Mauricio Hadad

Colombian tennis player (born 1971)

Mauricio HadadCountry (sports)|  Colombia

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Born|  (1971-12-07) 7 December 1971 (age 53)
Cali, Colombia
Height| 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Turned pro| 1988
Plays| Right-handed
Prize money| $523,801
Singles
Career record| 62–52
Career titles| 1
Highest ranking| No. 78 (11 September 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open| 3R (1996)
French Open| 1R (1996)
Wimbledon| 1R (1994)
US Open| 3R (1995)
Doubles
Career record| 12–8
Career titles| 0
Highest ranking| No. 223 (22 April 1991)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon| Q3 (1994)
Last updated on: 13 February 2022.

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

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

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

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| 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)
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Outdoors (1–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result  | W–L  | Date  | Tournament  | Tier  | Surface  | Opponent  | Score

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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)

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| 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

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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

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### Singles: 17 (13–4)

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| 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

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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)

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| 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

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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

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Key  W |  F | SF  | QF  | #R  | RR | Q#  | DNQ  | A  | NH

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(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

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Tournament | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | SR | W–L | Win %

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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

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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.

## External links

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* Mauricio Hadad at the Association of Tennis Professionals
* Mauricio Hadad at the International Tennis Federation
* Mauricio Hadad at the Davis Cup