Introduction
Franco Squillari (born 22 August 1975) is a former professional male tennis player from Argentina. He won 3 singles titles, reached the semifinals of the 2000 French Open and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 11.
Career
Juniors
As a junior Squillari won the 1993 South American Closed Jnr. Championships in Paraguay.
Junior Grand Slam results:
Australian Open: -
French Open: 3R (1993)
Wimbledon: 1R (1993)
US Open: -
Pro tour
Squillari won 3 ATP Tour singles titles (all in Germany) and got to the semifinal of the 2000 French Open defeating Alexander Popp, Jiří Vaněk, Karol Kučera, Younes El Aynaoui and future champion Albert Costa, before losing to Magnus Norman. He went on to reach the fourth round the following year as well. He reached three Masters quarterfinals: Rome in 1999, Cincinnati in 2000 and Hamburg in 2001.
He is one of the few tennis players to have a perfect 100% record against Roger Federer, having beaten him both times they played, in 2001 and 2003.
Squillari retired in 2005.
Career finals
Singles (3 wins, 3 losses)
| Legend (Singles) |
|---|
| Grand Slam (0) |
| Tennis Masters Cup (0) |
| ATP Masters Series (0) |
| ATP International Series Gold (1) |
| ATP Tour (2) |
| Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Mar 1997 | Casablanca, Morocco | Clay | Hicham Arazi | 6–3, 1–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Oct 1998 | Palermo, Italy | Clay | Mariano Puerta | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | May 1999 | Munich, Germany | Clay | Andrei Pavel | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–2 | May 2000 | Munich, Germany | Clay | Tommy Haas | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 3–2 | Jul 2000 | Stuttgart, Germany | Clay | Gastón Gaudio | 6–2, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 3–3 | Jul 2002 | Sopot, Poland | Clay | José Acasuso | 6–2, 1–6, 3–6 |
Grand Slam Singles performance timeline
| Tournament | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | SR | W–L | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | 2R | 2R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 6 | 5–6 | |||||||
| French Open | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | SF | 4R | 1R | 2R | A | A | 0 / 7 | 10–7 | |||||||
| Wimbledon | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 6 | 1–6 | |||||||
| US Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | |||||||
| Win–Loss | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–4 | 8–4 | 4–3 | 0–3 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 23 | 17–23 | |||||||
| ATP Masters Series | |||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 1-3 | |||||||
| Miami Masters | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 4R | 3R | 2R | A | 0 / 6 | 6–6 | |||||||
| Monte Carlo Masters | A | A | A | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 3-4 | |||||||
| Rome Masters | A | A | A | QF | 2R | 3R | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 6–4 | |||||||
| Hamburg Masters | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | QF | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 5-4 | |||||||
| Canada Masters | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||||||||||||
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||||||||||||
| Madrid Masters (Stuttgart) | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||||||||||
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||||||||||||
| Career Statistics | |||||||||||||||||||
| Titles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Overall Win–Loss | |||||||||||||||||||
| Year End Ranking | 126 | 102 | 60 | 52 | 14 | 55 | 79 | 124 | 143 | 275 | |||||||||