Mariano Puerta

Mariano Puerta is a professional tennis player Argentinian, born the September 19th 1978 with Buenos Aires. Its best classification ATP Tour is the 9^e place. In October 2003, it is suspended for nine months for doping with the Clenbuterol, substance which it affirms to have taken to alleviate a crisis of Asthme and which will be detected at the time of the tournament of Viña del Mar with the Chile. Distinguishing mark: it is left-handed like Spanish Rafael Nadal. Its principal weapon is its right blow.

Finalist of the International of France of Roland-Garros in 2005, it must incline himself after having very tested in four sets (7-6 (6), 1-6, 3-6, 5-7) against the Spanish young person Rafael Nadal. After this final, it reached the 9th world place.

|- valign=" top" | Country: | Argentinian |- valign=" top" | Residence: | Argentinian Buenos Aires, |- valign=" top" | Size: | 1m80 |- valign=" top" | Weight: | 78 kg |- valign=" top" | Catch of racket: | Left hand |- valign=" top" | Reverse: | With a hand |- valign=" top" | Professional since: | 1998 |- valign=" top" | Coach: | Guillermo Pérez-Roldán |- valign=" top" | Better classification: | 9th, August 15th, 2005 |- valign=" top" | Better double classification: | 68e, August 2nd, 1999 |- valign=" top" | Titles into simple: | 3 |- valign=" top" | Titles in double: | 3 |}

Prize list

Titles into simple (3)

Finales into simple (7)

Titles in double (3)

Results in Large Slam

Into simple

In double

Eight year old suspension

He is again shown of doping the October 6th 2005 by the newspaper the Team which affirms that a positive control with the étiléfrine (a stimulant) was carried out the evening of the finale of Roland Garros.

The December 21st 2005 the International federation of tennis starting from June 5th, 2005 announces its suspension of any competition for 8 years, a sanction which signs probably the final adoption of its career. Puerta must also give up its profits acquired in the tournaments since its defeat against Nadal, that is to say 330.925 US dollars.

July 11th, 2006, the Argentinian player sees his sorrow reduced to two years by the Arbitration court of the sport.

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