Andrea Gaudenzi
Andrea Gaudenzi (Italian pronunciation: [anˈdrɛːa ɡauˈdɛntsi]) born 30 July 1973 is a former tennis player from Italy, who turned professional in 1990 after becoming Junior World Champion winning both Roland Garros and US Open. He is currently the chairman of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).
| Country (sports) |  |
|---|---|
| Residence | London, UK |
| Born | 30 July 1973 Faenza, Italy |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Turned pro | 1990 |
| Retired | 2003 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $3,063,479 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 219–231 |
| Career titles | 3 |
| Highest ranking | No. 18 (27 February 1995) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (1998) |
| French Open | 4R (1994) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (1996) |
| US Open | 3R (1994) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 3R (1996) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 86–113 |
| Career titles | 2 |
| Highest ranking | No. 59 (3 February 1997) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (1996, 1997) |
| US Open | 3R (1996) |
Gaudenzi was born in Faenza, Italy, and reached his career-high ATP singles ranking in February 1995, when he became World No. 18. He has victories over Roger Federer in 2002 Rome, Pete Sampras in the first round of the 2002 French Open, Jim Courier in the US Open 1994 and Goran Ivanisevic, Thomas Muster, Michael Stich, Yevgeny Kafelnikov. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he was defeated in the third round by the eventual winner Andre Agassi and reached the Davis Cup Final in 1998, semifinals in 1995 and 1996, playing both singles and doubles. He won three ATP Tour titles and six finals, and he reached the semifinals in the Monte Carlo Master Series in 1995, losing to Thomas Muster.
Gaudenzi graduated in law from University of Bologna and obtained an MBA with Honors at IUM.
He currently serves as Executive Chairman of the ATP Tour. The ATP is the governing body of the men's professional tennis circuits - the ATP Tour, the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP Champions Tour. With 64 tournaments in 31 countries, the ATP Tour showcases the finest male athletes competing in the world’s most exciting venues. From Australia to Europe and the Americas to Asia, the stars of the ATP Tour battle for prestigious titles and ATP Rankings points at ATP Tour Masters 1000, 500 and 250 events, as well as Grand Slams. At the end of the season only the world’s top 8 qualified singles players and doubles teams will qualify to compete for the last title of the season at the Nitto ATP Finals.
Andrea is also a board member of ATP Media. ATP Media is the global sales, broadcast production and distribution arm of the ATP World Tour rights. ATP Media provides the centralised exploitation and host broadcast production for worldwide television and digital broadcast rights across the ATP World Tour, as well as being an innovative leader of OTT distribution within sports right holders.
Previously he was Chief Revenues Officer at Musixmatch. Musixmatch is the global leading consumer and music data company based in London, San Francisco and Bologna. Raised a total of €15M from Venture Capitalist (United Ventures and P101).The company focuses on building the world's largest music Metadata and Lyrics Database using latest AI & Machine Learning technology. Musixmatch has more than 70 million users worldwide throughout all consumer platforms and has global clients like Apple Music, Amazon Music, Instagram, Google Search and Spotify with the goal of enhancing the consumer music experience.
He also co-founded and was CMO at Soldo, the multi-user expense account featuring Mastercard cards, intuitive admin and effortless reporting. Streamlines the entire business expense cycle from spending to reconciliation. Soldo's innovation and talented team has attracted in excess of $83 million, in both Seed, Series A and Series B funding, led by Accel Partners, Battery Ventures and Dawn Capital.
Andrea is an Entrepreneurial and driven C-Suite Executive, with 20 years of industry-leading expertise. Launching and managing numerous companies within the media and entertainment industry. Facilitator and builder of world-class management and product development teams, with a specialty in both start-up and scaled growth stages. Proven fundraising and networking skills, building fruitful partnerships with hundreds of clients and delivering multimillion-dollar bottom-line growth.
Career finals
Singles (3 wins, 6 losses)
| Legend (Singles) |
| Grand Slam (0) |
| Tennis Masters Cup (0) |
| ATP Masters Series (0) |
| ATP Championship Series (0) |
| ATP Tour (3) |
| Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Jul 1994 | Stuttgart, Germany | Clay |  |
5–7, 3–6, 6–7(5–7) |
| Loss | 0–2 | Feb 1995 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | Hard |  |
3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Aug 1995 | San Marino | Clay |  |
2–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 0–4 | Apr 1996 | Estoril, Portugal | Clay | |
6–7(4–7), 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–5 | Sep 1997 | Bucharest, Romania | Clay | .svg.png){kind=small} |
1–6, 6–7(2–7) |
| Win | 1–5 | Mar 1998 | Casablanca, Morocco | Clay | |
6–4, 5–7, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–6 | Jul 1998 | Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | |
2–6, 6–1, 2–6, 6–3, 1–6 |
| Win | 2–6 | May 2001 | St. Poelten, Austria | Clay | |
6–0, 7–5 |
| Win | 3–6 | Jul 2001 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay |  |
7–5, 6–3 |
