Andrea Gaudenzi
Andrea Gaudenzi (Italian pronunciation: [anˈdrɛːa ɡauˈdɛntsi]; born 30 July 1973) is an Italian former tennis player and the current chairman of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) since January 2020.[1]
| Country (sports) |  Italy |
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| Residence | London, United Kingdom |
| Born | 30 July 1973 Faenza, Italy |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Turned pro | 1990 |
| Retired | 2003 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $3,063,479 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 219–231 |
| Career titles | 3 9 Challenger, 0 Futures |
| Highest ranking | No. 18 (27 February 1995) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (1998) |
| French Open | 4R (1994) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (1996) |
| US Open | 3R (1994) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 3R (1996) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 86–113 |
| Career titles | 2 1 Challenger, 0 Futures |
| Highest ranking | No. 59 (3 February 1997) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (1996, 1997, 2001) |
| US Open | 3R (1996) |
| Last updated on: 9 January 2022. | |
Gaudenzi was born in Faenza, Italy, and turned professional in 1990 after becoming Junior World Champion by winning both the French Open and US Open junior titles. He reached a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 18 in 1995.
He has victories over Roger Federer in 2002 Rome, Pete Sampras in the 2002 French Open, Jim Courier in the 1994 US Open as well as Goran Ivanisevic, Thomas Muster, Michael Stich and Yevgeny Kafelnikov. He represented Italy at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he was defeated in the third round by the eventual champion Andre Agassi, and reached the Davis Cup Final in 1998, semifinals in 1995 and 1996, playing both singles and doubles. He won three ATP Tour titles and six finals, and he reached the semifinals in the Monte Carlo Master Series in 1995, losing to Thomas Muster.
Gaudenzi graduated in law from University of Bologna and obtained an MBA with Honors at IUM.
He currently serves as Executive Chairman of the ATP Tour, the governing body of the men's professional tennis circuits - the ATP Tour, the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP Champions Tour, and is a board member of ATP Media.
Previously, he was a partner and Chief Revenues Officer at Musixmatch, a music data company, and also co-founded and was CMO at Soldo, a financial services company.
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 2 (2 titles)
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1990 | French Open | Clay |  Thomas Enqvist | 2–6, 7–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 1990 | US Open | Hard | Mikael Tillstrom | 6–2, 4–6, 7–6 |
ATP career finals
Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Jul 1994 | Stuttgart, Germany | Championship Series | Clay |  Alberto Berasategui |
5–7, 3–6, 6–7(5–7) |
| Loss | 0–2 | Feb 1995 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | World Series | Hard |  Wayne Ferreira |
3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Aug 1995 | San Marino, San Marino | World Series | Clay |  Thomas Muster |
2–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 0–4 | Apr 1996 | Estoril, Portugal | World Series | Clay | Thomas Muster |
6–7(4–7), 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–5 | Sep 1997 | Bucharest, Romania | World Series | Clay | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Richard Fromberg |
1–6, 6–7(2–7) |
| Win | 1–5 | Mar 1998 | Casablanca, Morocco | World Series | Clay | Álex Calatrava |
6–4, 5–7, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–6 | Jul 1998 | Kitzbühel, Austria | World Series | Clay | Albert Costa |
2–6, 6–1, 2–6, 6–3, 1–6 |
| Win | 2–6 | May 2001 | St. Poelten, Austria | World Series | Clay | Markus Hipfl |
6–0, 7–5 |
| Win | 3–6 | Jul 2001 | Båstad, Sweden | World Series | Clay |  Bohdan Ulihrach |
7–5, 6–3 |
Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Apr 1995 | Barcelona, Spain | Championship Series | Clay |  Goran Ivanišević |
 Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson |
2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Feb 1996 | Milan, Italy | Championship Series | Carpet | Goran Ivanišević |
 Jakob Hlasek  Guy Forget |
6–4, 7–5 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Apr 1997 | Estoril, Portugal | World Series | Clay | Filippo Messori |
 Gustavo Kuerten Fernando Meligeni |
2–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 2–2 | Mar 1998 | Casablanca, Morocco | World Series | Clay | Diego Nargiso |
Cristian Brandi Filippo Messori |
6–4, 7–6 |
| Loss | 2–3 | May 2000 | Sankt Pölten, Austria | World Series | Clay | Diego Nargiso |
 Mahesh Bhupathi Andrew Kratzmann |
6–7(10–12), 7–6(7–2), 4–6 |
| Loss | 2–4 | Jul 2000 | Båstad, Sweden | World Series | Clay | Diego Nargiso |
Nicklas Kulti Mikael Tillström |
6–4, 2–6, 3–6 |
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 12 (9–3)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Jan 1993 | Bangalore, India | Challenger | Clay | Srinivasan Vasudevan |
6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–0 | Aug 1993 | Poznań, Poland | Challenger | Clay |  Milen Velev |
6–3, 3–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–0 | Apr 1994 | Monte Carlo, Monaco | Challenger | Clay | Gerard Solves |
6–2, 6–1 |
| Win | 4–0 | Sep 1995 | Prostějov, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Jiří Novák |
6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 4–1 | Jul 1997 | Oberstaufen, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Davide Sanguinetti |
6–4, 6–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 4–2 | Jul 1997 | Contrexéville, France | Challenger | Clay | Julian Alonso |
4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 5–2 | Aug 1997 | Geneva, Switzerland | Challenger | Clay | Alberto Martín |
6–2, 6–1 |
| Loss | 5–3 | Sep 1997 | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | Challenger | Clay |  Dinu-Mihai Pescariu |
6–4, 5–7, 1–6 |
| Win | 6–3 | Jun 1999 | Zagreb, Croatia | Challenger | Clay | Julien Boutter |
6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 7–3 | Apr 2000 | Cagliari, Italy | Challenger | Clay |  Martin Rodriguez |
2–6, 7–5, 6–2 |
| Win | 8–3 | Apr 2000 | Maia, Portugal | Challenger | Clay | Juan Ignacio Chela |
3–6, 7–5, 6–1 |
| Win | 9–3 | Jun 2001 | Braunschweig, Germany | Challenger | Clay |  Younes El Aynaoui |
3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
Doubles: 5 (1–4)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Jul 1993 | Ostend, Belgium | Challenger | Clay | Jean-Philippe Fleurian |
 Stephen Noteboom Jack Waite |
7–6, 1–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Jul 1997 | Oberstaufen, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Georg Blumauer |
Juan-Ignacio Carrasco Jordi Mas-Rodriguez |
2–6, 6–7 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Apr 2000 | Cagliari, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Diego Nargiso |
Tomas Cibulec Leos Friedl |
1–6, 6–3, 5–7 |
| Loss | 0–4 | Jul 2000 | Venice, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Diego Nargiso |
Julian Alonso  Aleksandar Kitinov |
6–7(3–7), 5–7 |
| Win | 1–4 | Jun 2001 | Prostějov, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Sander Groen |
Devin Bowen Mariano Hood |
7–6(8–6), 6–4 |
Performance timelines
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Singles
| Tournament | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | SR | W–L | Win % | ||||||||||
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| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | Q1 | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 3R | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 9 | 5–9 | 36% | ||||||||||
| French Open | Q2 | 4R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 2R | A | 3R | Q2 | 0 / 8 | 10–8 | 56% | ||||||||||
| Wimbledon | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | A | 0 / 5 | 1–5 | 17% | ||||||||||
| US Open | A | 3R | 1R | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | 0 / 8 | 4–8 | 33% | ||||||||||
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 6–4 | 1–4 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 0 / 30 | 20–30 | 40% | ||||||||||
| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | Not Held | 3R | Not Held | A | Not Held | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% | ||||||||||||||||
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | Q1 | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 7 | 3–7 | 30% | ||||||||||
| Miami | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | A | Q1 | A | 2R | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% | ||||||||||
| Monte Carlo | A | 3R | SF | 1R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 1R | Q2 | 2R | Q1 | 0 / 8 | 10–8 | 56% | ||||||||||
| Hamburg | A | A | QF | A | A | 1R | A | Q1 | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | 60% | ||||||||||
| Rome | 2R | QF | 2R | QF | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | Q2 | 2R | 1R | 0 / 10 | 11–10 | 52% | ||||||||||
| Canada | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | ||||||||||
| Cincinnati | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% | ||||||||||
| Paris | A | 1R | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% | ||||||||||
| Stuttgart | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||||
| Win–loss | 1–1 | 6–5 | 9–5 | 5–5 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 0 / 35 | 30–35 | 46% | ||||||||||
Doubles
| Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | SR | W–L | Win % | ||||||||
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| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% | ||||||||
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | 50% | ||||||||
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0 / 6 | 3–6 | 33% | ||||||||
| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | NH | A | Not Held | 1R | Not Held | A | Not Held | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||||||||||||||
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | ||||||||
| Miami | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% | ||||||||
| Monte Carlo | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 2R | 1R | 1R | QF | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 7 | 5–7 | 42% | ||||||||
| Hamburg | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||||
| Rome | 1R | A | A | Q2 | 1R | QF | 2R | 1R | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | 0 / 7 | 4–7 | 36% | ||||||||
| Canada | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||||||||
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||||||||
| Paris | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||||||||
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 3–5 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0 / 20 | 11–20 | 35% | ||||||||
References
- "Gaudenzi Reflects On Unprecedented 12 Months & What Lies Ahead". ATPTour. 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
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