Christian Miniussi

Miniussi turned professional in 1984. He started playing tennis at the Adrogué Tennis Club and he also represented his native country as a lucky loser at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the first round by France's Fabrice Santoro. In the doubles competition Miniussi claimed the bronze medal alongside Javier Frana.

The right-hander won one career title in singles (São Paulo, 1991). He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 18 May 1992, when he became the number 57 of the world.

ATP career finals

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Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (1–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–1)
Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 1991	São Paulo, Brazil	World Series	Hard	Brazil Jaime Oncins	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Feb 1992	Maceió, Brazil	World Series	Clay	Spain Tomás Carbonell	6–7^(12–14), 7–5, 2–6

Doubles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP International Series (5–5)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (5–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (5–5)
Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 1985	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Grand Prix	Clay	Argentina Martín Jaite	Argentina Eduardo Bengoechea Uruguay Diego Pérez	6–4, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Sep 1987	Barcelona, Spain	Grand Prix	Clay	Argentina Javier Frana	Czechoslovakia Miloslav Mečíř Czech Republic Tomáš Šmíd	1–6, 2–6
Loss	1–2	May 1988	Munich, West Germany	Grand Prix	Clay	Argentina Alberto Mancini	United States Rick Leach United States Jim Pugh	1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	2–2	May 1988	Florence, Italy	Grand Prix	Clay	Argentina Javier Frana	Italy Claudio Pistolesi Austria Horst Skoff	7–6, 6–4
Loss	2–3	Jul 1988	Bordeaux, France	Grand Prix	Clay	Italy Diego Nargiso	Sweden Joakim Nyström Italy Claudio Panatta	1–6, 4–6
Win	3–3	Aug 1988	St. Vincent, Italy	Grand Prix	Clay	Argentina Alberto Mancini	Italy Paolo Canè Hungary Balázs Taróczy	6–4, 5–7, 6–3
Loss	3–4	Oct 1988	Palermo, Italy	Grand Prix	Clay	Argentina Alberto Mancini	Austria Carlos di Laura Uruguay Marcelo Filippini	3–6, 5–7
Win	4–4	Sep 1989	Barcelona, Spain	Grand Prix	Clay	Argentina Gustavo Luza	Spain Sergio Casal Czech Republic Tomáš Šmíd	7–6, 5–7, 6–3
Loss	4–5	Aug 1991	San Marino, San Marino	World Series	Clay	Uruguay Diego Pérez	Spain Jordi Arrese Spain Carlos Costa	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	5–5	Jul 1992	Båstad, Sweden	World Series	Clay	Spain Tomás Carbonell	Sweden Christian Bergström Sweden Magnus Gustafsson	6–4, 7–5

Records

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These records were attained in the Open Era of tennis.

Tournament Year Record accomplished Player tied

São Paulo 1991 Winning an ATP tournament as lucky loser Heinz Günthardt
Bill Scanlon
Francisco Clavet
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Rajeev Ram
Leonardo Mayer
Andrey Rublev
Marco Cecchinato ^[1]
Kwon Soon-woo

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

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Singles: 6 (2–4)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (2–4)
ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 1989	Santos, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Argentina Gabriel Markus	2–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	Feb 1990	Nairobi, Kenya	Challenger	Clay	Peru Pablo Arraya	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	2–1	Feb 1990	Nairobi II, Kenya	Challenger	Clay	Netherlands Menno Oosting	6–2, 7–6
Loss	2–2	Apr 1990	Estoril, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	France Thierry Tulasne	2–6, 2–3 ret.
Loss	2–3	Oct 1993	Curitiba, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Austria Gilbert Schaller	4–6, 0–6
Loss	2–4	Jul 1994	Poznań, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Austria Horst Skoff	7–6, 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 11 (5–6)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (5–6)
ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (5–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 1989	Casablanca, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	Argentina Marcelo Ingaramo	Czech Republic Josef Čihák Netherlands Mark Koevermans	4–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	Feb 1990	Nairobi, Kenya	Challenger	Clay	Belgium Eduardo Masso	Portugal João Cunha-Silva Netherlands Menno Oosting	3–6, 7–5, 7–6
Loss	1–2	Mar 1990	Cairo, Egypt	Challenger	Clay	Belgium Eduardo Masso	Czech Republic Tomas Anzari Czech Republic David Rikl	3–6, 7–6, 5–7
Win	2–2	Apr 1990	Oporto, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Argentina Eduardo Bengoechea	Spain José Clavet Spain Francisco Roig	6–0, 6–3
Win	3–2	Aug 1991	Cervia, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Uruguay Diego Pérez	Portugal João Cunha-Silva Argentina Daniel Orsanic	6–3, 6–4
Loss	3–3	Aug 1991	Geneva, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Argentina Roberto Argüello	Soviet Union Vladimir Gabrichidze Czech Republic Martin Strelba	6–1, 3–6, 4–6
Win	4–3	Sep 1991	Merano, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Spain Carlos Costa	Czech Republic Josef Čihák Czech Republic Tomas Anzari	6–3, 6–3
Loss	4–4	Aug 1993	Geneva, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Switzerland Claudio Mezzadri	Sweden Jan Apell Sweden Nicklas Utgren	4–6, 2–6
Loss	4–5	Feb 1994	Punta del Este, Uruguay	Challenger	Clay	Argentina Luis Lobo	Uruguay Marcelo Filippini Uruguay Diego Pérez	7–6, 6–7, 6–7
Loss	4–6	Jun 1994	Furth, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Argentina Gastón Etlis	Czech Republic Vojtěch Flégl Australia Andrew Florent	6–7, 1–6
Win	5–6	Mar 1995	Punta del Este, Uruguay	Challenger	Clay	Uruguay Diego Pérez	Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker Argentina Patricio Arnold	4–6, 7–5, 6–1

Performance timelines

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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	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	A	A	A	Q2	1R	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
French Open	3R	A	1R	A	1R	4R	1R	A	Q1	0 / 5	5–5	50%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	Q1	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–2	3–1	0–4	0–0	0–0	0 / 10	5–10	33%
ATP Masters Series
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Hamburg	A	1R	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Rome	A	A	A	A	1R	3R	QF	A	A	0 / 3	5–3	63%
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	3–4	0–0	0–0	0 / 7	5–7	42%

Doubles

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Tournament	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	1R	A	A	A	2R	2R	0 / 3	2–3	40%
French Open	1R	A	A	2R	2R	2R	3R	1R	0 / 6	5–6	45%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	1R	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Win–loss	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	1–3	0 / 12	8–12	40%
ATP Masters Series
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Hamburg	A	QF	2R	A	2R	A	A	1R	0 / 4	4–4	50%
Rome	A	A	2R	A	A	QF	A	2R	0 / 3	4–3	57%
Win–loss	0–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–4	0 / 9	8–9	47%

References

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^ "ATP Budapest: Lucky loser Marco Cecchinato wins the first ATP title". tennisworldusa.org. Retrieved 3 May 2018. Cecchinato is the ninth player in the Open era who won an ATP title as a lucky loser and the third in the last two seasons after Andrey Rublev and Leonardo Mayer in Umag and Hamburg last July.

External links

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Christian Miniussi at the Association of Tennis Professionals Edit this at Wikidata
Christian Miniussi at the International Tennis Federation Edit this at Wikidata
Christian Miniussi at the Davis Cup Edit this at Wikidata
Christian Miniussi at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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