Marcelo Charpentier

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Marcelo Charpentier
Country (sports) Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina
Born (1973-07-11) 11 July 1973 (age 49)
Buenos Aires,
Argentina
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1992
PlaysLeft-handed
Prize money$328,886
Singles
Career record8–25
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 114 (16 June 1997)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open 2R (2000)
Wimbledon 1R (1997)
Doubles
Career record0–4
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 187 (27 January 1997)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon Q1 (1997)

Marcelo Charpentier (born 11 July 1973) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina. [1]

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Career

Charpentier was the 18s and under Orange Bowl champion in 1991.

He had his best performance on tour at the 1996 Campionati Internazionali di San Marino, getting past seeded players Hernán Gumy and Gilbert Schaller en route to the semi-finals, where he lost to Albert Costa. [2]

In 1997 he took part in a Davis Cup tie for Argentina. He lost his only rubber, a singles match against Nicolás Lapentti from Ecuador. [3] Also that year he appeared in two Grand Slams. [2] He exited in the first round of the 1997 French Open, to Francisco Clavet, but did stretch the Spaniard to five sets. [2] At Wimbledon he was beaten in the opening round by eventual runner-up Cédric Pioline. [2]

The only other Grand Slam he took part in was the 2000 French Open and he managed to defeat world number 30 Karim Alami, in another five set match. [2] He was unable to progress past the second round, losing to Gustavo Kuerten, who he had partnered four years earlier to win a Challenger title in Slovakia. [2]

Challenger titles

Singles: (2)

No.YearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
1.1996 Geneva, SwitzerlandClay Flag of Germany.svg Oliver Gross 6–2, 3–1 RET
2.1999 Punta del Este, UruguayClay Flag of Argentina.svg Martín Rodríguez 6–2, 6–2

Doubles: (5)

No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
1.1996 Bratislava, SlovakiaClay Flag of Brazil.svg Gustavo Kuerten Flag of Italy.svg Filippo Messori
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Tom Vanhoudt 		3–6, 6–3, 7–5
2.1996 Tashkent, UzbekistanClay Flag of Spain.svg Albert Portas Flag of Russia.svg Andrei Cherkasov
Flag of Italy.svg Laurence Tieleman 		6–1, 6–2
3.1998 Santa Cruz, BoliviaClay Flag of Argentina.svg Andrés Schneiter Flag of Venezuela.svg Kepler Orellana
Flag of Venezuela.svg Jimy Szymanski 		6–2, 6–3
4.1999 Seville, SpainClay Flag of Puerto Rico.svg José Frontera Flag of Spain.svg Eduardo Nicolás
Flag of Spain.svg Germán Puentes 		7–5, 6–3
5.2006 Genova, ItalyClay Flag of Italy.svg Adriano Biasella Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Delgado
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Murray 		6–4, 4–6, [13–11]

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References

  1. ↑ ITF Tennis profile
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 ATP World Tour profile
  3. ↑ Davis Cup profile


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