Marc Fornell Mestres

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Marc Fornell Mestres
Country (sports)Flag of Spain.svg Spain
Born (1982-01-26) 26 January 1982 (age 43)
Barcelona, Spain
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$231,848
Singles
Career record0–1
Highest rankingNo. 236 (19 November 2007)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 167 (16 July 2007)

Marc Fornell Mestres (born 26 January 1982) is a professional tennis player from Spain. He has captured two ATP Challenger Series/Tour titles. [1] [2] Fornell Mestres's career-high ATP singles entry ranking is World No. 236, achieved on 19 November 2007.

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On 31 December 2018, he was provisionally suspended from tennis for leading a match-fixing group. [3] In 2022, Fornell Mestres was convicted of match fixing and received a 2-year suspended prison sentence and a 450€ fine. He was also fined $250,000 and banned from professional tennis for 22 years and 6 months by the International Tennis Integrity Agency. [4] [5]

Career titles

Singles (15)

Legend (singles)
Grand Slam (0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0)
ATP World Tour 500 (0)
ATP World Tour 250 (0)
ATP Challenger Tour (0)
ITF Futures (15)
No.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponent in the finalScore
1.10 June 2001AgadirClay Flag of Morocco.svg Rabie Chaki 6–3, 6–0
2.16 June 2002Canary IslandsClay Flag of Spain.svg Marc Marco Ripoll 7–5, 2–6, 6–0
3.24 August 2003IrúnClay Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Benqiang 1–6, 6–2, 6–4
4.5 September 2004OviedoClay Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Cuadrado 7–5, 4–6, 6–4
5.7 May 2006VicClay Flag of Spain.svg Miguel Ángel López Jaén 6–1, 6–4
6.30 July 2006DéniaClay Flag of Spain.svg Bartolomé Salvá-Vidal 7–5, 3–6, 6–3
7.20 August 2006IrúnClay Flag of Argentina.svg Horacio Zeballos 7–5, 2–6, 6–3
8.26 November 2006MaspalomasClay Flag of Germany.svg Gero Kretschmer 6–4, 6–3
9.28 October 2007Sant Cugat del VallèsClay Flag of Spain.svg Javier Genaro-Martínez 6–3, 4–6, 7–5
10.4 November 2007Vilafranca del PenedèsClay Flag of Spain.svg Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras 6–4, 6–4
11.1 November 2009Sant Cugat del VallèsClay Flag of Spain.svg José Checa Calvo 2–6, 6–4, 6–2
12.25 July 2010GandiaClay Flag of Spain.svg Juan Lizariturry7–6, 3–6, 6–2
13.8 August 2010XàtivaClay Flag of Spain.svg Juan Lizariturry6–3, 6–2
14.15 May 2011KenitraClay Flag of France.svg Tak Khunn Wang 6–4, 7–5
15.30 Nov 2014 Kish Clay Flag of Croatia.svg Toni Androic 6–1, 6–1

Doubles (42)

Legend (singles)
Grand Slam (0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0)
ATP World Tour 500 (0)
ATP World Tour 250 (0)
ATP Challenger Tour (2)
ITF Futures (40)
No.DateTournamentSurfacePartneringOpponents in the finalScore
1.30 Aug 2000VigoClay Flag of Spain.svg Didac Pérez Flag of Portugal.svg Pedro Pereira & Flag of Portugal.svg António van Grichen 4–2, 4–1, 4–2
2.18 Aug 2002VigoClay Flag of Spain.svg Ferran Ventura-Martell Flag of Spain.svg Eduardo Nicolás & Flag of Japan.svg Norikazu Sugiyama6–4, 6–4
3.25 Aug 2002IrunClay Flag of Spain.svg Ferran Ventura-Martell Flag of Colombia.svg Alejandro Falla & Flag of Colombia.svg Carlos Salamanca 7–6(7–3), 6–1
4.22 Sep 2002BarcelonaClay Flag of Spain.svg Mariano Albert-Ferrando Flag of Argentina.svg Carlos Berlocq & Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Pablo Brzezicki 7–6(7–5), 7–5
5.18 Jul 2004ElcheClay Flag of Spain.svg Ivan Esquerdo-Andreu Flag of Spain.svg Antonio Baldellou-Esteva & Flag of Spain.svg Germán Puentes 6–2, 6–1
6.25 Jul 2004GandiaClay Flag of Spain.svg Ivan Esquerdo-Andreu Flag of Spain.svg Antonio Baldellou-Esteva & Flag of Spain.svg Germán Puentes 6–2, 6–3
7.24 Oct 2004BarcelonaClay Flag of Spain.svg Mario Munoz-Bejarano Flag of Spain.svg Gorka Fraile & Flag of Spain.svg David Marrero 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
8.20 Feb 2005TotanaHard Flag of Spain.svg Marcel Granollers Flag of Poland.svg Filip Urban & Flag of Germany.svg Marius Zay6–2, 6–3
9.27 Feb 2005Cartagena, SpainClay Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Soriano-Maldonado Flag of Spain.svg Mariano Albert-Ferrando & Flag of Spain.svg Francisco Mendez-Garcia6–4, 6–3
10.10 Apr 2005AngersClay Flag of Spain.svg Daniel Monedero-Gonzalez Flag of France.svg Nicolas Renavand & Flag of France.svg Nicolas Tourte 7–6(9–7), 1–6, 6–4
11.1 May 2005LleidaClay Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Andújar Flag of El Salvador.svg Rafael Arévalo & Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Komlavi Loglo 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
12.29 May 2005ReusClay Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Komlavi Loglo Flag of Spain.svg David Marrero & Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Santos 5–7, 7–5, 6–1
13.24 Jul 2005GandiaClay Flag of Spain.svg Jordi Marsé-Vidri Flag of Spain.svg David Marrero & Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Santos 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
14.21 Aug 2005IrunClay Flag of Spain.svg Daniel Monedero-Gonzalez Flag of France.svg Augustin Gensse & Flag of France.svg Julien Jeanpierre 6–4, 6–4
15.7 May 2006VicClay Flag of Spain.svg Jordi Marsé-Vidri Flag of Spain.svg Antonio Baldellou-Esteva & Flag of Spain.svg Germán Puentes 2–6, 6–3, 7–5
16.16 Jul 2006ElcheClay Flag of Spain.svg Miguel Ángel López Jaén Flag of Morocco.svg Mounir El Aarej & Flag of Spain.svg David Luque-Velasco 6–3, 6–0
17.30 Jul 2006DéniaClay Flag of Spain.svg Miguel Ángel López Jaén Flag of Spain.svg Oriol Hernandez-Pastor & Flag of Spain.svg Javier Ruiz-Gonzalez7–6(7–5), 6–2
18.3 Sep 2006OviedoClay Flag of Spain.svg Juan-Miguel Such-Perez Flag of Spain.svg Miguel Ángel López Jaén & Flag of Spain.svg David Marrero 7–6(7–2), 6–4
19.25 Nov 2006MaspalomasClay Flag of Spain.svg Cesar Ferrer-Victoria Flag of Germany.svg Sascha Hesse & Flag of Germany.svg Mark Joachim 6–0, 6–4
20.18 Mar 2007BadalonaClay Flag of Spain.svg Jordi Marsé-Vidri Flag of Spain.svg Miguel Ángel López Jaén & Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Santos 6–1, 6–2
21.25 June 2007ConstanţaClay Flag of Spain.svg Gabriel Trujillo-Soler Flag of Romania.svg Gabriel Moraru & Flag of Romania.svg Horia Tecău 6–4, 6–4
22.2 July 2007 Montauban Clay Flag of Spain.svg Gabriel Trujillo-Soler Flag of Italy.svg Adriano Biasella & Flag of Monaco.svg Jean-René Lisnard 6–3, 7–5
23.27 Oct 2007Sant CugatClay Flag of Spain.svg Jordi Marsé-Vidri Flag of Spain.svg Miguel Ángel López Jaén & Flag of Spain.svg David Marrero 5–7, 6–0, [10–4]
24.12 Apr 2008MálagaClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Rice Flag of Spain.svg Óscar Burrieza & Flag of Russia.svg Nikolai Nesterov1–6, 6–2, [10–7]
25.22 Mar 2009CastelldefelsClay Flag of Spain.svg Gerard Granollers Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Ianni & Flag of Italy.svg Mattia Livraghi6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
26.29 May 2009TeldeClay Flag of Spain.svg Gerard Granollers Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Gutiérrez Ferrol & Flag of Spain.svg Rafael Mazon-Hernandez6–3, 6–4
27.23 May 2010ValldoreixClay Flag of Spain.svg David Cañudas-Fernández Flag of Spain.svg Gerard Granollers & Flag of Spain.svg Juan Lizariturry 6–3, 7–6(7–2)
28.18 Jul 2010ElcheClay Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Calderon-Rodriguez Flag of Spain.svg Juan Beaus-Barquin & Flag of Spain.svg Juan José Leal-Gómez6–4, 6–2
29.8 Aug 2010XàtivaClay Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Calderon-Rodriguez Flag of Portugal.svg Goncalo Falcao & Flag of Portugal.svg Martin Trueva6–1, 6–3
30.16 Jan 2011MajorcaClay Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Santos Flag of Spain.svg José Checa Calvo & Flag of Spain.svg Carles Poch Gradin 6–1, 6–3
31.2 Apr 2011ReusClay Flag of Luxembourg.svg Mike Vermeer Flag of Germany.svg Jan-Lennard Struff & Flag of Germany.svg Richard Waite7–6(7–3), 6–7(1–7), [10–8]
32.14 May 2011KenitraClay Flag of Luxembourg.svg Mike Vermeer Flag of Kuwait.svg Abdullah Maqdes & Flag of Egypt.svg Sherif Sabry 5–7, 7–5, [10–3]
33.21 May 2011RabatClay Flag of Luxembourg.svg Mike Vermeer Flag of Lebanon.svg Bassam Beidas & Flag of Egypt.svg Karim Maamoun 6–1, 6–4
34.30 Nov 2014 Kish Clay Flag of Spain.svg Marco Neubau Flag of North Macedonia.svg Tomislav Jotovski & Flag of Croatia.svg Duje Kekez 6–4, 6–4
35.7 Dec 2014KishClay Flag of Spain.svg Marco Neubau Flag of Austria.svg Markus Sedletzky & Flag of Austria.svg Dominic Weidinger6–3, 6–1
36.14 Mar 2015AntalyaClay Flag of Spain.svg Marco Neubau Flag of Brazil.svg Rafael Camilo & Flag of Brazil.svg Eduardo Russi6–4, 6–2
37.12 Mar 2016AgadirClay Flag of Morocco.svg Lamine Ouahab Flag of Spain.svg Marcos Giraldi Requena & Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jacob Kahoun6–7(4–7), 6–4, [13–11]
38.19 Mar 2016Beni MellalClay Flag of Morocco.svg Lamine Ouahab Flag of Italy.svg Filippo Leonardi & Flag of Italy.svg Fabio Mercuri6–3, 7–5
39.30 Jul 2017XàtivaClay Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Martos Gornés Flag of Spain.svg Eduard Esteve Lobato & Flag of Spain.svg Gerard Granollers 6–3, 6–2
40.21 Oct 2017Pula, SardiniaClay Flag of Portugal.svg Fred Gil Flag of Italy.svg Filippo Baldi & Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Pellegrino6–2, 5–7, [10–5]
41.28 Oct 2017Pula, SardiniaClay Flag of Portugal.svg Fred Gil Flag of Italy.svg Raúl Brancaccio & Flag of Sweden.svg Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș 3–6, 6–1, [10–8]
42.26 Nov 2017Hammamet, TunisiaClay Flag of Portugal.svg Fred Gil Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Boluda-Purkiss & Flag of Spain.svg Oriol Roca Batalla 6–2, 6–4

References

  1. Real Federación Española de Tenis Triunfo de Marc Fornell en Marruecos y final de Carlos Calderón en Turquía 16.05.11
  2. Hemeroteca 02/07/2008 Los españoles Miguel Ángel López y Marc Fornell pasan a la segunda ronda
  3. "ITIA - marc fornell mestres provisionally suspended tennis".
  4. "Six Spanish players banned for match-fixing". BBC Sport.
  5. "ITIA - Six Spanish players banned". ITIA.