Marco Chiudinelli

Marco Chiudinelli (born 10 September 1981) is a retired tennis player from Switzerland.[1]

Marco Chiudinelli
Country (sports)  Switzerland
ResidenceFüllinsdorf, Switzerland
Born (1981-09-10) 10 September 1981
Basel, Switzerland
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2000
Retired2017
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$2,023,620
Official websitemarcochiudinelli.com
Singles
Career record52–98
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 52 (22 February 2010)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open2R (2010)
French Open2R (2010)
Wimbledon1R (2010)
US Open3R (2006, 2009)
Doubles
Career record27–55
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 118 (2 November 2009)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open1R (2010)
French Open1R (2009, 2010)
Wimbledon1R (2003, 2010)
US Open2R (2010)
Team competitions
Davis CupW (2014)

Biography

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 attended schools in Münchenstein and Basel. Marco speaks German, (dialect Baseldytsch), English, and French. In his childhood, he met Roger Federer and Roger Brogle. The pair often played squash, table tennis, football, 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]

Career

Marco Chiudinelli turned professional in 2000. He has competed for the Switzerland Davis Cup team from 2005–2007 and in 2009 and 2012, winning four matches and losing five. His best performances at a Grand Slam tournament were at the 2006 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 in the second round. He then fell to 25th seed Richard Gasquet. At the 2009 US Open, as a qualifier, he defeated Potito Starace, and then former top-10 player Mikhail Youzhny before he lost to eighth seed Nikolay Davydenko.

Chuidinelli entered the 2009 PTT Thailand Open, again as qualifier, and defeated German qualifier Florian Mayer in the first round and followed that up with a second-round win over former world No. 1 Marat Safin. He lost in a three-set match to top seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarterfinals.

He reached the semifinals in Basel, his hometown tournament by beating eighth seed Philipp Kohlschreiber, and his countryman, qualifier Michael Lammer. He also defeated Richard Gasquet before losing to compatriot and world No. 1 Roger Federer in the semifinals.

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. Two weeks later as a result of his play in 2009, he was awarded Comeback Player of the Year 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 to advance to the second round for the first time. There he lost to American John Isner in a match that extended over two days because of rain.

He also played the longest doubles match ever with Stanislas Wawrinka, being defeated by Lukáš Rosol and Tomáš Berdych of the Czech Republic in the first round of the 2013 Davis Cup. The match, played on 2 February 2013, lasted 7 hours, 2 minutes.

Chiudinelli again represented Switzerland in the 2014 Davis Cup World Group first round, partnering Michael Lammer.[4] His doubles victory with Lammer clinched the first-round victory over Serbia, allowing Switzerland to advance to the quarterfinals for the first time since 2004. Switzerland went on to win its first Davis Cup in history.

At the 2014 Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Chiudinelli played doubles with childhood friend and Roger Federer. They reached the final and held championship points, but lost a close tiebreaker.

In 2016, Chiudinelli qualified for the US Open and beat fellow qualifier Guilherme Clezar in the first round in four sets. This was Chiudinelli's first main-draw Grand Slam tournament victory since the 2010 US Open. In the second round, he faced Lucas Pouille. Chiudinelli was two sets and a break up in the third set and was serving for the match at 5–4, but was broken. He then lost the resulting tiebreaker and could not regain his form in the last two sets.

Chiudinelli then received a wild card into the 2016 Swiss Indoors tournament where he took on compatriot Stan Wawrinka in the first round and lost in three sets 7–6(7–1), 1–6, 4–6, despite leading the match against the newly crowned 2016 US Open champion.

In 2017, after an injury plagued-season, Chiudinelli announced on his website that he would be retiring following the 2017 Swiss Indoors tournament where he enjoyed the greatest success of his career, reaching the semifinals in 2009.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)
Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–2)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 17 July 2006 Suisse Open Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Jean-Claude Scherrer Jiří Novák
Andrei Pavel		 3–6, 1–6
Runner-up 2. 13 July 2009 Gerry Weber Open, Germany Grass Andreas Beck Christopher Kas
Philipp Kohlschreiber		 3–6, 4–6
Winner 1. 2 August 2009 Suisse Open Gstaad, Switzerland Clay Michael Lammer Jaroslav Levinský
Filip Polášek		 7–5, 6–3
Runner-up 3. 15 June 2014 Gerry Weber Open, Germany Grass Roger Federer Andre Begemann
Julian Knowle		 6–1, 5–7, [10–12]

ATP Challenger Tour & ITF Futures

Singles: 15 (10 titles, 5 runner-ups)
Legend
Challenger (3–4)
Futures (7–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (10–2)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–3)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (9–2)
Indoors (1–3)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 3 February 2002 Dubai, UAE Hard Jimmy Wang 7–6(7–5), 6–2
Runner-up 1. 24 March 2002 Poitiers, France Carpet (i) Gregory Carraz 6–7(8–10), 2–6
Winner 2. 14 April 2002 Syros, Greece Hard Jeroen Masson 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–4
Winner 3. 28 April 2003 Namangan, Uzbekistan Hard Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 6–1, 7–6(7–1)
Winner 4. 25 January 2004 Doha, Qatar Hard Uros Vico 6–2, 6–4
Runner-up 1. 2 February 2004 Belgrade, Serbia Carpet (i) Nenad Zimonjić 6–2, 6–7(2–7), 4–6
Winner 1. 6 September 2004 Donetsk, Ukraine Hard Saša Tuksar 6–3, 6–2
Winner 5. 21 May 2006 Mishref, Kuwait Hard Karim-Mohamed Maamoun 6–0, 6–2
Winner 6. 4 June 2006 Mishref, Kuwait Hard Viktor Bruthans 6–1, 4–6, 6–0
Winner 7. 23 November 2008 Dubai, UAE Hard Benjamin Balleret 6–1, 6–0
Winner 2. 27 April 2009 Tenerife, Spain Hard Paolo Lorenzi 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 2. 4 March 2013 Kyoto, Japan Carpet (i) John Millman 6–4, 4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Runner-up 3. 9 August 2015 Segovia, Spain Hard Evgeny Donskoy 6–7(2–7), 3–6
Runner-up 4. 24 January 2016 Manila, Philippines Hard Mikhail Youzhny 4–6, 4–6
Winner 3. 21 February 2016 Wrocław, Poland Hard (i) Jan Hernych 6–3, 7–6(11–9)

Doubles: 17 (6 titles, 11 runner-ups)
Legend
Challenger (6–11)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–8)
Clay (0–2)
Carpet (1–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (4–8)
Indoors (2–3)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 22 October 2001 Seoul, Korea Hard Yves Allegro František Čermák
Jaroslav Levinský		 7–5, 6–7(8–10), 3–6
Runner-up 2. 29 October 2001 Yokohama, Japan Carpet (i) Sebastian Jäger Takao Suzuki
Mitsuru Takada		 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 3. 19 November 2001 Puebla, Mexico Hard Tuomas Ketola Jonathan Erlich
Andy Ram		 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 1–6
Winner 1. 30 September 2002 Bukhara, Uzbekistan Hard Yves Allegro Janko Tipsarević
Jan Weinzierl		 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 4. 28 October 2002 Réunion, Réunion Island Hard Jaroslav Levinský Federico Browne
Jonathan Erlich		 1–6, 6–4, 3–6
Runner-up 5. 6 September 2004 Donetsk, Ukraine Hard Lovro Zovko Igor Kunitsyn
Uros Vico		 6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 6. 25 April 2005 Tunis, Tunisia Clay Jean-Claude Scherrer Tomas Behrend
Robert Lindstedt		 6–3, 1–6, 3–6
Runner-up 7. 13 November 2006 Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine Hard (i) Lovro Zovko Sergiy Stakhovsky
Orest Tereshchuk		 3–6, 0–6
Runner-up 8. 3 November 2008 Astana, Kazakhstan Hard George Bastl Mikhail Elgin
Alexander Kudryavtsev		 4–6, 7–6(10–8), [8–10]
Runner-up 9. 26 March 2013 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Clay Peter Gojowczyk Marin Draganja
Adrián Menéndez Maceiras		 4–6, 3–6
Winner 2. 21 July 2014 Astana, Kazakhstan Hard Sergey Bubka Chen Ti
Huang Liang-chi		 6–3, 6–4
Winner 3. 23 November 2015 Andria, Italy Hard (i) Frank Moser Dustin Brown
Carsten Ball		 7–6(7–5), 7–5
Runner-up 10. 18 September 2016 Istanbul, Turkey Hard Marius Copil Sadio Doumbia
Calvin Hemery		 4–6, 3–6
Winner 4. 25 September 2016 İzmir, Turkey Hard Marius Copil Sadio Doumbia
Calvin Hemery		 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 11. 23 October 2016 Brest, France Hard (i) Luca Vanni Sander Arends
Mateusz Kowalczyk		 7–6(7–2), 3–6, [5–10]
Winner 5. 23 April 2017 Taipei, Taiwan Carpet (i) Franko Škugor Sanchai Ratiwatana
Sonchat Ratiwatana		 4–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Winner 6. 7 May 2017 Gimcheon, South Korea Hard Teymuraz Gabashvili Ruan Roelofse
Yi Chu-huan		 6–1, 6–3

Singles performance timeline
Tournament200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A Q1 A Q1 A 1R A Q3 2R Q1 A Q3 Q1 A Q2 Q1 0 / 2 1–2
French Open A A Q1 A Q2 Q1 A A A A 2R Q1 Q1 A Q1 A Q1 Q1 0 / 1 1–1
Wimbledon A A Q1 Q1 Q2 Q2 A A A Q2 1R Q3 Q2 Q1 Q3 Q2 Q1 Q1 0 / 1 0–1
US Open A A Q2 A Q1 A 3R A A 3R 2R Q2 Q1 Q1 1R Q3 2R Q2 0 / 5 6–5
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 3–4 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0 / 9 8–9
National representation
Davis Cup A A A A A 1R PO 1R A 1R 1R Z1 1R 1R W PO 1R 1R 1 / 9 8–13
Swiss tournaments
Swiss Open Q3 A A A 1R A 2R A A 1R 2R A A 1R A 1R 1R 1R 0 / 8 2–8
Swiss Indoors A A Q1 Q3 2R A 1R 1R 1R SF 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 13 5–13
Career Statistics
Overall Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 4–7 2–3 5–5 3–3 0–1 10–13 14–29 3–4 4–10 1–5 0–4 1–3 3–5 2–5 52–98
Year-end ranking 381 365 256 289 142 287 155 487 605 56 117 177 146 173 211 282 120 418 35%

National participation

Davis Cup (9 wins, 19 losses)
Group membership
World Group (4–13)
WG Play-off (4–6)
Group I (1–0)
Group II (0–0)
Matches by surface
Hard (7–11)
Clay (0–7)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–1)
Matches by type
Singles (8–13)
Doubles (1–6)
Matches by setting
Indoors (9–17)
Outdoors (0–2)
Matches by venue
Switzerland (8–7)
Away (1–12)
  • indicates the result of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.
Result No. Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score
2–3; 4–6 March 2005; Expo Centre, Fribourg, Switzerland; World Group First Round; Hard(i) surface
Defeat 1 I Singles Netherlands Sjeng Schalken 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 2–6
Victory 2 V Singles (dead rubber) Peter Wessels 4–6, retired
4–1; 22–24 September 2006; Palexpo, Geneva, Switzerland; World Group Play-offs; Hard(i) surface
Victory 3 V Singles (dead rubber) Serbia and Montenegro Janko Tipsarević 6–4, 6–1
2–3; 9–11 February 2007; Palexpo, Geneva, Switzerland; World Group First Round; Carpet(i) surface
Victory 4 I Singles Spain Fernando Verdasco 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–2)
Defeat 5 III Doubles (with Yves Allegro) Feliciano López / Fernando Verdasco 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–2), 1–6, 10–12
Victory 6 V Singles (dead rubber) David Ferrer 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
1–4; 6–8 March 2009; Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex, Birmingham, United States; World Group First Round; Hard(i) surface
Defeat 7 II Singles United States Andy Roddick 1–6, 3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Defeat 8 V Singles (dead rubber) James Blake 4–6, 6–7(6–8)
3–2; 18–20 September 2009; Centro Sportivo "Valletta Cambiaso", Genoa, Italy; World Group Play-offs; Clay surface
Defeat 9 III Doubles (with Stan Wawrinka) Italy Simone Bolelli / Potito Starace 2–6, 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
1–4; 5–7 March 2010; Plaza de Toros de La Ribera, Logroño, Spain; World Group First Round; Clay(i) surface
Defeat 10 I Singles Spain David Ferrer 2–6, 6–7(5–7), 1–6
Defeat 11 V Singles (dead rubber) Nicolás Almagro 1–6, 3–6
0–5; 17–19 September 2010; National Tennis Centre, Astana, Kazakhstan; World Group Play-offs; Hard(i) surface
Defeat 12 I Singles Kazakhstan Andrey Golubev 4–6, 4–6, 4–6
Defeat 13 V Singles (dead rubber) Mikhail Kukushkin 2–6, 4–6
5–0; 8–10 July 2011; PostFinance-Arena, Bern, Switzerland; Group I Europe/Africa Second Round; Hard(i) surface
Victory 14 IV Singles (dead rubber) Portugal João Sousa 6–3, 6–4
0–5; 10–12 February 2012; Forum Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland; World Group First Round; Clay(i) surface
Defeat 15 V Singles (dead rubber) United States John Isner 3–6, 4–6
3–2; 14–16 September 2012; Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, Netherlands; World Group Play-offs; Clay surface
Defeat 16 V Singles (dead rubber) Netherlands Thiemo de Bakker 2–6, 6–7(4–7)
2–3; 1–3 February 2013; Palexpo, Geneva, Switzerland; World Group First Round; Hard(i) surface
Defeat 17 III Doubles (with Stan Wawrinka) Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych / Lukáš Rosol 4–6, 7–5, 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 22–24
4–1; 13–15 September 2013; Patinoire du Littoral, Neuchâtel, Switzerland; World Group Play-offs; Hard(i) surface
Victory 18 II Singles Ecuador Julio César Campozano 3–6, 6–1, 6–3, 7–6(9–7)
Defeat 19 V Singles (dead rubber) Gonzalo Escobar 0–6, 5–7
3–2; 31 January – 2 February 2014; SPENS, Novi Sad, Serbia; World Group First Round; Hard(i) surface
Victory 20 III Doubles (with Michael Lammer) Serbia Filip Krajinović / Nenad Zimonjić 7–6(9–7), 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–2
Defeat 21 V Singles (dead rubber) Filip Krajinović 4–6, 4–6
3–2; 12–14 September 2014; Palexpo, Geneva, Switzerland; World Group Semifinal; Hard(i) surface
Defeat 22 III Doubles (with Stan Wawrinka) Italy Simone Bolelli / Fabio Fognini 5–7, 6–3, 7–5, 3–6, 2–6
4–1; 18–20 September 2015; Palexpo, Geneva, Switzerland; World Group Play-offs; Hard(i) surface
Defeat 23 III Doubles (with Roger Federer) Netherlands Thiemo de Bakker / Matwé Middelkoop 6–7(7–9), 6–4, 6–4, 4–6, 1–6
0–5; 4–6 March 2016; Adriatic Arena, Pesaro, Italy; World Group First Round; Clay(i) surface
Defeat 24 I Singles Italy Paolo Lorenzi 6–7(14–16), 3–6, 6–4, 7–5, 5–7
Defeat 25 III Doubles (with Henri Laaksonen) Simone Bolelli / Andreas Seppi 3–6, 1–6, 3–6
0–5; 3–5 February 2017; Legacy Arena / BJCC, Birmingham, United States; World Group First Round; Hard(i) surface
Defeat 26 I Singles United States Jack Sock 4–6, 3–6, 1–6
3–2; 15–17 September 2017; Swiss Tennis Arena, Biel, Switzerland; World Group Play-offs; Hard(i) surface
Victory 27 II Singles Belarus Dzmitry Zhyrmont 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Victory 28 IV Singles Yaraslav Shyla 6–4, 6–3, 6–4

Wins: 1
Edition Swiss Team Rounds/Opponents
2014 Davis CupRoger Federer
Stanislas Wawrinka
Michael Lammer
Marco Chiudinelli		1R: SUI 3–2 SRB
QF: SUI 3–2 KAZ
SF: SUI 3–2 ITA
F: SUI 3–1 FRA

References
  1. "Marco Chiudinelli – Tennis – Yahoo! Sports". Yahoo! Sports. 2008. p. 1. Retrieved 13 March 2008. Switzerland
  2. Stauffer (2007), p. 8.
  3. "ATP Awards - ATP World Tour - Tennis". atpworldtour.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
  4. "Marco Chiudinelli - Overview - ATP World Tour - Tennis". atpworldtour.com.


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