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Daniel Orsanic (born June 11, 1969 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a former professional male tennis player from Argentina and currently works as a coach on ATP tour.
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Playing career
Orsanic was a left-hander and a double handed backhand. He was primarily a doubles specialist with his best results in singles reaching 3 quarter finals in 1993 at Buenos Aires [1] and twice in 1994 at Birmingham, Alabama and Båstad.[2]
In doubles Orsanic won 8 titles and was a finalist on 7 occasions all of these performances were on clay. 1998 was his most successful year with 2 titles at Majorca and Kitzbühel and a finalist in Palermo, Mexico City and Gstaad. His last title camein 2001 Palermo with Spaniard Tomás Carbonell after playing a few challengers in 2003, Orsanic retired as an active player at the end of the 2003 season.
Coaching career
Orsanic was the former coach to Peruvian Luis Horna.[3] He was also the team captain for Argentina when they won the 2007 World Team Cup in Düsseldorf. Orsanic was the former coach of José Acasuso, they separated before Roland Garros.[4] He is now working with the Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas.
Doubles titles (8)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponent in the final Score 1. 1993 San Marino Clay Olli Rahnasto Juan Garat
Roberto Saad6–4, 1–6, 6–3 2. 1994 Hilversum Clay Jan Siemerink David Adams
Andrei Olhovskiy6–4, 6–2 3. 1997 Mexico City Clay Nicolás Lapentti Luis Herrera
Mariano Sanchez4–6, 6–3, 7–6 4. 1998 Kitzbühel Clay Tom Kempers Joshua Eagle
Mark Kratzmann6–3, 6–4 5. 1998 Majorca Clay Pablo Albano Jiří Novák
David Rikl7–6, 6–3 6. 1999 Munich Clay Mariano Puerta Massimo Bertolini
Cristian Brandi7–6, 3–6, 7–6 7. 1999 Stuttgart Clay Jaime Oncins Aleksandar Kitinov
Jack Waite6–2, 6–1 8. 2001 Palermo Clay Tomás Carbonell Enzo Artoni
Emilio Benfele Álvarez6–2, 2–6, 6–2 References
- ^ "Daniel Orsanic 1993 Singles Playing Activity". Tennis Corner. 2008-05-28. http://www.tenniscorner.net/index.php?corner=m&action=activity&season=1993&playerid=ORD001.
- ^ "1994 Singles Playing Activity". Tennis Corner. 2008-05-28. http://www.tenniscorner.net/index.php?corner=m&action=activity&playerid=ORD001&season=1994&type=singles.
- ^ (French) "Old Luis Horna profile". Sports Voila. 2008-05-28. http://sports.voila.fr/tennis/joueurs/atp/luis-horna.html (French).
- ^ (Spanish) "Coria vuelve a Roland Garros". La Nación. 2008-05-28. http://www.lanacion.com.ar/EdicionImpresa/deportiva/nota.asp?nota_id=1013989 (Spanish).
External links
Categories:- Argentine male tennis players
- Argentine people of Croatian descent
- Sportspeople from Buenos Aires
- 1969 births
- Living people
- South American tennis biography stubs
- Argentine sportspeople stubs
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