Mariano Hood

Mariano Hood (born 14 August 1973) is a retired left-handed professional Argentine tennis player who specialized in doubles.

Mariano Hood
Country (sports) Argentina
ResidenceBuenos Aires, Argentina
Born (1973-08-14) 14 August 1973
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro1993
Retired2009
PlaysLeft-handed
Prize moneyUS$847,665
Singles
Career record4–7
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 153 (15 May 2000)
Doubles
Career record170–149
Career titles13
Highest rankingNo. 20 (27 October 2003)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open2R (2002, 2005)
French OpenQF (2003, 2005)
Wimbledon2R (2004, 2005)
US Open3R (2003)

In his career, Hood won 13 out of the 26 top level doubles finals he was in. He turned professional in 1993, and currently resides in his city of birth, Buenos Aires. He won $US806,888 in earnings and was coached by Daniel Orsanic. He won his first doubles title in Santiago, Chile in 1998 and Palermo in 2005 was his last title. On October 27, 2003, Hood reached his highest doubles ranking of World Number 20. He partnered either Sebastián Prieto or Lucas Arnold Ker to win most of his doubles titles, although he did have other partnerships as well.

Hood was banned by the ITF of the illegal use of Finasteride after he had made the French Open quarterfinals in 2005.[1] He thus planned to retire from the professional circuit. Hood, however, made a comeback in 2008. He last played on the tour in 2009.

2008 comeback

In his first tournament of the year, he went to the semifinals with José Acasuso at the 2008 Copa Telmex. A week later, Hood teamed with Eduardo Schwank to win the Santiago, Chile Challenger on the ITF Men's Circuit. After two weeks' early losses alongside fellow Argentine partners in Challenger tournaments, he teamed with Guillermo Coria to reach the Naples Challenger semifinals, and then with Luis Horna to reach the Monza Challenger semifinals. Directly after this, he won a second title, at Chiasso located in Switzerland with Alberto Martín in a Challenger event. Two weeks later, a third Challenger triumph arrived with a victory over Marc Fornell and Caio Zampieri alongside Guillermo García López. After a few more tournaments, he received a wildcard entry with Rafael Nadal at the 2008 Queen's Club Championships.[2]

Career titles

Doubles: 26 (13 wins, 13 losses)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Pertner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 1996 San Marino, San Marino Clay Sebastián Prieto Pablo Albano
Lucas Arnold Ker		 1–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 1998 San Marino, San Marino Clay Sebastián Prieto Jiří Novák
David Rikl		 4–6, 6–7
Win 1–2 Nov 1998 Santiago, Chile Clay Sebastián Prieto Massimo Bertolini
Devin Bowen		 7–6, 6–7, 7–6
Win 2–2 Aug 1999 San Marino, San Marino Clay Lucas Arnold Ker Petr Pála
Pavel Vízner		 6–3, 6–2
Win 3–2 Oct 1999 Palermo, Italy Clay Sebastián Prieto Lan Bale
Alberto Martín		 6–3, 6–1
Loss 3–3 Sep 2000 Bucharest, Romania Clay Devin Bowen Alberto Martín
Eyal Ran		 6–7, 1–6
Win 4–3 Feb 2001 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Sebastián Prieto Martín Rodríguez
André Sá		 6–2, 6–4
Loss 4–4 Feb 2001 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay Sebastián Prieto Tomás Carbonell
Lucas Arnold Ker		 4–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss 4–5 Feb 2001 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Sebastián Prieto Tomás Carbonell
Lucas Arnold Ker		 7–5, 5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Win 5–5 Feb 2003 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay Agustín Calleri František Čermák
Leoš Friedl		 6–3, 1–6, 6–4
Win 6–5 Feb 2003 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Sebastián Prieto Lucas Arnold Ker
David Nalbandian		 6–2, 6–2
Loss 6–6 Apr 2003 Estoril, Portugal Clay Lucas Arnold Ker Mahesh Bhupathi
Max Mirnyi		 1–6, 2–6
Win 7–6 May 2003 Valencia, Spain Clay Lucas Arnold Ker Brian MacPhie
Nenad Zimonjić		 6–1, 6–7(7–9), 6-4
Loss 7–7 Jul 2003 Båstad, Sweden Clay Lucas Arnold Ker Simon Aspelin
Massimo Bertolini		 7–6, 0–6, 4–6
Win 8–7 Sep 2003 Palermo, Italy Clay Lucas Arnold Ker František Čermák
Leoš Friedl		 7-6(8–6), 6–7(3–7), 6–3
Loss 8–8 Oct 2003 Basel, Switzerland Carpet (i) Lucas Arnold Ker Mark Knowles
Daniel Nestor		 4–6, 2–6
Win 9–8 Feb 2004 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Lucas Arnold Ker Federico Browne
Diego Veronelli		 7–5, 6–7(2–7), 6–4
Loss 9–9 May 2004 Barcelona, Spain Clay Sebastián Prieto Mark Knowles
Daniel Nestor		 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win 10–9 May 2004 St. Poelten, Austria Clay Petr Pála Tomáš Cibulec
Leoš Friedl		 3-6, 7–5, 6–4
Win 11–9 Sep 2004 Bucharest, Romania Clay Lucas Arnold Ker José Acasuso
Óscar Hernández		 7–6(7–5), 6–1
Win 12–9 Oct 2004 Palermo, Italy Clay Lucas Arnold Ker Gastón Etlis
Martín Rodríguez		 7-5, 6–2
Loss 12–10 Oct 2004 Basel, Switzerland Carpet (i) Lucas Arnold Ker Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan		 6–7, 2–6
Loss 12–11 Apr 2005 Valencia, Spain Clay Lucas Arnold Ker Fernando González
Martín Rodríguez		 4–6, 4–6
Loss 12–12 May 2005 Sankt Pölten, Austria Clay Martin Damm Paul Hanley
Lucas Arnold Ker		 3–6, 4–6
Loss 12–13 Jul 2005 Stuttgart, Germany Clay Tommy Robredo José Acasuso
Sebastián Prieto		 6–7(4–7), 3–6
Win 13–13 Oct 2005 Palermo, Italy Clay Martín García Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Marcin Matkowski		 6-2, 6–3

See also
  • List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

References
  1. "Anti-Doping - Press Release - Decision in the case of Mariano Hood". ITF Tennis. 2006-08-02. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
  2. Queen's Club doubles draw
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