Sergi Bruguera

Sergi Bruguera was a Spanish professional tennis player. Bruguera won the men’s singles tournament at the 1993 and 1994 French Open, reaching a career-best singles ranking of number three in the world in August 1994. He won a silver medal at the Olympics and later became a coach.

Bruguera was the Spanish junior champion in 1987, turning professional the following year. His first ATP singles title came at the 1991 Estoril Open in Portugal when he beat Karel Nováček. Bruguera competed in the singles tournament at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. He beat Great Britain’s Andrew Castle in the first round before losing to Mark Koevermans of the Netherlands in round two.

After the Olympics Bruguera had a purple patch where he won two Grand Slam titles and ascended to number three in the world rankings. Bruguera won the 1993 and 1994 French Open titles, beating Jim Courier and Alberto Berasategui, respectively. Bruguera reached the fourth round of the Australian Open in 1993, and the fourth round of Wimbledon and the US Open in 1994.

In 1996 Bruguera competed at his second Olympics in both the singles and doubles tournaments at the Atlanta Games. In the doubles he and Tomás Carbonell reached the quarter-finals. Bruguera won the silver medal in the singles tournament after losing to Andre Agassi in the final. Bruguera retired from tennis in 2002 and later became a coach. In 2022 he coached the former Olympic champion Alexander Zverev.