Andrea Gaudenzi

Andrea Gaudenzi
Country (sports)	Italy
Residence	London, UK
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
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
Highest ranking	No. 59 (3 February 1997)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1996, 1997)
US Open	3R (1996)

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).

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.

Career finals

Singles (3 wins, 6 losses)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Championship Series (0)
ATP Tour (3)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 1994	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Alberto Berasategui	5–7, 3–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Loss	0–2	Feb 1995	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Wayne Ferreira	3–6, 3–6
Loss	0–3	Aug 1995	San Marino	Clay	Thomas Muster	2–6, 0–6
Loss	0–4	Apr 1996	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Thomas Muster	6–7^(4–7), 4–6
Loss	0–5	Sep 1997	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Richard Fromberg	1–6, 6–7^(2–7)
Win	1–5	Mar 1998	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Álex Calatrava	6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Loss	1–6	Jul 1998	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Albert Costa	2–6, 6–1, 2–6, 6–3, 1–6
Win	2–6	May 2001	St. Poelten, Austria	Clay	Markus Hipfl	6–0, 7–5
Win	3–6	Jul 2001	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Bohdan Ulihrach	7–5, 6–3

Doubles (2 wins, 4 losses)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 1995	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Goran Ivanišević	Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson	2–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	Feb 1996	Milan, Italy	Carpet (i)	Goran Ivanišević	Jakob Hlasek Guy Forget	6–4, 7–5
Loss	1–2	Apr 1997	Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Filippo Messori	Gustavo Kuerten Fernando Meligeni	2–6, 2–6
Win	2–2	Mar 1998	Casablanca. Morocco	Clay	Diego Nargiso	Cristian Brandi Filippo Messori	6–4, 7–6
Loss	2–3	May 2000	Sankt Pölten, Austria	Clay	Diego Nargiso	Mahesh Bhupathi Andrew Kratzmann	6–7^(10–12), 7–6^(7–2), 4–6
Loss	2–4	Jul 2000	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Diego Nargiso	Nicklas Kulti Mikael Tillström	6–4, 2–6, 3–6

External links

Andrea Gaudenzi at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Andrea Gaudenzi at the International Tennis Federation
Andrea Gaudenzi at the Davis Cup

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