Mario Iván Tabares (born July 22, 1965) is a Cuban former professional tennis player. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won one doubles title. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 106 in 1993.
Tabares participated in 16 Davis Cup ties for Cuba from 1987 to 1994, posting a 15–17 record in singles and a 7–9 record in doubles.
He and his wife recently opened a tennis store in the heart of Miami named is MT Tennis Touch.
He competes competitively internationally. In April 2010, he became the ITF World Champion in Men's 40 Singles. He also became an ITF World Champion the same year with his brother Alexander Tabares in Men's 35 Doubles.
ATP career finals
Doubles: 1 (1 win, 0 runners-up) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP World Series (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (1–0)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Buzios, BrazilWorld SeriesHard Maurice Ruah Mark Keil Tom Mercer7–6, 6–7, 6–4
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 3 (2–1) LegendATP Challenger (2–1)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Campos do Jordão, BrazilChallengerHard Danilo Marcelino7–6, 6–4Win2–0Brasília, BrazilChallengerCarpet Luiz Mattar6–3, 6–2Loss2–1Ribeirão Preto, BrazilChallengerClay Gabriel Silberstein6–7, 6–7
Doubles: 10 (4–6) LegendATP Challenger (4–6)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–2)Clay (3–4)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1São Paulo, BrazilChallengerClay Dacio Campos Nelson Aerts Fernando Roese6–2, 4–6, 4–6Loss0–2São Paulo, BrazilChallengerClay Juan Pino Luiz Mattar Cassio Motta5–7, 2–6Win1–2Vina del Mar, ChileChallengerClay Juan Pino Gabriel Markus Francisco Yunis6–3, 6–2Win2–2Campos do Jordao, ChileChallengerHard Jose Daher Donald Johnson Tom Mercer6–3, 6–7, 6–3Loss2–3Guaruja, BrazilChallengerHard Maurice Ruah Danilo Marcelino Fernando MeligeniwalkoverWin3–3Bogotá, ColombiaChallengerClay Nicolas Pereira William Kyriakos Fernando Meligeni7–6, 7–5Loss3–4Cali, ColombiaChallengerClay Daniel Orsanic Michael Geserer Fabio Silberberg4–6, 4–6Loss3–5Sao Luis, BrazilChallengerHard Maurice Ruah Luiz Mattar Fabio Silberberg3–6, 5–7Loss3–6Barcelona, SpainChallengerClay Maurice Ruah Sergio Casal Jordi Burillo2–6, 6–4, 1–6Win4–6Riemerling, GermanyChallengerClay Maurice Ruah Sander Groen Arne Thoms6–3, 6–3
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