Marco Chiudinelli
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Marco Chiudinelli is a tennis player from Switzerland.
in the district of Arlesheim
in the canton
of Basel-Country
in Switzerland. He visited schools in Münchenstein and Basel
. Marco speaks German, (dialect Baseldytsch
), English and French. In his younger childhood days, he met Roger Federer
. The pair often played Squash, Table Tennis, Soccer 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.
from 2005–2007 and in 2009, winning four matches and losing four. His best performances at Grand Slams
were at the 2006 US Open 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
3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the second round. He then fell to 25th seed Richard Gasquet
7-6(2), 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(2). At the 2009 US Open
, he again reached the third round as a qualifier. He defeated Potito Starace
7-6(3), 7-6(2), 6-0 and then defeated former top ten player Mikhail Youzhny
2-6, 7-6(4), 6-4, 6-3. He lost to 8th seed Nikolay Davydenko
6-4, 7-5, 7-5.
Marco entered the 2009 PTT Thailand Open
as a qualifier. He defeated German qualifier Florian Mayer
in the first round, 6-3, 6-3, and followed that up with a second round win over former World No. 1 Marat Safin
, 6-3, 7-6(4). Chuidinelli lost a three-set match to top seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarterfinals.
Chiudinelli reached the semifinals of Basel
in his hometown tournament. He defeated 8 seed Philipp Kohlschreiber
7-6(5), 3-6, 7-5. He defeated his countryman qualifier Michael Lammer. He defeated Richard Gasquet
6-1, 6-3 to reach the semis before losing to compatriot and World No. 1 Roger Federer
6-7 (7-9) 3-6.
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
in a 6-3, 1-6, 1-6, 3-6 defeat. Two weeks later as a result of his play in 2009, he was awarded the Comeback Player of the Year Award in the 2009 ATP World Tour Awards.
At the 2010 French Open
, Chiudinelli was accepted into the main draw by direct entry and beat Somdev Devvarman
6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 to advance to the second round for the first time. There he lost 6-7, 7-6, 7-6, 6-4 to American John Isner
in a match that was extended over two days because of rain.
Biography
Marco is the only child of father Lorenzo Chiudinelli and mother Reni, (both Information Technology specialists). Marco grew up in MünchensteinMünchenstein
Münchenstein is a municipality in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Landschaft in Switzerland.-Historical records:Münchenstein is first mentioned in 1196 as Kekingen. In 1270 it was mentioned as Geckingen and in 1279 as Munchenstein.* 1259: The hamlet and the mill, between "Neue...
in the district of Arlesheim
Arlesheim (district)
Arlesheim District is one of the five districts of the largely German-speaking canton of Basel-Country, Switzerland. Its capital is the town of Arlesheim. It has a population of .-Geography:...
in the canton
Cantons of Switzerland
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848...
of Basel-Country
Basel-Country
Basel-Landschaft , is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland. The capital is Liestal...
in Switzerland. He visited schools in Münchenstein and Basel
Basel
Basel or Basle In the national languages of Switzerland the city is also known as Bâle , Basilea and Basilea is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany...
. Marco speaks German, (dialect Baseldytsch
Basel German
Basel German or Baseldytsch is the dialect of the city of Basel, Switzerland. Among the Swiss German dialects, it is the only Low Alemannic one.- Aspirated plosives :...
), English and French. In his younger childhood days, he met Roger Federer
Roger Federer
Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP no. 1 position for a record 237 consecutive weeks, and 285 weeks overall. As of 28 November 2011, he is ranked World No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals . Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles...
. The pair often played Squash, Table Tennis, Soccer 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.
Career
Marco Chiudinelli turned professional in 2000. He has competed for the Switzerland Davis Cup teamSwitzerland Davis Cup team
The Switzerland Davis Cup team represents Switzerland in the Davis Cup tennis competition and is governed by Swiss Tennis.In 2007, Switzerland competed in the World Group for the 13th consecutive year, the third longest ongoing streak, before being relegated after losing 3–2 against the Czech...
from 2005–2007 and in 2009, winning four matches and losing four. His best performances at Grand Slams
Grand Slam (tennis)
The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...
were at the 2006 US Open and the 2009 US Open
2009 US Open (tennis)
The 2009 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts, held from August 31 to September 14, 2009 in the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center at Flushing Meadows, New York City, United States. Originally, it was scheduled to end with the mens' singles final match on Sunday,...
, where he reached the third round as a qualifier both times.
At the 2006 US Open as a qualifier, he defeated Feliciano López
Feliciano López
Feliciano López Diaz-Guerra is a Spanish professional male tennis player. He was born in Toledo and now lives in the Spanish capital Madrid....
3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in the second round. He then fell to 25th seed Richard Gasquet
Richard Gasquet
Richard Gasquet is a French professional tennis player. He won the mixed doubles Grand Slam title at the 2004 French Open, partnering Tatiana Golovin. His highest ranking in singles is #7. His best achievements in tennis are reaching the semi-finals of Wimbledon in 2007 and later that year...
7-6(2), 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(2). At the 2009 US Open
2009 US Open - Men's Singles
Roger Federer was the defending champion, but was defeated by Juan Martín del Potro in the final, 6–3, 6–7, 6–4, 6–7, 2–6.-Seeds:# Roger Federer # Andy Murray # Rafael Nadal # Novak Djokovic ...
, he again reached the third round as a qualifier. He defeated Potito Starace
Potito Starace
Potito Starace is an Italian professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. He achieved his career-high ranking of 27th on October 15, 2007 and prefers to play on red clay...
7-6(3), 7-6(2), 6-0 and then defeated former top ten player Mikhail Youzhny
Mikhail Youzhny
Mikhail Mikhailovich Youzhny , is a professional Russian tennis player, noted for his consistency and all-court play style. He has been coached by Boris Sobkin for 17 years....
2-6, 7-6(4), 6-4, 6-3. He lost to 8th seed Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko is a Ukrainian-Russian tennis player. Davydenko's best result in a Grand Slam tournament has been reaching the semifinals, which he has done on four occasions: twice each at the French Open and the U.S. Open. His biggest achievement to date was winning the 2009 ATP...
6-4, 7-5, 7-5.
Marco entered the 2009 PTT Thailand Open
2009 PTT Thailand Open
The 2009 PTT Thailand Open was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 7th edition of the Thailand Open, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 Series of the 2009 ATP World Tour...
as a qualifier. He defeated German qualifier Florian Mayer
Florian Mayer
Florian Mayer is a German professional tennis player. He plays on both the ATP Tour and the Challenger Tour. He has won nine Challenger events, which has helped him stay in the top 50 on the rankings....
in the first round, 6-3, 6-3, and followed that up with a second round win over former World No. 1 Marat Safin
Marat Safin
Marat Mikhailovich Safin is a retired Russian tennis player of Tatar descent. Safin won two grand slams and reached the world number 1 ranking during his career. He was also famous for his emotional outbursts and sometimes fiery temper on court. Safin also holds the record for most broken...
, 6-3, 7-6(4). Chuidinelli lost a three-set match to top seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarterfinals.
Chiudinelli reached the semifinals of Basel
2009 Davidoff Swiss Indoors
The 2009 Davidoff Swiss Indoors was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It was the 40th edition of the event known that year as the Davidoff Swiss Indoors, and was part of the 500 Series of the 2009 ATP World Tour. It was held at the St...
in his hometown tournament. He defeated 8 seed Philipp Kohlschreiber
Philipp Kohlschreiber
Philipp Kohlschreiber is a tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 2001. The right-hander has won six doubles and three singles titles. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 28 September 2009, when he achieved a ranking of World No. 22...
7-6(5), 3-6, 7-5. He defeated his countryman qualifier Michael Lammer. He defeated Richard Gasquet
Richard Gasquet
Richard Gasquet is a French professional tennis player. He won the mixed doubles Grand Slam title at the 2004 French Open, partnering Tatiana Golovin. His highest ranking in singles is #7. His best achievements in tennis are reaching the semi-finals of Wimbledon in 2007 and later that year...
6-1, 6-3 to reach the semis before losing to compatriot and World No. 1 Roger Federer
Roger Federer
Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP no. 1 position for a record 237 consecutive weeks, and 285 weeks overall. As of 28 November 2011, he is ranked World No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals . Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles...
6-7 (7-9) 3-6.
Chiudinelli qualified for the main draw of the 2010 Australian Open
2010 Australian Open
The 2010 Australian Open was a tennis tournament that took place in Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 18 to 31 January. It was the 98th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year....
and reached the second round, taking a set off World No. 3 Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic is a Serbian professional tennis player who has been ranked world no. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals since 4 July 2011. He has won four Grand Slam singles titles: the 2008 and 2011 Australian Open, the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, and the 2011 US Open...
in a 6-3, 1-6, 1-6, 3-6 defeat. Two weeks later as a result of his play in 2009, he was awarded the Comeback Player of the Year Award in the 2009 ATP World Tour Awards.
At the 2010 French Open
2010 French Open
The 2010 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 109th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year...
, Chiudinelli was accepted into the main draw by direct entry and beat Somdev Devvarman
Somdev Devvarman
Somdev Devvarman , is a professional Indian tennis player. Three of Devvarman's college conquests, John Isner, Kevin Anderson, and Jesse Levine have successful pro careers. He hit the headlines for being the only collegiate player to have made three consecutive finals at the NCAA, winning...
6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 to advance to the second round for the first time. There he lost 6-7, 7-6, 7-6, 6-4 to American John Isner
John Isner
John Robert Isner is an American professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high rank of no. 18 on July 5, 2010, and has been as high as the second-ranked American tennis player behind Andy Roddick...
in a match that was extended over two days because of rain.
Doubles: 3 (1-2)
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| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in final | Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | 17 July 2006 |  Switzerland Gstaad2006 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad The 2006 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad was the 2006 edition of the Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad tennis tournament. The tournament was held on July 10–16. Richard Gasquet won his second title of the year.-Men's Singles:... , Switzerland |
Clay | Jean-Claude Scherrer Jean-Claude Scherrer Jean-Claude Scherrer is a professional tennis player from Switzerland who entered professional play in 1998.-Runners-up :-External links:*... |
 Jiří NovákJirí Novák Jiří Novák is a former Czech tennis player, who was born in Zlín, Czechoslovakia but resides nowadays in Monte Carlo, Monaco.-Career:Novák turned professional in 1993 and won 7 singles and 18 doubles titles during his career, winning $7,614,063 in prize money. For six years, he was the...  Andrei PavelAndrei Pavel Andrei Pavel is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from Romania. He is currently coaching former world No. 1 and the current world No. 15 of the WTA, Jelena Janković.-Career:... |
3-6, 1-6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 13 July 2009 |  Germany Halle2009 Gerry Weber Open The 2009 Gerry Weber Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 17th edition of the event known that year as the Gerry Weber Open, and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour... , Germany |
Grass | Andreas Beck Andreas Beck (tennis) Andreas Beck is a professional male tennis player of Germany. His career high rank was #33, achieved on November 2, 2009.- 2008 :... |
Christopher Kas Christopher Kas Christopher Kas is a professional German tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is No. 224, which he reached on 4 November 2002. His career high in doubles is No. 23 set at 3 November 2008.-Doubles: 15 :... Philipp KohlschreiberPhilipp Kohlschreiber Philipp Kohlschreiber is a tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 2001. The right-hander has won six doubles and three singles titles. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 28 September 2009, when he achieved a ranking of World No. 22... |
3–6, 4-6 |
| Winner | 1. | 2 August 2009 | Switzerland Gstaad 2009 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad The 2009 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad was a tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It was the 42nd edition of the event known that year as the Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad and was part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2009 ATP World Tour... , Switzerland |
Clay | Michael Lammer Michael Lammer Michael Lammer is a Swiss professional tennis player. He plays right-handed. At the 2009 Allianz Suisse Open in Gstaad, won the doubles tournament with compatriot Marco Chiudinelli... |
Jaroslav Levinský Jaroslav Levinský Jaroslav Levinský is a professional doubles tennis player from the Czech Republic.-Mixed doubles: 1 :-Doubles: 5 :-External links:...  Filip PolášekFilip Polášek Filip Polášek is a professional tennis player from Slovakia. Polášek's highest doubles ranking has been World Number 22 as of June 22, 2009. Polášek's highest singles ranking has been World Number 555 on November 26, 2007.... |
7–5, 6–3 |
Performance timeline
| Tournament | Career | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
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| Australian Open Australian Open The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court... |
1–2 | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 2R |
| French Open | 1–1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R |
| Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors... |
0–1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R |
| US Open U.S. Open (tennis) The US Open, formally the United States Open Tennis Championships, is a hardcourt tennis tournament which is the modern iteration of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, the U.S. National Championship, which for men's singles was first contested in 1881... |
5–3 | A | A | A | 3R | A | A | 3R | 2R |
| Grand Slam Win-Loss | 7–7 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–4 |
| Overall Win-Loss | 37–57 | 0–1 | 4–7 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 10–13 | 13–24 |