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Daniel Orsanic (born June 11, 1969 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a former professional male tennis player from Argentina and currently works as a coach on ATP tour.
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Playing career
Orsanic was a left-hander and a double handed backhand. He was primarily a doubles specialist with his best results in singles reaching 3 quarter finals in 1993 at Buenos Aires [1] and twice in 1994 at Birmingham, Alabama and Båstad.[2]
In doubles Orsanic won 8 titles and was a finalist on 7 occasions all of these performances were on clay. 1998 was his most successful year with 2 titles at Majorca and Kitzbühel and a finalist in Palermo, Mexico City and Gstaad. His last title camein 2001 Palermo with Spaniard Tomás Carbonell after playing a few challengers in 2003, Orsanic retired as an active player at the end of the 2003 season.
Coaching career
Orsanic was the former coach to Peruvian Luis Horna.[3] He was also the team captain for Argentina when they won the 2007 World Team Cup in Düsseldorf. Orsanic was the former coach of José Acasuso, they separated before Roland Garros.[4] He is now working with the Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas.
Doubles titles (8)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponent in the final Score 1. 1993 San Marino
Clay Olli Rahnasto
Juan Garat
Roberto Saad
6–4, 1–6, 6–3 2. 1994 Hilversum
Clay Jan Siemerink
David Adams
Andrei Olhovskiy
6–4, 6–2 3. 1997 Mexico City
Clay Nicolás Lapentti
Luis Herrera
Mariano Sanchez
4–6, 6–3, 7–6 4. 1998 Kitzbühel
Clay Tom Kempers
Joshua Eagle
Mark Kratzmann
6–3, 6–4 5. 1998 Majorca
Clay Pablo Albano
Jiří Novák
David Rikl
7–6, 6–3 6. 1999 Munich
Clay Mariano Puerta
Massimo Bertolini
Cristian Brandi
7–6, 3–6, 7–6 7. 1999 Stuttgart
Clay Jaime Oncins
Aleksandar Kitinov
Jack Waite
6–2, 6–1 8. 2001 Palermo
Clay Tomás Carbonell
Enzo Artoni
Emilio Benfele Álvarez
6–2, 2–6, 6–2 References
- ^ "Daniel Orsanic 1993 Singles Playing Activity". Tennis Corner. 2008-05-28. http://www.tenniscorner.net/index.php?corner=m&action=activity&season=1993&playerid=ORD001.
- ^ "1994 Singles Playing Activity". Tennis Corner. 2008-05-28. http://www.tenniscorner.net/index.php?corner=m&action=activity&playerid=ORD001&season=1994&type=singles.
- ^ (French) "Old Luis Horna profile". Sports Voila. 2008-05-28. http://sports.voila.fr/tennis/joueurs/atp/luis-horna.html (French).
- ^ (Spanish) "Coria vuelve a Roland Garros". La Nación. 2008-05-28. http://www.lanacion.com.ar/EdicionImpresa/deportiva/nota.asp?nota_id=1013989 (Spanish).
External links
Categories:- Argentine male tennis players
- Argentine people of Croatian descent
- Sportspeople from Buenos Aires
- 1969 births
- Living people
- South American tennis biography stubs
- Argentine sportspeople stubs
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