Mariano Hood

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Mariano Hood

Country (sports)	Argentina
Residence	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Born	(1973-08-14) 14 August 1973 (age 48) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	1993
Retired	2009
Plays	Left-handed
Prize money	US$847,665
Singles
Career record	4–7
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 153 (15 May 2000)
Doubles
Career record	170–149
Career titles	13
Highest ranking	No. 20 (27 October 2003)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2002, 2005)
French Open	QF (2003, 2005)
Wimbledon	2R (2004, 2005)
US Open	3R (2003)

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

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[]

External links[]

• Mariano Hood at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Mariano Hood at the International Tennis Federation

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