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Mansour Bahrami (Persian: منصور بهرامی; born 26 April 1956) is a former professional tennis player. He is Iranian with dual French nationality since 1989. While only moderately successful on the ATP Tour, his showmanship has made him a long-standing and popular figure in invitational tournaments.

Mansour Bahrami

Country (sports)	Iran  France
Residence	Paris, France
Born	(1956-04-26) 26 April 1956 (age 66) Arak, Iran
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	1974
Retired	1995 (singles) 2003 (doubles)[N 1]
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$368,780
Singles
Career record	23–47 (32.9%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 192 (9 May 1988)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (1977)
French Open	2R (1981)
Wimbledon	Q1 (1976)
Doubles
Career record	108–139 (43.7%)
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 31 (6 July 1987)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1977Jan)
French Open	F (1989)
Wimbledon	2R (1988)
US Open	3R (1987)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (1990)

Tennis career

Mansour Bahrami reached the Davis Cup team at the age of 16. But following Iran's Islamic Revolution in the late 1970s, tennis was viewed as a capitalist and elitist sport and therefore banned.[1] Because all tennis courts in Iran were closed down, he spent the next three years playing backgammon. In desperation, he fled to France with his life savings, which he gambled in a casino and lost.[2]

With his best days behind him and his potential in singles never fully realized, he became a successful doubles player, winning two tournaments and reaching the 1989 French Open doubles final with Éric Winogradsky.[3][2]

Senior tournaments

Bahrami has been a mainstay of the seniors invitational tennis circuit for more than 25 years.[1] Bahrami is considered to have "found his niche" on the ATP Champions Tour,[2] where his flamboyant, humorous style and propensity for trick shots make him a crowd favorite in the tour's more entertainment-oriented sphere. In reference to his showmanship, his 2009 English-language autobiography was titled The Court Jester.[4] His comic turns on the court often include faking serves, slow-motion miming, hitting balls backwards between his legs, over his shoulder or from the back, and playing while laying down or seated.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 12 (2–10)

Winner - Legend
Grand Slam (0–1)
Tennis Masters Cup (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–2)
ATP Tour (2–7)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	1986	ATP Bordeaux	Clay	Ronald Agénor	Jordi Arrese David de Miguel	5–7, 4–6
Loss	0–2	1986	MercedesCup	Clay	Diego Pérez	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	4–6, 3–6
Loss	0–3	1986	Paris Masters	Carpet (i)	Diego Pérez	Peter Fleming John McEnroe	3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–4	1987	Monte-Carlo Masters	Clay	Michael Mortensen	Hans Gildemeister Andrés Gómez	2–6, 4–6
Loss	0–5	1987	Geneva Open	Clay	Diego Pérez	Ricardo Acioly Luiz Mattar	6–3, 4–6, 2–6
Win	1–5	1988	Geneva Open	Clay	Tomáš Šmíd	Gustavo Luza Guillermo Pérez Roldán	6–4 6–3
Loss	1–6	1988	Toulouse Grand Prix	Hard (i)	Guy Forget	Tom Nijssen Ricki Osterthun	3–6, 4–6
Loss	1–7	1989	French Open	Clay	Éric Winogradsky	Jim Grabb Patrick McEnroe	4–6, 6–2, 4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	1–8	1989	Geneva Open	Clay	Guillermo Pérez Roldán	Andrés Gómez Alberto Mancini	3–6, 5–7
Win	2–8	1989	Toulouse Grand Prix	Hard (i)	Éric Winogradsky	Todd Nelson Roger Smith	6–2, 7–6
Loss	2–9	1990	ATP Bordeaux	Clay	Yannick Noah	Tomás Carbonell Libor Pimek	3–6, 7–6, 2-6
Loss	2–10	1991	Copenhagen Open	Carpet (i)	Andrei Olhovskiy	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	3–6, 1–6

Challenger finals

Doubles: 5 (3–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	1986	Chartres, France	Clay	Éric Winogradsky	Javier Frana Gustavo Guerrero	2–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	1986	Neu-Ulm, West Germany	Clay	Jaroslav Navrátil	Menno Oosting Huub van Boeckel	7–5, 6–1
Winner	2.	1987	Clermont-Ferrand, France	Clay	Claudio Mezzadri	Christophe Lesage Jean-Marc Piacentile	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	2.	1987	Neu-Ulm, West Germany	Clay	Michael Mortensen	Jaromir Becka Udo Riglewski	WEA
Winner	3.	1990	Dijon, France	Carpet (i)	Rodolphe Gilbert	Jan Apell Peter Nyborg	7–5, 6–2

Bibliography and filmography

• Bahrami, Mansour (2006). Le court des miracles (in French). Paris: Le Cherche Midi. ISBN 2749107652.
• Bahrami, Mansour; Issartel, Jean (2009). The court jester : my story. Central Milton Keynes: TennisMania Trust, in association with AuthorHouse. ISBN 1438987943.
• The Man behind the Moustache, DVD (2009).

Notes

References

External links

• Mansour Bahrami at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Mansour Bahrami at the International Tennis Federation
• Mansour Bahrami at the Davis Cup
• Mansour Bahrami at IMDb 
• Official website

На других языках

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- [en] Mansour Bahrami

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[es] Mansour Bahrami

Mansour Bahrami (en persa:منصور بهرامی; nacido el 26 de abril de 1956) es un jugador de tenis profesional iraní. Ha utilizado la doble nacionalidad francesa e iraní desde 1989. Aunque solo ha obtenido un moderado éxito en su gira por el ATP, su talento para el espectáculo lo ha hecho una gran figura popular en torneos a los que fue invitado.

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[ru] Бахрами, Мансур

Мансу́р Бахра́ми (перс. منصور بهرامی‎, фр. Mansour Bahrami; р. 26 апреля 1956, Эрак) — профессиональный теннисист, по ходу своей карьеры представлявший на соревнованиях Иран и Францию; специализировался на игре в парном разряде. Двукратный победитель турниров Гран-при в парном разряде, финалист Открытого чемпионата Франции 1989 года в мужском парном разряде.

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