Country | Switzerland |
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Residence | Füllinsdorf, Switzerland |
Born | September 10, 1981 Basel, Switzerland |
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Turned pro | 2000 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Career prize money | $1,260,901 |
Singles | |
Career record | 41–66 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 52 (February 22, 2010) |
Current ranking | No. 196 (November 7, 2011) |
Grand Slam results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2010) |
French Open | 2R (2010) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2010) |
US Open | 3R (2006, 2009) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 21-35 |
Career titles | 1 |
Highest ranking | No. 118 (November 2, 2009) |
Last updated on: November 9, 2011. |
Marco Chiudinelli (born September 10, 1981 in Basel, Switzerland) is a tennis player from Switzerland.[1]
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Marco is the only child of father Lorenzo Chiudinelli and mother Reni, (both Information Technology specialists). Marco grew up in Münchenstein in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. He visited schools in Münchenstein and Basel. Marco speaks German, (dialect Baseldytsch), English and French. In his younger childhood days, he met Roger Federer. The pair often played Squash, Table Tennis, Soccer and Tennis together. A region-wide top tennis group was formed when the pair was eight years old; despite playing for different clubs, they became members.[2]
Marco Chiudinelli turned professional in 2000. He has competed for the Switzerland Davis Cup team from 2005–2007 and in 2009, winning four matches and losing four. His best performances at Grand Slams were at the 2006 US Open and the 2009 US Open, where he reached the third round as a qualifier both times.
At the 2006 US Open as a qualifier, he defeated Feliciano López 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the second round. He then fell to 25th seed Richard Gasquet 7-6(2), 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(2). At the 2009 US Open, he again reached the third round as a qualifier. He defeated Potito Starace 7-6(3), 7-6(2), 6-0 and then defeated former top ten player Mikhail Youzhny 2-6, 7-6(4), 6-4, 6-3. He lost to 8th seed Nikolay Davydenko 6-4, 7-5, 7-5.
Marco entered the 2009 PTT Thailand Open as a qualifier. He defeated German qualifier Florian Mayer in the first round, 6-3, 6-3, and followed that up with a second round win over former World No. 1 Marat Safin, 6-3, 7-6(4). Chuidinelli lost a three-set match to top seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarterfinals.
Chiudinelli reached the semifinals of Basel in his hometown tournament. He defeated 8 seed Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6(5), 3-6, 7-5. He defeated his countryman qualifier Michael Lammer. He defeated Richard Gasquet 6-1, 6-3 to reach the semis before losing to compatriot and World No. 1 Roger Federer 6-7 (7-9) 3-6.
Chiudinelli qualified for the main draw of the 2010 Australian Open and reached the second round, taking a set off World No. 3 Novak Djokovic in a 6-3, 1-6, 1-6, 3-6 defeat. Two weeks later as a result of his play in 2009, he was awarded the Comeback Player of the Year Award in the 2009 ATP World Tour Awards.[3]
At the 2010 French Open, Chiudinelli was accepted into the main draw by direct entry and beat Somdev Devvarman 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 to advance to the second round for the first time. There he lost 6-7, 7-6, 7-6, 6-4 to American John Isner in a match that was extended over two days because of rain.
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in final | Score |
Runner-up | 1. | 17 July 2006 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | Jean-Claude Scherrer | Jiří Novák Andrei Pavel |
3-6, 1-6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 13 July 2009 | Halle, Germany | Grass | Andreas Beck | Christopher Kas Philipp Kohlschreiber |
3–6, 4-6 |
Winner | 1. | 2 August 2009 | Gstaad, Switzerland | Clay | Michael Lammer | Jaroslav Levinský Filip Polášek |
7–5, 6–3 |
Tournament | Career | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
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Australian Open | 1–2 | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 2R |
French Open | 1–1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R |
Wimbledon | 0–1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R |
US Open | 5–3 | A | A | A | 3R | A | A | 3R | 2R |
Grand Slam Win-Loss | 7–7 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–4 |
Overall Win-Loss | 37–57 | 0–1 | 4–7 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 10–13 | 13–24 |
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