Mariano Hood (born 14 August 1973) is a retired left-handed professional Argentine tennis player who specialized in doubles.

In his career, Hood won 13 out of the 26 top level doubles finals he was in. He turned professional in 1993, and currently resides in his city of birth, Buenos Aires. He won US$806,888 in earnings and was coached by Daniel Orsanic. He won his first doubles title in Santiago, Chile, in 1998 and Palermo in 2005 was his last title. On October 27, 2003, Hood reached his highest doubles ranking of World Number 20. He partnered either Sebastián Prieto or Lucas Arnold Ker to win most of his doubles titles, although he did have other partnerships as well.

Hood was banned by the ITF of the illegal use of Finasteride after he had made the French Open quarterfinals in 2005. He thus planned to retire from the professional circuit. However, Hood made a comeback in 2008. He last played on the tour in 2009.

2008 comeback In his first tournament of the year, he went to the semifinals with José Acasuso at the 2008 Copa Telmex. A week later, Hood teamed with Eduardo Schwank to win the Santiago, Chile, Challenger on the ITF Men's Circuit. After two weeks' early losses alongside fellow Argentine partners in Challenger tournaments, he teamed with Guillermo Coria to reach the Naples Challenger semifinals, and then with Luis Horna to reach the Monza Challenger semifinals. Directly after this, he won a second title, at Chiasso located in Switzerland with Alberto Martín in a Challenger event. Two weeks later, a third Challenger triumph arrived with a victory over Marc Fornell and Caio Zampieri alongside Guillermo García López. After a few more tournaments, he received a wildcard entry with Rafael Nadal at the 2008 Queen's Club Championships.Queen's Club doubles draw

ATP career finals

Doubles: 26 (13 titles, 13 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–1)ATP World Series (13–12)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (13–11)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–2)Finals by settingOutdoors (13–11)Indoors (0–2)

ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Aug 1996 San Marino, San Marino Clay Sebastián Prieto Pablo Albano Lucas Arnold Ker 1–6, 3–6Loss 0–2 Aug 1998 San Marino, San Marino Clay Sebastián Prieto Jiří Novák David Rikl 4–6, 6–7Win 1–2 Nov 1998 Santiago, Chile Clay Sebastián Prieto Massimo Bertolini Devin Bowen 7–6, 6–7, 7–6Win 2–2 Aug 1999 San Marino, San Marino Clay Lucas Arnold Ker Petr Pála Pavel Vízner 6–3, 6–2Win 3–2 Oct 1999 Palermo, Italy Clay Sebastián Prieto Lan Bale Alberto Martín 6–3, 6–1Loss 3–3 Sep 2000 Bucharest, Romania Clay Devin Bowen Alberto Martín Eyal Ran 6–7, 1–6Win 4–3 Feb 2001 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Sebastián Prieto Martín Rodríguez André Sá 6–2, 6–4Loss 4–4 Feb 2001 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay Sebastián Prieto Tomás Carbonell Lucas Arnold Ker 4–6, 6–2, 3–6Loss 4–5 Feb 2001 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Sebastián Prieto Tomás Carbonell Lucas Arnold Ker 7–5, 5–7, 6–7(5–7)Win 5–5 Feb 2003 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay Agustín Calleri František Čermák Leoš Friedl 6–3, 1–6, 6–4Win 6–5 Feb 2003 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Sebastián Prieto Lucas Arnold Ker David Nalbandian 6–2, 6–2Loss 6–6 Apr 2003 Estoril, Portugal Clay Lucas Arnold Ker Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi 1–6, 2–6Win 7–6 May 2003 Valencia, Spain Clay Lucas Arnold Ker Brian MacPhie Nenad Zimonjić 6–1, 6–7(7–9), 6-4Loss 7–7 Jul 2003 Båstad, Sweden Clay Lucas Arnold Ker Simon Aspelin Massimo Bertolini 7–6, 0–6, 4–6Win 8–7 Sep 2003 Palermo, Italy Clay Lucas Arnold Ker František Čermák Leoš Friedl 7-6(8–6), 6–7(3–7), 6–3Loss 8–8 Oct 2003 Basel, Switzerland Carpet (i) Lucas Arnold Ker Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor 4–6, 2–6Win 9–8 Feb 2004 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Lucas Arnold Ker Federico Browne Diego Veronelli 7–5, 6–7(2–7), 6–4Loss 9–9 May 2004 Barcelona, Spain Clay Sebastián Prieto Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor 6–4, 3–6, 4–6Win 10–9 May 2004 St. Poelten, Austria Clay Petr Pála Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl 3–6, 7–5, 6–4Win 11–9 Sep 2004 Bucharest, Romania Clay Lucas Arnold Ker José Acasuso Óscar Hernández 7–6(7–5), 6–1Win 12–9 Oct 2004 Palermo, Italy Clay Lucas Arnold Ker Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez 7–5, 6–2Loss 12–10 Oct 2004 Basel, Switzerland Carpet (i) Lucas Arnold Ker Bob Bryan Mike Bryan 6–7, 2–6Loss 12–11 Apr 2005 Valencia, Spain Clay Lucas Arnold Ker Fernando González Martín Rodríguez 4–6, 4–6Loss 12–12 May 2005 Sankt Pölten, Austria Clay Martin Damm Paul Hanley Lucas Arnold Ker 3–6, 4–6Loss 12–13 Jul 2005 Stuttgart, Germany Clay Tommy Robredo José Acasuso Sebastián Prieto 6–7(4–7), 3–6Win 13–13 Oct 2005 Palermo, Italy Clay Martín García Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski 6–2, 6–3

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 2 (0–2) LegendATP Challenger (0–2)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Maia, PortugalChallengerClay Juan Carlos Ferrero3–6, 7–5, 3–6Loss0–2San Luis Potosí, MexicoChallengerClay Agustín Calleri5–7, 4–6

Doubles: 38 (22–16) LegendATP Challenger (22–16)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–2)Clay (21–14)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Brașov, RomaniaChallengerClay Martín Rodríguez Gheorghe Cosac Dinu-Mihai Pescariu6–7, 1–6Win1–1Merano, ItalyChallengerClay Sebastián Prieto Cristian Brandi Filippo Messori6–1, 4–6, 7–6Win2–1Santa Cruz, BoliviaChallengerClay Sebastián Prieto Egberto Caldas Adriano Ferreira7–6, 4–6, 6–3Win3–1Lima, PeruChallengerClay Sebastián Prieto Kris Goossens Jimy Szymanski6–2, 6–1Loss3–2Palmar, Puerto RicoChallengerClay Sebastián Prieto Lucas Arnold Ker Daniel Orsanic5–7, 6–3, 3–6Win4–2Santiago, ChileChallengerClay Sebastián Prieto Diego del Río Mariano Puerta7–5, 6–1Loss4–3Salinas, EcuadorChallengerHard Sebastián Prieto David DiLucia Michael Sell6–7, 4–6Win5–3Nice, FranceChallengerClay Devin Bowen André Sá Mariano Puerta7–5, 3–6, 6–4Win6–3Salinas, EcuadorChallengerHard Sebastián Prieto Lucas Arnold Ker Daniel Orsanic6–2, 7–6Win7–3Maia, PortugalChallengerClay Sebastián Prieto Emanuel Couto Bernardo Mota6–2, 6–0Loss7–4Venice, ItalyChallengerClay Diego del Río Albert Portas Germán Puentes Alcañiz4–6, 0–6Loss7–5São Paulo, BrazilChallengerClay Sebastián Prieto Jaime Oncins Daniel Orsanic2–6, 2–6Loss7–6Lima, PeruChallengerClay Sebastián Prieto Pablo Albano Martín García6–7, 6–3, 3–6Loss7–7Szczecin, PolandChallengerClay Martín Rodríguez Alberto Martín Eyal Ran6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5), 2–6Win8–7São Paulo, BrazilChallengerClay Sebastián Prieto Tomas Behrend Germán Puentes Alcañiz6–3, 7–6(8–6)Loss8–8Prostějov, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Devin Bowen Andrea Gaudenzi Sander Groen6–7(6–8), 4–6Loss8–9São Paulo, BrazilChallengerClay Diego del Río Agustín Calleri Edgardo Massa7–5, 5–7, 3–6Win9–9Montevideo, UruguayChallengerClay Gastón Etlis Diego del Río Martín Vassallo ArgüellowalkoverWin10–9Ljubljana, SloveniaChallengerClay Edgardo Massa Luis Horna Sebastián Prieto7–5, 6–1Loss10–10Budapest, HungaryChallengerClay Sebastián Prieto Karol Beck Jaroslav Levinský6–3, 4–6, 1–6Loss10–11Prostějov, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Sebastián Prieto František Čermák Ota Fukárek3–6, 6–7(5–7)Win11–11Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay Luis Horna Petr Luxa František Čermák3–6, 6–3, 6–1Loss11–12Scheveningen, NetherlandsChallengerClay Sebastián Prieto Edwin Kempes Martin Verkerk4–6, 4–6Win12–12Seville, SpainChallengerClay Luis Horna Álex López Morón Albert Portas4–6, 6–1, 6–4Win13–12Barcelona, SpainChallengerClay Emilio Benfele Álvarez Karsten Braasch Peter Nyborg7–5, 6–3Win14–12São Paulo, BrazilChallengerClay Sebastián Prieto Luis Horna Sergio Roitman6–3, 6–4Win15–12Zagreb, CroatiaChallengerClay Lucas Arnold Ker Simon Aspelin Todd Perry6–1, 6–3Win16–12Košice, SlovakiaChallengerClay Lucas Arnold Ker Salvador Navarro-Gutierrez Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo2–1 ret.Win17–12Szczecin, PolandChallengerClay Lucas Arnold Ker Alberto Martín Óscar Hernández6–0, 6–4Win18–12Santiago, ChileChallengerClay Eduardo Schwank Brian Dabul Jean-Julien Rojer6–3, 6–3Win19–12Chiasso, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Alberto Martín Fabio Colangelo Marco Crugnola4–6, 7–6(7–4), [11–9]Win20–12Rabat, MoroccoChallengerClay Guillermo García López Marc Fornell Mestres Caio Zampieri6–3, 6–2Loss20–13Reggio Emilia, ItalyChallengerClay Leonardo Mayer Yu Xinyuan Zeng Shaoxuan3–6, 4–6Loss20–14Lugano, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Eduardo Schwank Rameez Junaid Philipp Marx6–7(7–9), 6–4, [7–10]Win21–14Como, ItalyChallengerClay Alberto Martín Guillermo Hormazábal Antonio Veić6–1, 6–4Win22–14Ljubljana, SloveniaChallengerClay Juan Pablo Brzezicki Rameez Junaid Philipp Marx7–5, 7–6(7–4)Loss22–15Asunción, ParaguayChallengerClay Martín García Leonardo Mayer Alejandro Fabbri5–7, 4–6Loss22–16São Paulo, BrazilChallengerHard Horacio Zeballos Leonardo Mayer Carlos Berlocq6–7(1–7), 3–6

Performance timeline

Doubles Tournament199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenA1R1R1R2R1R1R2RAAA1R0 / 82–8French Open3R3R1R1R3RQF2RQFAAAA0 / 813–8Wimbledon1R1R1R1R1R1R2R2RAAAA0 / 82–8US Open1R2R2R1R1R3R2R1RAAAA0 / 85–8Win–loss2–33–41–40–43–45–43–45–40–00–00–00–10 / 3222–32ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian WellsAAAAAA1RAAAAA0 / 10–1Miami3R1R2R1RA1R2R2RAAAA0 / 75–7Monte CarloAAAQ2AA1R2RAAAA0 / 21–2RomeAAA2RA2R1R1RAAAA0 / 42–4HamburgAAAQ1AA2R2RAAANMS0 / 22–2MadridNot Masters SeriesA1RAAAAAA0 / 10–1ParisAAAAAA1RAAAAA0 / 10–1Win–loss2–10–11–11–20–01–32–63–40–00–00–00–00 / 1810–18

See also List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

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