Damián Furmanski (born 5 October 1975) is a former professional

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player from Argentina.

Biography

Furmanski began competing on tour in the early 1990s. He represented Argentina at the

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in Israel. As a professional player he competed mostly on the Futures and Challenger circuits. His only main draw appearance on the ATP Tour came in the doubles at the 1997

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in Boston, where he and partner José Frontera featured as lucky losers from qualifying. In 1999 he won the Mexico City Challenger doubles title partnering

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. He reached his best singles ranking of 198 in the world in 2000. After retiring from the tour in 2002, Furmanski moved to

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, Texas to launch a tennis academy.

Challenger titles

Doubles: (1)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Furmanski, Damian 1975 births Living people Argentine male tennis players Competitors at the 1993 Maccabiah Games Maccabiah Games tennis players Maccabiah Games competitors for Argentina Jewish Argentine sportspeople Jewish tennis players