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Argentine tennis player
Mariano Hood (born 14 August 1973) is a retired left-handed professional
Argentine tennis player who specialized in doubles.
In his career, Hood won 13 out of the 26 top level doubles finals he was in. He turned professional in 1993, and currently resides in his city of birth, Buenos Aires. He won US$806,888 in earnings and was coached by Daniel Orsanic. He won his first doubles title in
Santiago , Chile, in 1998 and
Palermo in 2005 was his last title. On October 27, 2003, Hood reached his highest doubles ranking of World Number 20. He partnered either
Sebastián Prieto or
Lucas Arnold Ker to win most of his doubles titles, although he did have other partnerships as well.
Hood was banned by the
ITF of the illegal use of
Finasteride after he had made the
French Open quarterfinals in 2005.
[1] He thus planned to retire from the professional circuit. However, Hood made a comeback in 2008. He last played on the tour in 2009.
2008 comeback
In his first tournament of the year, he went to the semifinals with
José Acasuso at the
2008 Copa Telmex . A week later, Hood teamed with
Eduardo Schwank to win the
Santiago , Chile, Challenger on the
ITF Men's Circuit . After two weeks' early losses alongside fellow Argentine partners in Challenger tournaments, he teamed with
Guillermo Coria to reach the
Naples Challenger semifinals, and then with
Luis Horna to reach the
Monza Challenger semifinals. Directly after this, he won a second title, at
Chiasso located in Switzerland with
Alberto Martín in a Challenger event. Two weeks later, a third Challenger triumph arrived with a victory over
Marc Fornell and
Caio Zampieri alongside
Guillermo García López . After a few more tournaments, he received a
wildcard entry with
Rafael Nadal at the
2008 Queen's Club Championships .
[2]
ATP career finals
Doubles: 26 (13 titles, 13 runner-ups)
Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–1)
ATP World Series (13–12)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (13–11)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–2)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (13–11)
Indoors (0–2)
Result
W/L
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
0–1
Aug 1996
San Marino , San Marino
Clay
Sebastián Prieto
Pablo Albano
Lucas Arnold Ker
1–6, 3–6
Loss
0–2
Aug 1998
San Marino , San Marino
Clay
Sebastián Prieto
Jiří Novák
David Rikl
4–6, 6–7
Win
1–2
Nov 1998
Santiago , Chile
Clay
Sebastián Prieto
Massimo Bertolini
Devin Bowen
7–6, 6–7, 7–6
Win
2–2
Aug 1999
San Marino , San Marino
Clay
Lucas Arnold Ker
Petr Pála
Pavel Vízner
6–3, 6–2
Win
3–2
Oct 1999
Palermo , Italy
Clay
Sebastián Prieto
Lan Bale
Alberto Martín
6–3, 6–1
Loss
3–3
Sep 2000
Bucharest , Romania
Clay
Devin Bowen
Alberto Martín
Eyal Ran
6–7, 1–6
Win
4–3
Feb 2001
Bogotá , Colombia
Clay
Sebastián Prieto
Martín Rodríguez
André Sá
6–2, 6–4
Loss
4–4
Feb 2001
Viña del Mar , Chile
Clay
Sebastián Prieto
Tomás Carbonell
Lucas Arnold Ker
4–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss
4–5
Feb 2001
Buenos Aires , Argentina
Clay
Sebastián Prieto
Tomás Carbonell
Lucas Arnold Ker
7–5, 5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Win
5–5
Feb 2003
Viña del Mar , Chile
Clay
Agustín Calleri
František Čermák
Leoš Friedl
6–3, 1–6, 6–4
Win
6–5
Feb 2003
Buenos Aires , Argentina
Clay
Sebastián Prieto
Lucas Arnold Ker
David Nalbandian
6–2, 6–2
Loss
6–6
Apr 2003
Estoril , Portugal
Clay
Lucas Arnold Ker
Mahesh Bhupathi
Max Mirnyi
1–6, 2–6
Win
7–6
May 2003
Valencia , Spain
Clay
Lucas Arnold Ker
Brian MacPhie
Nenad Zimonjić
6–1, 6–7(7–9) , 6-4
Loss
7–7
Jul 2003
Båstad , Sweden
Clay
Lucas Arnold Ker
Simon Aspelin
Massimo Bertolini
7–6, 0–6, 4–6
Win
8–7
Sep 2003
Palermo , Italy
Clay
Lucas Arnold Ker
František Čermák
Leoš Friedl
7-6(8–6) , 6–7(3–7) , 6–3
Loss
8–8
Oct 2003
Basel , Switzerland
Carpet (i)
Lucas Arnold Ker
Mark Knowles
Daniel Nestor
4–6, 2–6
Win
9–8
Feb 2004
Buenos Aires , Argentina
Clay
Lucas Arnold Ker
Federico Browne
Diego Veronelli
7–5, 6–7(2–7) , 6–4
Loss
9–9
May 2004
Barcelona , Spain
Clay
Sebastián Prieto
Mark Knowles
Daniel Nestor
6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win
10–9
May 2004
St. Poelten , Austria
Clay
Petr Pála
Tomáš Cibulec
Leoš Friedl
3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Win
11–9
Sep 2004
Bucharest , Romania
Clay
Lucas Arnold Ker
José Acasuso
Óscar Hernández
7–6(7–5) , 6–1
Win
12–9
Oct 2004
Palermo , Italy
Clay
Lucas Arnold Ker
Gastón Etlis
Martín Rodríguez
7–5, 6–2
Loss
12–10
Oct 2004
Basel , Switzerland
Carpet (i)
Lucas Arnold Ker
Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
6–7, 2–6
Loss
12–11
Apr 2005
Valencia , Spain
Clay
Lucas Arnold Ker
Fernando González
Martín Rodríguez
4–6, 4–6
Loss
12–12
May 2005
Sankt Pölten , Austria
Clay
Martin Damm
Paul Hanley
Lucas Arnold Ker
3–6, 4–6
Loss
12–13
Jul 2005
Stuttgart , Germany
Clay
Tommy Robredo
José Acasuso
Sebastián Prieto
6–7(4–7) , 3–6
Win
13–13
Oct 2005
Palermo , Italy
Clay
Martín García
Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Marcin Matkowski
6–2, 6–3
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 2 (0–2)
Legend
ATP Challenger (0–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Doubles: 38 (22–16)
Legend
ATP Challenger (22–16)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (21–14)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
0–1
Sep 1996
Brașov , Romania
Challenger
Clay
Martín Rodríguez
Gheorghe Cosac
Dinu-Mihai Pescariu
6–7, 1–6
Win
1–1
Aug 1997
Merano , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Sebastián Prieto
Cristian Brandi
Filippo Messori
6–1, 4–6, 7–6
Win
2–1
Aug 1997
Santa Cruz , Bolivia
Challenger
Clay
Sebastián Prieto
Egberto Caldas
Adriano Ferreira
7–6, 4–6, 6–3
Win
3–1
Oct 1997
Lima , Peru
Challenger
Clay
Sebastián Prieto
Kris Goossens
Jimy Szymanski
6–2, 6–1
Loss
3–2
Nov 1997
Palmar , Puerto Rico
Challenger
Clay
Sebastián Prieto
Lucas Arnold Ker
Daniel Orsanic
5–7, 6–3, 3–6
Win
4–2
Dec 1997
Santiago , Chile
Challenger
Clay
Sebastián Prieto
Diego del Río
Mariano Puerta
7–5, 6–1
Loss
4–3
Mar 1998
Salinas , Ecuador
Challenger
Hard
Sebastián Prieto
David DiLucia
Michael Sell
6–7, 4–6
Win
5–3
Apr 1998
Nice , France
Challenger
Clay
Devin Bowen
André Sá
Mariano Puerta
7–5, 3–6, 6–4
Win
6–3
Mar 1999
Salinas , Ecuador
Challenger
Hard
Sebastián Prieto
Lucas Arnold Ker
Daniel Orsanic
6–2, 7–6
Win
7–3
Jun 1999
Maia , Portugal
Challenger
Clay
Sebastián Prieto
Emanuel Couto
Bernardo Mota
6–2, 6–0
Loss
7–4
Jul 1999
Venice , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Diego del Río
Albert Portas
Germán Puentes Alcañiz
4–6, 0–6
Loss
7–5
Oct 1999
São Paulo , Brazil
Challenger
Clay
Sebastián Prieto
Jaime Oncins
Daniel Orsanic
2–6, 2–6
Loss
7–6
Oct 1999
Lima , Peru
Challenger
Clay
Sebastián Prieto
Pablo Albano
Martín García
6–7, 6–3, 3–6
Loss
7–7
Jun 2000
Szczecin , Poland
Challenger
Clay
Martín Rodríguez
Alberto Martín
Eyal Ran
6–7(2–7) , 7–6(7–5) , 2–6
Win
8–7
Oct 2000
São Paulo , Brazil
Challenger
Clay
Sebastián Prieto
Tomas Behrend
Germán Puentes Alcañiz
6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Loss
8–8
Jun 2001
Prostějov , Czech Republic
Challenger
Clay
Devin Bowen
Andrea Gaudenzi
Sander Groen
6–7(6–8) , 4–6
Loss
8–9
Oct 2001
São Paulo , Brazil
Challenger
Clay
Diego del Río
Agustín Calleri
Edgardo Massa
7–5, 5–7, 3–6
Win
9–9
Nov 2001
Montevideo , Uruguay
Challenger
Clay
Gastón Etlis
Diego del Río
Martín Vassallo Argüello
walkover
Win
10–9
May 2002
Ljubljana , Slovenia
Challenger
Clay
Edgardo Massa
Luis Horna
Sebastián Prieto
7–5, 6–1
Loss
10–10
May 2002
Budapest , Hungary
Challenger
Clay
Sebastián Prieto
Karol Beck
Jaroslav Levinský
6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Loss
10–11
Jun 2002
Prostějov , Czech Republic
Challenger
Clay
Sebastián Prieto
František Čermák
Ota Fukárek
3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win
11–11
Jun 2002
Braunschweig , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Luis Horna
Petr Luxa
František Čermák
3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Loss
11–12
Jul 2002
Scheveningen , Netherlands
Challenger
Clay
Sebastián Prieto
Edwin Kempes
Martin Verkerk
4–6, 4–6
Win
12–12
Oct 2002
Seville , Spain
Challenger
Clay
Luis Horna
Álex López Morón
Albert Portas
4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win
13–12
Oct 2002
Barcelona , Spain
Challenger
Clay
Emilio Benfele Álvarez
Karsten Braasch
Peter Nyborg
7–5, 6–3
Win
14–12
Nov 2002
São Paulo , Brazil
Challenger
Clay
Sebastián Prieto
Luis Horna
Sergio Roitman
6–3, 6–4
Win
15–12
May 2003
Zagreb , Croatia
Challenger
Clay
Lucas Arnold Ker
Simon Aspelin
Todd Perry
6–1, 6–3
Win
16–12
Jul 2003
Košice , Slovakia
Challenger
Clay
Lucas Arnold Ker
Salvador Navarro-Gutierrez
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
2–1 ret.
Win
17–12
Jun 2004
Szczecin , Poland
Challenger
Clay
Lucas Arnold Ker
Alberto Martín
Óscar Hernández
6–0, 6–4
Win
18–12
Mar 2008
Santiago , Chile
Challenger
Clay
Eduardo Schwank
Brian Dabul
Jean-Julien Rojer
6–3, 6–3
Win
19–12
Apr 2008
Chiasso , Switzerland
Challenger
Clay
Alberto Martín
Fabio Colangelo
Marco Crugnola
4–6, 7–6(7–4) , [11–9]
Win
20–12
May 2008
Rabat , Morocco
Challenger
Clay
Guillermo García López
Marc Fornell Mestres
Caio Zampieri
6–3, 6–2
Loss
20–13
Jun 2008
Reggio Emilia , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Leonardo Mayer
Yu Xinyuan
Zeng Shaoxuan
3–6, 4–6
Loss
20–14
Jul 2008
Lugano , Switzerland
Challenger
Clay
Eduardo Schwank
Rameez Junaid
Philipp Marx
6–7(7–9) , 6–4, [7–10]
Win
21–14
Aug 2008
Como , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Alberto Martín
Guillermo Hormazábal
Antonio Veić
6–1, 6–4
Win
22–14
Sep 2008
Ljubljana , Slovenia
Challenger
Clay
Juan Pablo Brzezicki
Rameez Junaid
Philipp Marx
7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Loss
22–15
Oct 2008
Asunción , Paraguay
Challenger
Clay
Martín García
Leonardo Mayer
Alejandro Fabbri
5–7, 4–6
Loss
22–16
Jan 2009
São Paulo , Brazil
Challenger
Hard
Horacio Zeballos
Leonardo Mayer
Carlos Berlocq
6–7(1–7) , 3–6
Performance timeline
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
P#
DNQ
A
Z#
PO
G
S
B
NMS
NTI
P
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Doubles
See also
References
External links