Franco Squillari

Franco Squillari
Country (sports)  Argentina
Residence Buenos Aires, Argentina
Born (1975-08-22) 22 August 1975
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Turned pro 1994
Retired 2005
Plays Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money $2,504,591
Singles
Career record 155–165
Career titles 3
Highest ranking No. 11 (18 September 2000)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 3R (2000)
French Open SF (2000)
Wimbledon 2R (1998)
US Open 2R (2000)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games 1R (2000)
Doubles
Career record 2–4
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 387 23 (July 2001)

Franco Squillari (born 22 August 1975) is a former professional male tennis player from Argentina. He won 3 singles titles, reached the semifinals of the 2000 French Open and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 11.

Career

Juniors

As a junior Squillari won the 1993 South American Closed Jnr. Championships in Paraguay.

Junior Grand Slam results:

Australian Open: -
French Open: 3R (1993)
Wimbledon: 1R (1993)
US Open: -

Pro tour

Squillari won 3 ATP Tour singles titles (all in Germany) and got to the semifinal of the 2000 French Open defeating Alexander Popp, Jiří Vaněk, Karol Kučera, Younes El Aynaoui and future champion Albert Costa, before losing to Magnus Norman. He went on to reach the fourth round the following year as well. He reached three Masters quarterfinals: Rome in 1999, Cincinnati in 2000 and Hamburg in 2001.

He is one of the few tennis players to have a perfect 100% record against Roger Federer, having beaten him both times they played, in 2001 and 2003.

Squillari retired in 2005.

Career finals

Singles (3 titles)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP International Series Gold (1)
ATP Tour (2)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
1. 1999 Munich, Germany Clay Romania Andrei Pavel 6–4, 6–3
2. 2000 Munich, Germany Clay Germany Tommy Haas 6–4, 6–4
3. 2000 Stuttgart, Germany Clay Argentina Gastón Gaudio 6–2, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2

Grand Slam Singles performance timeline

Tournament1996199719981999200020012002200320042005SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 2R 2R 3R 2R 1R 1R A A 0 / 6 5–6
French Open 2R 1R A 1R SF 4R 1R 2R A A 0 / 7 10–7
Wimbledon A A 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R A A 0 / 6 1–6
US Open A A 1R 1R 2R A A 1R A A 0 / 4 1–4
Win–Loss 1–1 0–1 2–3 1–4 8–4 4–3 0–3 1–4 0–0 0–0 0 / 23 17–23
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Masters A A A A 1R 1R 2R A A A 0 / 3 1-3
Miami Masters A A A 1R 1R 2R 4R 3R 2R A 0 / 6 6–6
Monte Carlo Masters A A A 1R 3R 2R 1R A A A 0 / 4 3-4
Rome Masters A A A QF 2R 3R 1R A A A 0 / 4 6–4
Hamburg Masters A A A 2R 1R QF 1R A A A 0 / 4 5-4
Canada Masters A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Cincinnati Masters A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Madrid Masters (Stuttgart) A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Paris Masters A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Career Statistics
Titles 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Overall Win–Loss
Year End Ranking 126 102 60 52 14 55 79 124 143 275


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