Mauricio Hadad

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Mauricio Hadad
Country (sports)Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Born (1971-12-07) 7 December 1971 (age 53)
Cali, Colombia
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Turned pro1988
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$523,801
Singles
Career record62–52
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 78 (11 September 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 3R (1996)
French Open 1R (1996)
Wimbledon 1R (1994)
US Open 3R (1995)
Doubles
Career record12–8
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 223 (22 April 1991)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon Q3 (1994)
Last updated on: 13 February 2022.

Mauricio Hadad (born 7 December 1971) is a former tennis player from Colombia and former captain of the Colombia Davis Cup Team.

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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]

ATP career finals

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

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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Sep 1994 Bogotá, ColombiaWorld SeriesClay Flag of Venezuela.svg Nicolás Pereira 3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win1–1 Apr 1995 Paget, BermudaWorld SeriesClay Flag of Argentina.svg Javier Frana 7–6, 3–6, 6–4

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1 Mar 2000 Bogotá, ColombiaWorld SeriesClay Flag of Spain.svg Joan Balcells Flag of Argentina.svg Pablo Albano
Flag of Argentina.svg Lucas Arnold Ker
6–7(4–7), 6–1, 2–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 17 (13–4)

Legend
ATP Challenger (10–2)
ITF Futures (3–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (12–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Oct 1989 Bogotá, ColombiaChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Guillermo Minutella6–3, 6–7, 6–4
Win2–0Jul 1992 Seville, SpainChallengerClay Flag of Denmark.svg Kenneth Carlsen 6–7, 6–3, 6–3
Loss2–1Aug 1992 Lins, BrazilChallengerClay Flag of Austria.svg Gilbert Schaller 3–6, 3–6
Win3–1Oct 1992 Cali, ColombiaChallengerClay Flag of Italy.svg Mario Visconti 6–1, 6–2
Loss3–2Feb 1993 Viña del Mar, ChileChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Marcelo Ingaramo 1–6, 4–6
Win4–2Sep 1993 Bogotá, ColombiaChallengerClay Flag of Chile.svg Sergio Cortés 2–6, 6–3, 6–0
Win5–2Oct 1993 Cali, ColombiaChallengerClay Flag of Venezuela.svg Nicolás Pereira 7–6, 7–6
Win6–2Oct 1993 Caracas, VenezuelaChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Alex O'Brien 7–5, 6–4
Win7–2May 1994 Bogotá, ColombiaChallengerClay Flag of Portugal.svg Nuno Marques 6–3, 6–3
Win8–2May 1994 Cali, ColombiaChallengerClay Flag of Peru.svg Jose-Luis Noriega 6–2, 6–2
Win9–2Jun 1996 Medellín, ColombiaChallengerClay Flag of Brazil.svg Jaime Oncins 2–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win10–2Jun 1996 Cali, ColombiaChallengerClay Flag of Germany.svg Marcello Craca 6–3, 7–6
Loss10–3Apr 2000Chile F4, Santiago FuturesClay Flag of Argentina.svg Sergio Roitman 4–6, 3–6
Win11–3May 2000Chile F5, Santiago FuturesClay Flag of France.svg Nicolas Devilder 6–2, 6–2
Loss11–4May 2000USA F13, Boca Raton FuturesClay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Kris Goossens 3–6, 5–7
Win12–4Oct 2000Colombia F1, Bogotá FuturesClay Flag of Italy.svg Leonardo Azzaro 6–2, 7–5
Win13–4Oct 2000Colombia F2, Bogotá FuturesClay Flag of Italy.svg Leonardo Azzaro 6–1, 4–2 ret.

Doubles: 6 (5–1)

Legend
ATP Challenger (4–1)
ITF Futures (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (4–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Sep 1990 Bogotá, ColombiaChallengerClay Flag of Colombia.svg Mario Rincón Flag of Venezuela.svg Carlos Claverie
Flag of the United States.svg Greg Failla
7–6, 7–6
Win2–0Mar 1991 San Luis Potosí, MexicoChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Daniel Orsanic Flag of the United States.svg Scott Patridge
Flag of the United States.svg Kenny Thorne
6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win3–0Sep 1993 Bogotá, ColombiaChallengerClay Flag of Colombia.svg Miguel Tobón Flag of Ecuador.svg Nicolás Lapentti
Flag of Ecuador.svg Luis Morejón
6–3, 6–3
Loss3–1May 1998 Medellín, ColombiaChallengerClay Flag of Colombia.svg Juan-Camilo Gamboa Flag of Brazil.svg Adriano Ferreira
Flag of Brazil.svg Cristiano Testa
6–3, 1–6, 2–6
Win4–1Mar 2000 Salinas, EcuadorChallengerHard Flag of Spain.svg Joan Balcells Flag of Spain.svg Emilio Benfele Álvarez
Flag of Ecuador.svg Álex Calatrava
walkover
Win5–1Jun 2000USA F14, Tampa FuturesClay Flag of Mexico.svg Enrique Abaroa Flag of the United States.svg Mitty Arnold
Flag of the United States.svg James Blake
6–1, 7–6(7–2)

Performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(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

Tournament 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAAA 3R 0 / 12–167%
French Open AAAA 1R 0 / 10–10%
Wimbledon Q3 Q1 1R AA0 / 10–10%
US Open AA 1R 3R 1R 0 / 32–340%
Win–loss0–00–00–22–12–30 / 64–640%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells AA Q1 AA0 / 00–0  
Miami A Q1 1R 1R 1R 0 / 30–30%
Canada A 2R 1R 3R 1R 0 / 43–443%
Cincinnati AA Q1 AA0 / 00–0  
Win–loss0–01–10–22–20–20 / 73–730%

References

  1. "Mauricio Hadad: "No somos favoritos; va a ser una bonita batalla"". Ovaciondigital.com.uy. 2015.
  2. 1 2 "El equipo histórico de Colombia en la Copa Davis". colombia.as.com. 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 ""Santi es el mejor de la historia del país": Mauricio Hadad". elheraldo.co. 2016.
  4. ""Quiero llevar a Colombia al Grupo Mundial", Mauricio Hadad". Vanguardia.com. 2013.
  5. "Two-Time Tour-Level Finalist Falla Retires". Atptour.com. 2018.
  6. "Mauricio Hadad y el proyecto Santiago Giraldo". eltiempo.com. 2013.