Alberto Tous
Country (sports) | Spain |
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Residence | Barcelona |
Born | Palma, Spain | 3 August 1962
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Plays | Right-handed |
Prize money | $200,221 |
Singles | |
Career record | 40–61 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 52 (10 August 1987) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | 2R (1983, 1988, 1989) |
Wimbledon | 1R (1983) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 40–62 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 36 (15 June 1987) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
French Open | SF (1987) |
Mixed doubles | |
Career titles | 0 |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
French Open | 3R (1988) |
Alberto Tous (born 3 August 1962) is a former professional tennis player from Spain.[1]
Career
Born in Palma, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Tous was the top ranked Spanish junior in 1979.[2] He made the final of the boys' singles event at the 1980 French Open, which he lost to Henri Leconte.[2]
He reached the quarterfinals at Madrid in 1983 and made two Grand Slam appearances that year.[2] He took part in a Davis Cup tie for his country that year against Yugoslavia.
In 1984, his best result of the year came in Bari, where he reached the quarterfinals.[2]
He made two Grand Prix finals in 1985, at Madrid and Bologna, both in the doubles.[2] As a singles player, he did well in Bologna, making the semifinals.[2]
Tous had his most notable performance in the 1987 French Open, where he reached the semifinals of the men's doubles with José López-Maeso.[2] They lost their semifinal in five sets to eventual champions Anders Järryd and Robert Seguso.[2]
Grand Prix career finals
Doubles: 2 (0–2)
Result | W-L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | 1985 | Madrid, Spain | Clay | Jorge Bardou | Givaldo Barbosa Ivan Kley |
6–7, 4–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | 1985 | Bologna, Italy | Clay | Jordi Arrese | Paolo Canè Simone Colombo |
5–7, 4–6 |
Challenger titles
Singles: (3)
No. | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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1. | 1984 | Agadir, Morocco | Clay | Bernard Boileau | 6–1, 6–0 |
2. | 1987 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | David de Miguel | 6–2, 6–3 |
3. | 1987 | Waiblingen, West Germany | Clay | Roland Stadler | W/O |
Doubles: (2)
No. | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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1. | 1982 | Brussels, Belgium | Clay | Raúl Viver | David Graham Laurie Warder |
3–6, 6–3, 7–5 |
2. | 1987 | Casablanca, Morocco | Clay | José López-Maeso | Massimo Cierro Alessandro de Minicis |
7–6, 6–2 |