Cristiano Testa

{{short description|Brazilian tennis player}}

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| plays = Left-handed

| careerprizemoney = $56,825

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| highestsinglesranking = No. 416 (26 August 1996)

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| doublesrecord = 3–6

| doublestitles = 0

| highestdoublesranking = No. 109 (17 January 2000)

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| AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 1R (2000)

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Cristiano Testa (born 23 September 1973) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil. He is also known as Testinha.

Biography

Testa, a left-handed player, represented Brazil's Junior Davis Cup team in 1989.

Turning professional in 1993, Testa competed mostly on tour as a doubles specialist. His best performance came at the 1996 Colombia Open where he made the semi-finals with Diego del Río. He made a total of 11 Challenger doubles finals, for three titles, in Medellín, Eisenach and Santiago. In 2000 he reached his highest doubles ranking of 109 in the world and earned a spot in the main draw of the 2000 Australian Open. He and partner Fernando Meligeni were beaten in the first round by eventual finalists Wayne Black and Andrew Kratzmann.{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=113668|title=Tennis - Australian Open (Melbourne)|date=30 June 2000|work=The New Zealand Herald|accessdate=27 May 2017}}

He now works as a junior tennis coach in Porto Alegre.{{cite web|url=http://www.tenisvirtual.com.br/12/2016/titulo-da-gedore-interclubes-infanto-juvenil-de-tenis-vai-para-a-alj/|title=Título da Gedore Interclubes Infanto Juvenil de Tênis vai para a ALJ|date=4 December 2016|publisher=Tênis Virtual|language=Portuguese|accessdate=27 May 2017}}

Challenger titles

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1.

|1998

|Medellín, Colombia

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Adriano Ferreira

|{{flagicon|COL}} Juan-Camilo Gamboa
{{flagicon|COL}} Mauricio Hadad

|3–6, 6–1, 6–2

2.

|1998

|Eisenach, Germany

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Jaime Oncins

|{{flagicon|GER}} Rene Nicklisch
{{flagicon|GER}} Patrick Sommer

|6–1, 6–3

3.

|1999

|Santiago, Chile

|Clay

|{{flagicon|BRA}} Antonio Prieto

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Germán Puentes
{{flagicon|ESP}} Álex López Morón

|4–6, 6–4, 6–3

References

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