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Alberto César Mancini (born 20 May 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. He won three top-level singles titles and four tour doubles titles. His career-high rankings were World No. 8 in singles and No. 79 in doubles (both in 1989).
Mancini won the two most significant titles of his career in 1989. In April that year he won the Monte Carlo Open, defeating Boris Becker in the final 7–5, 2–6, 7–6, 7–5. In May he won the Rome Masters, beating Andre Agassi in the final 6–3, 4–6, 2–6, 7–6, 6–1, saving match point in the fourth set. Both events were part of the Grand Prix Championship Series. Mancini also reached the quarter-finals of the 1989 French Open, his career-best performance at a Grand Slam event. He defeated Simon Youl, Martín Jaite, Paul Haarhuis and Jakob Hlasek before losing to Stefan Edberg.
Mancini reached the final of the Italian Open again in 1991, but was forced to retire during the final against Emilio Sánchez with Sánchez leading 6–3, 6–1, 3–0. The last major final of Mancini's career was at the Miami Masters in Florida in 1992, where he lost to Michael Chang 7–5, 7–5.
Mancini, a competitor at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, retired from the professional tour in 1994.
Mancini went on to become captain of the Argentina Davis Cup team, and led Argentina to the Davis Cup final in both 2006 and 2008. However, Argentina lost both finals. Mancini resigned his position as captain of the team after losing in Argentina to Spain in the 2008 Davis Cup final.
In 2010 he was granted the Konex Award Merit Diploma as one of the five best coaches of the last decade in Argentina.
In November 2020, Mancini became the coach of Fabio Fognini. He is currently coaching Daniel Altmaier.
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| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A !0 / 1 !1–1 | ||||||||||||||
| French Open | A | 1R | QF | 2R | 4R | 3R | 1R | Q3 !0 / 6 !10–6 | ||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A !0 / 0 !0–0 | ||||||||||||||
| US Open | A | A | 4R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A !0 / 5 !3–5 | ||||||||||||||
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| Indian Wells | A | A | 3R | 1R | A | 1R | QF | 1R ! 0 / 5 !5–5 | ||||||||||||||
| Miami Masters | A | A | 4R | 2R | A | F | 2R | 2R !0 / 5 !9–5 | ||||||||||||||
| Monte Carlo | A | 2R | W | 2R | 3R | 2R | A | 1R !1 / 6 !9–5 | ||||||||||||||
| Hamburg | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | A !0 / 4 !1–4 | ||||||||||||||
| Rome | 1R | 1R | W | QF | F | 3R | 1R | A !1 / 7 !16–6 | ||||||||||||||
| Canada | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A !0 / 0 !0–0 | ||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A !0 / 0 !0–0 | ||||||||||||||
| Paris Masters | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | A | A | A !0 / 2 !1–2 | ||||||||||||||
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| ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) |
| ATP Masters Series (2–2) |
| ATP Championship Series (0–1) |
| ATP World Series (1–2) |
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| Win | 1–0 | Bologna Outdoor, Italy | Grand Prix | Clay | Emilio Sánchez | 7–5, 7–6(7–4) | |
| Win | 2–0 | Monte Carlo, Monaco | Masters Series | Clay | Boris Becker | 7–5, 2–6, 7–6(7–4), 7–5 | |
| Win | 3–0 | Rome, Italy | Masters Series | Clay | Andre Agassi | 6–3, 4–6, 2–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–1 | |
| Loss | 3–1 | Rome, Italy | Masters Series | Clay | Emilio Sánchez | 3–6, 1–6, 0–3, ret. | |
| Loss | 3–2 | Swedish Open, Sweden | World Series | Clay | Magnus Gustafsson | 1–6, 2–6 | |
| Loss | 3–3 | Stuttgart Open, Germany | Championship Series | Clay | Michael Stich | 6–1, 6–7(9–11), 4–6, 2–6 | |
| Loss | 3–4 | Miami, United States | Masters Series | Hard | Michael Chang | 5–7, 5–7 | |
| Loss | 3–5 | Kitzbühel, Austria | World Series | Clay | Pete Sampras | 3–6, 5–7, 3–6 |
| Grand Slam (0) |
| Tennis Masters Cup (0) |
| ATP Masters Series (0) |
| ATP Tour (4) |
| Loss | 0–1 | May 1988 | Munich, West Germany | Clay | Christian Miniussi | Rick Leach Jim Pugh | 1–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Aug 1988 | Saint-Vincent, Italy | Clay | Christian Miniussi | Paolo Canè Balázs Taróczy | 6–4, 5–7, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Oct 1988 | Palermo, Italy | Clay | Christian Miniussi | Carlos di Laura Marcelo Filippini | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 2–2 | Jul 1989 | Boston, United States | Clay | Andrés Gómez | Todd Nelson Phillip Williamson | 7–6, 6–2 |
| Win | 3–2 | Sep 1989 | ATP Geneva, Switzerland | Clay | Andrés Gómez | Mansour Bahrami Guillermo Pérez Roldán | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Win | 4–2 | Apr 1990 | ATP Nice, France | Clay | Yannick Noah | Marcelo Filippini Horst Skoff | 6–4, 7–6 |
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| Win | 1–0 | Santiago, Chile | Challenger | Clay | Pedro Rebolledo | 6–3, 6–3 | |
| Loss | 1–1 | Venice, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Carlos Costa | 3–6, 5–7 |
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