Julián Alonso Explained

Julián Alonso
Residence:Monte Carlo, Monaco
Miami, United States
Birth Date:2 August 1977
Birth Place:Canet de Mar, Spain
Turnedpro:1995
Retired:2003
Plays:Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$ 1,852,891
Singlesrecord:52-64
Singlestitles:2
Highestsinglesranking:No. 30 (15 June 1998)
Australianopenresult:2R (1998, 1999)
Frenchopenresult:1R (1998, 1999)
Wimbledonresult:1R (1998, 1999)
Usopenresult:1R (1997, 1998)
Doublesrecord:34–48
Doublestitles:2
Highestdoublesranking:No. 53 (31 August 1998)
Australianopendoublesresult:1R (1998, 1999)
Frenchopendoublesresult:QF (1998)
Usopendoublesresult:1R (1998)
Frenchopenmixedresult:1R (1998)
Updated:3 April 2022

Julián 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 Ivanišević´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 Lučić-Baroni, Sabine Lisicki, Ajla Tomljanović, Varvara Lepchenko,Renata Zarazúa, Marco Cecchinato and Nicolas Almagro.

Married to Arantxa Vivanco and father of two children.[1]

Tennis career

Alonso 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 Ríos, 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"[2]

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.[2] 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 finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand 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 surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (2–1)
Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Kitzbühel, AustriaWorld SeriesClay Filip Dewulf6–7(2–7), 4–6, 1–6
Win1–1Santiago, ChileWorld SeriesClay Marcelo Ríos6–2, 6–1
Win2–1Bologna, ItalyWorld SeriesClay Karim Alami6–1, 6–4

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand 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 surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (2–1)
Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Marbella, SpainWorld SeriesClay Karim Alami Alberto Berasategui
Jordi Burillo
4–6, 6–3, 6–0
Loss1–1Santiago, ChileWorld SeriesClay Nicolás Lapentti Hendrik Jan Davids
Andrew Kratzmann
6–7, 7–5, 4–6
Win2–1Long Island, United StatesInternational SeriesHard Javier Sánchez Brandon Coupe
Dave Randall
6–4, 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 4 (2–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0-1Dresden, GermanyChallengerClay Dick Norman4–6, 4–6
Win1-1Venice, ItalyChallengerClay Marcello Craca6–3, 6–7, 6–0
Win2-1Contrexéville, FranceChallengerClay Andrea Gaudenzi6–4, 6–3
Loss2-2Montauban, FranceChallengerClay Oliver Gross0–6, 1–4 ret.

Doubles: 6 (2–4)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–3)
ITF Futures (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (2–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Alicante, SpainChallengerClay Emilio Sánchez José Antonio Conde
Nuno Marques
4–6, 5–7
Win1–1Zagreb, CroatiaChallengerClay Mariano Puerta Eduardo Nicolás Espin
Germán Puentes Alcañiz
6–1, 6–4
Win2–1Venice, ItalyChallengerClay Aleksandar Kitinov Andrea Gaudenzi
Diego Nargiso
7–6(7–3), 7–5
Loss2–2Weiden, GermanyChallengerClay Hugo Armando Petr Kovačka
Pavel Kudrnáč
walkover
Loss2–3Andorra la Vella, AndorraChallengerHard Jairo Velasco Denis Golovanov
Tuomas Ketola
3–6, 4–6
Loss2–4Spain F15, ReusFuturesClay Gerard Granollers Pujol David Marrero
Pablo Santos González
4–6, 4–6

Performance timeline

Singles

Tournament19971998199920002001SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenA2R2R1RQ10 / 32–3
French OpenQ21R1RQ1Q30 / 20–2
WimbledonA1R1RAA0 / 20–2
US Open1R1RAAA0 / 20–2
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–11–41–30–10–00 / 92–9
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian WellsA1RAAA0 / 10–1
Miami3R1RAAA0 / 22–2
Monte CarloA1RAAA0 / 10–1
HamburgA1RAAA0 / 10–1
RomeA1RAAA0 / 10–1
style=text-align:leftWin–loss2–10–50–00–00–00 / 62–6

Doubles

Tournament19981999SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open1R1R0 / 20–2
French OpenQF1R0 / 23–2
WimbledonAA0 / 00–0
US Open1RA0 / 10–1
style=text-align:leftWin–loss3–30–20 / 53–5
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian WellsQ2A0 / 00–0
Miami1RA0 / 10–1
Monte Carlo2RA0 / 11–1
Hamburg1RA0 / 10–1
Rome1RA0 / 10–1
style=text-align:leftWin–loss1–40–00 / 41–4

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Julian Alonso's career. ATP World tour. 12 August 2015.
  2. Web site: Julián Alonso, una carrera truncada por el amor (a Martina Hingis). El Mundo. 14 May 2015. Silvia Taulés. es.