José Francisco Altur

José Francisco Altur

Country (sports)	Spain
Born	(1968-03-24) 24 March 1968 Valencia, Spain
Height
Turned pro	1985
Plays	Left-handed
Prize money	$471,853
Singles
Career record	31-66
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 88 (9 Apr 1990)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (1990, 1991)
French Open	1R (1990, 1991)
Wimbledon	1R (1990, 1991, 1993, 1994)
US Open	1R (1990, 1991, 1993)
Doubles
Career record	11-23
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 189 (7 May 1990)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1990)

José Francisco Altur (born 24 March 1968) is a former professional tennis player from Spain.

Career

Altur won the 1989 San Marino Open, as a qualifier, although he didn't have to face a single top 100 player. It was his only tournament win on the ATP Tour.

He played 11 Grand Slam singles matches during his career, but lost them all. His most noteworthy efforts were taking a set off Jim Courier at the 1990 French Open and winning the opening set against Michael Chang at that year's Wimbledon.

Altur did however make it into the second round of the Men's Doubles at the 1990 Australian Open, his only Grand Slam appearance in that format. Partnering South African David Adams, they defeated the Spanish pairing of Jordi Arrese and Francisco Clavet.

His best performance in 1992 came at the Croatia Open, where he reached the quarter-finals.

In 1993 he made the semi finals of the BMW Open in Munich. Although he lost the first set, Altur was able to defeat world number five and top seed Petr Korda in the second round.

He made the quarter-finals of the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships in 1994.

Grand Prix career finals

Singles: 1 (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	1989	San Marino	Clay	Roberto Azar	6–7, 6–4, 6–1

Challenger titles

Singles: (1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	1994	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Martín Rodríguez	7–6, 6–4