Mario Tabares

Mario Tabares

Country (sports)	Cuba
Born	(1965-07-22) July 22, 1965 Havana, Cuba
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$106,057
Singles
Career record	12–16 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0 2 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 131 (28 August 1989)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	1R (1990)
Wimbledon	Q3 (1992)
Doubles
Career record	9–16 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	1 4 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 106 (26 April 1993)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (1993)
Medal record Representing Cuba Pan American Games 1991 Havana Doubles 1991 Havana Team Central American and Caribbean Games 1986 Santiago Mixed doubles 1990 Mexico City Doubles 1990 Mexico City Team 1993 Ponce Doubes 1986 Santiago Singles 1986 Santiago Doubles 1990 Mexico City Singles 1993 Ponce Singles 1993 Ponce Team Summer Universiade 1987 Zagreb Singles

Mario Iván Tabares (born July 22, 1965) is a Cuban former professional tennis player. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career, he won one doubles title. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 106 in 1993.

Tabares participated in 16 Davis Cup ties for Cuba from 1987 to 1994, posting a 15–17 record in singles and a 7–9 record in doubles.

He and his wife recently opened a tennis store in the heart of Miami named is MT Tennis Touch.

He competes competitively internationally. In April 2010, he became the ITF World Champion in Men's 40 Singles. He also became an ITF World Champion the same year with his brother Alexander Tabares in Men's 35 Doubles.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 win, 0 runners-up)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (0–0) ATP World Series (1–0)

Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoors (1–0) Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 1992	Buzios, Brazil	World Series	Hard	Maurice Ruah	Mark Keil Tom Mercer	7–6, 6–7, 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 3 (2–1)

Legend ATP Challenger (2–1) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 1989	Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Danilo Marcelino	7–6, 6–4
Win	2–0	Aug 1989	Brasília, Brazil	Challenger	Carpet	Luiz Mattar	6–3, 6–2
Loss	2–1	Aug 1992	Ribeirão Preto, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Gabriel Silberstein	6–7, 6–7

Doubles: 10 (4–6)

Legend ATP Challenger (4–6) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (1–2) Clay (3–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 1989	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Dacio Campos	Nelson Aerts Fernando Roese	6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Dec 1989	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Juan Pino	Luiz Mattar Cassio Motta	5–7, 2–6
Win	1–2	Jan 1991	Vina del Mar, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Juan Pino	Gabriel Markus Francisco Yunis	6–3, 6–2
Win	2–2	Jul 1992	Campos do Jordao, Chile	Challenger	Hard	Jose Daher	Donald Johnson Tom Mercer	6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Loss	2–3	Sep 1992	Guaruja, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Maurice Ruah	Danilo Marcelino Fernando Meligeni	walkover
Win	3–3	Sep 1992	Bogotá, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Nicolas Pereira	William Kyriakos Fernando Meligeni	7–6, 7–5
Loss	3–4	Oct 1992	Cali, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Daniel Orsanic	Michael Geserer Fabio Silberberg	4–6, 4–6
Loss	3–5	Nov 1992	Sao Luis, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Maurice Ruah	Luiz Mattar Fabio Silberberg	3–6, 5–7
Loss	3–6	Apr 1993	Barcelona, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Maurice Ruah	Sergio Casal Jordi Burillo	2–6, 6–4, 1–6
Win	4–6	Apr 1993	Riemerling, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Maurice Ruah	Sander Groen Arne Thoms	6–3, 6–3

External links

• Mario Tabares at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Mario Tabares at the International Tennis Federation
• Mario Tabares at the Davis Cup (archived)
• Mario Tabares at InterSportStats