Christian Carlos Miniussi Ventureira (born 5 July 1967) is a former tennis player from Argentina. He won one career title in singles (in 1991 São Paulo, as a lucky loser) and reached his highest singles ATP ranking on 18 May 1992 of No. 57 in the world.

Career Miniussi turned professional in 1984. He started playing tennis at the Adrogué Tennis Club and he also represented his native country as a lucky loser at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the first round by France's Fabrice Santoro. In the doubles competition Miniussi claimed the bronze medal alongside Javier Frana.

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-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 (1–1)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (1–1)Indoors (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0São Paulo, BrazilWorld SeriesHard Jaime Oncins2–6, 6–3, 6–4Loss1–1Maceió, BrazilWorld SeriesClay Tomás Carbonell6–7(12–14), 7–5, 2–6

Doubles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP International Series (5–5)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (5–5)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (5–5)Indoors (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Buenos Aires, ArgentinaGrand PrixClay Martín Jaite Eduardo Bengoechea Diego Pérez6–4, 6–3Loss1–1Barcelona, SpainGrand PrixClay Javier Frana Miloslav Mečíř Tomáš Šmíd1–6, 2–6Loss1–2Munich, West GermanyGrand PrixClay Alberto Mancini Rick Leach Jim Pugh1–6, 6–3, 3–6Win2–2Florence, ItalyGrand PrixClay Javier Frana Claudio Pistolesi Horst Skoff7–6, 6–4Loss2–3Bordeaux, FranceGrand PrixClay Diego Nargiso Joakim Nyström Claudio Panatta1–6, 4–6Win3–3St. Vincent, ItalyGrand PrixClay Alberto Mancini Paolo Canè Balázs Taróczy6–4, 5–7, 6–3Loss3–4Palermo, ItalyGrand PrixClay Alberto Mancini Carlos di Laura Marcelo Filippini3–6, 5–7Win4–4Barcelona, SpainGrand PrixClay Gustavo Luza Sergio Casal Tomáš Šmíd7–6, 5–7, 6–3Loss4–5San Marino, San MarinoWorld SeriesClay Diego Pérez Jordi Arrese Carlos Costa3–6, 6–3, 3–6Win5–5Båstad, SwedenWorld SeriesClay Tomás Carbonell Christian Bergström Magnus Gustafsson6–4, 7–5

Records These records were attained in the Open Era of tennis. TournamentYearRecord accomplishedPlayer tiedSão Paulo1991Winning an ATP tournament as lucky loserHeinz GünthardtBill ScanlonFrancisco ClavetSergiy StakhovskyRajeev RamLeonardo MayerAndrey RublevMarco CecchinatoKwon Soon-woo

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

Singles: 6 (2–4) LegendATP Challenger (2–4)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (2–4)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Santos, BrazilChallengerClay Gabriel Markus2–6, 2–6Win1–1Nairobi, KenyaChallengerClay Pablo Arraya2–6, 6–3, 6–4Win2–1Nairobi II, KenyaChallengerClay Menno Oosting6–2, 7–6Loss2–2Estoril, PortugalChallengerClay Thierry Tulasne2–6, 2–3 ret.Loss2–3Curitiba, BrazilChallengerClay Gilbert Schaller4–6, 0–6Loss2–4Poznań, PolandChallengerClay Horst Skoff7–6, 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 11 (5–6) LegendATP Challenger (5–6)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (5–6)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Casablanca, MoroccoChallengerClay Marcelo Ingaramo Josef Čihák Mark Koevermans4–6, 4–6Win1–1Nairobi, KenyaChallengerClay Eduardo Masso João Cunha-Silva Menno Oosting3–6, 7–5, 7–6Loss1–2Cairo, EgyptChallengerClay Eduardo Masso Tomas Anzari David Rikl3–6, 7–6, 5–7Win2–2Oporto, PortugalChallengerClay Eduardo Bengoechea José Clavet Francisco Roig6–0, 6–3Win3–2Cervia, ItalyChallengerClay Diego Pérez João Cunha-Silva Daniel Orsanic6–3, 6–4Loss3–3Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Roberto Argüello Vladimir Gabrichidze Martin Strelba6–1, 3–6, 4–6Win4–3Merano, ItalyChallengerClay Carlos Costa Josef Čihák Tomas Anzari6–3, 6–3Loss4–4Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Claudio Mezzadri Jan Apell Nicklas Utgren4–6, 2–6Loss4–5Punta del Este, UruguayChallengerClay Luis Lobo Marcelo Filippini Diego Pérez7–6, 6–7, 6–7Loss4–6Furth, GermanyChallengerClay Gastón Etlis Vojtěch Flégl Andrew Florent6–7, 1–6Win5–6Punta del Este, UruguayChallengerClay Diego Pérez Lucas Arnold Ker Patricio Arnold4–6, 7–5, 6–1

Performance timelines

Singles Tournament198619871988198919901991199219931994SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenA1RAAAQ21RAA0 / 20–2French Open3RA1RA1R4R1RAQ10 / 55–5WimbledonAAAA1RA1RAA0 / 20–2US OpenAAAAAA1RAQ10 / 10–1Win–loss2–10–10–10–00–23–10–40–00–00 / 105–10ATP Masters SeriesMiamiAAAAAA1RAA0 / 10–1Monte CarloAAAAAA1RAA0 / 10–1HamburgA1RAAAA1RAA0 / 20–2RomeAAAA1R3RQFAA0 / 35–3Win–loss0–00–10–00–00–12–13–40–00–00 / 75–7

Doubles Tournament19851986198719881989199019911992SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAA1RAAA2R2R0 / 32–3French Open1RAA2R2R2R3R1R0 / 65–6WimbledonAAAAA1RAA0 / 10–1US OpenAAAAA2RA1R0 / 21–2Win–loss0–10–00–11–11–12–33–21–30 / 128–12ATP Masters SeriesMiamiAAAAAAA1R0 / 10–1Monte CarloAAAAAAA1R0 / 10–1HamburgAQF2RA2RAA1R0 / 44–4RomeAA2RAAQFA2R0 / 34–3Win–loss0–02–12–20–01–12–10–01–40 / 98–9

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