- Alberto Berasategui
Infobox Tennis player
playername = Alberto Berasategui
country = ESP
residence =Andorra la Vella ,Andorra
datebirth = birth date and age|1973|6|28
placebirth =Bilbao ,Spain
height = height|m=1.72
weight = convert|65|kg|lb st|abbr=on
turnedpro = 1991
retired = 2001
plays = Right-handed; one-handed backhand
careerprizemoney =US$ 4,676,187
singlesrecord = 278–199
singlestitles = 14
highestsinglesranking = No. 7 (November 14, 1994)
AustralianOpenresult = QF (1998)
FrenchOpenresult = F (1994)
Wimbledonresult = 1R (2000)
USOpenresult = 2R (1993, 1996)
doublesrecord = 47–59
doublestitles = 1
highestdoublesranking = No. 55 (October 6, 1997)
updated = November 11, 2007Alberto Berasategui (born June 28, 1973, in
Bilbao ,Spain ) is a former professionaltennis player from Spain. He is best remembered for reaching the men's singles final at theFrench Open in 1994.Berasategui began playing tennis at age 7 and was the European junior champion in 1991. He turned professional later that year, and won his first top-level singles title in 1993 in
São Paulo . He established a reputation on the tour in the early 1990s as a very strongclay court player.1994 was without doubt the pinnacle of Berasategui's career. He reached nine finals, winning seven of them. And he qualified for his first (and only) Grand Slam final at the French Open, where he faced fellow-Spaniard and defending-champion
Sergi Bruguera . Bruguera won the final in four sets in 6–3, 7–5, 2–6, 6–1. Berasategui reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 7 in November 1994.During his career, Berasategui won a total of 14 top-level singles titles and 1 tour doubles titles. His career prize-money earnings totalled
US$ 4,676,187. His last singles title was won in Estoril in 1998.He was also well known for his extreme forehand grip where his unusual hold on the racket would allow him to hit both forehands and backhands with the same side of the racket. This grip was comically referred to as the Hawaiian grip for being so far West. This helped him on the clay services only but on other surfaces he did not have much of an impact save for a quarter final appearance at the Australian Open.
He retired from the professional tour in 2001.
Grand Slam singles final
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External links
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