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Gustavo Marcaccio
Country (sports) Argentina
Born (1977-05-03) 3 May 1977 (age 47)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$131,434
Singles
Career record2–3
Highest rankingNo. 284 (19 April 2004)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2008)
French OpenQ1 (2004)
Doubles
Career record1–5
Highest rankingNo. 240 (22 March 2004)

Gustavo Marcaccio (born 3 May 1977) is an Argentine tennis coach and former professional player.

Tennis career

Marcaccio, a native of Buenos Aires, played collegiate tennis in the United States for Arizona State University in the late 1990s, via the University of Mobile.[1] In 1999 he was runner-up to Ryan Wolters in the Pac-10 singles championship.[2]

While competing on the professional tour he had a career high singles ranking of 284. His best win came at the Prostejov Challenger in 2005, when he upset world number 20 Dominik Hrbatý in the first round. At ATP Tour level, Marcaccio had main draw wins over Luis Horna and Tomáš Zíb.

Coach

Marcaccio has had stints coaching his countrymen Guido Pella, Juan Mónaco and Máximo González. He was coach of Mónaco during his most successful season in 2012, when he won four ATP Tour titles, including the German Open, to break into the world's top 10.[3]

As of 2020 he coaches Russian player Svetlana Kuznetsova.

References

  1. ^ Henson, Steve (25 April 1999). "Marcaccio Crashes Stanford Party". Los Angeles Times.
  2. ^ "Tennis teams sweep Pac-10 titles". Palo Alto Online. 28 April 1999.
  3. ^ "Juan Mónaco se consagró campeón en Hamburgo y entró al top ten". Mundo D - La Voz (in Spanish). 22 July 2012.

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