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Sergi Bruguera is a male Spanish tennis player born in Barcelona on January 16, 1971. He competes right-handed and represents Spain in international competition. His professional career spanned from 1988 to 2002. During this period, he achieved a singles record of 447–271 and a doubles record of 49–50. He accumulated prize money of 11,632,199.
Bruguera participated in the 1992 Summer Olympics and the men's singles event at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He resides in Barcelona and speaks Catalan and Spanish. He is classified as a human and holds Spanish citizenship.
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Key facts
- Country sports
- Spain
- Residence
- Barcelona , Spain
- Born
- ( 1971-01-16 ) 16 January 1971 (age 55) , Barcelona, Spain
- Height
- 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
- Plays
- Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
- Prize money
- US$ 11,632,199
- Career record
- 447–271 (62.3%)
- Highest ranking
- No. 3 (1 August 1994)
- Australian open
- 4R ( 1993 )
- French open
- W ( 1993 , 1994 )
- Wimbledon
- 4R ( 1994 )
- Us open
- 4R ( 1994 , 1997 )
- Tour finals
- SF ( 1994 )
- Grand slam cup
- QF ( 1993 , 1994 )
- Olympic games
- F ( 1996 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Tennis
- Position
- Tennis Player
- Nationality
- Spain
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- Barcelona
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Participant in
- tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics – men's singles
- Sport
- tennis
- Country for sport
- Spain
- Mass
- 76
- Height
- 188
- Residence
- Barcelona
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- date of birth
- 1971-01-16
- singles record
- 447–271
- doubles record
- 49–50
- prize money
- 11632199
- end of work period
- 2002-00-00
- start of work period
- 1988-00-00
- ranking
- 49
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Encyclopedic overview
Sergi Bruguera i Torner ( Catalan pronunciation: [ˈsɛɾʒi βɾuˈɣeɾə i tuɾˈne]; born 16 January 1971) is a Spanish former professional tennis player and coach. Bruguera won consecutive men's singles titles at the French Open in 1993 and 1994, a silver medal in men's singles at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, and reached a career-high ranking of world No. 3 in August 1994.
Bruguera is the only player to have a winning record against both Roger Federer and Pete Sampras, leading 3–2 against Sampras and 1–0 against Federer (at the 2000 Barcelona Open).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sergi Bruguera” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.