Christian Carlos Miniussi Ventureira (born 5 July 1967) is a former

tennis player Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

from

Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...

. 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 The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...

, where he was defeated in the first round by France's

Fabrice Santoro Fabrice Vetea Santoro (; born 9 December 1972) is a French former professional tennis player. Successful in both singles and doubles, he had an unusually long professional career, with many of his accomplishments coming towards the end of his ca ...

. In the doubles competition Miniussi claimed the bronze medal alongside Javier Frana. The right-hander won one career title in singles (

São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...

, 1991). He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 18 May 1992, when he became the number 57 of the world.

ATP career finals

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

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

Records

* These records were attained in the

Open Era The racket sport traditionally named lawn tennis, invented in Edgbaston, Warwickshire, England, now commonly known simply as tennis, is the direct descendant of what is now denoted real tennis or royal tennis, which continues to be played today a ...

of tennis.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

Singles: 6 (2–4)

Doubles: 11 (5–6)

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

References

External links

* * * * 1967 births Living people Argentine male tennis players Argentine sportspeople of Italian descent Olympic bronze medalists for Argentina Olympic medalists for Argentina in tennis Olympic tennis players for Argentina Sportspeople from Adrogué Tennis players from Buenos Aires Province Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Pan American Games bronze medalists in tennis Pan American Games bronze medalists for Argentina Tennis players at the 1983 Pan American Games Competitors at the 1982 Southern Cross Games South American Games gold medalists for Argentina South American Games medalists in tennis Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games 20th-century Argentine sportsmen Long stubs with short prose {{Argentina-tennis-bio-stub