May 19, 2011

Mansour Bahrami, Professional Tennis Entertainer Videos

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Mansour Bahrami (born April 26, 1956) is a professional tennis player. He has double dual French and Iranian nationality since 1989.

Senior Tournaments Mansour Bahrami

Bahrami did not become a famous during his days on the main ATP Tour but enough of his fellow players had seen his talent at first hand to be impressed. He was perhaps the only player in history to be paid a guarantee just to enter the qualifying tournament for ATP tournaments. However, when the Champions Tour was set up for players aged over 35 in 1993, he had found his niche. Over time, the matches that he played with the likes of Jimmy Connors, Björn Borg and John McEnroe ensured that he achieved star status in his own right. Bahrami also formed a memorable doubles partnership with former French Open finalist and Davis Cup winner Henri Leconte as well as former French Open champion Yannick Noah. His best achievement in the senior tour so far was winning the ATP Champions Tour event in Doha, Qatar.
Bahrami had always been an entertainer but his attitude fitted perfectly with the aims of the Outback Champions Tour where giving the public a show was essential. He continues to travel for 40 weeks of the year playing exhibition tournaments in which his range of unusual and breathtaking shots are played. His speciality shots include the power shot through the legs, the lob through the legs and the drop shot which bounces back over the net due to excessive backspin. His sense of humour shines through all of his matches and the crowd are never sure of his latest move, be it serving whilst holding six balls (although he is known to hold 21), an under arm serve, catching the ball in his pocket, deliberately missing a smash or playing an imaginary, slow-motion point.
Fame came to Bahrami over time to the extent that he has now played within all of the major tennis venues throughout the world, something he could not do early in his career while on the regular tour, including the show courts at Wimbledon and the French Open. He is married to Frederique and they have two children. His autobiography, “Le Court Des Miracles” was published in 2006, accompanying a DVD entitled (The Man Behind The Moustache) chronicling his life and the highlights of his career. His autobiography has been translated into English as “The Court Jester” and was released in late 2009.

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Doubles (2)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (2)
No.↓ Date↓ Tournament↓ Surface↓ Partnering↓ Opponents in the final↓ Score↓
1. 1988 Geneva, Switzerland Clay Czech Republic Tomáš Šmíd Argentina Gustavo Luza
Argentina Guillermo Pérez-Roldán
6-4 6-3
2. 1989 Toulouse, France Carpet France Eric Winogradsky United States Todd Nelson
The Bahamas Roger Smith
6-2 7-6

1 comment:

  1. Great post!

    The best Bahrami video is:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6Vqp6UveIU

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