Mansour Bahrami
Mansour Bahrami 
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| Nickname: | The man behind the mustache | ||||||||||||
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 France 1989-1993 Iran -1979, 1993-2003  |
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| Birthday: | April 26, 1956 | ||||||||||||
| Size: | 178 cm | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 82 kg | ||||||||||||
| 1st professional season: | 1973 | ||||||||||||
| Resignation: | 2003 (with breaks) | ||||||||||||
| Playing hand: | Right | ||||||||||||
| Prize money: | $ 368,780 | ||||||||||||
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| Career record: | 22:46 | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking: | 192 (May 9 1988) | ||||||||||||
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| Career record: | 100: 134 | ||||||||||||
| Career title: | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking: | 31 (July 6 1987) | ||||||||||||
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| Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links ) | |||||||||||||
Mansour Bahrami ( Persian منصور بهرامی; * April 26, 1956 in Arak ) is a former Iranian tennis player .
In his early youth he worked as a ball boy at a sports complex in Tehran . Here he watched some of the best Iranian tennis players, but was never allowed to play himself. At the age of 16 he was accepted into the Iranian Davis Cup team, where he won several times.
Due to the Iranian revolution of 1979 he could no longer play in his home country and went into exile in France . His best times as a single player were over, so he concentrated more on doubles . Here he reached the final of the French Open in 1989 with his partner Éric Winogradsky .
From 1993 he was allowed to play again for Iran in the Davis Cup and until 1997 played a total of 22 games in singles and doubles, of which he won fourteen.
Surprisingly, Bahrami was able to win the ATP Champions Tour tournament for former professional players in Doha in 1999 . He defeated Pat Cash , Yannick Noah and Henri Leconte during that tournament .
In 2002 and 2003 he returned to the ATP Tour.
Bahrami's humorous talent also made him a very popular player at show tournaments, especially for his world ranking position. Every year he plays several doubles at the Aegon Masters of the ATP Champions Tour .
Web links
- ATP profile Mansour Bahrami (English)
- ITF profile Mansour Bahrami (English)
- Davis Cup statistics from Mansour Bahrami (English)
- Personal homepage
- Bahrami on the ATP Champions Tour homepage
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| SURNAME | Bahrami, Mansour |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | منصور بهرامی (Persian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Iranian tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 26, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arak , Iran |