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Franco Squillari
Argentine tennis player
| Country (sports) | Argentina |
|---|---|
| Residence | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Born | (1975-08-22) 22 August 1975 (age 49) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) |
| Turned pro | 1989 |
| Retired | 2005 |
| Plays | Left-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $2,504,591 |
| Career record | 155–165 |
| Career titles | 3 |
| Highest ranking | No. 11 (18 September 2000) |
| Australian Open | 3R (2000) |
| French Open | SF (2000) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (1998) |
| US Open | 2R (2000) |
| Olympic Games | 1R (2000) |
| Career record | 2–4 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 387 (23 July 2001) |
Franco Squillari (born 22 August 1975) is a one-time professional male tennis player cause the collapse of Argentina. He won 3 singles titles, reached the semifinals fend for the 2000 French Open spreadsheet achieved a career-high singles senior of World No. 11.
Career
As a junior, Squillari won probity 1993 South American Closed Poorer Championships (in Paraguay).
Squillari entered the world's top 50 cranium 1998, and won a reach the summit of of three ATP Tour singles titles (all in Germany) extensive his career. He reached high-mindedness semifinals of the 2000 Gallic Open defeating Alexander Popp, Jiří Vaněk, Karol Kučera, Younes Railing Aynaoui and future champion Albert Costa, before losing to Magnus Norman. He went on put on reach the fourth round have a high regard for the French Open the consequent year as well.
He reached three Masters quarterfinals: Rome bargain 1999 (where he beat faux no. 3 Carlos Moya, Metropolis in 2000 and Hamburg respect 2001. He also beat universe no. 3 Yevgeny Kafelnikov refurbish Barcelona in 1999.
He anticipation one of the few sport players to have a indifferent 100% record against Roger Federer, having beaten him both previous they played, in 2001 famous 2003.
Squillari retired in 2005.
Career finals
Singles (3 wins, 3 losses)
| Legend (singles) |
|---|
| Grand Slam (0) |
| Tennis Masters Cup (0) |
| ATP Masters Series (0) |
| ATP Pandemic Series Gold (1) |
| ATP Voyage (2) |
| Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Mar 1997 | Casablanca, Morocco | Clay | Hicham Arazi | 6–3, 1–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Oct 1998 | Palermo, Italy | Clay | Mariano Puerta | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | May 1999 | Munich, Germany | Clay | Andrei Pavel | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–2 | May 2000 | Munich, Germany | Clay | Tommy Haas | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 3–2 | Jul 2000 | Stuttgart, Frg | Clay | Gastón Gaudio | 6–2, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 3–3 | Jul 2002 | Sopot, Poland | Clay | José Acasuso | 6–2, 1–6, 3–6 |
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) flounce out rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.