Mauricio Hadad

Mauricio Hadad

Country (sports)	Colombia
Born	(1971-12-07) 7 December 1971 (age 52) 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 10 Challenger, 3 Futures
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 4 Challenger, 1 Futures
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

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
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

Singles: 17 (13–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
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

Singles

References

External links

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