Alberto Berasategui

Alberto Berasategui (b. May 28 1973, in Bilbao, Spain) is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He is best remembered for reaching the men's singles final at the French Open in 1994.

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May 28 - 1973 - Bilbao - Spain - Tennis - French Open - 1994

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Berasategui began playing tennis at age 7 and was the European junior champion in 1991. He turned professional later that year, and won his first top-level singles title in 1993 in Sao Paulo. He established a reputation on the tour in the early 1990s as a very strong clay court player.

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1991 - 1993 - Sao Paulo - Clay court

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1994 was without doubt the pinnacle of Berasategui's career. He reached nine finals, winning seven of them. And he qualified for his first (and only) Grand Slam final at the French Open, where he faced fellow-Spaniard and defending-champion Sergi Bruguera. Bruguera won the final in four sets in 6-3, 7-5, 2-6, 6-1. Berasategui reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 7 in November 1994.

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Grand Slam - Sergi Bruguera

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Berasategui won a total of 14 career singles titles and 1 doubles titles. His total career prize-money earnings was US$4,676,187. His last singles title was won in Estoril in 1998.

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Estoril - 1998

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