Christian Miniussi

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Christian Miniussi Tennis player
Nation: ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
Birthday: 5th July 1967
Size: 185 cm
Weight: 75 kg
1st professional season: 1984
Playing hand: Right
Prize money: $ 651,069
singles
Career record: 58:82
Career title: 1
Highest ranking: 57 (May 18 1992)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record: 100: 94
Career title: 5
Highest ranking: 37 (August 15 1988)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Olympic games
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Christian Carlos Miniussi Ventureira (born July 5, 1967 in Adrogué , Buenos Aires ) is a retired Argentinian tennis player .

Life

Miniussi became a professional tennis player in 1984 and won a double tournament on the ATP World Tour for the first time the following year in Buenos Aires with Martín Jaite . In total, he was able to win five double titles in the course of his career, another five times he was in a double-final. In 1991 he won his only individual title on the ATP World Tour in São Paulo . He reached his highest ranking in the tennis world rankings in 1992 with position 57 in singles and in 1988 with position 37 in doubles.

His best individual result in a Grand Slam tournament was participation in the round of 16 at the French Open in 1991, and in the same year he also reached the round of 16 in doubles.

Miniussi played a singles and eleven doubles game for the Argentine Davis Cup team between 1986 and 1992 . In the 0: 5 quarter-final defeat against Germany in 1991, he lost on the side of Javier Frana in doubles against Eric Jelen and Michael Stich .

Miniussi competed in singles and doubles for Argentina at the 1996 Summer Olympics . While he was eliminated in the first round against Fabrice Santoro , he won the bronze medal at the side of Javier Frana.

Tournament victories

Legend
Grand Slam
Tennis Masters Cup
ATP Masters Series
ATP International Series Gold
ATP International Series (6)

singles

No. date competition Topping Final opponent Bottom line
1. April 29, 1996 BrazilBrazil São Paulo sand BrazilBrazil Jaime Oncins 2: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4

Double

No. date competition Topping partner Final opponent Bottom line
1. 1985 ArgentinaArgentina Buenos Aires sand ArgentinaArgentina Martin Jaite ArgentinaArgentina Eduardo Bengoechea Diego Pérez
UruguayUruguay
6: 4, 6: 3
2. 1988 ItalyItaly Florence sand ArgentinaArgentina Javier Frana ItalyItaly Claudio Pistolesi Horst Skoff
AustriaAustria
7: 6, 6: 4
3. 1988 ItalyItaly Saint Vincent sand ArgentinaArgentina Alberto Mancini ItalyItaly Paolo Canè Balázs Taróczy
HungaryHungary
6: 4, 5: 7, 6: 3
4th 1989 SpainSpain Barcelona sand ArgentinaArgentina Gustavo Luza SpainSpain Sergio Casal Tomáš Šmíd
CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia
6: 3, 6: 3
5. 1992 SwedenSweden Båstad sand SpainSpain Tomás Carbonell SwedenSweden Christian Bergström Magnus Gustafsson
SwedenSweden
6: 4, 7: 5

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