Marco Cecchinato


Marco Cecchinato 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 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 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.
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)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–02018 Gazprom Hungarian Open – Singles|Hungarian Open, Hungary250 SeriesClay John Millman7–5, 6–4
Win2–02018 Croatia Open Umag – Singles|Croatia Open Umag, Croatia250 SeriesClay Guido Pella6–2, 7–6
Win3–02019 Argentina Open – Singles|Argentina Open, Argentina250 SeriesClay Diego Schwartzman6–1, 6–2

ATP Challengers and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 20 (11–9)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Umag, CroatiaFuturesClay Andrej Martin6–3, 6–4
Loss1–1Zagreb, CroatiaFuturesHard Damir Džumhur2–6, 5–7
Win2–1Umag, CroatiaFuturesClay Attila Balázs6–4, 6–2
Win3–1Modena, ItalyFuturesClay Dominic Thiem6–3, 6–4
Win1–02013 San Marino CEPU Open – Singles|San Marino, San MarinoChallengerClay Filippo Volandri6–3, 6–4
Loss1–12013 Sibiu Open – Singles|Sibiu, RomaniaChallengerClay Jaroslav Pospíšil6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Win4–1Pula, ItalyFuturesClay Dennis Novak6–4, 6–2
Win5–1Pula, ItalyFuturesClay Roberto Carballés Baena6–4, 6–1
Loss1–2XII Venice Challenge Save Cup – Singles|Mestre, ItalyChallengerClay Pablo Cuevas4–6, 6–2, 2–6
Win2–22015 ATP Challenger Torino – Singles|Turin, ItalyChallengerClay Kimmer Coppejans6–2, 6–3
Loss2–32015 AON Open Challenger – Singles|Genoa, ItalyChallengerClay Nicolás Almagro7–6, 1–6, 4–6
Win3–32016 Aspria Tennis Cup – Singles|Milan, ItalyChallengerClay Laslo Đere6–2, 6–2
Loss3–42016 Città di Como Challenger – Singles|Como, ItalyChallengerClay Kenny de Schepper6–2, 6–7, 5–7
Win6–1Pula, ItalyFuturesClay Andrea Basso6–4, 6–1
Loss3–52017 Prosperita Open – Singles|Ostrava, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Stefano Travaglia2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win4–52017 Garden Open – Singles|Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Jozef Kovalík6–4, 6–4
Loss4–62017 Internazionali di Tennis dell'Umbria – Singles|Todi, ItalyChallengerClay Federico Delbonis5–7, 1–6
Loss4–72017 Città di Como Challenger – Singles|Como, ItalyChallengerClay Pedro Sousa6–1, 2–6, 4–6
Win5–72018 Challenger ATP Cachantún Cup – Singles|Santiago, ChileChallengerClay Carlos Gómez-Herrera1–6, 6–1, 6–1
Loss5–82020 Punta Open – Singles|Punta del Este, UruguayChallengerClay Thiago Monteiro6–7, 7–6, 5-7

Performance timelines

Singles

Current through the 2020 Chile Open.

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
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