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Mariano Puerta

ARG Age 48 180 cm / 5'11" Plays: Left-Handed, One-Handed Backhand ATP Tour years active: 1997–2005

Mariano Puerta represented Argentina on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 9. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 121–116 and 3 singles titles.

Peak singles rank

9 (Aug 15, 2005)

Elo peak

1893 (82nd percentile)

Singles record

121–116 (51.1%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$1,781,372

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's ATP event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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ATP Matches full match log →

Mariano Puerta's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Daniel Dutra da Silva #253	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 16, 2009	Q1 Q	Argentina Open	ATP 250	Clay
Daniel Dutra da Silva #263	6-3 1-6 1-2 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 9, 2009	Q1 Q	Costa Do Sauipe	ATP 250	Clay
Gaston Gaudio #9	3-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 14, 2005	RR	ATP Finals	ATP Finals	Carpet
Nikolay Davydenko #7	3-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 14, 2005	RR	ATP Finals	ATP Finals	Carpet
Fernando Gonzalez #13	3-6 6-4 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Nov 14, 2005	RR	ATP Finals	ATP Finals	Carpet

Qualifying matches are shown here but excluded from main-draw summaries and leaderboards.

Rivals all rivalries →

Mariano Puerta's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Gaston Gaudio	1	5	6	Nov 14, 2005	H2H
Juan Antonio Marin	4	2	6	Jul 22, 2005	H2H
Felix Mantilla	3	3	6	May 20, 2005	H2H
Carlos Moya	3	2	5	Apr 13, 2005	H2H
Gustavo Kuerten	2	3	5	Mar 11, 2000	H2H

Singles Titles (3)

Mariano Puerta singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles titles	GS	Masters 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP Finals	Tournaments
1998	19	1	—	—	—	1	—	Palermo
2000	21	1	—	—	—	1	—	Bogota
2005	26	1	—	—	—	1	—	Casablanca
Total		3	—	—	—	3	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Results

Mariano Puerta career results by season
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1997	18	ATP	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—
1998	19	ATP	21	12	33	63.6%	141	39
1999	20	ATP	14	26	40	35.0%	39	101
2000	21	ATP	39	21	60	65.0%	103	21
2001	22	ATP	1	12	13	7.7%	21	254
2002	23	Qualifying Q	3	0	3	100.0%	—	—
2002	23	ATP	2	4	6	33.3%	253	116
2003	24	ATP	5	14	19	26.3%	119	118
2004	25	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	118	133
2005	26	ATP	37	25	62	59.7%	133	56
2009	30	Qualifying Q	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—
Career		—	121	116	237	51.1%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Mariano Puerta career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Type	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1997	18	ATP	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%
1998	19	ATP	0	2	2	0.0%	21	9	30	70.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	21	12	33	63.6%
1999	20	ATP	6	10	16	37.5%	8	16	24	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	14	26	40	35.0%
2000	21	ATP	1	6	7	14.3%	37	13	50	74.0%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	39	21	60	65.0%
2001	22	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	1	10	11	9.1%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	12	13	7.7%
2002	23	Qualifying Q	—	—	—	—	3	0	3	100.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	0	3	100.0%
2002	23	ATP	—	—	—	—	2	4	6	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	4	6	33.3%
2003	24	ATP	0	4	4	0.0%	5	9	14	35.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	5	14	19	26.3%
2004	25	ATP	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2005	26	ATP	6	5	11	54.5%	28	13	41	68.3%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	6	9	33.3%	37	25	62	59.7%
2009	30	Qualifying Q	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
Career	—	—	13	28	41	31.7%	104	76	180	57.8%	0	4	4	0.0%	4	8	12	33.3%	121	116	237	51.1%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Mariano Puerta career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1997	18	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1998	19	1	1	2	50.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	11	8	19	57.9%	4	2	6	66.7%	19	12	31	61.3%
1999	20	0	3	3	0.0%	2	8	10	20.0%	8	13	21	38.1%	4	1	5	80.0%	14	25	39	35.9%
2000	21	2	4	6	33.3%	7	7	14	50.0%	18	6	24	75.0%	8	4	12	66.7%	35	21	56	62.5%
2001	22	0	0	—	—	1	4	5	20.0%	0	7	7	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	12	13	7.7%
2002	23	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%
2003	24	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	4	10	14	28.6%	1	2	3	33.3%	5	14	19	26.3%
2004	25	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2005	26	4	5	9	44.4%	3	4	7	42.9%	19	16	35	54.3%	11	0	11	100.0%	37	25	62	59.7%
Career		7	14	21	33.3%	16	26	42	38.1%	63	64	127	49.6%	28	11	39	71.8%	114	115	229	49.8%

Opponent ranking data available for 229/237 (96.6%) of Mariano Puerta's ATP main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Mariano Puerta performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
1997	18	1/3	5.0	2.0	64.3%	80.6%	65.0%	100.0%	50.0%	75.0%	34.6%
1998	19	26/33	2.6	1.7	64.8%	68.2%	52.0%	52.1%	50.0%	62.6%	38.6%
1999	20	30/40	3.7	2.0	63.4%	64.7%	50.2%	57.7%	51.1%	59.4%	35.8%
2000	21	45/60	3.1	1.4	67.7%	69.7%	54.5%	64.2%	46.4%	65.0%	38.4%
2001	22	10/13	3.2	3.2	58.8%	63.9%	43.5%	54.6%	36.5%	55.8%	31.8%
2002	23	4/6	3.8	3.8	61.3%	61.7%	43.6%	43.6%	38.2%	54.4%	37.9%
2003	24	19/19	2.9	2.8	61.7%	68.1%	48.4%	49.1%	22.3%	60.6%	34.2%
2004	25	1/1	1.0	4.0	60.0%	61.9%	28.6%	0.0%	—	48.6%	11.1%
2005	26	61/62	4.6	1.8	67.1%	69.7%	55.6%	59.9%	42.0%	65.0%	36.6%
Career		197/237	3.6	1.9	65.3%	68.2%	52.4%	57.8%	43.0%	62.7%	36.6%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 197/237 (83.1%) of Mariano Puerta's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Mariano Puerta advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1997	18	1531	110.1	-1.06	-2.79	1.385	55.6%	—	+53	—	66.7%	+0.67	—	—	—	+0.12
1998	19	1707	136.4	+1.08	-0.90	1.031	50.6%	—	+94	—	57.9%	+0.46	11–3 (79%)	6–3 (67%)	111.1	+0.39
1999	20	1616	129.5	-1.55	-1.75	0.882	47.9%	-40	+26	—	44.0%	-0.45	2–11 (15%)	5–7 (42%)	90.3	-0.85
2000	21	1725	148.1	+3.13	+0.81	1.097	51.7%	-181	+130	—	67.4%	+0.99	6–6 (50%)	11–6 (65%)	99.8	-0.20
2001	22	1574	112.2	-2.77	-3.94	0.719	44.5%	—	+105	—	22.6%	-1.84	1–3 (25%)	2–2 (50%)	96.5	-0.43
2002	23	1598	109.4	-2.76	-0.53	0.832	46.1%	—	+65	—	35.3%	-1.00	1–1	1–1	—	+0.12
2003	24	1523	115.6	-0.19	-3.28	0.866	47.3%	-56	+90	—	29.3%	-1.02	1–1	1–2 (33%)	—	-0.18
2004	25	1510	96.4	+0.04	-4.46	0.216	29.6%	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.50	—	—	—	+0.05
2005	26	1696	143.6	+2.78	-0.80	1.046	50.6%	-143	+177	—	57.1%	+0.20	12–9 (57%)	21–9 (70%)	112.1	+2.48
2009	30	1650	97.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		1893	140.7	+1.26	-1.01	0.980	49.7%	-111	+113	—	52.6%	+0.05	34–34 (50%)	47–30 (61%)	106.2	+0.64

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Mariano Puerta Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1998	19	—	—	R128	R128	0–2 (0%)
1999	20	R64	R64	—	R64	3–3 (50%)
2000	21	R128	R32	—	R128	2–3 (40%)
2001	22	—	R64	R128	—	1–2 (33%)
2002	23	—	R64	—	—	4–1 (80%)
2003	24	R128	R64	R128	R128	1–4 (20%)
2005	26	—	F	R128	R64	7–3 (70%)
W-L		1–3 (25%)	15–6 (71%)	0–4 (0%)	2–5 (29%)	18–18 (50%)

Masters 1000

Mariano Puerta Masters 1000 results by season
Season	Age	CAN	CIN	HAM	IW	MAD	MC	MIA	PAR	ITA	STU	W-L Win %
1999	20	—	—	R16	R64	—	R32	R128	—	R64	—	3–5 (38%)
2000	21	R64	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	R64	QF	R32	6–6 (50%)
2001	22	—	—	R64	—	—	R64	R128	—	R64	—	0–4 (0%)
2005	26	QF	R64	R32	—	R16	R16	—	R32	—	—	7–6 (54%)
W-L		3–2 (60%)	1–2 (33%)	5–4 (56%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	3–3 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	16–21 (43%)

ATP 500

Mariano Puerta ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	MEX	BAR	AUS	STU	TKY	MEM	MEX	NEW	W-L Win %
1998	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	0–1 (0%)
1999	20	—	R32	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	4–3 (57%)
2000	21	—	R32	—	—	—	—	F	—	5–2 (71%)
2003	24	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2005	26	SF	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	5–3 (62%)
W-L		3–1 (75%)	2–3 (40%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	4–1 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	14–10 (58%)

ATP 250

Mariano Puerta ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	SWE	BUC	BUE	DOH	GST	MTP	MAL	MET	MUN	STG	UMA	BOG	BOL	CAS	COS	DUT	SHA	LON	MER	MEX	PAL	SAN	SAN	SCO	SOP	ST.	SYD	U.S	STG	W-L Win %
1997	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1998	19	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	QF	SF	R16	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	SF	W	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	21–9 (70%)
1999	20	R32	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	R32	—	R16	R32	R32	R32	—	R32	R16	—	—	4–15 (21%)
2000	21	—	—	R16	—	R32	F	R16	SF	—	—	F	F	W	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	26–10 (72%)
2001	22	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	0–6 (0%)
2002	23	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	1–3 (25%)
2003	24	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	4–9 (31%)
2004	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2005	26	—	—	QF	F	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	R32	QF	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	R32	R16	18–10 (64%)
2009	30	—	—	—	Q1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Q1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	3–4 (43%)	4–4 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	5–4 (56%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	8–3 (73%)	8–5 (62%)	6–1 (86%)	2–1 (67%)	8–2 (80%)	0–3 (0%)	2–4 (33%)	3–1 (75%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	8–5 (62%)	0–1 (0%)	4–3 (57%)	0–1 (0%)	1–4 (20%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	2–2 (50%)	76–66 (54%)

ATP Finals

Mariano Puerta ATP Finals results by season
Season	Age	FIN	W-L Win %
2005	26	RR	0–3 (0%)
W-L		0–3 (0%)	0–3 (0%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Aug 15, 2005

First Top 100

Apr 27, 1998

First Top 50

Oct 12, 1998

First Top 20

Jul 31, 2000

First Top 10

Jul 25, 2005

Ranking History Matrix

Mariano Puerta ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1998	19	141	137	140	97	100	91	95	58	60	42	39	39
1999	20	36	36	38	44	44	44	47	66	63	85	99	101
2000	21	119	84	51	47	26	26	20	18	18	18	21	21
2001	22	21	30	48	56	93	104	179	206	225	230	255	254
2002	23	251	237	236	196	199	180	152	155	128	125	115	116
2003	24	115	109	112	121	97	87	98	91	108	110	118	118
2004	25	119	118	122	128	179	363	393	297	261	251	160	133
2005	26	119	60	60	43	37	11	10	10	10	9	12	56
2006	27	62	127	126	434	829	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2007	28	—	—	—	—	—	1012	1008	424	427	278	259	261
2008	29	262	259	212	204	195	185	149	170	156	191	206	195
2009	30	194	189	205	192	188	184	267	298	339	292	314	311
2010	31	313	315	347	412	512	568	564	552	597	1008	1009	—

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Paradorn Srichaphan	THA	#9	1,992	404	220	184	54.5%	$3,459,655	5	0	1997–2007	Rivalries	Match log
Nicolas Massu	CHI	#9	1,900	445	226	219	50.8%	$4,344,833	6	0	1997–2013	Rivalries	Match log
Arnaud Clement	FRA	#10	1,975	617	302	315	48.9%	$7,125,228	4	0	1997–2012	Rivalries	Match log
Franco Squillari	ARG	#11	1,846	306	146	160	47.7%	$2,504,591	3	0	1994–2004	Rivalries	Match log
Guillermo Canas	ARG	#8	1,991	434	245	189	56.5%	$5,285,575	7	1	1996–2009	Rivalries	Match log
Joachim Johansson	SWE	#9	1,944	124	70	54	56.5%	$1,549,039	3	0	2000–2013	Rivalries	Match log
Marc Rosset	SUI	#9	1,956	741	406	335	54.8%	$6,812,693	15	0	1988–2004	Rivalries	Match log
Felix Mantilla	ESP	#10	1,960	525	307	218	58.5%	$5,332,214	10	1	1994–2007	Rivalries	Match log
Sjeng Schalken	NED	#11	1,928	534	280	254	52.4%	$5,192,798	9	0	1994–2005	Rivalries	Match log
Jurgen Melzer	AUT	#8	2,017	638	331	307	51.9%	$10,739,212	5	0	1999–2018	Rivalries	Match log
MaliVai Washington	USA	#11	1,912	444	252	192	56.8%	$3,232,565	4	0	1988–2005	Rivalries	Match log
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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Mariano Puerta?: Mariano Puerta is 48 years old, born on September 19, 1978.
Which country does Mariano Puerta represent?: Mariano Puerta represents Argentina in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Mariano Puerta?: Mariano Puerta is 180 cm / 5'11".
Does Mariano Puerta use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Mariano Puerta uses a one-handed backhand.
Is Mariano Puerta left-handed or right-handed?: Mariano Puerta plays left-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Mariano Puerta won?: Mariano Puerta has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Mariano Puerta won?: TennisDB does not group any of Mariano Puerta's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Mariano Puerta won?: Mariano Puerta has won 3 ATP singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Casablanca in 2005.
What is Mariano Puerta's highest ATP ranking?: Mariano Puerta's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 9, first achieved on August 15, 2005.
What is Mariano Puerta's career win-loss record?: Mariano Puerta has a career ATP singles record of 121 wins and 116 losses (51.1%).
How much career prize money has Mariano Puerta earned?: Mariano Puerta has earned at least $1,781,372 in career prize money from professional tennis.
What turned-professional year does TennisDB record for Mariano Puerta?: TennisDB records 1998 as Mariano Puerta's turned-professional year.
Which seasons of Mariano Puerta's career appear in TennisDB?: Mariano Puerta appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1997 through 2005.
On which surface does Mariano Puerta have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Mariano Puerta's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on clay: 57.8% (104–76).
Who has Mariano Puerta faced most often?: Mariano Puerta's most frequent opponent is Gaston Gaudio, with a head-to-head record of 1–5 across 6 meetings.