Marco Cecchinato

Marco Cecchinato

Cecchinato at the 2018 French Open
Country (sports)	Italy
Residence	Palermo, Italy
Born	(1992-09-30) 30 September 1992 Palermo, Italy
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2010
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Coach	Uros Vico
Prize money	$ 3,309,612
Singles
Career record	40–78 (33.9% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 16 (25 February 2019)
Current ranking	No. 113 (9 March 2020)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2016, 2019, 2020)
French Open	SF (2018)
Wimbledon	1R (2017, 2018, 2019)
US Open	1R (2015, 2018, 2019)
Doubles
Career record	8–43 (15.7% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 169 (27 June 2016)
Current ranking	Unranked
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2016)
French Open	1R (2018, 2019)
Wimbledon	1R (2018)
US Open	2R (2015, 2019)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	QF (2016)
Last updated on: 22 March 2020.

Marco Cecchinato (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmarko tʃekkiˈnaːto]; born 30 September 1992) is an Italian professional tennis player. On 29 April 2018, he won his first ATP World Tour title at the 2018 Hungarian Open. He became the first Sicilian tennis player to win an ATP title. His best Grand Slam result is a semifinal at the 2018 French Open. However, in the other three Majors, and in his other appearances at the French Open, he has not won a match.

Career

2013–2017

In May 2013, Cecchinato qualified for the main draw at the ATP tournament in Nice, losing to countryman and No. 6 seed, Fabio Fognini, in the first round.

In July 2014, Cecchinato qualified for Umag, where he played another countryman and No. 6 seed, Andreas Seppi, in the first round. Cecchinato lost the match in three sets.

Cecchinato then made his Grand Slam debut at the 2015 US Open.

On 20 July 2016, Cecchinato was suspended for 18 months (until January 2018) and fined €40,000 by the Italian tennis federation for illegal behavior including match fixing and match betting. The ban was overturned and declared a mistrial after the prosecutors took too long to complete the initial trial phase. Despite this, Cecchinato admitted to telling potential bettors of his poor physical state prior to a match.

Cecchinato reached his first ATP quarterfinal at the Romanian Open in 2016.

2018: First ATP World Tour titles, French Open semifinal, Top 20

In March, he played and won a Challenger tournament in Santiago, defeating former top 5 player Tommy Robredo en route.

He won his first ATP title in Budapest after reaching the final as a lucky loser, having lost in the qualifying competition; he thus became the ninth player ever to win an ATP tournament as lucky loser.

At the 2018 French Open, the 72nd-ranked Cecchinato came from two sets down to win his first Grand Slam match against Marius Copil. In the second round, he defeated lucky loser Marco Trungelliti. In the third round, he came from a set down to topple 10th seed Pablo Carreño Busta. In the fourth round, he beat 8th seed Belgian David Goffin in four sets. He then upset former champion Novak Djokovic in four sets (with a 13–11 tiebreaker in the final set) to reach his first Grand Slam semifinal. His French Open run ended with a loss to Dominic Thiem. His semifinal finish moved him to 27th in the world and enabled him, for the first time in his career, to be seeded at a Grand Slam tournament (Wimbledon).

Despite his first Grand Slam seeding, he lost in the first round in four sets against the young Australian Alex de Minaur. Later in July, however, Cecchinato achieved his second career ATP title at the Croatia Open, defeating Guido Pella in the final. As a result, he attained a career-best ranking of 22nd in the world.

At the 2018 Shanghai Rolex Masters, the Italian defeated Gilles Simon and Chung Hyeon to reach the round of 16, where he fell to Novak Djokovic. As a result, he climbed to number 19 in the world rankings.

2019: Third career title

Cecchinato started his 2019 season in Doha where he reached the semifinals. That was his career best performance in a non-clay ATP tournament. At the Australian Open, he lost to Filip Krajinović in the first round despite leading by two sets and having a match point in the fourth set. That was his third straight first round loss at a grand slam event.

In the South American clay court season, Cecchinato won his third career ATP title at the Argentina Open, defeating Diego Schwartzman in the finals. Cecchinato didn't drop a set in the entire tournament, and lost just three games in a one-sided final. As a result, he also attained his career-best ranking of 17.

ATP career finals

Singles: 3 (3 titles)

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 (3–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (3–0) Grass (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoor (3–0) Indoor (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2018	Hungarian Open, Hungary	250 Series	Clay	John Millman	7–5, 6–4
Win	2–0	Jul 2018	Croatia Open Umag, Croatia	250 Series	Clay	Guido Pella	6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Win	3–0	Feb 2019	Argentina Open, Argentina	250 Series	Clay	Diego Schwartzman	6–1, 6–2

ATP Challengers and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 20 (11–9)

Legend
ATP Challengers (5–8)
ITF Futures (6–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 2012	Umag, Croatia	Futures	Clay	Andrej Martin	6–3, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Feb 2013	Zagreb, Croatia	Futures	Hard (i)	Damir Džumhur	2–6, 5–7
Win	2–1	Mar 2013	Umag, Croatia	Futures	Clay	Attila Balázs	6–4, 6–2
Win	3–1	Jul 2013	Modena, Italy	Futures	Clay	Dominic Thiem	6–3, 6–4
Win	1–0	Aug 2013	San Marino, San Marino	Challenger	Clay	Filippo Volandri	6–3, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Sep 2013	Sibiu, Romania	Challenger	Clay	Jaroslav Pospíšil	6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Win	4–1	Mar 2014	Pula, Italy	Futures	Clay	Dennis Novak	6–4, 6–2
Win	5–1	Mar 2014	Pula, Italy	Futures	Clay	Roberto Carballés Baena	6–4, 6–1
Loss	1–2	Jun 2014	Mestre, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Pablo Cuevas	4–6, 6–2, 2–6
Win	2–2	Apr 2015	Turin, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Kimmer Coppejans	6–2, 6–3
Loss	2–3	Sep 2015	Genoa, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Nicolás Almagro	7–6(7–1), 1–6, 4–6
Win	3–3	Jun 2016	Milan, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Laslo Đere	6–2, 6–2
Loss	3–4	Sep 2016	Como, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Kenny de Schepper	6–2, 6–7(0–7), 5–7
Win	6–1	Mar 2017	Pula, Italy	Futures	Clay	Andrea Basso	6–4, 6–1
Loss	3–5	May 2017	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Stefano Travaglia	2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win	4–5	May 2017	Rome, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Jozef Kovalík	6–4, 6–4
Loss	4–6	Jun 2017	Todi, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Federico Delbonis	5–7, 1–6
Loss	4–7	Sep 2017	Como, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Pedro Sousa	6–1, 2–6, 4–6
Win	5–7	Mar 2018	Santiago, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Carlos Gómez-Herrera	1–6, 6–1, 6–1
Loss	5–8	Feb 2020	Punta del Este, Uruguay	Challenger	Clay	Thiago Monteiro	6–7(3–7), 7–6(8–6), 5-7

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Current through the 2020 Chile Open.

Tournament	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	Q1	Q2	1R	Q1	Q1	1R	1R	0 / 3	0–3
French Open	A	A	Q2	Q3	1R	Q3	SF	1R		0 / 3	5–3
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R		0 / 3	0–3
US Open	A	A	Q2	1R	A	Q1	1R	1R		0 / 3	0–3
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	0–1	5–3	0–4	0–1	0 / 12	5–12
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	2R		0 / 1	0–1
Miami Open	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	3R		0 / 1	0–1
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	1R	A	2R	3R		0 / 2	1–2
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R		0 / 0	0–1
Italian Open	Q2	Q2	1R	Q1	1R	A	2R	2R		0 / 4	2–4
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R		0 / 2	0–2
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	1R	1R		0 / 2	0–2
Shanghai Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	1R		0 / 2	2–2
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A		0 / 1	0–1
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	4–6	3–8	0–0	0 / 17	7–17
National representation
Davis Cup	A	A	A	A	QF	A	A	A		0 / 1	1–0
Career statistics
	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Career
Tournaments	0	1	3	4	10	5	25	26	7	81
Titles / Finals	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	2 / 2	1 / 1	0 / 0	3 / 3
Overall Win–Loss	0–0	0–1	0–3	0–4	3–10	1–5	23–23	12–25	1–7	40–78
Year-end ranking	409	163	159	90	187	109	20	71		33.9%

Record against top 10 players

Cecchinato's match record against those who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who have been No. 1 in boldface

• Marcos Baghdatis 2–0
• Gilles Simon 2–0
• Stan Wawrinka 1–0
• Pablo Carreño Busta 1–1
• Novak Djokovic 1–1
• David Goffin 1–2
• Fabio Fognini 1–2
• Roberto Bautista Agut 0–1
• Mardy Fish 0–1
• Juan Mónaco 0–1
• Gaël Monfils 0–1
• Tomáš Berdych 0–1
• Kei Nishikori 0–1
• Dominic Thiem 0–1
• Alexander Zverev 0–1
• Milos Raonic 0–4

* Statistics correct as of 21 January 2020.

Top-10 wins

• He has a 1–6 (.143) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

Season	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Total
Wins	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Round	Score	MC Rank
2018
1.	David Goffin	No. 9	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	4th Round	7–5, 4–6, 6–0, 6–3	72

See also

• Best result of an Italian tennis player in Grand Slam

External links

• Marco Cecchinato at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Marco Cecchinato at the Davis Cup