Marcos Daniel

Marcos Diniz Daniel (born July 4, 1978 in Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul) is a retired professional tennis player from Brazil who turned professional in 1997. The right-hander reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 56 in September 2009. He is coached by his brother, Márcio.

For the Angolan swimmer, see Marcos Daniel (swimmer).
Marcos Daniel
Country (sports) Brazil
ResidencePasso Fundo, Brazil
Born (1978-07-04) July 4, 1978
Passo Fundo, Brazil
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1997
Retired2011
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,114,707
Singles
Career record24–66 (at ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 56 (September 14, 2009)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open1R (2003, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011)
French Open2R (2008)
Wimbledon1R (2006, 2008, 2010)
US Open1R (2006, 2008)
Doubles
Career record14–32 (at ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 102 (December 5, 2005)
Last updated on: August 9, 2010.

Tennis career

Marcos Daniel's brother owns an academy for developing young tennis players, called Daniel Tennis Center where Marcos Daniel used to work as a ball catcher. He started playing youth tournaments at age 5. When he was 12, representing this academy, he reached his first final but he did not succeed in winning the title.[1]

In August 2009, he reached the semi-finals of the ATP Gstaad tournament. He also reached the semi-finals there in 2006.

He qualified for the 2009 French Open and lost in the first round to Rafael Nadal after giving a strong performance, 5–7, 4–6, 3–6.

Titles (21)

Singles (14)
Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0)
ATP World Tour 500 (0)
ATP World Tour 250 (0)
ATP Challenger Tour (14)
Titles by Surface
Hard (1)
Grass (0)
Clay (13)
Carpet (0)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. September 2, 2003 Gramado, Brazil Hard José de Armas 7–5, 7–5
2. July 18, 2005 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Jean-Julien Rojer 6–4, 6–4
3. October 17, 2005 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Daniel Köllerer 6–2, 6–3
4. November 7, 2005 Guayaquil, Ecuador Clay Flávio Saretta 6–2, 1–6, 6–0
5. October 15, 2007 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Santiago Giraldo 7–6(3), 6–4
6. March 3, 2008 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Iván Navarro 6–3, 1–6, 6–3
7. September 15, 2008 Cali, Colombia Clay Leonardo Mayer 6–2 retired
8. September 22, 2008 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Horacio Zeballos 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
9. March 22, 2009 Marrakech, Morocco Clay Lamine Ouahab 4–6, 7–5, 6–2
10. May 17, 2009 Zagreb, Croatia Clay Olivier Rochus 6–3, 6–4
11. July 19, 2009 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Horacio Zeballos 4–6, 7–6(5), 6–4
12. April 18, 2010 Blumenau, Brazil Clay Bastian Knittel 7–5, 6–7(5), 6–4
13. October 30, 2010 São Paulo, Brazil Clay Thomaz Bellucci 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
14. November 7, 2010 Medellín, Colombia Clay Juan Sebastián Cabal 6–3, 7–5

Doubles (7)
Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0)
ATP World Tour 500 (0)
ATP World Tour 250 (0)
ATP Challenger Tour (7)
Titles by Surface
Hard (3)
Grass (0)
Clay (4)
Carpet (0)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents in the final Score
1. July 28, 2003 Belo Horizonte, Brazil Hard Alexandre Simoni Kentaro Masuda
Takahiro Terachi		 6–4, 6–2
2. September 2, 2003 Gramado, Brazil Hard Alexandre Simoni Santiago González
Alejandro Hernández		 7–6(5), 6–4
3. August 9, 2004 Manta, Ecuador Hard Santiago González Eric Nunez
Jimy Szymanski		 3–6, 6–2, 7–6(5)
4. April 18, 2005 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Santiago González Goran Dragicevic
Mirko Pehar		 7–6(4), 6–3
5. September 12, 2005 Sevilla, Spain Clay Fernando Vicente Flavio Cipolla
Alessandro Motti		 6–2, 6–7(1), 7–5
6. October 17, 2005 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Santiago González Frederico Gil
Marcelo Melo		 6–2, 7–5
7. October 8, 2007 Quito, Ecuador Clay Brian Dabul Hugo Armando
Ricardo Mello		 4–6, 7–5, [10–7]

Runners-up (14)

Singles (7)
Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (7)
Finals by Surface
Hard (1)
Grass (0)
Clay (6)
Carpet (0)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. October 8, 2001 Lima, Peru Clay Juan Ignacio Chela 6–2, 1–0 retired
2. September 12, 2005 Sevilla, Spain Clay Marco Mirnegg 6–3, 3–0 retired
3. October 10, 2005 Quito, Ecuador Clay Thiago Alves 1–6, 7–6(1), 6–2
4. March 5, 2007 Salinas, Ecuador Hard Juan Pablo Brzezicki 6–4, 6–4
5. November 12, 2007 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Sergio Roitman 6–1, 6–4
6. November 19, 2007 Lima, Peru Clay Pablo Cuevas 0–6, 6–4, 6–3
7. March 31, 2008 Napoli, Italy Clay Potito Starace 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(3)

Doubles (7)
Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (7)
Finals by Surface
Hard (2)
Grass (0)
Clay (5)
Carpet (0)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents in the final Score
1. September 24, 2001 São Paulo, Brazil Clay Ricardo Mello Adriano Ferreira
Edgardo Massa		 Walkover
2. June 24, 2002 Eisenach, Germany Clay Adrián García Edwin Kempes
Martin Verkerk		 6–3, 6–4
3. July 26, 2004 Belo Horizonte, Brazil Hard Iván Miranda Sanchai Ratiwatana
Sonchat Ratiwatana		 6–2, 7–5
4. January 3, 2005 São Paulo, Brazil Hard Tomas Behrend André Sá
Bruno Soares		 6–2, 6–2
5. January 17, 2005 La Serena, Chile Clay Tomas Behrend Enzo Artoni
Ramón Delgado		 7–6(2), 6–4
6. April 4, 2005 Mexico City, Mexico Clay Flávio Saretta Lukáš Dlouhý
Pavel Šnobel		 5–7, 6–4, 6–3
7. July 18, 2005 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Santiago González Brian Dabul
Marcelo Melo		 6–4, 6–4

References
  1. CBT news Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
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