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Written by Team Francis   
October 03, 2007

NAME:                   Alberto Antonio Francis, Jr.

BIRTHDATE:          February 6, 1982

BIRTHPLACE:        McAllen, Texas, USA

RESIDENCE:          Palm Springs, California, USA

NATIONALITY:       United States of America

COLLEGE:             UCLA '05 - Economics (B.A.) 

HEIGHT:                 6'5"

WEIGHT:                190 lbs.

PLAYS:                  Right; Two-handed backhand

TURNED PRO:        2005

RACQUET:             Babolat Pure Control Drive

STRING:                Babolat Pro Hurricane Tour

TENSION:              56 lbs.

COACH:                 Jose Higueras

HOBBIES:              Watching basketball and football; music; poker; hanging with family and friends 

NICKNAMES:         Berto; Trix

FATHER:                Alberto Francis, Sr.

MOTHER:               Mary Francis

SISTERS:               Jazmin; Vanessa

 

 

Tourney Tracker

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With the 2008 campaign concluded, Alberto is back in his home state of Texas for the off-season where Berto will get some well-earned R&R as he considers his schedule for 2009. 

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News Flash

In the opening round of qualifying at the $135,000 IPP Open (Helsinki, Finland), Jonathan Marray (GBR) upset #7 seed Alberto in three sets 7-5, 4-6, 6-3.  After Berto and Marray split the first two sets, the match came down to a deciding final set. 
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Hello to all!  I hope everyone enjoyed the Holiday season and are now set in their routines for 2009.  I spent the Christmas holidays with my family in McAllen, Texas, which was great.  The temperatures pushed into the high '80's, which is not exactly winter holiday weather for most of us but is rather typical for South Texas.

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