Marc Gicquel

Marc Gicquel

Country	France
Residence	Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Born	(1977-03-30) March 30, 1977 Tunis, Tunisia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	1999
Retired	2014
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,207,188
Singles
Career record	92–112 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 37 (September 8, 2008)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2008)
French Open	3R (2009)
Wimbledon	3R (2008)
US Open	4R (2006)
Doubles
Career record	49–55 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 38 (January 12, 2009)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2008)
French Open	2R (2005)
Wimbledon	2R (2007)
US Open	3R (2008)
Last updated on: July 17, 2012.

Marc Gicquel (born March 30, 1977, in Tunis, Tunisia) is a professional male tennis player from France.

Tennis career

Gicquel turned pro in 1999.

On November 6, 2006, he broke into the top 50 after reaching his first ATP Tour final in Lyon, where he was defeated by Richard Gasquet, his countryman. On April 30, 2007, Gicquel broke into the top 40 after reaching the semi-finals of Casablanca. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of World No. 37 in September 2008.

He defeated second seed Tommy Robredo at the 2007 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon in the first round, and beat Alejandro Falla in the semi-finals to reach the Lyon final for two years running. Gicquel's run, however, was halted by another Frenchman, Sébastien Grosjean.

One of Gicquel's most famous matches was against Nicolas Kiefer at the French Open in 2006. Kiefer won the first two sets 6-0 6-1, but Gicquel won the next two 7-5 6-3. Kiefer eventually won the fifth set 11-9 after Gicquel had already saved multiple match points.

ATP career finals

Singles: 3 (0–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	October 23, 2006	Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, Lyon, France	Carpet (i)	Richard Gasquet	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	October 22, 2007	Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, Lyon, France	Carpet (i)	Sébastien Grosjean	6–7(5–7), 4–6
Runner-up	3.	June 15, 2008	Ordina Open, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	David Ferrer	4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 7 (4–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	July 9, 2007	Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad, Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Florent Serra	František Čermák Pavel Vízner	5–7, 7–5, [7–10]
Runner-up	2.	December 31, 2007	Chennai Open, Chennai, India	Hard	Marcos Baghdatis	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	4–6, 5–7
Winner	1.	August 10, 2008	Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Washington D.C., United States	Hard	Robert Lindstedt	Bruno Soares Kevin Ullyett	7–6(8–6), 6–3
Winner	2.	January 5, 2009	Brisbane International, Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Fernando Verdasco Mischa Zverev	6–4, 6–3
Winner	3.	January 10, 2010	Brisbane International, Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Jérémy Chardy	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Winner	4.	February 10, 2013	Open Sud de France, Montpellier, France	Hard (i)	Michaël Llodra	Johan Brunström Raven Klaasen	6–3, 3–6, [11–9]
Runner-up	3.	February 9, 2014	Open Sud de France, Montpellier, France	Hard (i)	Nicolas Mahut	Nikolay Davydenko Denis Istomin	4–6, 6–1, [7–10]

Challengers and Futures finals

Singles: 24 (15–9)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	May 21, 2001	Rabat, Morocco	Clay	Mehdi Tahiri	3–6, 6–3, 6–7(3–7)
Runner-up	2.	September 10, 2001	Bagnères-de-Bigorre, France	Hard	Nicolas Mahut	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	January 21, 2002	Feucherolles, France	Clay (i)	Oscar Hernández	4–6, 6–2, 4–6
Winner	1.	April 1, 2002	Saint-Brieuc, France	Clay	Olivier Patience	6–4, 7–65(7–5)
Winner	2.	October 21, 2002	La Roche-sur-Yon, France	Hard (i)	Nicolas Mahut	6–4, 5–7, 6–2
Winner	3.	January 27, 2003	Feucherolles, France	Hard (i)	Ben-Qiang Zhu	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	October 13, 2003	Saint-Dizier, France	Hard (i)	Thomas Dupré	7–5, 6–7(2–7), 4–6
Runner-up	5.	January 19, 2004	Deauville, France	Clay (i)	Jean-Christophe Faurel	5–7, 6–2, 6–7(5–7)
Winner	4.	January 26, 2004	Feucherolles, France	Hard (i)	Julien Jeanpierre	3–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Winner	5.	February 2, 2004	Bressuire, France	Hard (i)	Jérôme Haehnel	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	April 5, 2004	Angers, France	Clay (i)	Nicolas Devilder	6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	7.	April 12, 2004	Grasse, France	Clay	Gilles Simon	4–6, 1–6
Winner	6.	August 2, 2004	Timişoara, Romania	Clay	Oliver Marach	6–3, 6–1
Winner	7.	July 11, 2005	Saint-Gervais, France	Clay	Xavier Audouy	6–3, 6–1
Winner	8.	September 26, 2005	Grenoble, France	Hard	Thomas Enqvist	6–0, 6–2
Winner	9.	March 27, 2006	Saint-Brieuc, France	Clay	Peter Wessels	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	8.	July 4, 2006	Montauban, France	Clay	Lamine Ouahab	5–7, 6–3, 6–7(2–7)
Winner	10.	February 18, 2008	Besançon, France	Hard (i)	Alexander Peya	7–6(7–2), 6–4
Winner	11.	May 11, 2009	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Mathieu Montcourt	3–6, 6–1, 6–4
Winner	12.	October 17, 2010	Rennes, France	Hard	Stéphane Bohli	7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–1
Winner	13.	March 13, 2011	Lille, France	Hard	Jonathan Eysseric	6–3, 6–2
Winner	14.	May 15, 2011	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Horacio Zeballos	6–2, 6–4
Winner	15.	November 4, 2012	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Matthias Bachinger	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	9.	February 17, 2013	Quimper, France	Hard	Marius Copil	6–7(9–11), 4–6

Doubles: 10 (5–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	April 2, 2001	Saint-Brieuc, France	Clay	Régis Lavergne	Christian Kordasz Rogier Wassen	4–6, 6–7(8–10)
Runner-up	2.	June 18, 2001	Noisy-le-Grand, France	Clay	Anthony Maublanc	Xavier Pujo Mehdi Tahiri	4–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	January 27, 2003	Feucherolles, France	Hard (i)	Nicolas Mahut	Matthieu Amgwerd Josh Goffi	7–5, 6–4
Winner	2.	October 20, 2003	La Roche-sur-Yon, France	Hard (i)	Jean-Baptiste Perlant	Laurent Recouderc Édouard Roger-Vasselin	6–2, 6–0
Winner	3.	January 19, 2004	Deauville, France	Clay (i)	Jean-Baptiste Perlant	Elefterios Alexiou Alexandros Jakupovic	6–1, 1–6, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	March 8, 2004	Lille, France	Hard (i)	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Jean-François Bachelot Jean-Michel Pequery	6–7(4–7), 3–6
Winner	4.	July 18, 2005	Tampere, Finland	Clay	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Adam Chadaj Filip Urban	6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Runner-up	4.	July 4, 2006	Montauban, France	Clay	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Pablo Cuevas Adrián García	3–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Runner-up	5.	July 10, 2006	Scheveningen, Netherlands	Clay	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Guillermo García-López Salvador Navarro-Gutiérrez	4–6, 6–0, [9–11]
Winner	5.	February 6, 2011	Courmayeur, Italy	Hard (i)	Nicolas Mahut	Olivier Charroin Alexandre Renard	6–3, 6–4

Trivia

In a match during the 2007 Halle, Germany tournament, Gicquel was struck directly in the genitals by a 129 mph Benjamin Becker serve. He went on to beat Becker, but spent most of the night vomiting and in pain due to swelling and was forced to retire in his next match versus Jarkko Nieminen.^[1]

Marc Gicquel

Medal record
Tennis
Competitor for  France
Summer Universiade
Bronze	1999 Palma	Doubles

Performance timeline

References

External links

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Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten French male doubles tennis players as of 6 April 2015 1. Julien Benneteau (8 1) 2. Édouard Roger-Vasselin (10 1) 3. Nicolas Mahut (22 2) 4. Pierre-Hugues Herbert (32 ) 5. Jérémy Chardy (63 11) 6. Michaël Llodra (74 18) 7. Fabrice Martin (108 2) 8. Stéphane Robert (140 2) 9. Marc Gicquel (207 6) 10.Olivier Charroin (252 11)