Julian Alonso Pintor born 2 August 1977 is a Spanish American former professional tennis player who turned professional in 1995 and retired in 2003 He was known in tennis because of his powerful serve and Forehand compared with the Goran Ivanisevic s service In 1997 playing against Ivanisevic 2nd seeded in Long Island beat him for first Top 10 victory en route to semifinal and in that match fired a 143 mph serve to become just third player Philippoussis Rusedski to register a serve of at least 143 He is the founder of ELITE TENNIS TEAM focusing on junior development and also is coaching pro players Leylah Fernandez Arantxa Rus as many others before like Qinwen Zheng Mirjana Lucic Baroni Sabine Lisicki Ajla Tomljanovic Varvara Lepchenko Renata Zarazua Marco Cecchinato and Nicolas Almagro Julian AlonsoCountry sports Spain United StatesResidenceMonte Carlo Monaco Miami United StatesBorn 1977 08 02 2 August 1977 age 46 Canet de Mar SpainHeight1 85 m 6 ft 1 in Turned pro1995Retired2003PlaysRight handed one handed backhand Prize money 1 852 891SinglesCareer record52 64Career titles2Highest rankingNo 30 15 June 1998 Grand Slam singles resultsAustralian Open2R 1998 1999 French Open1R 1998 1999 Wimbledon1R 1998 1999 US Open1R 1997 1998 DoublesCareer record34 48Career titles2Highest rankingNo 53 31 August 1998 Grand Slam doubles resultsAustralian Open1R 1998 1999 French OpenQF 1998 US Open1R 1998 Grand Slam mixed doubles resultsFrench Open1R 1998 Last updated on 3 April 2022 Married to Arantxa Vivanco and father of two children Tennis careerAlonso was awarded the ATP Newcomer of the Year prize after winning his first ATP title in Santiago and finishing in the Top 30 in 1997 In the final of the tournament he defeated Marcelo Rios World No 1 ranking 6 1 6 2 in 46 min Previously that same year Tim Henman after being defeated by Alonso at The Lipton Key Biscayne current Miami open declared Julian will be the next number 1 in the World before Wimbledon After this promising start however his career is considered underwhelming he only won one more title Bologna 1998 and retired in 2003 after half year playing only Challengers He confessed that the decline of his career started with the relationship with Martina Hingis The pressure of the media and his mother in law made Alonso s ranking and self confidence fall He reached his career high ATP singles ranking of world No 29 in June 1998 after winning his second and final title He used to play doubles in Davis Cup Spanish team with Joan Balcells during Manolo Santana captaincy and several single matches ATP career finalsSingles 3 2 titles 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 2 1 Finals by surfaceHard 0 0 Clay 2 1 Grass 0 0 Carpet 0 0 Finals by settingOutdoors 2 1 Indoors 0 0 Result W L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent ScoreLoss 0 1 Jul 1997 Kitzbuhel Austria World Series Clay Filip Dewulf 6 7 2 7 4 6 1 6Win 1 1 Nov 1997 Santiago Chile World Series Clay Marcelo Rios 6 2 6 1Win 2 1 Jun 1998 Bologna Italy World Series Clay Karim Alami 6 1 6 4Doubles 3 2 titles 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 2 1 Finals by surfaceHard 1 0 Clay 1 1 Grass 0 0 Carpet 0 0 Finals by settingOutdoors 2 1 Indoors 0 0 Result W L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents ScoreWin 1 0 Sep 1997 Marbella Spain World Series Clay Karim Alami Alberto Berasategui Jordi Burillo 4 6 6 3 6 0Loss 1 1 Nov 1997 Santiago Chile World Series Clay Nicolas Lapentti Hendrik Jan Davids Andrew Kratzmann 6 7 7 5 4 6Win 2 1 Aug 1998 Long Island United States International Series Hard Javier Sanchez Brandon Coupe Dave Randall 6 4 6 4ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finalsSingles 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 Result W L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent ScoreLoss 0 1 May 1997 Dresden Germany Challenger Clay Dick Norman 4 6 4 6Win 1 1 Jul 1997 Venice Italy Challenger Clay Marcello Craca 6 3 6 7 6 0Win 2 1 Jul 1997 Contrexeville France Challenger Clay Andrea Gaudenzi 6 4 6 3Loss 2 2 Jul 2001 Montauban France Challenger Clay Oliver Gross 0 6 1 4 ret Doubles 6 2 4 LegendATP Challenger 2 3 ITF Futures 0 1 Finals by surfaceHard 0 1 Clay 2 3 Grass 0 0 Carpet 0 0 Result W L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents ScoreLoss 0 1 Aug 1996 Alicante Spain Challenger Clay Emilio Sanchez Jose Antonio Conde Nuno Marques 4 6 5 7Win 1 1 Jun 1998 Zagreb Croatia Challenger Clay Mariano Puerta Eduardo Nicolas Espin German Puentes Alcaniz 6 1 6 4Win 2 1 Jul 2000 Venice Italy Challenger Clay Aleksandar Kitinov Andrea Gaudenzi Diego Nargiso 7 6 7 3 7 5Loss 2 2 Jun 2001 Weiden Germany Challenger Clay Hugo Armando Petr Kovacka Pavel Kudrnac walkoverLoss 2 3 Jun 2001 Andorra la Vella Andorra Challenger Hard Jairo Velasco Denis Golovanov Tuomas Ketola 3 6 4 6Loss 2 4 Apr 2007 Spain F15 Reus Futures Clay Gerard Granollers Pujol David Marrero Pablo Santos Gonzalez 4 6 4 6Performance timelineKey W F SF QF R RR Q DNQ A NH W winner F finalist SF semifinalist QF quarterfinalist R rounds 4 3 2 1 RR round robin stage Q qualification round DNQ did not qualify A absent NH not held SR strike rate events won competed W L win loss record Singles Tournament 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 SR W L Win Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open A 2R 2R 1R Q1 0 3 2 3 40 French Open Q2 1R 1R Q1 Q3 0 2 0 2 0 Wimbledon A 1R 1R A A 0 2 0 2 0 US Open 1R 1R A A A 0 2 0 2 0 Win loss 0 1 1 4 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 9 2 9 18 ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian Wells A 1R A A A 0 1 0 1 0 Miami 3R 1R A A A 0 2 2 2 50 Monte Carlo A 1R A A A 0 1 0 1 0 Hamburg A 1R A A A 0 1 0 1 0 Rome A 1R A A A 0 1 0 1 0 Win loss 2 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 6 25 Doubles Tournament 1998 1999 SR W L Win Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open 1R 1R 0 2 0 2 0 French Open QF 1R 0 2 3 2 60 Wimbledon A A 0 0 0 0 US Open 1R A 0 1 0 1 0 Win loss 3 3 0 2 0 5 3 5 38 ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian Wells Q2 A 0 0 0 0 Miami 1R A 0 1 0 1 0 Monte Carlo 2R A 0 1 1 1 50 Hamburg 1R A 0 1 0 1 0 Rome 1R A 0 1 0 1 0 Win loss 1 4 0 0 0 4 1 4 20 References Julian Alonso s career ATP World tour Retrieved 12 August 2015 Silvia Taules 14 May 2015 Julian Alonso una carrera truncada por el amor a Martina Hingis El Mundo in Spanish External linksJulian Alonso at the Association of Tennis Professionals Julian Alonso at the International Tennis Federation Julian Alonso at the Davis CupAwardsPreceded byDominik Hrbaty ATP Newcomer of the Year 1997 Succeeded byMarat Safin This biographical article relating to Spanish tennis is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library, article, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games, mobile, phone, android, ios, apple, mobile phone, samsung, iphone, 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