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. 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. 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. 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. 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.
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 was the coach of British tennis player Laura Robson until 2016.
ATP career finals
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP World Series (1–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (1–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (1–1)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Bogotá, ColombiaWorld SeriesClay Nicolás Pereira3–6, 6–3, 4–6Win1–1Paget, BermudaWorld SeriesClay Javier Frana7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–4
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP World Series (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (0–1)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Bogotá, ColombiaWorld SeriesClay Joan Balcells Pablo Albano Lucas Arnold Ker6–7(4–7), 6–1, 2–6
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 17 (13–4) LegendATP Challenger (10–2)ITF Futures (3–2)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (12–4)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Bogotá, ColombiaChallengerClay Guillermo Minutella6–3, 6–7, 6–4Win2–0Seville, SpainChallengerClay Kenneth Carlsen6–7, 6–3, 6–3Loss2–1Lins, BrazilChallengerClay Gilbert Schaller3–6, 3–6Win3–1Cali, ColombiaChallengerClay Mario Visconti6–1, 6–2Loss3–2Viña del Mar, ChileChallengerClay Marcelo Ingaramo1–6, 4–6Win4–2Bogotá, ColombiaChallengerClay Sergio Cortés2–6, 6–3, 6–0Win5–2Cali, ColombiaChallengerClay Nicolás Pereira7–6, 7–6Win6–2Caracas, VenezuelaChallengerHard Alex O'Brien7–5, 6–4Win7–2Bogotá, ColombiaChallengerClay Nuno Marques6–3, 6–3Win8–2Cali, ColombiaChallengerClay Jose-Luis Noriega6–2, 6–2Win9–2Medellín, ColombiaChallengerClay Jaime Oncins2–6, 6–3, 6–1Win10–2Cali, ColombiaChallengerClay Marcello Craca6–3, 7–6Loss10–3Chile F4, SantiagoFuturesClay Sergio Roitman4–6, 3–6Win11–3Chile F5, SantiagoFuturesClay Nicolas Devilder6–2, 6–2Loss11–4USA F13, Boca RatonFuturesClay Kris Goossens3–6, 5–7Win12–4Colombia F1, BogotáFuturesClay Leonardo Azzaro6–2, 7–5Win13–4Colombia F2, BogotáFuturesClay Leonardo Azzaro6–1, 4–2 ret.
Doubles: 6 (5–1) LegendATP Challenger (4–1)ITF Futures (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (4–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Bogotá, ColombiaChallengerClay Mario Rincón Carlos Claverie Greg Failla7–6, 7–6Win2–0San Luis Potosí, MexicoChallengerClay Daniel Orsanic Scott Patridge Kenny Thorne6–4, 3–6, 6–3Win3–0Bogotá, ColombiaChallengerClay Miguel Tobón Nicolás Lapentti Luis Morejón6–3, 6–3Loss3–1Medellín, ColombiaChallengerClay Juan-Camilo Gamboa Adriano Ferreira Cristiano Testa6–3, 1–6, 2–6Win4–1Salinas, EcuadorChallengerHard Joan Balcells Emilio Benfele Álvarez Álex CalatravawalkoverWin5–1USA F14, TampaFuturesClay Enrique Abaroa Mitty Arnold James Blake6–1, 7–6(7–2)
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament19921993199419951996SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAA3R0 / 12–1French OpenAAAA1R0 / 10–1WimbledonQ3Q11RAA0 / 10–1US OpenAA1R3R1R0 / 32–3Win–loss0–00–00–22–12–30 / 64–6ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian WellsAAQ1AA0 / 00–0MiamiAQ11R1R1R0 / 30–3CanadaA2R1R3R1R0 / 43–4CincinnatiAAQ1AA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–01–10–22–20–20 / 73–7
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