Luis Fernando Baraldi Briseño (born 21 October 1951) is a Mexican former professional

tennis 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 ...

player. Born in

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, Baraldi won Mexico's junior championship in 1969 and played collegiate tennis for

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from 1970 to 1973. He was a member of Lamar University's 1973 Southland Conference championship side. Following his collegiate tennis career he competed on the professional tour, making doubles main draw appearances at the

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and

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. He was ranked as high as number two nationally and had a best word ranking of 323. Between 1973 and 1976 he played seven

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rubbers for Mexico and won five national doubles championships over the course of his career. Baraldi, who married tennis player Alina Balbiers, is the CEO of sports and entertainment company Baral Group, Inc.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Baraldi, Luis 1951 births Living people Mexican male tennis players Tennis players from Mexico City College men's tennis players in the United States Mexican expatriate tennis players in the United States Lamar University alumni 20th-century Mexican sportsmen

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