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Alberto Tous

Alberto Tous
Country (sports) Spain Spain
Residence Barcelona
Born (1962-08-03) August 3, 1962 (age 54)
Palma, Spain
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Plays Right-handed
Prize money $200,221
Singles
Career record 40–61
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 52 (10 August 1987)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open 2R (1983, 1988, 1989)
Wimbledon 1R (1983)
Doubles
Career record 40–62
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 36 (15 June 1987)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open SF (1987)
Mixed doubles
Career titles 0
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open 3R (1988)

Alberto Tous (born 3 August 1962) is a former professional tennis player from Spain.

Born in Palma, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Tous was the top ranked Spanish junior in 1979, for the under 18s. He made the final of the boys' singles event at the 1980 French Open, which he lost to Henri Leconte.

He reached the quarter-finals at Madrid in 1983 and made two Grand Slam appearances that year. In the French Open to lost to John McEnroe in the second round, after securing his first Grand Slam win, over Givaldo Barbosa. He lost in the opening round at Wimbledon to Brad Drewett. The Spaniard also took part in a Davis Cup tie for his country that year, against Yugoslavia. With Yugoslavia having already secured the tie, Tous played and won a dead rubber, against Goran Prpić.

In 1984, he was beaten in the first round at the French Open, by Martín Jaite. His best result of the year came in Bari, where he reached the quarter-finals.

He made two Grand Prix finals in 1985, at Madrid and Bologna, both in the doubles. As a singles player he did well in Bologna, making the semi-finals. He was unable to progress part the opening round of the 1985 French Open, losing to Tomáš Šmíd.


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