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Daniel Orsanic

Daniel Orsanic
Country (sports)  Argentina
Residence Buenos Aires, Argentina
Born (1968-06-11) 11 June 1968 (age 48)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro 1989
Retired 2003
Prize money US$ 1,000,200
Singles
Career record 14–31
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 107 (15 November 1993)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 1R (1994)
French Open 1R (1992)
Wimbledon 1R (1991, 1993)
Doubles
Career record 145–170
Career titles 8
Highest ranking No. 24 (11 May 1998)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 1R (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)
French Open SF (1997, 2000)
Wimbledon 2R (2001)
US Open 3R (2000)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon 2R (1997, 2002)

Daniel Orsanic (Serbo-Croatian: Oršanić; born 11 June 1968) is a former professional male tennis player from Argentina who is retired from professional tennis and currently is the captain of the Argentina Davis Cup team.

Orsanic was a left-hander with a double handed backhand. He was primarily a doubles specialist with his best tournament results in singles reaching three quarterfinals in 1993 at Buenos Aires and twice in 1994 at Birmingham, Alabama and Båstad.

In doubles Orsanic won eight titles and was a finalist on seven occasions all of these performances were on clay. 1998 was his most successful year with two titles at Majorca and Kitzbühel and a finalist in Palermo, Mexico City, and Gstaad. His last title came in 2001 Palermo with Spaniard Tomás Carbonell. Orsanic retired as an active player at the end of the 2003 season.

Orsanic was the former coach to Peruvian Luis Horna. He was also the team captain for Argentina when they won the 2007 World Team Cup in Düsseldorf. Orsanic was the former coach of José Acasuso, they separated before Roland Garros. He is now working with the Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas.



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