Atano III is a Basque pelota short fronton, located in San Sebastián

San Sebastián

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, in the Basque Country

Basque Country (autonomous community)

The Basque Country is an autonomous community of northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa, also called Historical Territories....

, Spain

Spain

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.

History

The fronton was built in 1963 by the municipality, due to the high demand by the professional and aficionate players of the Guipúzcoa province, originally named Anoeta fronton.
In 1995, after repair and maintenance work the fronton was renamed after Mariano Juaristi Mendizábal

Mariano Juaristi Mendizábal

Mariano Juaristi Mendizábal was an Azkoitian Basque pelota player known as Atano III. He is often considered one of the best pelotaris of all time, dominating the 1st hand-pelota category from 1926 to 1948 and winner of 4 championships .- Early life :Mariano Mendizábal was born on 1904 in Azkoitia,...

 who played with the seudonym of "Atano III", often considered one of the best pelotaris of all time.

Modalities

In Atano III is played every year the most important game of the sport, the 1st Hand-Pelota Championship

1st Hand-Pelota singles championship

The 1st Hand-Pelota singles championship is the most important tournament competition of Hand-pelota category of Basque pelota. It was created in 1940, when the new Basque Pelota Spanish Federation, to have a champion of the category. In its beginnings, the championship was disputed every two...

, with 39 games until the current date.
The main modalities played in the fronton are Hand-pelota and Paleta-rubber.

1st Hand-pelota category Championship finals

Total: 15>

Year	Champion	Subchampion	Score
1995	Beloki Rubén Beloki Rubén Beloki Irribarren is a Basque pelota defensive player, often considered one of the best in the history of the sport. He was born in Burlada on August 8, 1974.His brother Alberto Beloki is also a professional pelotari known as Beloki II....	Errandonea	22-15
1996	Eugi	Arretxe	22-19
1997	Arretxe	Elkoro	22-18
1998	Beloki Rubén Beloki Rubén Beloki Irribarren is a Basque pelota defensive player, often considered one of the best in the history of the sport. He was born in Burlada on August 8, 1974.His brother Alberto Beloki is also a professional pelotari known as Beloki II....	Eugi	22-13
1999	Beloki Rubén Beloki Rubén Beloki Irribarren is a Basque pelota defensive player, often considered one of the best in the history of the sport. He was born in Burlada on August 8, 1974.His brother Alberto Beloki is also a professional pelotari known as Beloki II....  y Eugi	Arretxe y Elkoro	22-09 y 22-11
2000	Eugi	Beloki Rubén Beloki Rubén Beloki Irribarren is a Basque pelota defensive player, often considered one of the best in the history of the sport. He was born in Burlada on August 8, 1974.His brother Alberto Beloki is also a professional pelotari known as Beloki II....	22-13
2001	Beloki Rubén Beloki Rubén Beloki Irribarren is a Basque pelota defensive player, often considered one of the best in the history of the sport. He was born in Burlada on August 8, 1974.His brother Alberto Beloki is also a professional pelotari known as Beloki II....	Eugi	22-08
2002	Barriola	Beloki Rubén Beloki Rubén Beloki Irribarren is a Basque pelota defensive player, often considered one of the best in the history of the sport. He was born in Burlada on August 8, 1974.His brother Alberto Beloki is also a professional pelotari known as Beloki II....	22-03
2003	Patxi Ruiz	Olaizola II	22-07
2004	Martínez de Irujo Juan Martínez de Irujo Juan Martínez de Irujo is a professional Basque pelota player for ASPE company.-Early life:Martínez de Irujo was born in 1981 in Ibero, Olza...	Xala Xala Xala is a 1975 Senegalese film directed by Ousmane Sembène. It is an adaptation of Sembène's own 1973 novel of the same name. The film depicts El Hadji, a politician in Senegal, who is cursed with crippling erectile dysfunction upon the day of his marriage to his third wife...	22-12
2005	Olaizola II	Martínez de Irujo Juan Martínez de Irujo Juan Martínez de Irujo is a professional Basque pelota player for ASPE company.-Early life:Martínez de Irujo was born in 1981 in Ibero, Olza...	22-18
2006	Martínez de Irujo Juan Martínez de Irujo Juan Martínez de Irujo is a professional Basque pelota player for ASPE company.-Early life:Martínez de Irujo was born in 1981 in Ibero, Olza...	Olaizola II	22-17
2007	Olaizola II	Barriola	22-10
2008	Bengoetxea VI	Barriola	22-11
2009	Martínez de Irujo Juan Martínez de Irujo Juan Martínez de Irujo is a professional Basque pelota player for ASPE company.-Early life:Martínez de Irujo was born in 1981 in Ibero, Olza...	Olaizola II	22-12

2nd Hand Pelota category Championship finals

Total: 4>

Year	Champion	Subchampion	Score
1997	Koka Koka was a after Tenpō and before Kaei. This period spanned the years from December 1844 through February 1848. The reigning emperors were and .-Change of era:...	Goñi II	22-20
2000	González	Imaz	22-15
2001	Berraondo	Xala Xala Xala is a 1975 Senegalese film directed by Ousmane Sembène. It is an adaptation of Sembène's own 1973 novel of the same name. The film depicts El Hadji, a politician in Senegal, who is cursed with crippling erectile dysfunction upon the day of his marriage to his third wife...	22-16
2002	Pascual	Apeztegia	22-18

Doubles-Pelota Championship finals

Total: 11>

Year	Champions	Subchampions	Score
1994-95	Retegi II - Errandonea	Unanue - Zezeaga	22-17
1995-96	Capellán - Beloki	Etxaniz - Arretxe	22-18
1996-97	Retegi II - Lasa III	Eugi - Zezeaga	22-14
1997-98	Unanue - Errasti	Etxaniz - Elkoro	22-21
1999	Nagore - Errandonea y Olaizola I - Elkoro	Berasaluze VIII - Beloki Rubén Beloki Rubén Beloki Irribarren is a Basque pelota defensive player, often considered one of the best in the history of the sport. He was born in Burlada on August 8, 1974.His brother Alberto Beloki is also a professional pelotari known as Beloki II....  y Goñi II - Zezeaga	22-17 y 22-15
2001	Olaizola I - Goñi III	Alustiza - Beloki Rubén Beloki Rubén Beloki Irribarren is a Basque pelota defensive player, often considered one of the best in the history of the sport. He was born in Burlada on August 8, 1974.His brother Alberto Beloki is also a professional pelotari known as Beloki II....	22-13
2002	Xala Xala Xala is a 1975 Senegalese film directed by Ousmane Sembène. It is an adaptation of Sembène's own 1973 novel of the same name. The film depicts El Hadji, a politician in Senegal, who is cursed with crippling erectile dysfunction upon the day of his marriage to his third wife...  - Lasa III	Olaizola I - Patxi Ruiz	22-19
2003	Koka Koka was a after Tenpō and before Kaei. This period spanned the years from December 1844 through February 1848. The reigning emperors were and .-Change of era:...  - Beloki Rubén Beloki Rubén Beloki Irribarren is a Basque pelota defensive player, often considered one of the best in the history of the sport. He was born in Burlada on August 8, 1974.His brother Alberto Beloki is also a professional pelotari known as Beloki II....	Olaizola II - Pascual	22-15
2004	Titín III Augusto Ibáñez Sacristán Augusto Ibáñez Sacristán is a Basque pelota forward player. Champion of the Doubles Hand-pelota tournaments of 1994, 2000 y 2004.-Professional career:...  - Goñi III	Martínez de Irujo Juan Martínez de Irujo Juan Martínez de Irujo is a professional Basque pelota player for ASPE company.-Early life:Martínez de Irujo was born in 1981 in Ibero, Olza...  - Lasa III	22-8
2005	Martínez de Irujo Juan Martínez de Irujo Juan Martínez de Irujo is a professional Basque pelota player for ASPE company.-Early life:Martínez de Irujo was born in 1981 in Ibero, Olza...  - Goñi III	Bengoetxea VI - Beloki Rubén Beloki Rubén Beloki Irribarren is a Basque pelota defensive player, often considered one of the best in the history of the sport. He was born in Burlada on August 8, 1974.His brother Alberto Beloki is also a professional pelotari known as Beloki II....	22-12
2009	Juan Martínez de Irujo Juan Martínez de Irujo Juan Martínez de Irujo is a professional Basque pelota player for ASPE company.-Early life:Martínez de Irujo was born in 1981 in Ibero, Olza...  - Goñi III	Olaizola II - Mendizabal II	22-21

Cuatro y Medio Championship finals

Total: 2>

Year	Champion	Subchampion	Score
2005	Olaizola II	Xala Xala Xala is a 1975 Senegalese film directed by Ousmane Sembène. It is an adaptation of Sembène's own 1973 novel of the same name. The film depicts El Hadji, a politician in Senegal, who is cursed with crippling erectile dysfunction upon the day of his marriage to his third wife...	22-05
2008	Olaizola II	Martínez de Irujo	22-17