Daniel Orsanic (, ; born 11 June 1968) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. He was captain of the Argentina Davis Cup team that won the country's first title in 2016.
Playing career Orsanic was a left-hander with a double handed backhand. He was primarily a doubles specialist with his best tournament results in singles reaching three quarterfinals in 1993 at Buenos Aires and twice in 1994 at Birmingham, Alabama and Båstad.
In doubles Orsanic won eight titles and was a finalist on seven occasions all of these performances were on clay. 1998 was his most successful year with two titles at Majorca and Kitzbühel and a finalist in Palermo, Mexico City, and Gstaad. His last title came in 2001 Palermo with Spaniard Tomás Carbonell. Orsanic retired as a player at the end of the 2003 season. He is of Croatian descent.
Coaching career Orsanic was the former coach to Peruvian Luis Horna. 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. He is now working with the Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas.
ATP career finals
Doubles: 15 (8 titles, 7 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters 1000 Series (0–0)ATP 500 Series (1–0)ATP 250 Series (7–7)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (8–7)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (8–7)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0San Marino, San MarinoWorld SeriesClay Olli Rahnasto Juan Garat Roberto Saad6–4, 1–6, 6–3Win2–0Hilversum, NetherlandsWorld SeriesClay Jan Siemerink David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy6–4, 6–2Loss2–1Bucharest, RomaniaWorld SeriesClay Hendrik Jan Davids Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez5–7, 5–7Loss2–2Palermo, ItalyWorld SeriesClay Hendrik Jan Davids Andrew Kratzmann Libor Pimek6–3, 3–6, 6–7Win3–2Mexico City, MexicoWorld SeriesClay Nicolás Lapentti Luis Herrera Mariano Sánchez4–6, 6–3, 7–6Loss3–3Gstaad, SwitzerlandInternational SeriesClay Cyril Suk Gustavo Kuerten Fernando Meligeni4–6, 5–7Win4–3Kitzbühel, AustriaInternational SeriesClay Tom Kempers Joshua Eagle Mark Kratzmann6–3, 6–4Win5–3Majorca, SpainWorld SeriesClay Pablo Albano Jiří Novák David Rikl7–6, 6–3Loss5–4Palermo, ItalyWorld SeriesClay Pablo Albano Donald Johnson Francisco Montana4–6, 6–7Loss5–5Mexico City, MexicoInternational SeriesClay David Roditi Jiří Novák David Rikl4–6, 2–6Win6–5Munich, GermanyWorld SeriesClay Mariano Puerta Massimo Bertolini Cristian Brandi7–6, 3–6, 7–6Win7–5Stuttgart, GermanyChampionship SeriesClay Jaime Oncins Aleksandar Kitinov Jack Waite6–2, 6–1Loss7–6Munich, GermanyInternational SeriesClay Jaime Oncins Petr Luxa Radek Štěpánek7–5, 2–6, 6–7Loss7–7Sankt Pölten, AustriaInternational SeriesClay Jaime Oncins Petr Pála David Rikl3–6, 7–5, 5–7Win8–7Palermo, ItalyInternational SeriesClay Tomás Carbonell Enzo Artoni Emilio Benfele Álvarez6–2, 2–6, 6–2
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 4 (2–2) LegendATP Challenger (2–2)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (2–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Goiânia, BrazilChallengerClay Juan-Antonio Pino-Perez6–1, 3–6, 6–3Loss1–1Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Roberto Argüello3–6, 0–6Loss1–2Pembroke Pines, United StatesChallengerClay Leonardo Lavalle4–6, 6–7Win2–2Ljubljana, SloveniaChallengerClay Andrei Cherkasov4–6, 6–2, 7–5
Doubles: 22 (10–12) LegendATP Challenger (10–12)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–5)Clay (10–7)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Campos do Jordão, BrazilChallengerHard Stefan Dallwitz Nelson Aerts Fernando Roese3–6, 6–7Win1–1San Luis Potosí, MexicoChallengerClay Mauricio Hadad Scott Patridge Kenny Thorne6–4, 3–6, 6–3Loss1–2Cervia, ItalyChallengerClay João Cunha-Silva Christian Miniussi Diego Pérez3–6, 4–6Loss1–3Parioli, ItalyChallengerClay Luis Lobo Shelby Cannon Greg Van Emburgh6–7, 4–6Loss1–4Salerno, ItalyChallengerClay Gabriel Markus Andrew Kratzmann Roger Rasheed4–6, 3–6Win2–4Neu Ulm, GermanyChallengerClay Gustavo Luza Bruce Derlin Steve Guy6–3, 6–2Loss2–5Cali, ColombiaChallengerClay Mario Tabares Michael Geserer Fabio Silberberg4–6, 4–6Win3–5Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Luis Lobo Brett Dickinson Glenn Wilson1–6, 7–6, 6–4Loss3–6Salinas, EcuadorChallengerHard Laurence Tieleman Juan Carlos Bianchi Claude N'Goran5–7, 4–6Loss3–7Puerto Vallarta, MexicoChallengerHard Claude N'Goran Francisco Montana Jack Waite2–6, 3–6Win4–7Punta del Este, UruguayChallengerClay Martín Rodríguez Nelson Aerts Fernando Meligeni6–2, 6–4Loss4–8Paget, BermudaChallengerClay Lucas Arnold Ker Javier Frana Mark Knowles3–6, 7–6, 3–6Win5–8Ljubljana, SloveniaChallengerClay Lucas Arnold Ker David Škoch Fernon Wibier6–0, 6–4Win6–8Szczecin, PolandChallengerClay Tom Kempers Cristian Brandi Filippo Messori6–3, 7–5Win7–8Palmer, Puerto RicoChallengerClay Lucas Arnold Ker Sebastián Prieto Mariano Hood7–5, 3–6, 6–3Win8–8Buenos Aires, ArgentinaChallengerClay Diego del Río Pablo Albano Luis Lobo6–4, 4–6, 6–1Loss8–9Laguna Hills, United StatesChallengerHard Pablo Albano Paul Goldstein Brian Macphie6–3, 4–6, 5–7Loss8–10Salinas, EcuadorChallengerHard Lucas Arnold Ker Sebastián Prieto Mariano Hood2–6, 6–7Win9–10São Paulo, BrazilChallengerClay Jaime Oncins Sebastián Prieto Mariano Hood6–2, 6–2Loss9–11Montevideo, UruguayChallengerClay Diego del Río Pablo Albano Martín García2–6, 3–6Win10–11Brasília, BrazilChallengerClay Luis Lobo Daniel Melo Alexandre SimoniwalkoverLoss10–12Banja Luka, Bosnia & HerzegovinaChallengerClay Juan Pablo Guzmán Jaroslav Levinský Yuri Schukin6–7(5–7), 5–7
Performance timelines
Singles Tournament1991199219931994199519961997SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAA1RAAA0 / 10–1French OpenA1RQ2Q2Q3AA0 / 10–1Wimbledon1RQ11RAAAA0 / 20–2US OpenAAAAAQ1A0 / 00–0Win–loss0–10–10–10–10–00–00–00 / 40–4ATP Masters SeriesMiamiAAAA1RAQ10 / 10–1Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–10–00–00 / 10–1
Doubles Tournament199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAAAA1R1R1R1R1R0 / 50–5French OpenAAAA1RASF1R2RSF1R1R0 / 79–7WimbledonQ2Q1AAAA1R1RA1R2R1R0 / 51–5US OpenAAAAA1RA1R1R3R2RA0 / 53–5Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–10–14–20–41–36–42–40–30 / 2213–22Year-End ChampionshipsATP FinalsDid not qualifyRRDNQ0 / 11–2ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsAAAAAAA1RA1R1RA0 / 30–3MiamiAAAA2RA1RQF1R2R2R2R0 / 75–7Monte CarloAAAAAAA2R1R1RSF1R0 / 54–5HamburgAAAAAAAQF1RAQFA0 / 34–3RomeAAAAAAA1R1R2R2RA0 / 42–4CanadaAAAAAAAAAA1RA0 / 10–1StuttgartAAAAAAAAAQ2AA0 / 00–0ParisAAAAAAAAA2RAA0 / 11–1Win–loss0–00–00–00–01–10–00–15–50–43–57–60–20 / 2416–24
Mixed doubles Tournament19951996199719981999200020012002SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAA1R1R2R1RA0 / 41–4French Open3RAA2R3R1RAA0 / 43–4WimbledonAA2R1RA1RA2R0 / 42–4US OpenAAA1R2RAAA0 / 21–2Win–loss2–10–01–10–42–31–30–11–10 / 147–14
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