Alberto Mancini

Alberto Mancini
Country (sports) Argentina
ResidenceRosario, Argentina
Born (1969-05-20) 20 May 1969 (age 55)
Misiones, Argentina
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1987
Retired1994
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,535,520
Singles
Career record148–125
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 8 (9 October 1989)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (1993)
French OpenQF (1989)
US Open4R (1989)
Doubles
Career record34–32
Career titles4
Highest rankingNo. 79 (7 August 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open1R (1988, 1990)
Last updated on: 15 March 2023.

Alberto César Mancini (born 20 May 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. He won three top-level singles titles and four tour doubles titles. His career-high rankings were World No. 8 in singles and No. 79 in doubles (both in 1989).

Player career

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Mancini turned professional in 1987. In 1988, he won his first top-level singles title at Bologna, and his first tour doubles title at St. Vincent.

Mancini won the two most significant titles of his career in 1989. In April that year he won the Monte Carlo Open, defeating Boris Becker in the final 7–5, 2–6, 7–6, 7–5. In May he won the Italian Open, beating Andre Agassi in the final 6–3, 4–6, 2–6, 7–6, 6–1, saving match point in the fourth set. Both events were part of the Grand Prix Championship Series. Mancini also reached the quarter-finals of the 1989 French Open, his career-best performance at a Grand Slam event. He defeated Simon Youl, Martín Jaite, Paul Haarhuis and Jakob Hlasek before losing to Stefan Edberg.

Mancini reached the final of the Italian Open again in 1991, but was forced to retire during the final against Emilio Sánchez with Sánchez leading 6–3, 6–1, 3–0. The last major final of Mancini's career was at the Lipton International players Championships in Florida in 1992, where he lost to Michael Chang 7–5, 7–5.

Mancini, a competitor at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, retired from the professional tour in 1994.

Coaching career

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In February 2003, Mancini became the coach of Guillermo Coria. Under Mancini's guidance, Coria won the tournaments at 2003 Hamburg, 2003 Stuttgart, 2003 Kitzbühel, 2003 Sopot and 2003 Basel, as well as reaching the final of 2003 Monte Carlo, the semi-finals of the 2003 French Open, and the quarter-finals of the 2003 US Open. Coria finished 2003 as world number 5. Despite these successes, Coria surprisingly decided to part ways with Mancini in February 2004, soon after an upset first round loss at the 2004 Australian Open.

Mancini went on to become captain of the Argentina Davis Cup team, and led Argentina to the Davis Cup final in both 2006 and 2008. However, Argentina lost both finals. Mancini resigned his position as captain of the team after losing in Argentina to Spain in the 2008 Davis Cup final.

In 2010 he was granted the Konex Award Merit Diploma as one of the five best coaches of the last decade in Argentina.

In November 2020, Mancini became the coach of Fabio Fognini.[1] He is currently coaching Daniel Altmaier.[2]

Performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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Tournament 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 WR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A 2R A 0 / 1 1–1
French Open A 1R QF 2R 4R 3R 1R Q3 0 / 6 10–6
Wimbledon A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
US Open A A 4R 1R 1R 1R 1R A 0 / 5 3–5
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 7–2 1–2 3–2 2–2 1–3 0–0 0 / 12 14–13
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A 3R 1R A 1R QF 1R 0 / 5 5–5
Miami A A 4R 2R A F 2R 2R 0 / 5 9–5
Monte Carlo A 2R W 2R 3R 2R A 1R 1 / 6 9–5
Hamburg A A 1R 1R A 1R 2R A 0 / 4 1–4
Rome 1R 1R W QF F 3R 1R A 1 / 7 16–6
Canada A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Cincinnati A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Paris A A 2R A 1R A A A 0 / 2 1–2
Win–loss 0–1 1–2 17–4 4–5 7–3 7–5 4–4 1–2 2 / 29 41–26
Year–End Ranking 130 49 9 127 22 31 141 399

ATP career finals

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Singles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (2–2)
ATP Championship Series (0–1)
ATP World Series (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (3–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (3–5)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jun 1988 Bologna, Italy Grand Prix Clay Spain Emilio Sánchez 7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Win 2–0 Apr 1989 Monte Carlo, Monaco Masters Series Clay Germany Boris Becker 7–5, 2–6, 7–6(7–4), 7–5
Win 3–0 May 1989 Rome, Italy Masters Series Clay United States Andre Agassi 6–3, 4–6, 2–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–1
Loss 3–1 May 1991 Rome, Italy Masters Series Clay Spain Emilio Sánchez 3–6, 1–6, 0–3, ret.
Loss 3–2 Jul 1991 Båstad, Sweden World Series Clay Sweden Magnus Gustafsson 1–6, 2–6
Loss 3–3 Jul 1991 Stuttgart, Germany Championship Series Clay Germany Michael Stich 6–1, 6–7(9–11), 4–6, 2–6
Loss 3–4 Mar 1992 Miami, United States Masters Series Hard United States Michael Chang 5–7, 5–7
Loss 3–5 Jul 1992 Kitzbühel, Austria World Series Clay United States Pete Sampras 3–6, 5–7, 3–6

Doubles (4 wins, 2 losses)

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Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (4)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 1988 Munich, West Germany Clay Argentina Christian Miniussi United States Rick Leach
United States Jim Pugh
1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win 1–1 Aug 1988 Saint-Vincent, Italy Clay Argentina Christian Miniussi Italy Paolo Canè
Hungary Balázs Taróczy
6–4, 5–7, 6–3
Loss 1–2 Oct 1988 Palermo, Italy Clay Argentina Christian Miniussi Peru Carlos di Laura
Uruguay Marcelo Filippini
3–6, 5–7
Win 2–2 Jul 1989 Boston, United States Clay Ecuador Andrés Gómez United States Todd Nelson
United States Phillip Williamson
7–6, 6–2
Win 3–2 Sep 1989 Geneva, Switzerland Clay Ecuador Andrés Gómez Iran Mansour Bahrami
Argentina Guillermo Pérez Roldán
6–3, 7–5
Win 4–2 Apr 1990 Nice, France Clay France Yannick Noah Uruguay Marcelo Filippini
Austria Horst Skoff
6–4, 7–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 2 (1–1)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (1–1)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Mar 1991 Santiago, Chile Challenger Clay Chile Pedro Rebolledo 6–3, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Sep 1991 Venice, Italy Challenger Clay Spain Carlos Costa 3–6, 5–7

References

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  1. ^ "Fabio Fognini on Instagram: "Day One 🎾 @mancini_alberto @alelacour #2021 #team #newseason"".
  2. ^ "Six things to know about Daniel Altmaier - Roland-Garros - the 2023 Roland-Garros Tournament official site".
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Preceded by Davis Cup Argentina captain
2005-2008
Succeeded by