Marc Gicquel (born 30 March 1977) is a former professional
male tennis player
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from
France
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.
Tennis career
Gicquel turned pro in 1999. He made his
ATP Tour
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singles debut at the
2002 Open 13 tournament on hard courts in
Marseilles, France
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. He was granted direct entry into the qualifying draw, which saw him defeat Johan Rousseaux ''6–4, 6–4'' and
Cristiano Caratti
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Junior tennis career
Started playing tennis at age 9. His younger brother al ...
''6–2, 7–6
(10–8)'' in the first two rounds prior to being defeated in the third and final round by
Renzo Furlan
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Having turned professional in 1988, Furlan represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the quarter finals by Indi ...
''3–6, 3–6''. He would however be gifted a lucky loser entry when sixth seeded
Roger Federer
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withdrew from the tournament. He faced wild card compatriot
Nicolas Mahut
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He is a five-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, having completed the career Grand Slam with victories at the ...
in the first round and bettered him by a score of ''6–4, 6–3'' before falling to another Frenchman and eventual runner-up
Nicolas Escude
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''1–6, 6–7
(3–7)''.
Gicquel made his
ATP Tour
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doubles main draw debut when he received a wild card entry into the
2005 French Open
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On the men's side, Rafael Nadal, seeded fourth at his first French Open, was a strong favorite to win the singles title after winning the Monte Carlo and Rome Masters. Guillermo Coria ...
alongside compatriot
Nicolas Devilder
Nicolas Devilder (born 25 March 1980) is a retired French tennis player.
Devilder reached a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 60, achieved on 8 September 2008. He also reached a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 197, achi ...
. They would optimize the opportunity they were given and defeated first round opponents
Jordan Kerr
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Kerr reached a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 356, which he achieved on 7 August 2000. Additionally, he reached a career high ATP ...
and
Sebastian Prieto ''4–6, 7–5. 11–9'' prior to bowing out with a second round loss to sixth seeds
Leander Paes
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and
Nenad Zimonjic
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''1–6, 3–6''. He would also be given a wild card entry into the mixed doubles draw alongside
Sandrine Testud
Sandrine Testud (born 3 April 1972) is a former professional tennis player from France.
Career
Testud broke into top 20 singles rankings in July 1997. On February 7, 2000, she became the sixth Frenchwoman after Françoise Dürr, Mary Pierce, N ...
, and they won their first two matches including a second round upset of the number 3 seeded
Zimbabwe
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an siblings
Cara Black
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and
Wayne Black
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''6–3, 2–6. 6–3'' before falling in the quarterfinals to
Paul Hanley and
Samantha Stosur
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''4–6, 1–6''.
On November 6, 2006, he broke into the top 50 after reaching his first
ATP Tour
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final in
Lyon
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, where he was defeated by
Richard Gasquet
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. On April 30, 2007, Gicquel broke into the top 40 after reaching the semifinals of
Casablanca
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. He reached a career high
ATP singles ranking of World No. 37 achieved on 8 September 2008. He also reached a career high
ATP doubles ranking of World No. 38 achieved on 12 January 2009.
He defeated second seed
Tommy Robredo
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at the
2007 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon in the first round, and beat
Alejandro Falla
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in the semifinals to reach the Lyon final for the second year running. Gicquel's run, however, was halted by another Frenchman,
Sébastien Grosjean
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.
One of Gicquel's most famous matches was against
Nicolas Kiefer
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at the French Open in 2006. Kiefer won the first two sets 6–0, 6–1, but Gicquel won the next two 7–5, 6–3. Kiefer eventually won the fifth set 11–9 after Gicquel had already saved multiple match points.
Gicquel reached 33 singles finals throughout his career, resulting in 20 wins and 13 losses which includes an 0–3 record in
ATP Tour
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finals and a 9–2 record in
ATP Challenger Tour
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finals. Additionally, he reached 22 career doubles finals resulting in 11 wins and 11 losses which includes a 4–3 record in
ATP Tour
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finals and a 4–3 in
ATP Challenger Tour
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finals.
ATP Tour career finals
Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)
Doubles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 30 (20–10)
Doubles: 15 (7–8)
Performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
Mixed doubles
Trivia
In a match during the 2007
Halle,
Germany
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tournament, Gicquel was struck directly in the crotch by a 129 mph
Benjamin Becker
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Bec ...
serve. He went on to beat Becker, but spent most of the night vomiting and in pain due to swelling and was forced to retire in his next match versus
Jarkko Nieminen
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.
report in Chinese and with pictures
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References
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Marc Gicquel
Gicquel world ranking history
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1977 births
Living people
French male tennis players
Universiade medalists in tennis
Sportspeople from Tunis
Universiade bronze medalists for France
Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade