Cristiano Testa (born 23 September 1973) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil. He is also known as Testinha.

Cristiano Testa
Full nameCristiano Testa
Country (sports) Brazil
Born (1973-09-23) 23 September 1973 (age 51)
PlaysLeft-handed
Prize money$56,825
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 416 (26 August 1996)
Doubles
Career record3–6
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 109 (17 January 2000)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2000)

Biography

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Testa, a left-handed player, represented Brazil's Junior Davis Cup team in 1989.

Turning professional in 1993, Testa competed mostly on tour as a doubles specialist. His best performance came at the 1996 Colombia Open where he made the semi-finals with Diego del Río. He made a total of 11 Challenger doubles finals, for three titles, in Medellín, Eisenach and Santiago. In 2000 he reached his highest doubles ranking of 109 in the world and earned a spot in the main draw of the 2000 Australian Open. He and partner Fernando Meligeni were beaten in the first round by eventual finalists Wayne Black and Andrew Kratzmann.[1]

He now works as a junior tennis coach in Porto Alegre.[2]

Challenger titles

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Doubles: (3)

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No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. 1998 Medellín, Colombia Clay   Adriano Ferreira   Juan-Camilo Gamboa
  Mauricio Hadad
3–6, 6–1, 6–2
2. 1998 Eisenach, Germany Clay   Jaime Oncins   Rene Nicklisch
  Patrick Sommer
6–1, 6–3
3. 1999 Santiago, Chile Clay   Antonio Prieto   Germán Puentes
  Álex López Morón
4–6, 6–4, 6–3

References

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  1. ^ "Tennis - Australian Open (Melbourne)". The New Zealand Herald. 30 June 2000. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Título da Gedore Interclubes Infanto Juvenil de Tênis vai para a ALJ" (in Portuguese). Tênis Virtual. 4 December 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
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