Marc Gicquel

Marc Gicquel
Marc Gicquel at Wimbledon 2014
Nation:	France
Birthday:	March 30, 1977
Size:	188 cm
Weight:	75 kg
1st professional season:	1999
Resignation:	2014
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Trainer:	Thierry Ascione
Prize money:	$ 2,512,800
singles
Career record:	92: 113
Highest ranking:	37 (September 8, 2008)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	58:61
Career title:	4th
Highest ranking:	38 (January 12, 2009)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Marc Gicquel (born March 30, 1977 in Tunis , Tunisia ) is a former French tennis player .

Career

Gicquel and his family moved from the Tunisian capital Tunis to France at an early age. He started playing tennis at the age of seven. In 1999 he made his debut on the ATP World Tour , but it wasn't until two years later that he finally decided to take up professional tennis and not study physics.

In 2006 Gicquel reached the second round of the US Open after victories over the former number one in the world, Juan Carlos Ferrero , and the former French Open winner Gastón Gaudio . There he was defeated by world number one Roger Federer in three sets. In the same year he reached the final in Lyon , in which he was defeated by Richard Gasquet . This was followed by another finals in 2007 and 2008. On September 8, 2008, Gicquel was ranked 37th in the world , his highest ranking. He celebrated four tournament wins in doubles on the ATP World Tour, he was also successful nine times in singles and four times in doubles in the lower-class Challenger tournaments . In 2014 he ended his career after the Challenger tournament in Rennes . Nevertheless, he took part again in a Challenger in Saint-Brieuc in 2015 .

Private

Gicquel has been married since September 25, 2004.

successes

Legend (number of victories) Grand Slam Tennis Masters Cup ATP World Tour Finals ATP Masters Series ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ATP International Series Gold ATP World Tour 500 Series ATP International Series ATP World Tour 250 Series (4) ATP Challenger Tour (13)

Title after covering Hard Court (4) Sand (0) Lawn (0)

singles

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	August 8, 2004	Timișoara	Hard court (i)	Oliver Marach	6: 3, 6: 1
2.	October 2, 2005	Grenoble	Hard court (i)	Thomas Enqvist	6-0, 6-2
3.	April 2, 2006	Saint-Brieuc	Hard court	Peter Wessels	6: 3, 6: 1
4th	February 24, 2008	Besançon	Hard court (i)	Alexander Peya	7: 6 2 , 6: 4
5.	May 17, 2009	Bordeaux (1)	sand	Mathieu Montcourt	3: 6, 6: 1, 6: 4
6th	17th October 2010	Rennes	Carpet (i)	Stéphane Bohli	7: 6 6 , 4: 6, 6: 1
7th	May 15, 2011	Bordeaux (2)	sand	Horacio Zeballos	6: 2, 6: 4
8th.	4th November 2012	Geneva	Hard court (i)	Matthias Bachinger	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
9.	September 8, 2013	Saint-Rémy-de-Provence	Hard court	Matteo Viola	6: 4, 6: 3

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	October 23, 2006	Lyon (1)	Carpet (i)	Richard Gasquet	3: 6, 1: 6
2.	October 22, 2007	Lyon (2)	Carpet (i)	Sébastien Grosjean	6: 7 5 , 4: 6
3.	June 15, 2008	's-Hertogenbosch	race	David Ferrer	4: 6, 2: 6

Double

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	August 10, 2008	Washington	Hard court	Robert Lindstedt	Bruno Soares Kevin Ullyett	7: 6 6 , 6: 3
2.	January 5, 2009	Brisbane (1)	Hard court	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Fernando Verdasco Mischa Zverev	6: 4, 6: 3
3.	January 9, 2010	Brisbane (2)	Hard court	Jérémy Chardy	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	6: 3, 7: 6 3
4th	February 10, 2013	Montpellier	Hard court (i)	Michaël Llodra	Johan Brunström Raven Klaasen	6: 3, 3: 6, [11: 9]

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	July 9, 2007	Gstaad	sand	Florent Serra	František Čermák Pavel Vízner	5: 7, 7: 5, [7:10]
2.	January 6, 2008	Chennai	Hard court	Marcos Baghdatis	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	4: 6, 5: 7
3.	February 9, 2014	Montpellier	Hard court (i)	Nicolas Mahut	Denis Istomin Nikolai Dawydenko	6: 3, 4: 6, [2:10]

ATP Challenger Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	July 23, 2005	Tampere	sand	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Adam Chadaj Filip Urban	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 1
2.	February 5, 2011	Courmayeur	Hard court	Nicolas Mahut	Olivier Charroin Alexandre Renard	6: 3, 6: 4
3.	17th May 2014	Bordeaux	sand	Serhiy Stachowskyj	Ryan Harrison Alex Kuznetsov	without a fight
4th	4th October 2014	Mons	Hard court (i)	Nicolas Mahut	Andre Begemann Julian Knowle	6: 3, 6: 4

Web links

Commons : Marc Gicquel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of Marc Gicquel (English)
• ITF profile of Marc Gicquel (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Clap de fin for Marc Gicquel. In: lequipe.fr. October 10, 2014, accessed November 15, 2017 (French).