French tennis player
Marc Gicquel Country (sports) France Residence Boulogne-Billancourt , FranceBorn (1977-03-30 ) 30 March 1977 (age 44) Tunis , Tunisia Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Turned pro 1999 Retired 2014 Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Prize money $ 2,513,519Career record 92–113 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup ) Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 37 (8 September 2008) Australian Open 3R (2008 ) French Open 3R (2009 ) Wimbledon 3R (2008 ) US Open 4R (2006 ) 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) Australian Open QF (2008 ) French Open 2R (2005 , 2010 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 ) Wimbledon 2R (2007 , 2009 ) US Open 3R (2008 ) French Open QF (2005 ) Last updated on: 19 May 2021.
Marc Gicquel (born 30 March 1977) is a former professional male tennis player from France .
Tennis career [ ]
Gicquel turned pro in 1999. He made his ATP Tour singles debut at the 2002 Open 13 tournament on hard courts in Marseilles, France . He was granted direct entry into the qualifying draw, which saw him defeat Johan Rousseaux 6–4, 6–4 and Cristiano Caratti 6–2, 7–6(10–8) in the first two rounds prior to being defeated in the third and final round by Renzo Furlan 3–6, 3–6 . He would however be gifted a lucky loser entry when sixth seeded Roger Federer withdrew from the tournament. He faced wild card compatriot Nicolas Mahut 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 1–6, 6–7(3–7) .
Gicquel made his ATP Tour doubles main draw debut when he received a wild card entry into the 2005 French Open alongside compatriot Nicolas Devilder . They would optimize the opportunity they were given and defeated first round opponents Jordan Kerr and Sebastian Prieto 4–6, 7–5. 11–9 prior to bowing out with a second round loss to sixth seeds Leander Paes and Nenad Zimonjic 1–6, 3–6 . He would also be given a wild card entry into the mixed doubles draw alongside Sandrine Testud , and they won their first two matches including a second round upset of the number 3 seeded Zimbabwean siblings Cara Black and Wayne Black 6–3, 2–6. 6–3 before falling in the quarterfinals to Paul Hanley and Samantha Stosur 4–6, 1–6 .
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 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 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.
Gicquel reached 33 singles finals throughout his career, resulting in 20 wins and 13 losses which includes an 0–3 record in ATP Tour finals and a 9–2 record in ATP Challenger Tour finals. Additionally, he reached 22 career doubles finals resulting in 11 wins and 11 losses which includes a 4–3 record in ATP Tour finals and a 4–3 in ATP Challenger Tour finals.
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)
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 and ITF Futures finals [ ]
Singles: 30 (20–10) [ ]
Legend
ATP Challenger (9–2)
ITF Futures (11–8)
Finals by surface
Hard (12–3)
Clay (7–7)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
0–1
Apr 1999
France F5, St. Brieuc
Futures
Clay
Reginald Willems
4–6, 4–6
Loss
0–2
May 2001
Morocco F1, Rabat
Futures
Clay
Mehdi Tahiri
3–6, 6–3, 6–7(3–7)
Loss
0–3
Sep 2001
Morocco F15, Bagneres-de-Bigorre
Futures
Hard
Nicolas Mahut
3–6, 2–6
Loss
0–4
Jan 2002
France F3, Feucherolles
Futures
Clay
Oscar Hernández
4–6, 6–2, 4–6
Win
1–4
Apr 2002
France F3, Feucherolles
Futures
Clay
Olivier Patience
6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win
2–4
Oct 2002
France F21, La Roche Sur Yon
Futures
Hard
Nicolas Mahut
6–4, 5–7, 6–2
Win
3–4
Feb 2003
France F4, Feucherolles
Futures
Hard
Zhu Benqiang
6–2, 6–4
Loss
3–5
Oct 2003
France F20, Saint-Dizier
Futures
Hard
Thomas Dupré
7–5, 6–7(2–7) , 4–6
Loss
3–6
Jan 2004
France F1, Deauville
Futures
Clay
Jean-Christophe Faurel
5–7, 6–2, 6–7(5–7)
Win
4–6
Feb 2004
France F2, Feucherolles
Futures
Hard
Julien Jeanpierre
3–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Win
5–6
Feb 2004
France F3, Bressuire
Futures
Hard
Jérôme Haehnel
3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss
5–7
Apr 2004
France F6, Angers
Futures
Clay
Nicolas Devilder
6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Loss
5–8
Apr 2004
France F7, Grasse
Futures
Clay
Gilles Simon
4–6, 1–6
Win
6–8
Aug 2004
Timişoara , Romania
Challenger
Clay
Oliver Marach
6–3, 6–1
Win
7–8
Jul 2005
France F11, Saint-Gervais
Futures
Clay
Xavier Audouy
6–3, 6–1
Win
8–8
Oct 2005
Grenoble , France
Challenger
Hard
Thomas Enqvist
6–0, 6–2
Win
9–8
Apr 2006
Saint-Brieuc , France
Challenger
Clay
Peter Wessels
6–3, 6–1
Loss
9–9
Jul 2006
Montauban , France
Challenger
Clay
Lamine Ouahab
5–7, 6–3, 6–7(2–7)
Win
10–9
Feb 2008
Besançon , France
Challenger
Hard
Alexander Peya
7–6(7–2) , 6–4
Win
11–9
May 2009
Bordeaux , France
Challenger
Clay
Mathieu Montcourt
3–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win
12–9
Oct 2010
Rennes , France
Challenger
Carpet
Stéphane Bohli
7–6(8–6) , 4–6, 6–1
Win
13–9
Mar 2011
France F4, Lille
Futures
Hard
Jonathan Eysseric
6–3, 6–2
Win
14–9
Mar 2011
France F5, Poitiers
Futures
Hard
Kenny De Schepper
7–6(7–4) , 7–6(7–5)
Win
15–9
May 2011
Bordeaux , France
Challenger
Clay
Horacio Zeballos
6–2, 6–4
Win
16–9
Apr 2012
France F8, Ajaccio
Futures
Clay
Jonathan Dasnieres De Veigy
6–3, 6–4
Win
17–9
Sep 2012
France F16, Mulhouse
Futures
Hard
Gregoire Burquier
6–4, 6–3
Win
18–9
Sep 2012
France F17, Plaisir
Futures
Hard
Sandro Ehrat
6–2, 6–3
Win
19–9
Nov 2012
Geneva , Switzerland
Challenger
Hard
Matthias Bachinger
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss
19–10
Feb 2013
Quimper , France
Challenger
Hard
Marius Copil
6–7(9–11) , 4–6
Win
20–10
Sep 2013
St. Remy , France
Challenger
Hard
Matteo Viola
6–4, 6–3
Doubles: 15 (7–8) [ ]
Legend
ATP Challenger (4–3)
ITF Futures (3–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–3)
Clay (3–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
0–1
Apr 2001
France F8, Saint-Brieuc
Futures
Clay
Regis Lavergne
Cristian Kordasz Rogier Wassen
4–6, 6–7(8–10)
Loss
0–2
Jun 2001
France F9, Noisy-le-Grand
Futures
Clay
Anthony Maublanc
Xavier Pujo Mehdi Tahiri
4–6, 3–6
Win
1–2
Feb 2003
France F4, Feucherolles
Futures
Hard
Nicolas Mahut
Matthieu Amgwerd Josh Goffi
7–5, 6–4
Win
2–2
Oct 2003
France F21, La Roche-sur-Yon
Futures
Hard
Jean-Baptiste Perlant
Laurent Recouderc Édouard Roger-Vasselin
6–2, 6–0
Win
3–2
Jan 2004
France F1, Deauville
Futures
Clay
Jean-Baptiste Perlant
Elefterios Alexiou Alexandros Jakupovic
6–1, 1–6, 6–3
Loss
3–3
Mar 2004
France F4, Lille
Futures
Hard
Édouard Roger-Vasselin
Jean-François Bachelot Jean-Michel Pequery
6–7(4–7) , 3–6
Win
4–3
Jul 2005
Tampere , Finland
Challenger
Clay
Édouard Roger-Vasselin
Adam Chadaj Filip Urban
6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Loss
4–4
Jul 2006
Montauban , France
Challenger
Clay
Édouard Roger-Vasselin
Pablo Cuevas Adrián García
3–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Loss
4–5
Jul 2006
Scheveningen , Netherlands
Challenger
Clay
Édouard Roger-Vasselin
Guillermo García-López Salvador Navarro-Gutiérrez
4–6, 6–0, [9–11]
Win
5–5
Feb 2011
Courmayeur , Italy
Challenger
Hard
Nicolas Mahut
Olivier Charroin Alexandre Renard
6–3, 6–4
Loss
5–6
Mar 2011
France F4, Lille
Futures
Hard
Nicolas Renavand
Kenny De Schepper Alexandre Penaud
3–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Loss
5–7
Apr 2012
France F7, Angers
Futures
Clay
Nicolas Renavand
Florin Mergea Andrei Daescu
2–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss
5–8
Sep 2013
St. Remy , France
Challenger
Hard
Josselin Ouanna
Pierre-Hugues Herbert Albano Olivetti
3–6, 7–6(7–5) , [13–15]
Win
6–8
May 2014
Bordeaux , France
Challenger
Clay
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Ryan Harrison Alex Kuznetsov
walkover
Win
7–8
Oct 2014
Mons , Belgium
Challenger
Hard
Nicolas Mahut
Andre Begemann Julian Knowle
6–3, 6–4
Performance timelines [ ]
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
DNQ
A
NH
(W) Won; (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)
Singles [ ]
Doubles [ ]
Tournament
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
SR
W–L
Win %
Australian Open
A
1R
2R
QF
1R
1R
A
A
A
1R
0 / 6
4–6
40%
French Open
2R
1R
1R
1R
1R
2R
1R
2R
2R
2R
0 / 10
5–10
33%
Wimbledon
A
A
2R
1R
2R
A
A
A
A
A
0 / 3
2–3
40%
US Open
A
A
1R
3R
2R
1R
1R
A
A
A
0 / 5
3–5
38%
Win–Loss
1–1
0–2
2–4
5–4
2–4
1–3
0–2
1–1
1–1
1–2
0 / 24
14–24
37%
Mixed doubles [ ]
Tournament
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
SR
W–L
Win %
Australian Open
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
0 / 0
0–0
–
French Open
QF
2R
2R
A
2R
1R
A
2R
1R
0 / 7
6–7
46%
Wimbledon
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
0 / 0
0–0
–
US Open
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
0 / 0
0–0
–
Win–Loss
2–1
1–1
1–1
0–0
1–1
0–1
0–0
1–1
0–1
0 / 7
6–7
46%
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]
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