Daniel Orsanic

Daniel Orsanic (Croatian: Daniel Oršanić, pronounced [dǎniel ǒrʃanitɕ]; born 11 June 1968) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. He was captain of the Argentina Davis Cup team that won the country's first title in 2016.

Daniel Orsanic

Country (sports)	Argentina
Residence	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Born	(1968-06-11) 11 June 1968 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	1989
Retired	2003
Plays	Left-handed
Prize money	US$991,800
Singles
Career record	14–31
Career titles	0 2 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 107 (15 November 1993)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1994)
French Open	1R (1992)
Wimbledon	1R (1991, 1993)
US Open	Q1 (1996)
Doubles
Career record	145–170
Career titles	8 10 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 24 (11 May 1998)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)
French Open	SF (1997, 2000)
Wimbledon	2R (2001)
US Open	3R (2000)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	RR (2000)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2000)
French Open	3R (1995, 1999)
Wimbledon	2R (1997, 2002)
US Open	2R (1999)
Last updated on: 15 July 2022.

Playing career

Orsanic was a left-hander with a double handed backhand. He was primarily a doubles specialist with his best tournament results in singles reaching three quarterfinals in 1993 at Buenos Aires and twice in 1994 at Birmingham, Alabama and Båstad.

In doubles Orsanic won eight titles and was a finalist on seven occasions all of these performances were on clay. 1998 was his most successful year with two titles at Majorca and Kitzbühel and a finalist in Palermo, Mexico City, and Gstaad. His last title came in 2001 Palermo with Spaniard Tomás Carbonell. Orsanic retired as a player at the end of the 2003 season. He is of Croatian descent.

Coaching career

Orsanic was the former coach to Peruvian Luis Horna. He was also the team captain for Argentina when they won the 2007 World Team Cup in Düsseldorf. Orsanic was the former coach of José Acasuso, they separated before Roland Garros. He is now working with the Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 15 (8 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0) ATP 500 Series (1–0) ATP 250 Series (7–7)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (8–7) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoors (8–7) Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 1993	San Marino, San Marino	World Series	Clay	Olli Rahnasto	Juan Garat Roberto Saad	6–4, 1–6, 6–3
Win	2–0	Aug 1994	Hilversum, Netherlands	World Series	Clay	Jan Siemerink	David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy	6–4, 6–2
Loss	2–1	Sep 1997	Bucharest, Romania	World Series	Clay	Hendrik Jan Davids	Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez	5–7, 5–7
Loss	2–2	Oct 1997	Palermo, Italy	World Series	Clay	Hendrik Jan Davids	Andrew Kratzmann Libor Pimek	6–3, 3–6, 6–7
Win	3–2	Oct 1997	Mexico City, Mexico	World Series	Clay	Nicolás Lapentti	Luis Herrera Mariano Sánchez	4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Loss	3–3	Jul 1998	Gstaad, Switzerland	International Series	Clay	Cyril Suk	Gustavo Kuerten Fernando Meligeni	4–6, 5–7
Win	4–3	Aug 1998	Kitzbühel, Austria	International Series	Clay	Tom Kempers	Joshua Eagle Mark Kratzmann	6–3, 6–4
Win	5–3	Oct 1998	Majorca, Spain	World Series	Clay	Pablo Albano	Jiří Novák David Rikl	7–6, 6–3
Loss	5–4	Oct 1998	Palermo, Italy	World Series	Clay	Pablo Albano	Donald Johnson Francisco Montana	4–6, 6–7
Loss	5–5	Oct 1998	Mexico City, Mexico	International Series	Clay	David Roditi	Jiří Novák David Rikl	4–6, 2–6
Win	6–5	May 1999	Munich, Germany	World Series	Clay	Mariano Puerta	Massimo Bertolini Cristian Brandi	7–6, 3–6, 7–6
Win	7–5	Jul 1999	Stuttgart, Germany	Championship Series	Clay	Jaime Oncins	Aleksandar Kitinov Jack Waite	6–2, 6–1
Loss	7–6	May 2001	Munich, Germany	International Series	Clay	Jaime Oncins	Petr Luxa Radek Štěpánek	7–5, 2–6, 6–7
Loss	7–7	May 2001	Sankt Pölten, Austria	International Series	Clay	Jaime Oncins	Petr Pála David Rikl	3–6, 7–5, 5–7
Win	8–7	Sep 2001	Palermo, Italy	International Series	Clay	Tomás Carbonell	Enzo Artoni Emilio Benfele Álvarez	6–2, 2–6, 6–2

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 4 (2–2)

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

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 1989	Goiânia, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Juan-Antonio Pino-Perez	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Aug 1990	Geneva, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Roberto Argüello	3–6, 0–6
Loss	1–2	Nov 1992	Pembroke Pines, United States	Challenger	Clay	Leonardo Lavalle	4–6, 6–7
Win	2–2	May 1993	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Challenger	Clay	Andrei Cherkasov	4–6, 6–2, 7–5

Doubles: 22 (10–12)

Legend ATP Challenger (10–12) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–5) Clay (10–7) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 1989	Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Stefan Dallwitz	Nelson Aerts Fernando Roese	3–6, 6–7
Win	1–1	Mar 1991	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Mauricio Hadad	Scott Patridge Kenny Thorne	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	1–2	Aug 1991	Cervia, Italy	Challenger	Clay	João Cunha-Silva	Christian Miniussi Diego Pérez	3–6, 4–6
Loss	1–3	Apr 1992	Parioli, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Luis Lobo	Shelby Cannon Greg Van Emburgh	6–7, 4–6
Loss	1–4	Jul 1992	Salerno, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Gabriel Markus	Andrew Kratzmann Roger Rasheed	4–6, 3–6
Win	2–4	Jul 1992	Neu Ulm, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Gustavo Luza	Bruce Derlin Steve Guy	6–3, 6–2
Loss	2–5	Oct 1992	Cali, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Mario Tabares	Michael Geserer Fabio Silberberg	4–6, 4–6
Win	3–5	Aug 1994	Geneva, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Luis Lobo	Brett Dickinson Glenn Wilson	1–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss	3–6	Mar 1996	Salinas, Ecuador	Challenger	Hard	Laurence Tieleman	Juan Carlos Bianchi Claude N'Goran	5–7, 4–6
Loss	3–7	Apr 1996	Puerto Vallarta, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Claude N'Goran	Francisco Montana Jack Waite	2–6, 3–6
Win	4–7	Feb 1997	Punta del Este, Uruguay	Challenger	Clay	Martín Rodríguez	Nelson Aerts Fernando Meligeni	6–2, 6–4
Loss	4–8	Apr 1997	Paget, Bermuda	Challenger	Clay	Lucas Arnold Ker	Javier Frana Mark Knowles	3–6, 7–6, 3–6
Win	5–8	May 1997	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Challenger	Clay	Lucas Arnold Ker	David Škoch Fernon Wibier	6–0, 6–4
Win	6–8	Sep 1997	Szczecin, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Tom Kempers	Cristian Brandi Filippo Messori	6–3, 7–5
Win	7–8	Nov 1997	Palmer, Puerto Rico	Challenger	Clay	Lucas Arnold Ker	Sebastián Prieto Mariano Hood	7–5, 3–6, 6–3
Win	8–8	Nov 1997	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Diego del Río	Pablo Albano Luis Lobo	6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Loss	8–9	Feb 1999	Laguna Hills, United States	Challenger	Hard	Pablo Albano	Paul Goldstein Brian Macphie	6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Loss	8–10	Mar 1999	Salinas, Ecuador	Challenger	Hard	Lucas Arnold Ker	Sebastián Prieto Mariano Hood	2–6, 6–7
Win	9–10	Oct 1999	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Jaime Oncins	Sebastián Prieto Mariano Hood	6–2, 6–2
Loss	9–11	Nov 1999	Montevideo, Uruguay	Challenger	Clay	Diego del Río	Pablo Albano Martín García	2–6, 3–6
Win	10–11	Oct 2001	Brasília, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Luis Lobo	Daniel Melo Alexandre Simoni	walkover
Loss	10–12	Sep 2002	Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina	Challenger	Clay	Juan Pablo Guzmán	Jaroslav Levinský Yuri Schukin	6–7(5–7), 5–7

Performance timelines

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

Tournament	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
French Open	A	1R	Q2	Q2	Q3	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Wimbledon	1R	Q1	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 4	0–4	0%
ATP Masters Series
Miami	A	A	A	A	1R	A	Q1	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0 / 1	0–1	0%

Doubles

Tournament	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 5	0–5	0%
French Open	A	A	A	A	1R	A	SF	1R	2R	SF	1R	1R	0 / 7	9–7	56%
Wimbledon	Q2	Q1	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	1R	2R	1R	0 / 5	1–5	17%
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	1R	3R	2R	A	0 / 5	3–5	38%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	4–2	0–4	1–3	6–4	2–4	0–3	0 / 22	13–22	37%
Year-End Championships
ATP Finals	Did not qualify									RR	DNQ		0 / 1	1–2	33%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	1R	A	0 / 3	0–3	0%
Miami	A	A	A	A	2R	A	1R	QF	1R	2R	2R	2R	0 / 7	5–7	42%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	SF	1R	0 / 5	4–5	44%
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	1R	A	QF	A	0 / 3	4–3	57%
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	2R	A	0 / 4	2–4	33%
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Stuttgart	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Paris	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	5–5	0–4	3–5	7–6	0–2	0 / 24	16–24	40%

Mixed doubles

Tournament	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	A	0 / 4	1–4	20%
French Open	3R	A	A	2R	3R	1R	A	A	0 / 4	3–4	43%
Wimbledon	A	A	2R	1R	A	1R	A	2R	0 / 4	2–4	33%
US Open	A	A	A	1R	2R	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Win–loss	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–4	2–3	1–3	0–1	1–1	0 / 14	7–14	33%

External links

• Daniel Orsanic at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Daniel Orsanic at the International Tennis Federation
• Daniel Orsanic at the Davis Cup