Christian Carlos Miniussi Ventureira (born 5 July 1967) is a former

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from

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. Miniussi turned professional in 1984. He started playing tennis at the Adrogué Tennis Club and he also represented his native country as a lucky loser at the

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, where he was defeated in the first round by

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. In the doubles competition Miniussi claimed the bronze medal alongside

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. The right-hander won one career title in singles (

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, 1991). He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 18 May 1992, when he became the number 57 of the world.

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Doubles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner-ups)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

Singles: 6 (2–4)

Doubles: 11 (5–6)

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

External links

* * * * 1967 births Living people Argentine male tennis players Argentine people of Italian descent Olympic bronze medalists for Argentina Olympic medalists in tennis Olympic tennis players of Argentina People from Adrogué Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in tennis Pan American Games bronze medalists for Argentina Tennis players at the 1983 Pan American Games Competitors at the 1982 Southern Cross Games South American Games gold medalists for Argentina South American Games medalists in tennis Sportspeople from Buenos Aires Province {{Argentina-tennis-bio-stub