Sergi Bruguera
| Country (sports) |
 Spain
|
|---|---|
| Residence | Barcelona, Spain |
| Born |
16 January 1971 Barcelona, Spain |
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in) |
| Turned pro | 1988 |
| Retired | 2002 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $11,632,199 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 447–271 |
| Career titles | 14 |
| Highest ranking | No. 3 (1 August 1994) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 4R (1993) |
| French Open | W (1993, 1994) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (1994) |
| US Open | 4R (1994, 1997) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Tour Finals | SF (1994) |
| Grand Slam Cup | QF (1993, 1994) |
| Olympic Games | F (1996) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 49–50 |
| Career titles | 3 |
| Highest ranking | No. 49 (6 May 1991) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| French Open | 3R (1990) |
| US Open | QF (1990) |
Sergi Bruguera i Torner (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈsɛrʒi βɾuˈɣeɾə i turˈne]; born 16 January 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Catalonia, Spain. He won consecutive men's singles titles at the French Open in 1993 and 1994. As of 2016, he has won the most Grand Slam titles for someone not inducted to the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
Bruguera is the only player to have a winning record against both Federer and Sampras. He won three of their five matches against Sampras: Bruguera leads 1–0 on hard court, 2–1 on clay, and Sampras leads 1–0 on carpet. He is also, along with Patrick Rafter, the only player to have always won against Roger Federer, having dispatched the 18-time Grand Slam winner at the 2000 Barcelona Open with 6–1, 6–1.
Bruguera won a total of 14 top-level singles titles and 3 doubles titles. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 3. He is currently the director of the Bruguera Tennis Academy Top Team.
He is currently the coach of French tennis player Richard Gasquet.
Bruguera was Spain's national junior champion in 1987. He turned professional in 1988. In his first full year on the tour, 1989, he won the Cairo Challenger title as a qualifier, defeating Jordi Arrese in the final, and reached the semifinals in Rome. He reached 4th round in the French Open in 1989 and finished the year ranked world No. 26, and was named the ATP's newcomer of the year.
Bruguera earned a reputation as a top clay court player in the early 1990s, reaching singles finals at Gstaad and Geneva, and capturing doubles titles in Hamburg (his 1st ATP Masters 1000 title in doubles) partnering Jim Courier (whom, ironically, would play against Bruguera later in 1993 French Open the men's singles final) in Florence, partnering Horacio de la Peña in 1990; reaching singles finals at Barcelona and Gstaad along with titles in Estoril, Monte Carlo (his 1st ATP Masters 1000 title in singles), and Athens, and a doubles title at Geneva, partnering Marc Rosset in 1991; reaching singles finals at Estoril, Bordeaux, and Athens along with titles in Madrid, Gstaad and Palermo in 1992.
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