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Marcos Daniel

Brazilian tennis playerFor the Angolan swimmer, see Marcos Daniel (swimmer).

Marcos Diniz Daniel (born July 4, 1978 in P*o 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.

Contents

  • 1 Tennis career
  • 2 *les (21)
    • 2.1 Singles (14)
    • 2.2 Doubles (7)
  • 3 Runners-up (14)
    • 3.1 Singles (7)
    • 3.2 Doubles (7)
  • 4 References
  • 5 External links

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 *le.

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.

*les (21)

Singles (14)

Doubles (7)

Runners-up (14)

Singles (7)

Doubles (7)

References

    External links

    • Marcos Daniel at the *ociation of Tennis Professionals
    • Daniel Recent Match Results
    • Daniel World Ranking History
    • Daniel Tennis Center site