Martín Vassallo Argüello

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**Martín Vassallo Argüello**

Country	Argentina
Residence	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of birth	February 10, 1980 (1980-02-10) (age 28)
Place of birth	Temperley, Argentina
Height	185cm (6ft 1in)
Weight	81kg (176lb)
Turned pro	1999
Plays	Right; One-handed backhand
Career prize money	$516,147
Singles
Career record:	18 - 25
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	No. 58 (April 23, 2007)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	1st (2007, 2008)
French Open	4th (2006)
Wimbledon	1st (2004)
US Open	1st (2007)
Doubles
Career record:	7 - 11
Career titles:	1
Highest ranking:	74 (March 19, 2007)

Martin Vassallo Argüello (born February 10, 1980 in Temperley, Argentina) is a professional male tennis player from Argentina. His career-high ATP entry ranking is #58 (as of April 23, 2007).

He turned pro in 1999. Over the course of his career, he has represented both Argentina and Italy.

At the 2006 French Open, he reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam event for the first time in his career. He entered the tournament as a qualifier and beat Paul Goldstein of the United States in the first round (6–2, 6–0, 6–3), #21 seed Sébastien Grosjean of France in the second round (1–6, 6–4, 4–6, 7–5, 6–2) and Raemon Sluiter of the Netherlands in the third round (2–6, 6–4, 6–3, 3–6, 6–1). In the next round he lost to David Nalbandian.

In late 2007, at the Orange Prokom Open in Sopot, Poland, Argüello was embroiled in a betting scandal after his match against world number four Nikolay Davydenko. The match saw Davydenko retire with the scores at 2–6, 6–3, 2–1. Gamblers betting on the match displayed irregular betting patterns and a total of £3.4m was paid out on it, ten times the normal amount for a match at this level. Eventually, Betfair voided all bets on the match. Neither Argüello nor Davydenko have been formally charged with any offence by the ATP.^[1]

In January 2008, at the Australian Open, he was upset by young wild card entry Jesse Levine in the first round.

1 Singles titles
2 Performance timeline
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Singles titles

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (5)
Futures (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	April 29, 2002	Rome, Italy	Clay	Filippo Volandri	6–4, 6–0
2.	May 12, 2003	Košice, Slovakia	Clay	Hermes Gamonal	6–3, 6–3
3.	July 7, 2003	Oberstaufen, Germany	Clay	Andreas Seppi	6–1, 6–4
4.	July 28, 2003	Trani, Italy	Clay	Francisco Fogués	6–3, 7–5
5.	January 22, 2007	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Fabio Fognini	1–6, 7–5, 6–4