Cecchinato at the2018 French Open | |
| Country (sports) | |
|---|---|
| Residence | Palermo, Italy |
| Born | (1992-09-30)30 September 1992 (age 33) Palermo, Italy |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Turned pro | 2010 |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Coach | |
| Prize money | US $5,040,402 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 78–127 |
| Career titles | 3 |
| Highest ranking | No. 16 (25 February 2019) |
| Current ranking | No. 380 (3 March 2025) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2016,2019,2020,2021,2022) |
| French Open | SF (2018) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2017,2018,2019,2021,2023) |
| US Open | 1R (2015,2018,2019,2020,2021,2023) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 14–56 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 169 (27 June 2016) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2016) |
| French Open | 1R (2018,2019) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2018,2023) |
| US Open | 2R (2015,2019) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | QF (2016) |
| Last updated on: 5 March 2025. | |
Marco Cecchinato (Italian pronunciation:[ˈmarkotʃekkiˈnaːto]; born 30 September 1992) is an Italian professionaltennis player.[1] He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 16 reached on 25 February 2019. On 29 April 2018, he won his firstATP World Tour title at the2018 Hungarian Open as a lucky loser, becoming the firstSicilian tennis player to win anATP title.[2] Cecchinato is a clay specialist and his best Grand Slam result is a semifinal at the2018 French Open. At the other Grand Slams he has not won a match in singles.
In May 2013, Cecchinato qualified for the main draw at the ATP tournament inNice, losing to countryman and No. 6 seed,Fabio Fognini, in the first round.[3]
In July 2014, Cecchinato qualified forUmag, where he played another countryman and No. 6 seed,Andreas Seppi, in the first round. Cecchinato lost the match in three sets.
Cecchinato then made his Grand Slam debut at the2015 US Open.
On 20 July 2016, Cecchinato was suspended for 18 months (until January 2018) and fined €40,000 by the Italian tennis federation for illegal behavior includingmatch fixing and matchbetting.[4] The ban was overturned and declared a mistrial after the prosecutors took too long to complete the initial trial phase. Despite this, Cecchinato admitted to telling potential bettors of his poor physical state prior to a match.[5]
Cecchinato reached his first ATP quarterfinal at the2016 Romanian Open.
In March, he played and won aChallenger tournament inSantiago, defeating former top 5 playerTommy Robredo en route.
He won his first ATP title inBudapest after reaching the final as alucky loser, having lost in the qualifying competition;[6] he thus became the ninth player ever to win an ATP tournament as lucky loser.[7]
At the2018 French Open, the 72nd-ranked Cecchinato came from two sets down to win his first Grand Slam match againstMarius Copil. In the second round, he defeated lucky loserMarco Trungelliti. In the third round, he came from a set down to topple 10th seedPablo Carreño Busta.[8] In the fourth round, he beat 8th seed BelgianDavid Goffin in four sets.[9] He then upset former championNovak Djokovic in four sets (with a 13–11 tiebreaker in the deciding set) to reach his first Grand Slam semifinal.[10][11] HisFrench Open run ended with a loss toDominic Thiem.[12][13] Cecchinato was the first unseeded men's singles semifinalist at the French Open sinceGaël Monfils in2008, the lowest-ranked man to reach the semifinals sinceAndrei Medvedev in1999, and the first Italian man to reach a major singles semifinal sinceCorrado Barazzutti at the1978 French Open.[14] His semifinal finish moved him to 27th in the world and enabled him, for the first time in his career, to be seeded at a Grand Slam tournament atWimbledon.Despite his first Grand Slam seeding, he lost in the first round in four sets against the young AustralianAlex de Minaur.
Later in July, however, Cecchinato achieved his second career ATP title at theCroatia Open, defeatingGuido Pella in the final. As a result, he attained a career-best ranking of 22nd in the world.[15]
At the2018 Shanghai Rolex Masters, the Italian defeatedGilles Simon andChung Hyeon to reach the round of 16, where he fell toNovak Djokovic. As a result, he climbed to World No. 19 in the singles rankings on 15 October 2018.
Cecchinato started his 2019 season inDoha where he reached the semifinals. That was his career best performance in a non-clay ATP tournament.
At theAustralian Open, he lost toFilip Krajinović in the first round despite leading by two sets and having a match point in the fourth set. That was his third straight first round loss at a grand slam event.
During the Latin American clay court swing, Cecchinato won his third career ATP title at theArgentina Open, defeatingDiego Schwartzman in the finals. Cecchinato didn't drop a set in the entire tournament, and lost just three games in a one-sided final. As a result, he also attained his career-best ranking of World No. 16 on 25 February 2019.[16]
In 2020 season, which was affected byCOVID-19 pandemic, he managed to reach his fourthATP final at the inauguralForte Village Sardegna Open in October, where he lost in straight sets to SerbianLaslo Đere.
In May 2021, he reached his fifth final at the2021 Emilia-Romagna Open, losing to first time ATP winnerSebastian Korda.[17]
In May, he qualified and defeated former world No. 3Dominic Thiem at the2022 Geneva Open in the first round.[18]
In July, at the2022 Croatia Open Umag he reached the quarterfinals defeatingLorenzo Musetti[19] before losing toFranco Agamenone.[20]
He re-entered the top 100 at No. 98 on 17 October 2022 following two Challenger titles in October.
He reached his first ATP semifinal since 2021 at the2023 Estoril Open. At the2023 Mutua Madrid Open he reached the second round defeatingMarton Fucsovics.At theItalian Open he reached the third round defeatingMackenzie McDonald and 21st seedRoberto Bautista Agut.
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Current through the2024 ATP Tour.
| Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | SR | W–L |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | Q1 | Q2 | 1R | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | Q1 | Q1 | A | 0 / 5 | 0–5 |
| French Open | A | A | Q2 | Q3 | 1R | Q3 | SF | 1R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 7 | 10–7 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | NH | 1R | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 5 | 0–5 |
| US Open | A | A | Q2 | 1R | A | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 6 | 0–6 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 5–3 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 23 | 10–23 |
| ATP Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Open | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | 2R | NH | A | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| Miami Open | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | 3R | NH | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 2R | 3R | NH | 2R | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 4–4 |
| Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | NH | 1R | A | 2R | A | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 |
| Italian Open | Q2 | Q2 | 1R | Q1 | 1R | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | Q2 | A | 3R | A | A | 0 / 6 | 5–6 |
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | NH | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 |
| Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 |
| Shanghai Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | 1R | NH | A | A | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | |||
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–6 | 3–8 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 23 | 12–23 |
| National representation | ||||||||||||||||
| Davis Cup | A | A | A | A | QF | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–0 |
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Career | ||
| Tournaments | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 25 | 26 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 130 | |
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| Overall win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 3–10 | 1–5 | 23–23 | 12–25 | 8–13 | 16–21 | 4–7 | 11–15 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 78–127 | |
| Year-end ranking | 409 | 163 | 159 | 90 | 187 | 109 | 20 | 71 | 80 | 100 | 101 | 198 | 375 | $5,084,948 | ||
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Apr 2018 | Hungarian Open, Hungary | 250 Series | Clay | 7–5, 6–4 | |
| Win | 2–0 | Jul 2018 | Croatia Open, Croatia | 250 Series | Clay | 6–2, 7–6(7–4) | |
| Win | 3–0 | Feb 2019 | Argentina Open, Argentina | 250 Series | Clay | 6–1, 6–2 | |
| Loss | 3–1 | Oct 2020 | Forte Village Sardegna Open, Italy | 250 Series | Clay | 6–7(3–7), 5–7 | |
| Loss | 3–2 | May 2021 | Emilia-Romagna Open, Italy | 250 Series | Clay | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Tournament | Year | Record accomplished | Player tied |
| Hungarian Open | 2018 | Winning an ATP tournament aslucky loser | Heinz Gunthardt Bill Scanlon Francisco Clavet Christian Miniussi Sergiy Stakhovsky Rajeev Ram Leonardo Mayer Andrey Rublev Kwon Soon-woo[21] |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Mar 2012 | Croatia F3,Umag | Futures | Clay | 6–3, 6–4 | |
| Loss | 1–1 | Feb 2013 | Croatia F1,Zagreb | Futures | Hard (i) | 2–6, 5–7 | |
| Win | 2–1 | Mar 2013 | Croatia F3,Umag | Futures | Clay | 6–4, 6–2 | |
| Win | 3–1 | Jul 2013 | Italy F17,Modena | Futures | Clay | 6–3, 6–4 | |
| Win | 4–1 | Aug 2013 | San Marino, San Marino | Challenger | Clay | 6–3, 6–4 | |
| Loss | 4–2 | Sep 2013 | Sibiu, Romania | Challenger | Clay | 6–4, 4–6, 1–6 | |
| Win | 5–2 | Mar 2014 | Italy F6,Santa Margherita di Pula | Futures | Clay | 6–4, 6–2 | |
| Win | 6–2 | Mar 2014 | Italy F7, Santa Margherita di Pula | Futures | Clay | 6–4, 6–1 | |
| Loss | 6–3 | Jun 2014 | Mestre, Italy | Challenger | Clay | 4–6, 6–2, 2–6 | |
| Win | 7–3 | Apr 2015 | Turin, Italy | Challenger | Clay | 6–2, 6–3 | |
| Loss | 7–4 | Sep 2015 | Genoa, Italy | Challenger | Clay | 7–6(7–1), 1–6, 4–6 | |
| Win | 8–4 | Jun 2016 | Milan, Italy | Challenger | Clay | 6–2, 6–2 | |
| Loss | 8–5 | Sep 2016 | Como, Italy | Challenger | Clay | 6–2, 6–7(0–7), 5–7 | |
| Win | 9–5 | Mar 2017 | Italy F5, Santa Margherita di Pula | Futures | Clay | 6–4, 6–1 | |
| Loss | 9–6 | May 2017 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | 2–6, 6–3, 4–6 | |
| Win | 10–6 | May 2017 | Rome, Italy | Challenger | Clay | 6–4, 6–4 | |
| Loss | 10–7 | Jun 2017 | Todi, Italy | Challenger | Clay | 5–7, 1–6 | |
| Loss | 10–8 | Sep 2017 | Como, Italy | Challenger | Clay | 6–1, 2–6, 4–6 | |
| Win | 11–8 | Mar 2018 | Santiago, Chile | Challenger | Clay | 1–6, 6–1, 6–1 | |
| Loss | 11–9 | Feb 2020 | Punta del Este, Uruguay | Challenger | Clay | 6–7(3–7), 7–6(8–6), 5-7 | |
| Loss | 11–10 | Oct 2021 | Lošinj, Croatia | Challenger | Clay | w/o | |
| Win | 12–10 | Oct 2022 | Lisbon, Portugal | Challenger | Clay | 6–3, 6–3 | |
| Win | 13–10 | Oct 2022 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 | |
| Win | 14–10 | Jun 2025 | Milan, Italy | Challenger | Clay | 6-2, 6–3 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Apr 2011 | Italy F4,Rome | Futures | Clay | 3–6, 6–3, [6–10] | ||
| Win | 1–1 | Jul 2011 | Italy F17,Sassuolo | Futures | Clay | 6–4, 6–3 | ||
| Win | 2–1 | Aug 2011 | Spain F27,Xativa | Futures | Clay | 6–4, 6–3 | ||
| Win | 3–1 | Aug 2011 | Serbia F8,Novi Sad | Futures | Clay | 6–3, 6–1 | ||
| Loss | 3–2 | Sep 2012 | Todi, Italy | Challenger | Clay | 3–6, 2–6 | ||
| Loss | 3–3 | Jul 2013 | Italy F17,Modena | Futures | Clay | 6–4, 6–7(5-7), [7–10] | ||
| Win | 4–3 | Sep 2014 | Biella, Italy | Challenger | Clay | 7–5, 6–0 | ||
| Win | 5–3 | Apr 2017 | Barletta, Italy | Challenger | Clay | 6–3, 6–4 | ||
| Win | 6–3 | Sep 2017 | Sibiu, Romania | Challenger | Clay | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Season | 2018 | Total |
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| Wins | 1 | 1 |
| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | MCR |
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| 2018 | |||||||
| 1. | 9 | French Open, France | Clay | 4R | 7–5, 4–6, 6–0, 6–3 | 72 | |
Cecchinato is the ninth player in the Open era who won an ATP title as a lucky loser and the third in the last two seasons afterAndrey Rublev andLeonardo Mayer in Umag and Hamburg last July.