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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)

Legend
Grand 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 surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 1991	São Paulo, Brazil	World Series	Hard	Jaime Oncins	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Feb 1992	Maceió, Brazil	World Series	Clay	Tomás Carbonell	6–7(12–14), 7–5, 2–6

Doubles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand 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 surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (5–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (5–5)
Indoors (0–0)
Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 1985	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Grand Prix	Clay	Martín Jaite	Eduardo Bengoechea Diego Pérez	6–4, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Sep 1987	Barcelona, Spain	Grand Prix	Clay	Javier Frana	Miloslav Mečíř Tomáš Šmíd	1–6, 2–6
Loss	1–2	May 1988	Munich, West Germany	Grand Prix	Clay	Alberto Mancini	Rick Leach Jim Pugh	1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	2–2	May 1988	Florence, Italy	Grand Prix	Clay	Javier Frana	Claudio Pistolesi Horst Skoff	7–6, 6–4
Loss	2–3	Jul 1988	Bordeaux, France	Grand Prix	Clay	Diego Nargiso	Joakim Nyström Claudio Panatta	1–6, 4–6
Win	3–3	Aug 1988	St. Vincent, Italy	Grand Prix	Clay	Alberto Mancini	Paolo Canè Balázs Taróczy	6–4, 5–7, 6–3
Loss	3–4	Oct 1988	Palermo, Italy	Grand Prix	Clay	Alberto Mancini	Carlos di Laura Marcelo Filippini	3–6, 5–7
Win	4–4	Sep 1989	Barcelona, Spain	Grand Prix	Clay	Gustavo Luza	Sergio Casal Tomáš Šmíd	7–6, 5–7, 6–3
Loss	4–5	Aug 1991	San Marino, San Marino	World Series	Clay	Diego Pérez	Jordi Arrese Carlos Costa	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	5–5	Jul 1992	Båstad, Sweden	World Series	Clay	Tomás Carbonell	Christian Bergström Magnus Gustafsson	6–4, 7–5

Records

These records were attained in the Open Era of tennis.

Tournament	Year	Record accomplished	Player tied
São Paulo	1991	Winning an ATP tournament as lucky loser	Heinz Günthardt Bill Scanlon Francisco Clavet Sergiy Stakhovsky Rajeev Ram Leonardo Mayer Andrey Rublev Marco Cecchinato Kwon Soon-woo

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

Singles: 6 (2–4)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–4)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Santos, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Gabriel Markus	2–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	Nairobi, Kenya	Challenger	Clay	Pablo Arraya	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	2–1	Nairobi II, Kenya	Challenger	Clay	Menno Oosting	6–2, 7–6
Loss	2–2	Estoril, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Thierry Tulasne	2–6, 2–3 ret.
Loss	2–3	Curitiba, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Gilbert Schaller	4–6, 0–6
Loss	2–4	Poznań, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Horst Skoff	7–6, 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 11 (5–6)

Legend
ATP Challenger (5–6)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (5–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Casablanca, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	Marcelo Ingaramo	Josef Čihák Mark Koevermans	4–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	Nairobi, Kenya	Challenger	Clay	Eduardo Masso	João Cunha-Silva Menno Oosting	3–6, 7–5, 7–6
Loss	1–2	Cairo, Egypt	Challenger	Clay	Eduardo Masso	Tomas Anzari David Rikl	3–6, 7–6, 5–7
Win	2–2	Oporto, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Eduardo Bengoechea	José Clavet Francisco Roig	6–0, 6–3
Win	3–2	Cervia, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Diego Pérez	João Cunha-Silva Daniel Orsanic	6–3, 6–4
Loss	3–3	Geneva, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Roberto Argüello	Vladimir Gabrichidze Martin Strelba	6–1, 3–6, 4–6
Win	4–3	Merano, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Carlos Costa	Josef Čihák Tomas Anzari	6–3, 6–3
Loss	4–4	Geneva, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Claudio Mezzadri	Jan Apell Nicklas Utgren	4–6, 2–6
Loss	4–5	Punta del Este, Uruguay	Challenger	Clay	Luis Lobo	Marcelo Filippini Diego Pérez	7–6, 6–7, 6–7
Loss	4–6	Furth, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Gastón Etlis	Vojtěch Flégl Andrew Florent	6–7, 1–6
Win	5–6	Punta del Este, Uruguay	Challenger	Clay	Diego Pérez	Lucas Arnold Ker Patricio Arnold	4–6, 7–5, 6–1

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament

W–L

Win %

Grand Slam tournaments

Australian Open

0 / 2

0–2

French Open

0 / 5

5–5

Wimbledon

0 / 2

0–2

US Open

0 / 1

0–1

Win–loss

2–1

0–1

0–0

0–2

3–1

0–4

0–0

0 / 10

5–10

ATP Masters Series

Miami

0 / 1

0–1

Monte Carlo

0 / 1

0–1

Hamburg

0 / 2

0–2

Rome

0 / 3

5–3

Win–loss

0–0

0–1

0–0

0–1

2–1

3–4

0–0

0 / 7

5–7

Doubles

Tournament	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	1R	A	A	A	2R	2R	0 / 3	2–3
French Open	1R	A	A	2R	2R	2R	3R	1R	0 / 6	5–6
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	1R	0 / 2	1–2
Win–loss	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–3	3–2	1–3	0 / 12	8–12
ATP Masters Series
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1
Hamburg	A	QF	2R	A	2R	A	A	1R	0 / 4	4–4
Rome	A	A	2R	A	A	QF	A	2R	0 / 3	4–3
Win–loss	0–0	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–4	0 / 9	8–9

Wikipedia / Christian Miniussi

Career

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Doubles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Records

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

Singles: 6 (2–4)

Doubles: 11 (5–6)

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

References

External links