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

Mauricio Hadad
Country (sports) Colombia
Born (1971-12-07) 7 December 1971 (age 52)
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 Open3R (1996)
French Open1R (1996)
Wimbledon1R (1994)
US Open3R (1995)
Doubles
Career record12–8
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 223 (22 April 1991)
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonQ3 (1994)
Last updated on: 13 February 2022.

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 edit

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

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)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 1994 Bogotá, Colombia World Series Clay   Nicolás Pereira 3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win 1–1 Apr 1995 Paget, Bermuda World Series Clay   Javier Frana 7–6, 3–6, 6–4

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) edit

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)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2000 Bogotá, Colombia World Series Clay   Joan Balcells   Pablo Albano
  Lucas Arnold Ker
6–7(4–7), 6–1, 2–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals edit

Singles: 17 (13–4) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (10–2)
ITF Futures (3–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (12–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 1989 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay   Guillermo Minutella 6–3, 6–7, 6–4
Win 2–0 Jul 1992 Seville, Spain Challenger Clay   Kenneth Carlsen 6–7, 6–3, 6–3
Loss 2–1 Aug 1992 Lins, Brazil Challenger Clay   Gilbert Schaller 3–6, 3–6
Win 3–1 Oct 1992 Cali, Colombia Challenger Clay   Mario Visconti 6–1, 6–2
Loss 3–2 Feb 1993 Viña del Mar, Chile Challenger Clay   Marcelo Ingaramo 1–6, 4–6
Win 4–2 Sep 1993 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay   Sergio Cortés 2–6, 6–3, 6–0
Win 5–2 Oct 1993 Cali, Colombia Challenger Clay   Nicolás Pereira 7–6, 7–6
Win 6–2 Oct 1993 Caracas, Venezuela Challenger Hard   Alex O'Brien 7–5, 6–4
Win 7–2 May 1994 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay   Nuno Marques 6–3, 6–3
Win 8–2 May 1994 Cali, Colombia Challenger Clay   Jose-Luis Noriega 6–2, 6–2
Win 9–2 Jun 1996 Medellín, Colombia Challenger Clay   Jaime Oncins 2–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win 10–2 Jun 1996 Cali, Colombia Challenger Clay   Marcello Craca 6–3, 7–6
Loss 10–3 Apr 2000 Chile F4, Santiago Futures Clay   Sergio Roitman 4–6, 3–6
Win 11–3 May 2000 Chile F5, Santiago Futures Clay   Nicolas Devilder 6–2, 6–2
Loss 11–4 May 2000 USA F13, Boca Raton Futures Clay   Kris Goossens 3–6, 5–7
Win 12–4 Oct 2000 Colombia F1, Bogotá Futures Clay   Leonardo Azzaro 6–2, 7–5
Win 13–4 Oct 2000 Colombia F2, Bogotá Futures Clay   Leonardo Azzaro 6–1, 4–2 ret.

Doubles: 6 (5–1) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (4–1)
ITF Futures (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (4–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 1990 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay   Mario Rincón   Carlos Claverie
  Greg Failla
7–6, 7–6
Win 2–0 Mar 1991 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Challenger Clay   Daniel Orsanic   Scott Patridge
  Kenny Thorne
6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win 3–0 Sep 1993 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay   Miguel Tobón   Nicolás Lapentti
  Luis Morejón
6–3, 6–3
Loss 3–1 May 1998 Medellín, Colombia Challenger Clay   Juan-Camilo Gamboa   Adriano Ferreira
  Cristiano Testa
6–3, 1–6, 2–6
Win 4–1 Mar 2000 Salinas, Ecuador Challenger Hard   Joan Balcells   Emilio Benfele Álvarez
  Álex Calatrava
walkover
Win 5–1 Jun 2000 USA F14, Tampa Futures Clay   Enrique Abaroa   Mitty Arnold
  James Blake
6–1, 7–6(7–2)

Performance timeline edit

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 edit

Tournament 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 3R 0 / 1 2–1 67%
French Open A A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon Q3 Q1 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open A A 1R 3R 1R 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–1 2–3 0 / 6 4–6 40%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami A Q1 1R 1R 1R 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Canada A 2R 1R 3R 1R 0 / 4 3–4 43%
Cincinnati A A Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–2 0–2 0 / 7 3–7 30%

References edit

  1. ^ "Mauricio Hadad: "No somos favoritos; va a ser una bonita batalla"". Ovaciondigital.com.uy. 2015.
  2. ^ a b "El equipo histórico de Colombia en la Copa Davis". colombia.as.com. 2019.
  3. ^ a b c ""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.

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