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Jordi Burillo

Jordi Burillo
Country (sports)  Spain
Residence Mataró, Spain
Born (1972-12-07) 7 December 1972 (age 44)
Barcelona, Spain
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 12 in)
Turned pro 1991
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $1,198,126
Singles
Career record 92–129
Career titles 1
Highest ranking No. 43 (22 April 1996)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 2R (1998)
French Open 1R (1994, 1997, 1998)
Wimbledon 3R (1994)
US Open 2R (1994)
Doubles
Career record 31–43
Career titles 1
Highest ranking No. 100 (2 February 1998)

Jordi Burillo Puig (born 7 December 1972) is a retired professional tennis player from Spain. He won one singles title and a doubles title on the ATP Tour in his career. His style was very aggressive and powerful, hitting always the ball and serving very hard.

He won the title in Bologna and play the final of Florence in 1993. In 1995 played his last final of ATP level until his retirement, in Palermo. In 1997 won the Open Castilla y León, considered best challenger of the world by this date. And, this year, the court was so fast (and consequently his game, and his hits) that only Francisco Clavet (semifinals) could end his match against Burillo. All his other rivals in the tournament gave up due to injuries.

His more notable victories include Boris Becker (1992, clay) and Mark Philippoussis (1998, grass). After retiring from professional tennis, he became Julián Alonso's coach.



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