Cristiano Testa

Cristiano Testa (born 23 September 1973) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil. He is also known as Testinha.

Cristiano Testa
Full nameCristiano Testa
Country (sports) Brazil
Born (1973-09-23) 23 September 1973 (age 50)
PlaysLeft-handed
Prize money$56,825
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 416 (26 August 1996)
Doubles
Career record3–6
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 109 (17 January 2000)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2000)

Biography

Testa, a left-handed player, represented Brazil's Junior Davis Cup team in 1989.

Turning professional in 1993, Testa competed mostly on tour as a doubles specialist. His best performance came at the 1996 Colombia Open where he made the semi-finals with Diego del Río. He made a total of 11 Challenger doubles finals, for three titles, in Medellín, Eisenach and Santiago. In 2000 he reached his highest doubles ranking of 109 in the world and earned a spot in the main draw of the 2000 Australian Open. He and partner Fernando Meligeni were beaten in the first round by eventual finalists Wayne Black and Andrew Kratzmann.[1]

He now works as a junior tennis coach in Porto Alegre.[2]

Challenger titles

Doubles: (3)

No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.1998Medellín, ColombiaClay Adriano Ferreira Juan-Camilo Gamboa
Mauricio Hadad
3–6, 6–1, 6–2
2.1998Eisenach, GermanyClay Jaime Oncins Rene Nicklisch
Patrick Sommer
6–1, 6–3
3.1999Santiago, ChileClay Antonio Prieto Germán Puentes
Álex López Morón
4–6, 6–4, 6–3

References