Roberto Vizcaíno Mallol | |
Country: | |
Birth Date: | 1957 4, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Barcelona, Spain |
Death Place: | Barcelona, Spain |
Plays: | Right-handed |
Singlesrecord: | 20–34 |
Singlestitles: | 0 |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 157 (22 December 1980) |
Frenchopenresult: | 2R (1981) |
Doublesrecord: | 15–35 |
Doublestitles: | 0 |
Highestdoublesranking: | No. 265 (18 March 1985) |
Frenchopendoublesresult: | 2R (1981) |
Mixed: | yes |
Frenchopenmixedresult: | 2R (1980) |
Roberto Vizcaíno Mallol (25 April 1957 – 11 December 2016) was a professional tennis player from Spain.
Vizcaíno took part in the 1980 French Open and was beaten in the opening round by Yannick Noah.[1] He also played in the mixed doubles, with Silvana Urroz. They made it into the second round, where they lost to Steve Krulevitz and Lucia Romanov.[2] Also in 1980, Vizcaino was a semi-finalist at the British Hard Court Championships in Bournemouth, securing wins over John Whiteford, Stefan Simonsson and Kjell Johansson.[1]
Vizcaino defeated Antonio Zugarelli in the first round of the 1981 French Open, but was unable to get past Tony Giammalva in the second round.[1] He competed in the men's doubles as well with Rick Fagel and the pair beat Argentinians Alejandro Ganzábal and Gustavo Guerrero, before a second round exit.[1]
He made the quarter-finals at the 1983 Geneva Open and was a doubles semi-finalist in the 1984 Tel Aviv Open, with partner Ferrante Rocchi.[1]
Until 1992 he was the coach of Carlos Costa.[3]
Vizcaíno died in Barcelona on 11 December 2016 after an illness.[4]