Mariano Puerta

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Mariano Puerta Tennis player
Mariano Puerta
Nation: ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
Birthday: September 19, 1978
Size: 180 cm
Weight: 78 kg
1st professional season: 1998
Resignation: 2009
Playing hand: Left
Trainer: Guillermo Pérez Roldán
Prize money: $ 1,781,372
singles
Career record: 128: 118
Career title: 3
Highest ranking: 9 (August 15, 2005)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open 2R (1999)
French Open F (2005)
Wimbledon 1R (1998, 2001, 2003, 2005)
US Open 2R (1999, 2005)
Double
Career record: 42:54
Career title: 3
Highest ranking: 68 (August 2, 1999)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open 1R (1999, 2000, 2003)
French Open 2R (1999)
Wimbledon 1R (2005)
US Open 1R (1998, 2003, 2005)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Mariano Puerta (born September 19, 1978 in San Francisco , Córdoba ) is a retired Argentinian tennis player .

Career

Puerta has been a professional player since 1995. In his career he won three ATP tournaments, all on clay: Palermo (1998), Bogotá (2000) and Casablanca (2005).

After it could be proven that he was taking Clenbuterol , Puerta was banned for nine months in 2003. The significant increase in weight during this time earned him the nickname "el gordo" (the fat one).

In June 2005 he reached his first Grand Slam final at the French Open . However, it subsequently became known that Puerta had also tested positive for etilefrine there. Mariano Puerta was banned for eight years on December 21, 2005, but appealed the verdict. On July 12, 2006, the ban was announced to be reduced to two years. On June 5, 2007 he made his comeback at the Challenger tournament in Sassuolo , for which he got a wildcard. In 2009 he ended his career.

successes

Legend
Grand Slam
Tennis Masters Cup
ATP World Tour Finals
ATP Masters Series
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
ATP International Series Gold
ATP World Tour 500 Series
ATP International Series
ATP World Tour 250 Series (6)
ATP Challenger Tour (15)
Title after covering
Hard Court (0)
Sand (6)
Lawn (0)

singles

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour
No. date competition Topping Final opponent Result
1. October 5, 1998 ItalyItaly Palermo sand ArgentinaArgentina Franco Squillari 6: 3, 6: 2
2. March 12, 2000 ColombiaColombia Bogotá sand MoroccoMorocco Younes El Aynaoui 6: 4, 7: 6 5
3. April 4, 2005 MoroccoMorocco Casablanca sand ArgentinaArgentina Juan Mónaco 6: 4, 6: 1
ATP Challenger Tour
No. date competition Topping Final opponent Result
1. July 20, 1997 EcuadorEcuador Quito sand Paraguay 1990Paraguay Ramon Delgado 6: 1, 7: 5
2. April 19, 1998 FranceFrance Nice sand FranceFrance Arnaud Di Pasquale 6: 7, 6: 4, 6: 4
3. July 7, 2002 ItalyItaly Mantua sand ItalyItaly Potito Starace 6: 3, 1: 0 up.
4th September 1, 2002 ItalyItaly Brindisi sand ItalyItaly Leonardo Azzaro 6: 3, 7: 6 2
5. May 4, 2003 FranceFrance Aix-en-Provence sand SpainSpain Rafael Nadal 3: 6, 7: 6 6 , 6: 4
6th August 21, 2004 UzbekistanUzbekistan Samarqand sand Czech RepublicCzech Republic Pavel Šnobel 6: 1, 6: 2
7th September 19, 2004 IranIran Tehran sand NetherlandsNetherlands Melle van Gemerden 6: 3, 6: 4
8th. November 21, 2004 BoliviaBolivia Santa Cruz de la Sierra sand BrazilBrazil Franco Ferreiro 6: 7 5 , 6: 4, 6: 3
9. December 12, 2004 MexicoMexico Guadalajara sand EcuadorEcuador Nicolás Lapentti 6-0, 6-2
10. July 13, 2008 ColombiaColombia Bogotá sand BrazilBrazil Ricardo Hocevar 7: 6 2 , 7: 5

Double

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour
No. date competition Topping partner Final opponent Result
1. November 2, 1998 ColombiaColombia Bogotá sand ArgentinaArgentina Diego del Río HungaryHungary Gábor Köves Eric Taino
PhilippinesPhilippines 		6: 7, 6: 3, 6: 2
2. April 26, 1999 GermanyGermany Munich sand ArgentinaArgentina Daniel Orsanic ItalyItaly Massimo Bertolini Cristian Brandi
ItalyItaly 		7: 6, 3: 6, 7: 6
3. July 26, 1999 CroatiaCroatia Umag sand SpainSpain Javier Sánchez ItalyItaly Massimo Bertolini Cristian Brandi
ItalyItaly 		3: 6, 6: 2, 6: 3
ATP Challenger Tour
No. date competition Topping partner Final opponent Result
1. July 13, 1997 ColombiaColombia Cali sand ArgentinaArgentina Eduardo Medica MexicoMexico Bernardo Martínez Marco Osorio
MexicoMexico  		7: 6, 7: 5
2. August 24, 1997 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Geneva sand ArgentinaArgentina Diego del Río FranceFrance Guillaume Marx Olivier Morel
FranceFrance  		6: 3, 6: 4
3. June 21, 1998 CroatiaCroatia Zagreb sand SpainSpain Julián Alonso SpainSpain Eduardo Nicolás Germán Puentes
SpainSpain  		6: 1, 6: 4
4th September 23, 2000 ItalyItaly Biella sand ArgentinaArgentina Martín García SwedenSweden Simon Aspelin Fredrik Bergh
SwedenSweden  		6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 4
5. June 14, 2008 BulgariaBulgaria Sofia sand BrazilBrazil Franco Ferreiro Macedonia 1995Macedonia Lazar Magdinčev Predrag Rusevski
Macedonia 1995Macedonia  		6: 3, 1: 6, [10: 3]

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personal data
SURNAME Puerta, Mariano
BRIEF DESCRIPTION argentinian tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH September 19, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH San Francisco , Cordoba