Pablo Albano (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpaβlo alˈβano]; born 11 April 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.

Pablo Albano
Country (sports) Argentina
ResidenceBuenos Aires, Argentina
Born (1967-04-11) 11 April 1967 (age 57)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro1986
Retired2001 (brief activity in 2012–2013)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$933,810
Singles
Career record2–8
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 192 (6 August 1990)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (1992)
French OpenQ2 (1993)
WimbledonQ2 (1991)
US Open1R (1992)
Doubles
Career record211–219
Career titles9
Highest rankingNo. 25 (9 June 1997)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (1998)
French OpenSF (1992, 1999)
WimbledonQF (1991)
US Open2R (1995, 1997, 1999, 2000)

Albano enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won 9 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 25 in 1997.

Career finals edit

Doubles (9 wins– 9 losses) edit

Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. 1989 San Marino Clay   Gustavo Luza   Simone Colombo
  Claudio Mezzadri
4–6, 1–6
Win 1. 1990 Geneva, Switzerland Clay   David Engel   Neil Borwick
  David Lewis
6–3, 7–6
Win 2. 1993 Bordeaux, France Hard   Javier Frana   David Adams
  Andrei Olhovskiy
7–6, 4–6, 6–3
Loss 2. 1993 São Paulo, Brazil Clay   Javier Frana   Sergio Casal
  Emilio Sánchez
6–4, 6–7, 4–6
Loss 3. 1995 San Marino Clay   Federico Mordegan   Jordi Arrese
  Andrew Kratzmann
6–7, 6–3, 2–6
Win 3. 1996 San Marino Clay   Lucas Arnold Ker   Mariano Hood
  Sebastián Prieto
6–1, 6–3
Win 4. 1996 Umag, Croatia Clay   Luis Lobo   Ģirts Dzelde
  Udo Plamberger
6–4, 6–1
Loss 4. 1996 Marbella, Spain Clay   Lucas Arnold Ker   Andrew Kratzmann
  Jack Waite
7–6, 3–6, 4–6
Win 5. 1997 Milan, Italy Carpet   Peter Nyborg   David Adams
  Andrei Olhovskiy
6–4, 7–6
Loss 5. 1997 Barcelona, Spain Clay   Àlex Corretja   Alberto Berasategui
  Jordi Burillo
3–6, 5–7
Win 6. 1997 Munich, Germany Clay   Àlex Corretja   Karsten Braasch
  Jens Knippschild
3–6, 7–5, 6–2
Win 7. 1998 Mallorca, Spain Clay   Daniel Orsanic   Jiří Novák
  David Rikl
7–6, 6–3
Loss 6. 1998 Palermo, Italy Clay   Daniel Orsanic   Donald Johnson
  Francisco Montana
4–6, 6–7
Win 8. 2000 Bogotá, Colombia Clay   Lucas Arnold Ker   Juan Balcells
  Mauricio Hadad
7–6, 1–6, 6–2
Win 9. 2000 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay   Cyril Suk   Joshua Eagle
  Andrew Florent
6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 7. 2000 Palermo, Italy Clay   Marc-Kevin Goellner   Tomás Carbonell
  Martín García
W/O
Loss 8. 2001 Casablanca, Morocco Clay   David Macpherson   Michael Hill
  Jeff Tarango
6–7, 3–6
Loss 9. 2001 Bucharest, Romania Clay   Marc-Kevin Goellner   Aleksandar Kitinov
  Johan Landsberg
4–6, 7–6, [6–10]

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