Julián Alonso

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Julián Alonso Pintor (born 2 August 1977) is a Spanish-American former professional tennis player, who turned professional in 1995 and retired in 2003. He was known in tennis because of his powerful serve and Forehand compared with the Goran Ivanišević´s service. In 1997, playing against Ivanisevic (2nd seeded), in Long Island, beat him for first Top 10 victory en route to semifinal and in that match fired a 143 mph serve to become just third player (Philippoussis, Rusedski) to register a serve of at least 143. He is the founder of ELITE TENNIS TEAM focusing on junior development and also is coaching pro players Leylah Fernandez, Arantxa Rus as many others before like, Qinwen Zheng, Mirjana Lučić-Baroni, Sabine Lisicki, Ajla Tomljanović, Varvara Lepchenko, Renata Zarazúa, Marco Cecchinato and Nicolas Almagro.

Julián Alonso
Country (sports) Spain  United States
ResidenceMonte Carlo, Monaco
Miami, United States
Born (1977-08-02) 2 August 1977 (age 47)
Canet de Mar, Spain
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1995
Retired2003
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$ 1,852,891
Singles
Career record52-64
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 30 (15 June 1998)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (1998, 1999)
French Open1R (1998, 1999)
Wimbledon1R (1998, 1999)
US Open1R (1997, 1998)
Doubles
Career record34–48
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 53 (31 August 1998)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (1998, 1999)
French OpenQF (1998)
US Open1R (1998)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open1R (1998)
Last updated on: 3 April 2022.

Married to Arantxa Vivanco and father of two children.[1]

Tennis career

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Alonso was awarded the ATP Newcomer of the Year prize after winning his first ATP title in Santiago and finishing in the Top 30 in 1997. In the final of the tournament, he defeated Marcelo Ríos, World No. 1 ranking 6–1, 6–2 in 46 min. Previously, that same year, Tim Henman after being defeated by Alonso at "The Lipton" Key Biscayne (current Miami open) declared: "Julian will be the next number 1 in the World before Wimbledon"[2]

After this promising start, however, his career is considered underwhelming; he only won one more title (Bologna, 1998) and retired in 2003 after half year playing only Challengers. He confessed that the decline of his career started with the relationship with Martina Hingis. The pressure of the media and his mother-in-law made Alonso's ranking and self-confidence fall.[2] He reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 29 in June 1998 (after winning his second and final title). He used to play doubles in Davis Cup Spanish team with Joan Balcells during Manolo Santana captaincy, and several single matches.

ATP career finals

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Singles: 3 (2 titles, 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 (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (2–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 1997 Kitzbühel, Austria World Series Clay   Filip Dewulf 6–7(2–7), 4–6, 1–6
Win 1–1 Nov 1997 Santiago, Chile World Series Clay   Marcelo Ríos 6–2, 6–1
Win 2–1 Jun 1998 Bologna, Italy World Series Clay   Karim Alami 6–1, 6–4

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 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 (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (2–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 1997 Marbella, Spain World Series Clay   Karim Alami   Alberto Berasategui
  Jordi Burillo
4–6, 6–3, 6–0
Loss 1–1 Nov 1997 Santiago, Chile World Series Clay   Nicolás Lapentti   Hendrik Jan Davids
  Andrew Kratzmann
6–7, 7–5, 4–6
Win 2–1 Aug 1998 Long Island, United States International Series Hard   Javier Sánchez   Brandon Coupe
  Dave Randall
6–4, 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 4 (2–2)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (2–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0-1 May 1997 Dresden, Germany Challenger Clay   Dick Norman 4–6, 4–6
Win 1-1 Jul 1997 Venice, Italy Challenger Clay   Marcello Craca 6–3, 6–7, 6–0
Win 2-1 Jul 1997 Contrexéville, France Challenger Clay   Andrea Gaudenzi 6–4, 6–3
Loss 2-2 Jul 2001 Montauban, France Challenger Clay   Oliver Gross 0–6, 1–4 ret.

Doubles: 6 (2–4)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (2–3)
ITF Futures (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (2–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 1996 Alicante, Spain Challenger Clay   Emilio Sánchez   José Antonio Conde
  Nuno Marques
4–6, 5–7
Win 1–1 Jun 1998 Zagreb, Croatia Challenger Clay   Mariano Puerta   Eduardo Nicolás Espin
  Germán Puentes Alcañiz
6–1, 6–4
Win 2–1 Jul 2000 Venice, Italy Challenger Clay   Aleksandar Kitinov   Andrea Gaudenzi
  Diego Nargiso
7–6(7–3), 7–5
Loss 2–2 Jun 2001 Weiden, Germany Challenger Clay   Hugo Armando   Petr Kovačka
  Pavel Kudrnáč
walkover
Loss 2–3 Jun 2001 Andorra la Vella, Andorra Challenger Hard   Jairo Velasco   Denis Golovanov
  Tuomas Ketola
3–6, 4–6
Loss 2–4 Apr 2007 Spain F15, Reus Futures Clay   Gerard Granollers Pujol   David Marrero
  Pablo Santos González
4–6, 4–6

Performance timeline

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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 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 2R 2R 1R Q1 0 / 3 2–3 40%
French Open Q2 1R 1R Q1 Q3 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Wimbledon A 1R 1R A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
US Open 1R 1R A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Win–loss 0–1 1–4 1–3 0–1 0–0 0 / 9 2–9 18%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Miami 3R 1R A A A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Monte Carlo A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Hamburg A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Rome A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 2–1 0–5 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 6 2–6 25%

Doubles

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Tournament 1998 1999 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
French Open QF 1R 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Wimbledon A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 3–3 0–2 0 / 5 3–5 38%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Q2 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Monte Carlo 2R A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Hamburg 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Rome 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 1–4 0–0 0 / 4 1–4 20%

References

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  1. ^ "Julian Alonso's career". ATP World tour. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  2. ^ a b Silvia Taulés (14 May 2015). "Julián Alonso, una carrera truncada por el amor (a Martina Hingis)". El Mundo (in Spanish).
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Awards
Preceded by ATP Newcomer of the Year
1997
Succeeded by