Franco Squillari (born 22 August 1975) is a former professional male

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player from

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. He won 3 singles titles, reached the semifinals of the

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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

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). Squillari entered the world's top 50 in 1998, and won a total of three

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singles titles (all in

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) during his career. He reached the semifinals of the

defeating

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, Jiří Vaněk,

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and future champion

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, before losing to

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. 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

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, Cincinnati in 2000 and Hamburg in 2001. He also beat world no. 3

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in Barcelona in 1999. He is one of the few tennis players to have a perfect 100% record against

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, having beaten him both times they played, in 2001 and 2003. Squillari retired in 2005.

Career finals

Singles (3 wins, 3 losses)

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

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