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Marco Chiudinelli

Country	Switzerland
Residence	Basel, Switzerland
Date of birth	September 10, 1981 (1981-09-10) (age 28)
Place of birth	Basel, Switzerland
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Weight	79 kg (170 lb; 12.4 st)
Turned pro	2000
Plays	Right-handed; two-handed backhand
Career prize money	$768,230
Singles
Career record	24–32
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 54 (November 16, 2009)
Current ranking	No. 56 (November 30, 2009)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	1R (2007)
US Open	3R (2006, 2009)
Doubles
Career record	14–17
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 118 (November 2, 2009)
Last updated on: November 9, 2009.

Marco Chiudinelli (born September 10, 1981 in Basel, Switzerland) is a tennis player from Switzerland.^[1]

Biography

Marco Chiudinelli grew up in Münchenstein in the district of Arlesheim in the canton of Basel-Country in Switzerland. He visited schools in Münchenstein and Basel.

Career

Marco Chiudinelli turned professional in 2000. He has competed for the Switzerland Davis Cup team 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 Lopez 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 a 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.

Career titles

Doubles

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in final	Score
1.	2 August 2009	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Michael Lammer	Jaroslav Levinský Filip Polášek	7–5, 6–3

Performance timeline

References

External links

• Marco Chiudinelli at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Marco Chiudinelli at the International Tennis Federation
• Marco Chiudinelli at Davis Cup