Marcelo Filippini

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Marcelo Filippini
Country Flag of Uruguay Uruguay
Residence Montevideo, Uruguay
Date of birth August 4, 1967 (1967-08-04) (age 40)
Place of birth Montevideo, Uruguay
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Weight 65 kg (140 lb/10.2 st)
Turned pro 1987
Retired 2000
Plays Right
Career prize money US$2,034,890
Singles
Career record: 244 - 250
Career titles: 5
Highest ranking: 30 (August 6, 1990)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open 2r (1993)
French Open QF (1999)
Wimbledon 1r (1997/98/99)
US Open 2r (1997/98)
Doubles
Career record: 67 - 75
Career titles: 3
Highest ranking: 34 (July 31, 1989)

Infobox last updated on: August 10, 2007.

Marcelo Filippini (born August 4, 1967, in Montevideo) is a former professional tennis player from Uruguay.

Filippini began playing tennis at the age of five. He turned professional in 1987. In 1988, he won his first top-level singles title at Båstad, and his first tour doubles title in Palermo.

Over the course of his career, Filippini won five ATP Tour singles titles and three doubles titles. His career-high rankings were World No. 30 in singles (in 1990) and World No. 44 in doubles (in 1989).

In 1996, Filippini played what was longest known game in ATP Tour history at Casablanca, going to deuce 28 times with Alberto Berasategui in one game of a 6–2, 6–3 first round loss.

Filippini's best performance at a Grand Slam event came at the French Open in 1999, where he reached the quarter-finals before being knocked-out by eventual champion Andre Agassi.

Filippini retired from the professional tour in 2000.

[edit] Singles titles (5)

Legend
Grand Slam
Tennis Masters Cup
ATP Masters Series
ATP Tour (5)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. July 17, 1988 Båstad, Sweden Clay Flag of Italy Francesco Cancellotti 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
2. August 13, 1989 Prague, Czechoslovakia Clay Flag of Austria Horst Skoff 7–5, 7–6
3. June 12, 1994 Florence, Italy Clay Flag of Australia Richard Fromberg 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
4. May 4, 1997 Atlanta, USA Clay Flag of Australia Jason Stoltenberg 7–6(2), 6–4
5. May 25, 1997 St. Pölten, Austria Clay Flag of Australia Patrick Rafter 7–6(2), 6–2

[edit] Doubles titles (3)

Legend
Grand Slam
Tennis Masters Cup
ATP Masters Series
ATP Tour (3)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponent in the final Score
1. October 2, 1988 Palermo, Italy Clay Flag of Peru Carlos di Laura Flag of Argentina Alberto Mancini
Flag of Argentina Christian Miniussi		 6–2, 6–0
2. June 14, 1992 Florence, Italy Clay Flag of Brazil Luiz Mattar Flag of South Africa Royce Deppe
Flag of South Africa Brent Haygarth		 6–4, 6–7, 6–4
3. November 6, 1994 Montevideo, Uruguay Clay Flag of Brazil Luiz Mattar Flag of Spain Sergio Casal
Flag of Spain Emilio Sánchez		 7–6, 6–4

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