Altur played only on lower class tournament series until August 1989, with his best results being two semi-finals at ATP Challenger tournaments . As a qualifier, he came to the main round of the ATP tournament in San Marino , which he sensationally won. However, this did not become the starting point of a great tennis career, rather it should remain his only ATP title. In 1990, he was two Challenger tournaments in the final, but lost in Cairo against Thomas Muster and in Salzburg against Horst Skoff . In 1991 he won the Challenger title in Saragossa with a final victory over Karsten Braasch , and by 1994 he won three more titles on the Challenger Tour. He reached the highest rating in the tennis world rankings in 1990 with position 88 in singles and 189 in doubles.
His best individual result in a Grand Slam tournament was qualifying for the main round, which he achieved in all four tournaments. However, he was unable to win a single game in a total of eleven attempts. In the doubles competition, he only appeared once; together with David Adams he reached the second round of the Australian Open in 1990 .
After the end of his professional career, he worked as a trainer for David Ferrer and Igor Andrejew, among others .
particularities
Altur, along with Yahiya Doumbia (1988 in Lyon ), Nicolás Lapentti (1995 in Bogotá ) and Santiago Ventura (2004 in Casablanca ), is one of four players who immediately won the tournament on their ATP debut. What he also has in common with his compatriot Ventura is that the first was also the only ATP individual title.
Spain
San Marino
Roberto Azar