Mariano Hood


Mariano Hood is a retired left-handed professional Argentine tennis player who specialized in doubles.
In his career, Hood won 13 out of the 26 top level doubles finals he was in. He turned professional in 1993, and currently resides in his city of birth, Buenos Aires. He won $US806,888 in earnings and was coached by Daniel Orsanic. He won his first doubles title in Santiago, Chile in 1998 and Palermo in 2005 was his last title. On October 27, 2003, Hood reached his highest doubles ranking of World Number 20. He partnered either Sebastián Prieto or Lucas Arnold Ker to win most of his doubles titles, although he did have other partnerships as well.
Hood was banned by the ITF of the illegal use of Finasteride after he had made the French Open quarterfinals in 2005. He thus planned to retire from the professional circuit. Hood, however, made a comeback in 2008. He last played on the tour in 2009.

2008 comeback

In his first tournament of the year, he went to the semifinals with José Acasuso at the 2008 Copa Telmex. A week later, Hood teamed with Eduardo Schwank to win the Santiago, Chile Challenger on the ITF Men's Circuit. After two weeks' early losses alongside fellow Argentine partners in Challenger tournaments, he teamed with Guillermo Coria to reach the Naples Challenger semifinals, and then with Luis Horna to reach the Monza Challenger semifinals. Directly after this, he won a second title, at Chiasso located in Switzerland with Alberto Martín in a Challenger event. Two weeks later, a third Challenger triumph arrived with a victory over Marc Fornell and Caio Zampieri alongside Guillermo García López. After a few more tournaments, he received a wildcard entry with Rafael Nadal at the 2008 Queen's Club Championships.

Career titles

Doubles: 26 (13 wins, 13 losses)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePertnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Aug 1996San Marino, San MarinoClay Sebastián Prieto Pablo Albano
Lucas Arnold Ker		1–6, 3–6
Loss0–2Aug 1998San Marino, San MarinoClay Sebastián Prieto Jiří Novák
David Rikl		4–6, 6–7
Win1–2Nov 1998Santiago, ChileClay Sebastián Prieto Massimo Bertolini
Devin Bowen		7–6, 6–7, 7–6
Win2–2Aug 1999San Marino, San MarinoClay Lucas Arnold Ker Petr Pála
Pavel Vízner		6–3, 6–2
Win3–2Oct 1999Palermo, ItalyClay Sebastián Prieto Lan Bale
Alberto Martín		6–3, 6–1
Loss3–3Sep 2000Bucharest, RomaniaClay Devin Bowen Alberto Martín
Eyal Ran		6–7, 1–6
Win4–3Feb 2001Bogotá, ColombiaClay Sebastián Prieto Martín Rodríguez
André Sá		6–2, 6–4
Loss4–4Feb 2001Viña del Mar, ChileClay Sebastián Prieto Tomás Carbonell
Lucas Arnold Ker		4–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss4–5Feb 2001Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClay Sebastián Prieto Tomás Carbonell
Lucas Arnold Ker		7–5, 5–7, 6–7
Win5–5Feb 2003Viña del Mar, ChileClay Agustín Calleri František Čermák
Leoš Friedl		6–3, 1–6, 6–4
Win6–5Feb 2003Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClay Sebastián Prieto Lucas Arnold Ker
David Nalbandian		6–2, 6–2
Loss6–6Apr 2003Estoril, PortugalClay Lucas Arnold Ker Mahesh Bhupathi
Max Mirnyi		1–6, 2–6
Win7–6May 2003Valencia, SpainClay Lucas Arnold Ker Brian MacPhie
Nenad Zimonjić		6–1, 6–7, 6-4
Loss7–7Jul 2003Båstad, SwedenClay Lucas Arnold Ker Simon Aspelin
Massimo Bertolini		7–6, 0–6, 4–6
Win8–7Sep 2003Palermo, ItalyClay Lucas Arnold Ker František Čermák
Leoš Friedl		7-6, 6–7, 6–3
Loss8–8Oct 2003Basel, SwitzerlandCarpet Lucas Arnold Ker Mark Knowles
Daniel Nestor		4–6, 2–6
Win9–8Feb 2004Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClay Lucas Arnold Ker Federico Browne
Diego Veronelli		7–5, 6–7, 6–4
Loss9–9May 2004Barcelona, SpainClay Sebastián Prieto Mark Knowles
Daniel Nestor		6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win10–9May 2004St. Poelten, AustriaClay Petr Pála Tomáš Cibulec
Leoš Friedl		3-6, 7–5, 6–4
Win11–9Sep 2004Bucharest, RomaniaClay Lucas Arnold Ker José Acasuso
Óscar Hernández		7–6, 6–1
Win12–9Oct 2004Palermo, ItalyClay Lucas Arnold Ker Gastón Etlis
Martín Rodríguez		7-5, 6–2
Loss12–10Oct 2004Basel, SwitzerlandCarpet Lucas Arnold Ker Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan		6–7, 2–6
Loss12–11Apr 2005Valencia, SpainClay Lucas Arnold Ker Fernando González
Martín Rodríguez		4–6, 4–6
Loss12–12May 2005Sankt Pölten, AustriaClay Martin Damm Paul Hanley
Lucas Arnold Ker		3–6, 4–6
Loss12–13Jul 2005Stuttgart, GermanyClay Tommy Robredo José Acasuso
Sebastián Prieto		6–7, 3–6
Win13–13Oct 2005Palermo, ItalyClay Martín García Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Marcin Matkowski		6-2, 6–3