Martín Miguel Vassallo Argüello (born 10 February 1980) is a retired professional
male tennis player
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from
Argentina
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. His career-high
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singles ranking is World No. 47, achieved in April 2009 shortly after reaching the semifinals of
Acapulco
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Tennis career
He turned pro in 1999. Over the course of his career, he has represented both Argentina and Italy.
At the
2006 French Open, he reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam event for the first time in his career. He entered the tournament as a qualifier and beat
Paul Goldstein of the United States in the first round in straight sets, No. 21 seed
Sébastien Grosjean
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of France in the second round in five sets and
Raemon Sluiter of
the Netherlands
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in the third round, also in five sets. In the next round he lost to
David Nalbandian.
In late 2007, at the
Orange Prokom Open in
Sopot
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, Poland, Argüello was embroiled in a betting scandal after his match against world number four
Nikolay Davydenko
Nikolay Vladimirovich Davydenko ( rus, Никола́й Влади́мирович Давыде́нко ; born 2 June 1981) is a Ukrainian-born Russian former professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 3 i ...
. The match saw Davydenko retire with the scores at 2–6, 6–3, 2–1. Gamblers betting on the match displayed irregular betting patterns and a total of £3.4m was paid out on it, ten times the normal amount for a match at this level. Eventually,
Betfair
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voided all bets on the match. Neither Argüello nor Davydenko have been formally charged with any offence by the ATP.
According to a BBC report, a follow-up investigation revealed that Argüello had exchanged messages with a Sicilian gambler in 2006, including on the morning of a tennis match which saw the gambler win $86,000. Deleted messages recovered from Argüello's phone included "He doesn't want to do it. He intends to win", followed by "All okay" just before the game.
In 2009, Vassallo made his
Davis Cup
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debut for Argentina in the 5-0 defeat against
The Netherlands
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in
Buenos Aires
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playing doubles with
Lucas Arnold Ker
Lucas Arnold Ker (; born 12 October 1974) is an Argentine former professional tennis player.
Arnold Ker started playing tennis in the Olivos Tenis Club of Buenos Aires, under coach Malcolm Campbell. He is the younger brother of Patricio Arnol ...
and in the reverse singles.
Singles titles
Performance timeline
Notes
References
External links
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Vassallo World ranking history
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1980 births
Living people
Argentine male tennis players
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Tennis players from Buenos Aires