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Andrea Gaudenzi

Italian tennis player

Andrea Gaudenzi (Italian pronunciation::; born 30 July 1973) is an Italian former tennis player and the current chairman of the *ociation of Tennis Professionals (ATP) since January 2020.

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 *les. 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 Ag*i, and reached the Davis Cup Final in 1998, semifinals in 1995 and 1996, playing both singles and doubles. He won three ATP Tour *les 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.

Contents

  • 1 Junior Grand Slam finals
    • 1.1 Singles: 2 (2 *les)
  • 2 ATP career finals
    • 2.1 Singles: 9 (3 *les, 6 runner-ups)
    • 2.2 Doubles: 6 (2 *les, 4 runner-ups)
  • 3 ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
    • 3.1 Singles: 12 (9–3)
    • 3.2 Doubles: 5 (1–4)
  • 4 Performance timelines
    • 4.1 Singles
    • 4.2 Doubles
  • 5 References
  • 6 External links

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 2 (2 *les)


ATP career finals

Singles: 9 (3 *les, 6 runner-ups)

Doubles: 6 (2 *les, 4 runner-ups)


ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 12 (9–3)


Doubles: 5 (1–4)

Performance timelines

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Doubles

References

    External links

    • Andrea Gaudenzi at the *ociation of Tennis Professionals
    • Andrea Gaudenzi at the International Tennis Federation
    • Andrea Gaudenzi at the Davis Cup