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Christian Carlos Miniussi Ventureira (born 5 July 1967) is a former tennis player from Argentina.

Christian Miniussi
Full nameChristian Carlos Miniussi Ventureira
Country (sports) Argentina
ResidenceBuenos Aires, Argentina
Born (1967-07-05) 5 July 1967 (age 57)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1984
Retired1995
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$651,069
Singles
Career record58–82
Career titles1
2 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 57 (18 May 1992)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (1987, 1992)
French Open4R (1991)
Wimbledon1R (1990, 1992)
US Open1R (1992)
Doubles
Career record97–94
Career titles5
5 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 37 (15 August 1988)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (1991, 1992)
French Open3R (1991)
Wimbledon1R (1990)
US Open2R (1990)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenQF (1991)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona Doubles
Last updated on: 28 December 2021.

Miniussi turned professional in 1984. He started playing tennis at the Adrogué Tennis Club and he also represented his native country as a lucky loser at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the first round by France's Fabrice Santoro. In the doubles competition Miniussi claimed the bronze medal alongside Javier Frana.

The right-hander won one career title in singles (São Paulo, 1991). He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 18 May 1992, when he became the number 57 of the world.

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 World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Nov 1991 São Paulo, Brazil World Series Hard   Jaime Oncins 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Feb 1992 Maceió, Brazil World Series Clay   Tomás Carbonell 6–7(12–14), 7–5, 2–6

Doubles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner-ups)

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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 International Series (5–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (5–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (5–5)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Feb 1985 Buenos Aires, Argentina Grand Prix Clay   Martín Jaite   Eduardo Bengoechea
  Diego Pérez 		6–4, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Sep 1987 Barcelona, Spain Grand Prix Clay   Javier Frana   Miloslav Mečíř
  Tomáš Šmíd 		1–6, 2–6
Loss 1–2 May 1988 Munich, West Germany Grand Prix Clay   Alberto Mancini   Rick Leach
  Jim Pugh 		1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win 2–2 May 1988 Florence, Italy Grand Prix Clay   Javier Frana   Claudio Pistolesi
  Horst Skoff 		7–6, 6–4
Loss 2–3 Jul 1988 Bordeaux, France Grand Prix Clay   Diego Nargiso   Joakim Nyström
  Claudio Panatta 		1–6, 4–6
Win 3–3 Aug 1988 St. Vincent, Italy Grand Prix Clay   Alberto Mancini   Paolo Canè
  Balázs Taróczy 		6–4, 5–7, 6–3
Loss 3–4 Oct 1988 Palermo, Italy Grand Prix Clay   Alberto Mancini   Carlos di Laura
  Marcelo Filippini 		3–6, 5–7
Win 4–4 Sep 1989 Barcelona, Spain Grand Prix Clay   Gustavo Luza   Sergio Casal
  Tomáš Šmíd 		7–6, 5–7, 6–3
Loss 4–5 Aug 1991 San Marino, San Marino World Series Clay   Diego Pérez   Jordi Arrese
  Carlos Costa 		3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win 5–5 Jul 1992 Båstad, Sweden World Series Clay   Tomás Carbonell   Christian Bergström
  Magnus Gustafsson 		6–4, 7–5

Records

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  • These records were attained in the Open Era of tennis.
Tournament Year Record accomplished Player tied
São Paulo 1991 Winning an ATP tournament as lucky loser Heinz Günthardt
Bill Scanlon
Francisco Clavet
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Rajeev Ram
Leonardo Mayer
Andrey Rublev
Marco Cecchinato[1]
Kwon Soon-woo

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

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Singles: 6 (2–4)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (2–4)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 1989 Santos, Brazil Challenger Clay   Gabriel Markus 2–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Feb 1990 Nairobi, Kenya Challenger Clay   Pablo Arraya 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 2–1 Feb 1990 Nairobi II, Kenya Challenger Clay   Menno Oosting 6–2, 7–6
Loss 2–2 Apr 1990 Estoril, Portugal Challenger Clay   Thierry Tulasne 2–6, 2–3 ret.
Loss 2–3 Oct 1993 Curitiba, Brazil Challenger Clay   Gilbert Schaller 4–6, 0–6
Loss 2–4 Jul 1994 Poznań, Poland Challenger Clay   Horst Skoff 7–6, 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 11 (5–6)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (5–6)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (5–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 1989 Casablanca, Morocco Challenger Clay   Marcelo Ingaramo   Josef Čihák
  Mark Koevermans 		4–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Feb 1990 Nairobi, Kenya Challenger Clay   Eduardo Masso   João Cunha-Silva
  Menno Oosting 		3–6, 7–5, 7–6
Loss 1–2 Mar 1990 Cairo, Egypt Challenger Clay   Eduardo Masso   Tomas Anzari
  David Rikl 		3–6, 7–6, 5–7
Win 2–2 Apr 1990 Oporto, Portugal Challenger Clay   Eduardo Bengoechea   José Clavet
  Francisco Roig 		6–0, 6–3
Win 3–2 Aug 1991 Cervia, Italy Challenger Clay   Diego Pérez   João Cunha-Silva
  Daniel Orsanic 		6–3, 6–4
Loss 3–3 Aug 1991 Geneva, Switzerland Challenger Clay   Roberto Argüello   Vladimir Gabrichidze
  Martin Strelba 		6–1, 3–6, 4–6
Win 4–3 Sep 1991 Merano, Italy Challenger Clay   Carlos Costa   Josef Čihák
  Tomas Anzari 		6–3, 6–3
Loss 4–4 Aug 1993 Geneva, Switzerland Challenger Clay   Claudio Mezzadri   Jan Apell
  Nicklas Utgren 		4–6, 2–6
Loss 4–5 Feb 1994 Punta del Este, Uruguay Challenger Clay   Luis Lobo   Marcelo Filippini
  Diego Pérez 		7–6, 6–7, 6–7
Loss 4–6 Jun 1994 Furth, Germany Challenger Clay   Gastón Etlis   Vojtěch Flégl
  Andrew Florent 		6–7, 1–6
Win 5–6 Mar 1995 Punta del Este, Uruguay Challenger Clay   Diego Pérez   Lucas Arnold Ker
  Patricio Arnold 		4–6, 7–5, 6–1

Performance timelines

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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

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Tournament 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R A A A Q2 1R A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
French Open 3R A 1R A 1R 4R 1R A Q1 0 / 5 5–5 50%
Wimbledon A A A A 1R A 1R A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
US Open A A A A A A 1R A Q1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 3–1 0–4 0–0 0–0 0 / 10 5–10 33%
ATP Masters Series
Miami A A A A A A 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Monte Carlo A A A A A A 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Hamburg A 1R A A A A 1R A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Rome A A A A 1R 3R QF A A 0 / 3 5–3 63%
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 3–4 0–0 0–0 0 / 7 5–7 42%

Doubles

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Tournament 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R A A A 2R 2R 0 / 3 2–3 40%
French Open 1R A A 2R 2R 2R 3R 1R 0 / 6 5–6 45%
Wimbledon A A A A A 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open A A A A A 2R A 1R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 3–2 1–3 0 / 12 8–12 40%
ATP Masters Series
Miami A A A A A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Monte Carlo A A A A A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Hamburg A QF 2R A 2R A A 1R 0 / 4 4–4 50%
Rome A A 2R A A QF A 2R 0 / 3 4–3 57%
Win–loss 0–0 2–1 2–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–4 0 / 9 8–9 47%

References

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  1. ^ "ATP Budapest: Lucky loser Marco Cecchinato wins the first ATP title". tennisworldusa.org. Retrieved 3 May 2018. Cecchinato is the ninth player in the Open era who won an ATP title as a lucky loser and the third in the last two seasons after Andrey Rublev and Leonardo Mayer in Umag and Hamburg last July.
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