Argentine tennis player
Daniel Orsanic Country (sports) ArgentinaResidence Buenos Aires , ArgentinaBorn (1968-06-11 ) 11 June 1968 (age 56) Buenos Aires, ArgentinaHeight 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Turned pro 1989 Retired 2003 Plays Left-handed Prize money US$991,800 Career record 14–31 Career titles 0 2 Challenger , 0 Futures Highest ranking No. 107 (15 November 1993) Australian Open 1R (1994 ) French Open 1R (1992 ) Wimbledon 1R (1991 , 1993 ) US Open Q1 (1996 ) Career record 145–170 Career titles 8 10 Challenger , 0 Futures Highest ranking No. 24 (11 May 1998) Australian Open 1R (1998 , 1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2002 ) French Open SF (1997 , 2000 ) Wimbledon 2R (2001 ) US Open 3R (2000 ) Tour Finals RR (2000 ) Australian Open 2R (2000 ) French Open 3R (1995 , 1999 ) Wimbledon 2R (1997 , 2002 ) US Open 2R (1999 ) Last updated on: 15 July 2022.
Daniel Orsanic (Croatian : Daniel Oršanić , pronounced [dǎniel ǒrʃanitɕ] ; born 11 June 1968)[ 1] 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 .
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.
Orsanic was the former coach to Peruvian Luis Horna .[ 2] 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.[ 3] He is now working with the Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas .
Doubles: 15 (8 titles, 7 runner-ups)[ edit ]
Legend
Grand 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 surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (8–7)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (8–7)
Indoors (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1–0
Aug 1993
San Marino , San Marino
World Series
Clay
Olli Rahnasto
Juan Garat Roberto Saad
6–4, 1–6, 6–3
Win
2–0
Aug 1994
Hilversum , Netherlands
World Series
Clay
Jan Siemerink
David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy
6–4, 6–2
Loss
2–1
Sep 1997
Bucharest , Romania
World Series
Clay
Hendrik Jan Davids
Luis Lobo Javier Sánchez
5–7, 5–7
Loss
2–2
Oct 1997
Palermo , Italy
World Series
Clay
Hendrik Jan Davids
Andrew Kratzmann Libor Pimek
6–3, 3–6, 6–7
Win
3–2
Oct 1997
Mexico City , Mexico
World Series
Clay
Nicolás Lapentti
Luis Herrera Mariano Sánchez
4–6, 6–3, 7–6
Loss
3–3
Jul 1998
Gstaad , Switzerland
International Series
Clay
Cyril Suk
Gustavo Kuerten Fernando Meligeni
4–6, 5–7
Win
4–3
Aug 1998
Kitzbühel , Austria
International Series
Clay
Tom Kempers
Joshua Eagle Mark Kratzmann
6–3, 6–4
Win
5–3
Oct 1998
Majorca , Spain
World Series
Clay
Pablo Albano
Jiří Novák David Rikl
7–6, 6–3
Loss
5–4
Oct 1998
Palermo , Italy
World Series
Clay
Pablo Albano
Donald Johnson Francisco Montana
4–6, 6–7
Loss
5–5
Oct 1998
Mexico City , Mexico
International Series
Clay
David Roditi
Jiří Novák David Rikl
4–6, 2–6
Win
6–5
May 1999
Munich , Germany
World Series
Clay
Mariano Puerta
Massimo Bertolini Cristian Brandi
7–6, 3–6, 7–6
Win
7–5
Jul 1999
Stuttgart , Germany
Championship Series
Clay
Jaime Oncins
Aleksandar Kitinov Jack Waite
6–2, 6–1
Loss
7–6
May 2001
Munich , Germany
International Series
Clay
Jaime Oncins
Petr Luxa Radek Štěpánek
7–5, 2–6, 6–7
Loss
7–7
May 2001
Sankt Pölten , Austria
International Series
Clay
Jaime Oncins
Petr Pála David Rikl
3–6, 7–5, 5–7
Win
8–7
Sep 2001
Palermo , Italy
International Series
Clay
Tomás Carbonell
Enzo Artoni Emilio Benfele Álvarez
6–2, 2–6, 6–2
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals [ edit ]
Legend
ATP Challenger (2–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1–0
Aug 1989
Goiânia , Brazil
Challenger
Clay
Juan-Antonio Pino-Perez
6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Loss
1–1
Aug 1990
Geneva , Switzerland
Challenger
Clay
Roberto Argüello
3–6, 0–6
Loss
1–2
Nov 1992
Pembroke Pines , United States
Challenger
Clay
Leonardo Lavalle
4–6, 6–7
Win
2–2
May 1993
Ljubljana , Slovenia
Challenger
Clay
Andrei Cherkasov
4–6, 6–2, 7–5
Doubles: 22 (10–12)[ edit ]
Legend
ATP Challenger (10–12)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–5)
Clay (10–7)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
0–1
Jul 1989
Campos do Jordão , Brazil
Challenger
Hard
Stefan Dallwitz
Nelson Aerts Fernando Roese
3–6, 6–7
Win
1–1
Mar 1991
San Luis Potosí , Mexico
Challenger
Clay
Mauricio Hadad
Scott Patridge Kenny Thorne
6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss
1–2
Aug 1991
Cervia , Italy
Challenger
Clay
João Cunha-Silva
Christian Miniussi Diego Pérez
3–6, 4–6
Loss
1–3
Apr 1992
Parioli , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Luis Lobo
Shelby Cannon Greg Van Emburgh
6–7, 4–6
Loss
1–4
Jul 1992
Salerno , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Gabriel Markus
Andrew Kratzmann Roger Rasheed
4–6, 3–6
Win
2–4
Jul 1992
Neu Ulm , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Gustavo Luza
Bruce Derlin Steve Guy
6–3, 6–2
Loss
2–5
Oct 1992
Cali , Colombia
Challenger
Clay
Mario Tabares
Michael Geserer Fabio Silberberg
4–6, 4–6
Win
3–5
Aug 1994
Geneva , Switzerland
Challenger
Clay
Luis Lobo
Brett Dickinson Glenn Wilson
1–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss
3–6
Mar 1996
Salinas , Ecuador
Challenger
Hard
Laurence Tieleman
Juan Carlos Bianchi Claude N'Goran
5–7, 4–6
Loss
3–7
Apr 1996
Puerto Vallarta , Mexico
Challenger
Hard
Claude N'Goran
Francisco Montana Jack Waite
2–6, 3–6
Win
4–7
Feb 1997
Punta del Este , Uruguay
Challenger
Clay
Martín Rodríguez
Nelson Aerts Fernando Meligeni
6–2, 6–4
Loss
4–8
Apr 1997
Paget , Bermuda
Challenger
Clay
Lucas Arnold Ker
Javier Frana Mark Knowles
3–6, 7–6, 3–6
Win
5–8
May 1997
Ljubljana , Slovenia
Challenger
Clay
Lucas Arnold Ker
David Škoch Fernon Wibier
6–0, 6–4
Win
6–8
Sep 1997
Szczecin , Poland
Challenger
Clay
Tom Kempers
Cristian Brandi Filippo Messori
6–3, 7–5
Win
7–8
Nov 1997
Palmer , Puerto Rico
Challenger
Clay
Lucas Arnold Ker
Sebastián Prieto Mariano Hood
7–5, 3–6, 6–3
Win
8–8
Nov 1997
Buenos Aires , Argentina
Challenger
Clay
Diego del Río
Pablo Albano Luis Lobo
6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Loss
8–9
Feb 1999
Laguna Hills , United States
Challenger
Hard
Pablo Albano
Paul Goldstein Brian Macphie
6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Loss
8–10
Mar 1999
Salinas , Ecuador
Challenger
Hard
Lucas Arnold Ker
Sebastián Prieto Mariano Hood
2–6, 6–7
Win
9–10
Oct 1999
São Paulo , Brazil
Challenger
Clay
Jaime Oncins
Sebastián Prieto Mariano Hood
6–2, 6–2
Loss
9–11
Nov 1999
Montevideo , Uruguay
Challenger
Clay
Diego del Río
Pablo Albano Martín García
2–6, 3–6
Win
10–11
Oct 2001
Brasília , Brazil
Challenger
Clay
Luis Lobo
Daniel Melo Alexandre Simoni
walkover
Loss
10–12
Sep 2002
Banja Luka , Bosnia & Herzegovina
Challenger
Clay
Juan Pablo Guzmán
Jaroslav Levinský Yuri Schukin
6–7(5–7) , 5–7
Key
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.