Daniel Orsanic

Daniel Orsanic
Country (sports) Argentina
ResidenceBuenos Aires, Argentina
Born (1968-06-11) 11 June 1968 (age 56)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro1989
Retired2003
PlaysLeft-handed
Prize moneyUS$991,800
Singles
Career record14–31
Career titles0
2 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 107 (15 November 1993)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (1994)
French Open1R (1992)
Wimbledon1R (1991, 1993)
US OpenQ1 (1996)
Doubles
Career record145–170
Career titles8
10 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 24 (11 May 1998)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)
French OpenSF (1997, 2000)
Wimbledon2R (2001)
US Open3R (2000)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsRR (2000)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open2R (2000)
French Open3R (1995, 1999)
Wimbledon2R (1997, 2002)
US Open2R (1999)
Last updated on: 15 July 2022.

Daniel Orsanic (Croatian: Daniel Oršanić, pronounced [dǎniel ǒrʃanitɕ]; born 11 June 1968) 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.

Playing career

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.

Coaching career

Orsanic was the former coach to Peruvian Luis Horna. 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. He is now working with the Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 15 (8 titles, 7 runner-ups)

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

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)
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)

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

Performance timelines

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.

Singles

Tournament 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open A 1R Q2 Q2 Q3 A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon 1R Q1 1R A A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
US Open A A A A A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 4 0–4 0%
ATP Masters Series
Miami A A A A 1R A Q1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0 / 1 0–1 0%

Doubles

Tournament 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 5 0–5 0%
French Open A A A A 1R A SF 1R 2R SF 1R 1R 0 / 7 9–7 56%
Wimbledon Q2 Q1 A A A A 1R 1R A 1R 2R 1R 0 / 5 1–5 17%
US Open A A A A A 1R A 1R 1R 3R 2R A 0 / 5 3–5 38%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 4–2 0–4 1–3 6–4 2–4 0–3 0 / 22 13–22 37%
Year-End Championships
ATP Finals Did not qualify RR DNQ 0 / 1 1–2 33%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A A A A A 1R A 1R 1R A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Miami A A A A 2R A 1R QF 1R 2R 2R 2R 0 / 7 5–7 42%
Monte Carlo A A A A A A A 2R 1R 1R SF 1R 0 / 5 4–5 44%
Hamburg A A A A A A A QF 1R A QF A 0 / 3 4–3 57%
Rome A A A A A A A 1R 1R 2R 2R A 0 / 4 2–4 33%
Canada A A A A A A A A A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Stuttgart A A A A A A A A A Q2 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Paris A A A A A A A A A 2R A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 5–5 0–4 3–5 7–6 0–2 0 / 24 16–24 40%

Mixed doubles

Tournament 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 1R 1R 2R 1R A 0 / 4 1–4 20%
French Open 3R A A 2R 3R 1R A A 0 / 4 3–4 43%
Wimbledon A A 2R 1R A 1R A 2R 0 / 4 2–4 33%
US Open A A A 1R 2R A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Win–loss 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–4 2–3 1–3 0–1 1–1 0 / 14 7–14 33%

References

  1. ^ "Davis Cup Final: Argentina's Captain Talks About his Croatian Roots | Croatia Week". 23 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Old Luis Horna profile" (in French). Sports Voila. 28 May 2008. Archived from the original on 24 May 2008. Retrieved 28 May 2008.
  3. ^ "Coria vuelve a Roland Garros" (in Spanish). La Nación. 28 May 2008. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012.