Alberto Berasategui

Alberto Berasategui (b. May 28 1973, in Bilbao,
Spain) is a former professional tennis player from
Spain. He is best remembered for reaching the
men's singles final at the French Open in 1994.

Berasategui began playing tennis at age 7 and was
the European junior champion in 1991. He turned
professional later that year, and won his first
top-level singles title in 1993 in Sao Paulo. He
established a reputation on the tour in the early
1990s as a very strong clay court player.

1994 was without doubt the pinnacle of
Berasategui's career. He reached nine finals,
winning seven of them. And he qualified for his
first (and only) Grand Slam
final at the French Open, where he faced
fellow-Spaniard and defending-champion Sergi
Bruguera. Bruguera won the final in four sets in
6-3, 7-5, 2-6, 6-1. Berasategui reached his
career-high singles ranking of World No. 7 in
November 1994.

Berasategui won a total of 14 career singles
titles and 1 doubles titles. His total career
prize-money earnings was US$4,676,187. His last
singles title was won in Estoril in 1998.