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Colombian tennis player (born 1971)
Mauricio Hadad (born 7 December 1971) is a former tennis player from Colombia and former captain of the Colombia Davis Cup Team .
Hadad is of Lebanese background.[ 1] [ 2] The right-hander turned pro in 1988 and reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on September 11, 1995, when he became world No. 78. He won the ATP Bermuda Open in 1995. He is the only Colombian tennis player in history to have won an ATP Tour title in singles.[ 3] His best performance at a Grand Slam came at the 1996 Australian Open and the 1995 U.S. Open where he made it to the third round.
Hadad participated in 20 Davis Cup ties for Colombia from 1989 to 2001 and holds the record for most wins with 35 victories, posting a 23–5 record in singles and a 12–6 record in doubles.[ 2] Hadad had also been the last Colombian player in history to break into the top 100 in 1995 until Alejandro Falla did so in 2007.
He became the captain of the Colombia Davis Cup Team from 2013 until 2016.[ 4] He has been credited with opening ground to the best generation of Colombian tennis players such as Alejandra Falla , Santiago Giraldo , Alejandro González , Robert Farah and Juan Sebastián Cabal .[ 3] [ 5] [ 6]
Hadad coached former world No. 1 Russian professional tennis player Maria Sharapova leading her to her first Wimbledon title in 2004 at the age of 17. He also coached Heather Watson leading her to her first title and is currently the coach of British tennis player Laura Robson .[ 3]
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)[ edit ]
Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)[ edit ]
Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals [ edit ]
Legend
ATP Challenger (10–2)
ITF Futures (3–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (12–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1–0
Oct 1989
Bogotá , Colombia
Challenger
Clay
Guillermo Minutella
6–3, 6–7, 6–4
Win
2–0
Jul 1992
Seville , Spain
Challenger
Clay
Kenneth Carlsen
6–7, 6–3, 6–3
Loss
2–1
Aug 1992
Lins , Brazil
Challenger
Clay
Gilbert Schaller
3–6, 3–6
Win
3–1
Oct 1992
Cali , Colombia
Challenger
Clay
Mario Visconti
6–1, 6–2
Loss
3–2
Feb 1993
Viña del Mar , Chile
Challenger
Clay
Marcelo Ingaramo
1–6, 4–6
Win
4–2
Sep 1993
Bogotá , Colombia
Challenger
Clay
Sergio Cortés
2–6, 6–3, 6–0
Win
5–2
Oct 1993
Cali , Colombia
Challenger
Clay
Nicolás Pereira
7–6, 7–6
Win
6–2
Oct 1993
Caracas , Venezuela
Challenger
Hard
Alex O'Brien
7–5, 6–4
Win
7–2
May 1994
Bogotá , Colombia
Challenger
Clay
Nuno Marques
6–3, 6–3
Win
8–2
May 1994
Cali , Colombia
Challenger
Clay
Jose-Luis Noriega
6–2, 6–2
Win
9–2
Jun 1996
Medellín , Colombia
Challenger
Clay
Jaime Oncins
2–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win
10–2
Jun 1996
Cali , Colombia
Challenger
Clay
Marcello Craca
6–3, 7–6
Loss
10–3
Apr 2000
Chile F4, Santiago
Futures
Clay
Sergio Roitman
4–6, 3–6
Win
11–3
May 2000
Chile F5, Santiago
Futures
Clay
Nicolas Devilder
6–2, 6–2
Loss
11–4
May 2000
USA F13, Boca Raton
Futures
Clay
Kris Goossens
3–6, 5–7
Win
12–4
Oct 2000
Colombia F1, Bogotá
Futures
Clay
Leonardo Azzaro
6–2, 7–5
Win
13–4
Oct 2000
Colombia F2, Bogotá
Futures
Clay
Leonardo Azzaro
6–1, 4–2 ret.
Legend
ATP Challenger (4–1)
ITF Futures (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (4–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1–0
Sep 1990
Bogotá , Colombia
Challenger
Clay
Mario Rincón
Carlos Claverie Greg Failla
7–6, 7–6
Win
2–0
Mar 1991
San Luis Potosí , Mexico
Challenger
Clay
Daniel Orsanic
Scott Patridge Kenny Thorne
6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win
3–0
Sep 1993
Bogotá , Colombia
Challenger
Clay
Miguel Tobón
Nicolás Lapentti Luis Morejón
6–3, 6–3
Loss
3–1
May 1998
Medellín , Colombia
Challenger
Clay
Juan-Camilo Gamboa
Adriano Ferreira Cristiano Testa
6–3, 1–6, 2–6
Win
4–1
Mar 2000
Salinas , Ecuador
Challenger
Hard
Joan Balcells
Emilio Benfele Álvarez Álex Calatrava
walkover
Win
5–1
Jun 2000
USA F14, Tampa
Futures
Clay
Enrique Abaroa
Mitty Arnold James Blake
6–1, 7–6(7–2)
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.