Marc Gicquel

Marc Gicquel

Country (sports)	France
Residence	Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Born	(1977-03-30) 30 March 1977 Tunis, Tunisia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 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 (8 September 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 (12 January 2009)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2008)
French Open	2R (2005)
Wimbledon	2R (2007)
US Open	3R (2008)
Medal record Summer Universiade 1999 Palma Doubles

Marc Gicquel (born 30 March 1977) is a former 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. On April 30, 2007, Gicquel broke into the top 40 after reaching the semifinals 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 semifinals 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.	23 October 2006	Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, Lyon, France	Carpet (i)	Richard Gasquet	3–6, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	22 October 2007	Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, Lyon, France	Carpet (i)	Sébastien Grosjean	6–7(5–7), 4–6
Runner-up	3.	15 June 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.	9 July 2007	Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad, Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Florent Serra	František Čermák Pavel Vízner	5–7, 7–5, [7–10]
Runner-up	2.	31 December 2007	Chennai Open, Chennai, India	Hard	Marcos Baghdatis	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	4–6, 5–7
Winner	1.	10 August 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.	5 January 2009	Brisbane International, Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Fernando Verdasco Mischa Zverev	6–4, 6–3
Winner	3.	10 January 2010	Brisbane International, Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Jérémy Chardy	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Winner	4.	10 February 2013	Open Sud de France, Montpellier, France	Hard (i)	Michaël Llodra	Johan Brunström Raven Klaasen	6–3, 3–6, [11–9]
Runner-up	3.	9 February 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.	21 May 2001	Rabat, Morocco	Clay	Mehdi Tahiri	3–6, 6–3, 6–7(3–7)
Runner-up	2.	10 September 2001	Bagnères-de-Bigorre, France	Hard	Nicolas Mahut	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	21 January 2002	Feucherolles, France	Clay (i)	Oscar Hernández	4–6, 6–2, 4–6
Winner	1.	1 April 2002	Saint-Brieuc, France	Clay	Olivier Patience	6–4, 7–65(7–5)
Winner	2.	21 October 2002	La Roche-sur-Yon, France	Hard (i)	Nicolas Mahut	6–4, 5–7, 6–2
Winner	3.	27 January 2003	Feucherolles, France	Hard (i)	Zhu Benqiang	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	13 October 2003	Saint-Dizier, France	Hard (i)	Thomas Dupré	7–5, 6–7(2–7), 4–6
Runner-up	5.	19 January 2004	Deauville, France	Clay (i)	Jean-Christophe Faurel	5–7, 6–2, 6–7(5–7)
Winner	4.	26 January 2004	Feucherolles, France	Hard (i)	Julien Jeanpierre	3–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Winner	5.	2 February 2004	Bressuire, France	Hard (i)	Jérôme Haehnel	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	5 April 2004	Angers, France	Clay (i)	Nicolas Devilder	6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	7.	12 April 2004	Grasse, France	Clay	Gilles Simon	4–6, 1–6
Winner	6.	2 1 August 2004	Timişoara, Romania	Clay	Oliver Marach	6–3, 6–1
Winner	7.	11 July 2005	Saint-Gervais, France	Clay	Xavier Audouy	6–3, 6–1
Winner	8.	26 September 2005	Grenoble, France	Hard	Thomas Enqvist	6–0, 6–2
Winner	9.	27 March 2006	Saint-Brieuc, France	Clay	Peter Wessels	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	8.	4 July 2006	Montauban, France	Clay	Lamine Ouahab	5–7, 6–3, 6–7(2–7)
Winner	10.	18 February 2008	Besançon, France	Hard (i)	Alexander Peya	7–6(7–2), 6–4
Winner	11.	11 May 2009	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Mathieu Montcourt	3–6, 6–1, 6–4
Winner	12.	17 October 2010	Rennes, France	Hard	Stéphane Bohli	7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–1
Winner	13.	13 March 2011	Lille, France	Hard	Jonathan Eysseric	6–3, 6–2
Winner	14.	15 May 2011	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Horacio Zeballos	6–2, 6–4
Winner	15.	4 November 2012	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Matthias Bachinger	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	9.	17 February 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.	2 April 2001	Saint-Brieuc, France	Clay	Régis Lavergne	Christian Kordasz Rogier Wassen	4–6, 6–7(8–10)
Runner-up	2.	18 June 2001	Noisy-le-Grand, France	Clay	Anthony Maublanc	Xavier Pujo Mehdi Tahiri	4–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	27 January 2003	Feucherolles, France	Hard (i)	Nicolas Mahut	Matthieu Amgwerd Josh Goffi	7–5, 6–4
Winner	2.	20 October 2003	La Roche-sur-Yon, France	Hard (i)	Jean-Baptiste Perlant	Laurent Recouderc Édouard Roger-Vasselin	6–2, 6–0
Winner	3.	19 January 2004	Deauville, France	Clay (i)	Jean-Baptiste Perlant	Elefterios Alexiou Alexandros Jakupovic	6–1, 1–6, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	8 March 2004	Lille, France	Hard (i)	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Jean-François Bachelot Jean-Michel Pequery	6–7(4–7), 3–6
Winner	4.	18 July 2005	Tampere, Finland	Clay	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Adam Chadaj Filip Urban	6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Runner-up	4.	4 July 2006	Montauban, France	Clay	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Pablo Cuevas Adrián García	3–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Runner-up	5.	10 July 2006	Scheveningen, Netherlands	Clay	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Guillermo García-López Salvador Navarro-Gutiérrez	4–6, 6–0, [9–11]
Winner	5.	6 February 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]

Performance timeline

References

External links

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