Marc Gicquel

Marc Gicquel (born 30 March 1977) is a former professional male tennis player from France.

Marc Gicquel

Country (sports)	France
Residence	Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Born	(1977-03-30) 30 March 1977 Tunis, Tunisia
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 ^1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	1999
Retired	2014
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,513,519
Singles
Career record	92–112 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 37 (8 September 2008)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2008)
French Open	3R (2009)
Wimbledon	3R (2008)
US Open	4R (2006)
Doubles
Career record	49–55 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 38 (12 January 2009)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2008)
French Open	2R (2005)
Wimbledon	2R (2007)
US Open	3R (2008)
Medal record Summer Universiade 1999 Palma Doubles

Tennis career

Gicquel turned pro in 1999.

On November 6, 2006, he broke into the top 50 after reaching his first ATP Tour final in Lyon, where he was defeated by Richard Gasquet. On April 30, 2007, Gicquel broke into the top 40 after reaching the semifinals of Casablanca. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of world No. 37 in September 2008.

He defeated second seed Tommy Robredo at the 2007 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon in the first round, and beat Alejandro Falla in the semifinals to reach the Lyon final for the second year running. Gicquel's run, however, was halted by another Frenchman, Sébastien Grosjean.

One of Gicquel's most famous matches was against Nicolas Kiefer 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.

ATP Tour career finals

Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–3)

Titles by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–1) Carpet (0–2)

Titles by setting Outdoor (0–1) Indoor (0–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2006	Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, France	International	Carpet (i)	Richard Gasquet	3–6, 1–6
Loss	0–2	Oct 2007	Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, France	International	Carpet (i)	Sébastien Grosjean	6–7^(4–7), 4–6
Loss	0–3	Jun 2008	Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands	International	Grass	David Ferrer	4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (4–3)

Titles by surface Hard (4–2) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0)

Titles by setting Outdoor (3–2) Indoor (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2007	Swiss Open, Switzerland	International	Clay	Florent Serra	František Čermák Pavel Vízner	5–7, 7–5, [7–10]
Loss	0–2	Jan 2008	Chennai Open, India	International	Hard	Marcos Baghdatis	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	4–6, 5–7
Win	1–2	Aug 2008	Washington Open, US	International	Hard	Robert Lindstedt	Bruno Soares Kevin Ullyett	7–6^(8–6), 6–3
Win	2–2	Jan 2009	Brisbane International, Australia	250 Series	Hard	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Fernando Verdasco Mischa Zverev	6–4, 6–3
Win	3–2	Jan 2010	Brisbane International, Australia (2)	250 Series	Hard	Jérémy Chardy	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	6–3, 7–6^(7–5)
Win	4–2	Feb 2013	Open Sud de France, France	250 Series	Hard (i)	Michaël Llodra	Johan Brunström Raven Klaasen	6–3, 3–6, [11–9]
Loss	4–3	Feb 2014	Open Sud de France, France	250 Series	Hard (i)	Nicolas Mahut	Nikolay Davydenko Denis Istomin	4–6, 6–1, [7–10]

ATP Challenger Tour/ITF Men's Circuits finals

Singles: 24 (15–9)

Legend (Singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (8–2)
ITF Men's Circuits (7–7)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	21 May 2001	Rabat, Morocco	Clay	Mehdi Tahiri	3–6, 6–3, 6–7^(3–7)
Runner-up	2.	10 September 2001	Bagnères-de-Bigorre, France	Hard	Nicolas Mahut	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	21 January 2002	Feucherolles, France	Clay (i)	Oscar Hernández	4–6, 6–2, 4–6
Winner	1.	1 April 2002	Saint-Brieuc, France	Clay	Olivier Patience	6–4, 7–6^5(7–5)
Winner	2.	21 October 2002	La Roche-sur-Yon, France	Hard (i)	Nicolas Mahut	6–4, 5–7, 6–2
Winner	3.	27 January 2003	Feucherolles, France	Hard (i)	Zhu Benqiang	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	13 October 2003	Saint-Dizier, France	Hard (i)	Thomas Dupré	7–5, 6–7^(2–7), 4–6
Runner-up	5.	19 January 2004	Deauville, France	Clay (i)	Jean-Christophe Faurel	5–7, 6–2, 6–7^(5–7)
Winner	4.	26 January 2004	Feucherolles, France	Hard (i)	Julien Jeanpierre	3–6, 6–2, 7–6^(7–4)
Winner	5.	2 February 2004	Bressuire, France	Hard (i)	Jérôme Haehnel	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	5 April 2004	Angers, France	Clay (i)	Nicolas Devilder	6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	7.	12 April 2004	Grasse, France	Clay	Gilles Simon	4–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	21 August 2004	Timişoara, Romania	Clay	Oliver Marach	6–3, 6–1
Winner	6.	11 July 2005	Saint-Gervais, France	Clay	Xavier Audouy	6–3, 6–1
Winner	2.	26 September 2005	Grenoble, France	Hard	Thomas Enqvist	6–0, 6–2
Winner	3.	27 March 2006	Saint-Brieuc, France	Clay	Peter Wessels	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	1.	4 July 2006	Montauban, France	Clay	Lamine Ouahab	5–7, 6–3, 6–7^(2–7)
Winner	4.	18 February 2008	Besançon, France	Hard (i)	Alexander Peya	7–6^(7–2), 6–4
Winner	5.	11 May 2009	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Mathieu Montcourt	3–6, 6–1, 6–4
Winner	6.	17 October 2010	Rennes, France	Hard	Stéphane Bohli	7–6^(8–6), 4–6, 6–1
Winner	7.	13 March 2011	Lille, France	Hard	Jonathan Eysseric	6–3, 6–2
Winner	7.	15 May 2011	Bordeaux, France	Clay	Horacio Zeballos	6–2, 6–4
Winner	8.	4 November 2012	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Matthias Bachinger	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	17 February 2013	Quimper, France	Hard	Marius Copil	6–7^(9–11), 4–6

Doubles: 10 (5–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (2–2)
ITF Men's Circuits (3–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	2 April 2001	Saint-Brieuc, France	Clay	Régis Lavergne	Cristian Kordasz Rogier Wassen	4–6, 6–7^(8–10)
Runner-up	2.	18 June 2001	Noisy-le-Grand, France	Clay	Anthony Maublanc	Xavier Pujo Mehdi Tahiri	4–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	27 January 2003	Feucherolles, France	Hard (i)	Nicolas Mahut	Matthieu Amgwerd Josh Goffi	7–5, 6–4
Winner	2.	20 October 2003	La Roche-sur-Yon, France	Hard (i)	Jean-Baptiste Perlant	Laurent Recouderc Édouard Roger-Vasselin	6–2, 6–0
Winner	3.	19 January 2004	Deauville, France	Clay (i)	Jean-Baptiste Perlant	Elefterios Alexiou Alexandros Jakupovic	6–1, 1–6, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	8 March 2004	Lille, France	Hard (i)	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Jean-François Bachelot Jean-Michel Pequery	6–7^(4–7), 3–6
Winner	1.	18 July 2005	Tampere, Finland	Clay	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Adam Chadaj Filip Urban	6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Runner-up	1.	4 July 2006	Montauban, France	Clay	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Pablo Cuevas Adrián García	3–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Runner-up	2.	10 July 2006	Scheveningen, Netherlands	Clay	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Guillermo García-López Salvador Navarro-Gutiérrez	4–6, 6–0, [9–11]
Winner	2.	6 February 2011	Courmayeur, Italy	Hard (i)	Nicolas Mahut	Olivier Charroin Alexandre Renard	6–3, 6–4

Trivia

In a match during the 2007 Halle, Germany tournament, Gicquel was struck directly in the crotch by a 129 mph Benjamin Becker 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.[1]

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	SR	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	A	2R	3R	1R	2R	Q1	A	Q2	Q1	0 / 4	4–4
French Open	1R	A	2R	1R	2R	3R	1R	1R	Q3	1R	Q2	0 / 8	4–8
Wimbledon	A	A	A	1R	3R	2R	1R	1R	Q3	1R	Q3	0 / 6	3–6
US Open	A	A	4R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	Q2	Q2	Q1	0 / 6	4–6

References

1. report in Chinese and with pictures

External links

• Marc Gicquel at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Marc Gicquel at the International Tennis Federation
• Yahoo! Sports profile for Marc Gicquel
• Gicquel world ranking history