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Marcelo Filippini

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Marcelo Filippini
Country (sports) Uruguay
ResidenceMontevideo, Uruguay
Born (1967-08-04) 4 August 1967 (age 57)
Montevideo, Uruguay
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro1987
Retired2000
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$2,034,890
Singles
Career record244–250
Career titles5
Highest rankingNo. 30 (6 August 1990)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (1993)
French OpenQF (1999)
Wimbledon1R (1997, 1998, 1999)
US Open2R (1997, 1998)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games2R (1996)
Doubles
Career record67–75
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 34 (31 July 1989)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open1R (1989, 1990)

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

In 1996, Filippini played what was longest known game in ATP Tour history at Casablanca, going to deuce 20 times with Alberto Berasategui in one game of a 6–2, 6–3 first round loss. The game lasted 28 minutes (24–22 in total points for Berasategui).

Filippini's best performance at a Grand Slam event came at the French Open in 1999, where he reached (as a qualifier without dropping a set) the quarterfinals, defeating Laurence Tieleman, Martin Damm, Vince Spadea and Greg Rusedski before being knocked-out by eventual champion Andre Agassi. He also reached the quarterfinals of the 1993 Rome Masters.

Career finals

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Singles: 10 (5 wins – 5 losses)

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Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Tour (5–5)
Result W/L Date Tournament Draw Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 1988 Båstad, Sweden 48 Clay Italy Francesco Cancellotti 2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Sep 1988 Bari, Italy 32 Clay Austria Thomas Muster 6–2, 1–6, 5–7
Win 2–1 Aug 1989 Prague, Czechoslovakia 32 Clay Austria Horst Skoff 7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 2–2. Nov 1990 Itaparica, Brazil 32 Hard Sweden Mats Wilander 1–6, 2–6
Loss 2–3 May 1991 Madrid, Spain 32 Clay Spain Jordi Arrese 2–6, 4–6
Win 3–3 Jun 1994 Florence, Italy 32 Clay Australia Richard Fromberg 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss 3–4 May 1995 Bologna, Italy 32 Clay Chile Marcelo Ríos 2–6, 4–6
Loss 3–5 Apr 1996 Bermuda, Bermuda 32 Clay United States MaliVai Washington 7–6(8–6), 4–6, 5–7
Win 4–5 May 1997 Atlanta, USA 32 Clay Australia Jason Stoltenberg 7–6(7–2), 6–4
Win 5–5 May 1997 St. Pölten, Austria 32 Clay Australia Patrick Rafter 7–6(7–2), 6–2

Doubles: 5 (3 wins – 2 losses)

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Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Tour (3–2)
Result W/L Date Tournament Draw Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Oct 1988 Palermo, Italy 32 Clay Peru Carlos di Laura Argentina Alberto Mancini
Argentina Christian Miniussi
6–2, 6–0
Loss 1–1 Apr 1990 Nice, France 16 Clay Austria Horst Skoff Argentina Alberto Mancini
France Yannick Noah
4–6, 6–7
Win 2–1 Jun 1992 Florence, Italy 32 Clay Brazil Luiz Mattar South Africa Royce Deppe
South Africa Brent Haygarth
6–4, 6–7, 6–4
Loss 2–2 Nov 1992 Athens, Greece 16 Clay Netherlands Mark Koevermans Spain Tomás Carbonell
Spain Francisco Roig
3–6, 4–6
Win 3–2 Nov 1994 Montevideo, Uruguay 16 Clay Brazil Luiz Mattar Spain Sergio Casal
Spain Emilio Sánchez
7–6, 6–4
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Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for  Uruguay
1996 Atlanta
Succeeded by