo Filippini	3–6, 5–7
Win	4–4	[[1989 Torneo Godó|Template:Dts]]	Barcelona, Spain	Grand Prix	Clay	Template:Flagicon Gustavo Luza	Template:Flagicon Sergio Casal Template:Flagicon Tomáš Šmíd	7–6, 5–7, 6–3
Loss	4–5	[[1991 Campionati Internazionali di San Marino|Template:Dts]]	San Marino, San Marino	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Diego Pérez	Template:Flagicon Jordi Arrese Template:Flagicon Carlos Costa	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	5–5	[[1992 Swedish Open|Template:Dts]]	Båstad, Sweden	World Series	Clay	Template:Flagicon Tomás Carbonell	Template:Flagicon Christian Bergström Template:Flagicon Magnus Gustafsson	6–4, 7–5

Records

• These records were attained in the Open Era of tennis.

Tournament	Year	Record accomplished	Player tied
São Paulo	1991	Winning an ATP tournament as lucky loser	Heinz Günthardt Bill Scanlon Francisco Clavet Sergiy Stakhovsky Rajeev Ram Leonardo Mayer Andrey Rublev Marco Cecchinato Kwon Soon-woo

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

Singles: 6 (2–4)

Legend ATP Challenger (2–4) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (2–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Template:Dts	Santos, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Gabriel Markus	2–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	Template:Dts	Nairobi, Kenya	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Pablo Arraya	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	2–1	Template:Dts	Nairobi II, Kenya	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Menno Oosting	6–2, 7–6
Loss	2–2	Template:Dts	Estoril, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Thierry Tulasne	2–6, 2–3 ret.
Loss	2–3	Template:Dts	Curitiba, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Gilbert Schaller	4–6, 0–6
Loss	2–4	Template:Dts	Poznań, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Horst Skoff	7–6, 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 11 (5–6)

Legend ATP Challenger (5–6) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (5–6) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Template:Dts	Casablanca, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Marcelo Ingaramo	Template:Flagicon Josef Čihák Template:Flagicon Mark Koevermans	4–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	Template:Dts	Nairobi, Kenya	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Eduardo Masso	Template:Flagicon João Cunha-Silva Template:Flagicon Menno Oosting	3–6, 7–5, 7–6
Loss	1–2	Template:Dts	Cairo, Egypt	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Eduardo Masso	Template:Flagicon Tomas Anzari Template:Flagicon David Rikl	3–6, 7–6, 5–7
Win	2–2	Template:Dts	Oporto, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Eduardo Bengoechea	Template:Flagicon José Clavet Template:Flagicon Francisco Roig	6–0, 6–3
Win	3–2	Template:Dts	Cervia, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Diego Pérez	Template:Flagicon João Cunha-Silva Template:Flagicon Daniel Orsanic	6–3, 6–4
Loss	3–3	Template:Dts	Geneva, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Roberto Argüello	Template:Flagicon Vladimir Gabrichidze Template:Flagicon Martin Strelba	6–1, 3–6, 4–6
Win	4–3	Template:Dts	Merano, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Carlos Costa	Template:Flagicon Josef Čihák Template:Flagicon Tomas Anzari	6–3, 6–3
Loss	4–4	Template:Dts	Geneva, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Claudio Mezzadri	Template:Flagicon Jan Apell Template:Flagicon Nicklas Utgren	4–6, 2–6
Loss	4–5	Template:Dts	Punta del Este, Uruguay	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Luis Lobo	Template:Flagicon Marcelo Filippini Template:Flagicon Diego Pérez	7–6, 6–7, 6–7
Loss	4–6	Template:Dts	Furth, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Gastón Etlis	Template:Flagicon Vojtěch Flégl Template:Flagicon Andrew Florent	6–7, 1–6
Win	5–6	Template:Dts	Punta del Este, Uruguay	Challenger	Clay	Template:Flagicon Diego Pérez	Template:Flagicon Lucas Arnold Ker Template:Flagicon Patricio Arnold	4–6, 7–5, 6–1

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	A	A	A	Q2	1R	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	3R	A	1R	A	1R	4R	1R	A	Q1	0 / 5	5–5	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	Q1	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–2	3–1	0–4	0–0	0–0	0 / 10	5–10	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Masters Series
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Hamburg	A	1R	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome	A	A	A	A	1R	3R	QF	A	A	0 / 3	5–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	3–4	0–0	0–0	0 / 7	5–7	Template:Tennis win percentage

Doubles

Tournament	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	1R	A	A	A	2R	2R	0 / 3	2–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open	1R	A	A	2R	2R	2R	3R	1R	0 / 6	5–6	Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	1R	0 / 2	1–2	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	1–3	0 / 12	8–12	Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Masters Series
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1	Template:Tennis win percentage
Hamburg	A	QF	2R	A	2R	A	A	1R	0 / 4	4–4	Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome	A	A	2R	A	A	QF	A	2R	0 / 3	4–3	Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss	0–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–4	0 / 9	8–9	Template:Tennis win percentage

External links

• Template:ATP
• Template:ITF
• Template:First word Template:PAGENAMEBASE at the Davis CupTemplate:EditAtWikidata
• Template:Sports-reference

Template:Argentina-tennis-bio-stub