Gustavo Marcaccio (born 3 May 1977) is an Argentine tennis coach and former professional player.

Gustavo Marcaccio
Country (sports) Argentina
ResidenceBuenos Aires, Argentina
Born (1977-05-03) 3 May 1977 (age 46)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
PlaysRight-handed (single-handed backhand)
Prize money$131,434
Singles
Career record2–3 (at ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 5 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 284 (19 April 2004)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2008)
French OpenQ1 (2004)
Doubles
Career record1–5 (at ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 13 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 240 (22 March 2004)
Last updated on: 3 November 2021.

Tennis career edit

Marcaccio, a native of Buenos Aires, played collegiate tennis in the United States for Arizona State University in the late 1990s, via the University of Mobile.[1] In 1999 he was runner-up to Ryan Wolters in the Pac-10 singles championship.[2]

While competing on the professional tour he had a career high singles ranking of 284. His best win came at the Prostějov Challenger in 2005, when he upset world number 20 Dominik Hrbatý in the first round. At ATP Tour level, Marcaccio had main draw wins over Luis Horna and Tomáš Zíb.

Coach edit

Marcaccio has had stints coaching his countrymen Guido Pella, Juan Mónaco and Máximo González. He was coach of Mónaco during his most successful season in 2012, when he won four ATP Tour titles, including the German Open, to break into the world's top 10.[3]

In 2020 he coached Russian player Svetlana Kuznetsova. He then worked at Rafael Nadal Academy from April 2021 until December 2022 and as of December 2022 he coaches Rafael Nadal.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals edit

Singles: 6 (5–1) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (5–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–0)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2000 Argentina F10, Buenos Aires Futures Clay   Juan Pablo Guzmán 6–1, 6–7(5–7), 7–5
Win 2–0 Feb 2001 Cuba F1, Havana Futures Hard   Amir Hadad 6–2, 6–2
Win 3–0 Sep 2003 Mexico F14, Querétaro Futures Hard   Alejandro Hernández 6–7(6–8), 6–2, 6–4
Win 4–0 Oct 2003 Mexico F15, Coatzacoalcos Futures Hard   Andres Pedroso 6–3, 6–2
Win 5–0 Oct 2003 Mexico F18, Ciudad Obregón Futures Hard   Lucas Engel 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss 5–1 Sep 2004 Bolivia F1, La Paz Futures Clay   Carlos Salamanca 2–3 ret.

Doubles: 22 (13–9) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–3)
ITF Futures (13–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (11–7)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 1999 Paraguay F1, Asunción Futures Clay   Patricio Rudi   Ignacio González King
  Edgardo Massa
6–3, 6–1
Win 2–0 Aug 2000 Argentina F10, Buenos Aires Futures Clay   Patricio Rudi   Guillermo Carry
  Diego Cristin
3–6, 6–1, 6–1
Win 3–0 Sep 2000 Peru F2, Lima Futures Clay   Patricio Rudi   Miguel Miranda
  Juan-Felipe Yáñez
7–6(7–3), 0–6, 6–0
Win 4–0 Oct 2000 Bolivia F2, Cochabamba Futures Clay   Patricio Rudi   Rodolfo Daruich
  Cristian Villagrán
6–1, 6–2
Loss 4–1 Oct 2000 Colombia F1, Bogotá Futures Clay   Patricio Rudi   Giovanni Lapentti
  Rubén Torres
5–7, 0–2 ret.
Loss 4–2 Apr 2001 Brazil F1, Rio de Janeiro Futures Clay   Patricio Rudi   Enzo Artoni
  Juan Pablo Guzmán
6–4, 2–6, 1–6
Loss 4–3 Jun 2001 Italy F5, Pavia Futures Clay   Juan-Mariano Perello   Fabio Colangelo
  Potito Starace
1–6, 1–6
Loss 4–4 Aug 2001 Brasília, Brazil Challenger Clay   Patricio Rudi   Gastón Etlis
  Leonardo Olguín
4–6, 4–6
Win 5–4 Oct 2001 Colombia F2, Bogotá Futures Clay   Patricio Rudi   Patricio Rudi
  Rogier Wassen
walkover
Loss 5–5 Mar 2002 Mexico F1, Chetumal Futures Hard   Patricio Rudi   Bruno Echagaray
  Santiago González
6–1, 1–6, 0–6
Loss 5–6 Jun 2002 Portugal F1, Lisbon Futures Clay   Bernardo Mota   Jasper Smit
  Fred Hemmes
6–1, 6–7(1–7), 2–6
Win 6–6 Sep 2002 Netherlands F2, Alphen aan den Rijn Futures Clay   Oscar Hernandez Perez   Melvyn op der Heijde
  Melle van Gemerden
6–2, 6–3
Loss 6–7 Oct 2002 Chile F6, Santiago Futures Clay   Patricio Arquez   Sergio Elias-Musalem
  Alvaro Loyola Ruz
3–6, 4–6
Win 7–7 Jun 2003 France F11, Toulon Futures Clay   Brian Dabul   Édouard Roger-Vasselin
  Pierrick Ysern
6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Win 8–7 Aug 2003 Argentina F2, Buenos Aires Futures Clay   Enzo Artoni   Juan-Martín Aranguren
  Matias De Genaro
4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win 9–7 Sep 2003 Argentina F3, Buenos Aires Futures Clay   Patricio Rudi   Carlos Berlocq
  Brian Dabul
5–7, 6–4, 6–3
Win 10–7 Oct 2003 Mexico F18, Ciudad Obregón Futures Hard   Bruno Echagaray   Ronaldo Carvalho
  Lucas Engel
6–4, 3–6, 7–5
Win 11–7 Nov 2003 Argentina F6, Buenos Aires Futures Clay   Andrés Schneiter   Diego del Río
  Sebastián Prieto
6–2, 6–7(2–7), 6–4
Win 12–7 Nov 2003 Uruguay F1, Montevideo Futures Hard   Patricio Rudi   Sebastián Decoud
  Diego Hartfield
6–4, 6–4
Win 13–7 Jan 2004 El Salvador F1, San Salvador Futures Clay   Diego Hartfield   Lucas Engel
  Márcio Torres
6–0, 6–2
Loss 13–8 Mar 2004 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay   Diego Veronelli   Sebastian Quintero
  Oscar Rodriguez-Sanchez
3–6, 4–6
Loss 13–9 Nov 2004 Puebla, Mexico Challenger Hard   Miguel Gallardo Valles   Alejandro Hernández
  Santiago González
3–6, 4–6

References edit

  1. ^ Henson, Steve (25 April 1999). "Marcaccio Crashes Stanford Party". Los Angeles Times.
  2. ^ "Tennis teams sweep Pac-10 titles". Palo Alto Online. 28 April 1999.
  3. ^ "Juan Mónaco se consagró campeón en Hamburgo y entró al top ten". Mundo D – La Voz (in Spanish). 22 July 2012.

External links edit