Argentine tennis player
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
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
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
Key
W
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F
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SF
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QF
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#R
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RR
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Q#
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DNQ
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A
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NH
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(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
ATP Career Finals
Singles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner-ups)
Legend
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Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
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ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
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ATP Masters Series (2–2)
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ATP Championship Series (0–1)
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ATP World Series (1–2)
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Finals by surface
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Hard (0–1)
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Clay (3–4)
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Grass (0–0)
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Carpet (0–0)
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Finals by setting
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Outdoors (3–5)
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Indoors (0–0)
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Result
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W–L
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Date
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Tournament
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Tier
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Surface
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Opponent
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Score
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Win
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1–0
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Jun 1988
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Bologna, Italy
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Grand Prix
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Clay
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Emilio Sánchez
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7–5, 7–6(7–4)
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Win
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2–0
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Apr 1989
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Monte Carlo, Monaco
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Masters Series
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Clay
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Boris Becker
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7–5, 2–6, 7–6(7–4), 7–5
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Win
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3–0
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May 1989
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Rome, Italy
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Masters Series
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Clay
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Andre Agassi
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6–3, 4–6, 2–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–1
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Loss
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3–1
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May 1991
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Rome, Italy
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Masters Series
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Clay
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Emilio Sánchez
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3–6, 1–6, 0–3, ret.
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Loss
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3–2
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Jul 1991
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Båstad, Sweden
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World Series
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Clay
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Magnus Gustafsson
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1–6, 2–6
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Loss
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3–3
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Jul 1991
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Stuttgart, Germany
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Championship Series
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Clay
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Michael Stich
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6–1, 6–7(9–11), 4–6, 2–6
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Loss
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3–4
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Mar 1992
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Miami, United States
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Masters Series
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Hard
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Michael Chang
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5–7, 5–7
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Loss
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3–5
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Jul 1992
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Kitzbühel, Austria
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World Series
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Clay
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Pete Sampras
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3–6, 5–7, 3–6
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Doubles (4 wins, 2 losses)
Legend
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Grand Slam (0)
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Tennis Masters Cup (0)
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ATP Masters Series (0)
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ATP Tour (4)
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Result
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W/L
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Date
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Tournament
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Surface
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Partner
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Opponents
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Score
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Loss
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0–1
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May 1988
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Munich, West Germany
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Clay
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Christian Miniussi
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Rick Leach
Jim Pugh
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1–6, 6–3, 3–6
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Win
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1–1
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Aug 1988
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Saint-Vincent, Italy
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Clay
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Christian Miniussi
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Paolo Canè
Balázs Taróczy
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6–4, 5–7, 6–3
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Loss
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1–2
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Oct 1988
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Palermo, Italy
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Clay
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Christian Miniussi
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Carlos di Laura
Marcelo Filippini
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3–6, 5–7
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Win
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2–2
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Jul 1989
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Boston, United States
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Clay
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Andrés Gómez
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Todd Nelson
Phillip Williamson
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7–6, 6–2
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Win
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3–2
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Sep 1989
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Geneva, Switzerland
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Clay
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Andrés Gómez
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Mansour Bahrami
Guillermo Pérez Roldán
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6–3, 7–5
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Win
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4–2
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Apr 1990
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Nice, France
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Clay
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Yannick Noah
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Marcelo Filippini
Horst Skoff
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6–4, 7–6
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ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 2 (1–1)
Legend
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ATP Challenger (1–1)
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ITF Futures (0–0)
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Finals by surface
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Hard (0–0)
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Clay (1–1)
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Grass (0–0)
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Carpet (0–0)
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References
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