Franco Squillari
Argentine tennis player
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Residence | Buenos Aires , Argentina |
Born |
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1975-08-22
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22 August 1975
(age
47)
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) |
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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
As a junior, Squillari won the 1993 South American Closed Junior Championships (in Paraguay ).
Squillari entered the world's top 50 in 1998, and won a total of three ATP Tour singles titles (all in Germany ) during his career. He reached the semifinals 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 of the French Open the following year as well.
He reached three Masters quarterfinals: Rome in 1999 (where he beat world no. 3 Carlos Moya , Cincinnati in 2000 and Hamburg in 2001 . He also beat world no. 3 Yevgeny Kafelnikov in Barcelona in 1999.
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 wins, 3 losses)
Legend (singles) |
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Grand Slam (0) |
Tennis Masters Cup (0) |
ATP Masters Series (0) |
ATP International Series Gold (1) |
ATP Tour (2) |
Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Mar 1997 | Casablanca , Morocco | Clay |
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6–3, 1–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Oct 1998 | Palermo , Italy | Clay |
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3–6, 2–6 |
Win | 1–2 | May 1999 | Munich , Germany | Clay |
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6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 2–2 | May 2000 | Munich, Germany | Clay |
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6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 3–2 | Jul 2000 | Stuttgart , Germany | Clay |
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6–2, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 3–3 | Jul 2002 | Sopot , Poland | Clay |
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6–2, 1–6, 3–6 |
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Tournament | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | SR | W–L |
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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 |
External links
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Franco Squillari
at the
Association of Tennis Professionals
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Franco Squillari
at the
International Tennis Federation
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Franco Squillari
at the
Davis Cup
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