Marco Chiudinelli

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Marco Chiudinelli
Chiudinelli WMQ14 (4) (14607050115).jpg
Country (sports)Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland
Residence Füllinsdorf, Switzerland
Born (1981-09-10) 10 September 1981 (age 41)
Basel, Switzerland
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2000
Retired2017
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$2,023,620
Official website marcochiudinelli.com
Singles
Career record52–98
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 52 (22 February 2010)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 2R (2010)
French Open 2R (2010)
Wimbledon 1R (2010)
US Open 3R (2006, 2009)
Doubles
Career record27–55
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 118 (2 November 2009)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2010)
French Open 1R (2009, 2010)
Wimbledon 1R (2003, 2010)
US Open 2R (2010)
Team competitions
Davis Cup W (2014)

Marco Chiudinelli (born 10 September 1981) is a retired tennis player from Switzerland. [1] A member of Switzerland's winning 2014 Davis Cup squad, he reached his highest singles ranking of 52 in February 2010 during a career that was often hindered by injury. [2]

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Biography

Marco grew up in Münchenstein and learned to play tennis at Basel Lawn Tennis Club. [3] He later joined a region-wide tennis group, where he first met Roger Federer, who belonged to the nearby Old Boys Tennis Club. [3] They quickly became friends but were soon the 'black sheep' of the group, with one or the other often forced to sit on the sidelines for disciplinary reasons. [3]

In 1993 he finished as runner-up to Federer at the Swiss 12-and-under indoor championship in Lucerne. [3] As a teenager he moved to Biel to further his tennis education, joining Federer and the older Yves Allegro, who were then staying in an apartment together, and the trio spent many hours playing video games when not practicing tennis. [4] In 2001, at the suggestion of Allegro, Chiudinelli moved to Halle in Germany to train. [5]

Career

Early career, 2000–2005

Marco Chiudinelli played his first professional matches in 2000, but did not compete on a regular basis until 2002. That year he won his first tournament on the third-tier Futures circuit in Dubai, defeating a 16-year-old Jimmy Wang in the final. He finished as runner-up to Grégory Carraz at a Futures event in Poitiers in March and secured a second Futures title at Syros in April.

Over the following months he tried unsuccessfully to qualify for the main draw of the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, the Mercedes-Benz Cup in Los Angeles, and the Canada Masters in Toronto. He also attempted to qualify for the 2002 US Open, winning against a fading Cédric Pioline in the first round – this was technically a win by retirement, as Pioline stormed off court while 0-5 down in the third set. [6] He lost in the next round of qualifying to Argentine Gastón Etlis. He spent the bulk of the 2003 season playing on the Challenger Tour and reached the semi-final stage of events in Fergana and, after coming through qualifying, Nottingham, where he lost to second seed John Van Lottum.

Chiudinelli began 2004 well, winning 18 of his first 22 matches. [7] He won another Futures title in January in Doha and the following month reached his first Challenger final in Belgrade – along the way defeating a teenage Novak Djokovic in one of his earliest professional appearances. [7] He won his first main draw match on the ATP Tour at the 2004 Gerry Weber Open, overcoming compatriot Michel Kratochvil in straight sets, but lost in the next round to Jiří Novák. In September he took his first Challenger title in Donetsk and came through qualifying at the 2004 AIG Japan Open in Tokyo in October, eventually reaching the round of 16 after upset victories over the higher ranked Alexander Peya and Dennis van Scheppingen. [7] At the 2004 Swiss Indoors, his hometown tournament, Chiudinelli defeated Albert Montañés in the first round, and lost his next match to Rainer Schüttler. [7] He finished the season ranked 142 in the world and having earned $97,936 in prize money, which was more than twice as high as the previous two seasons combined. [8]

Chiudinelli's ranking reached a then high of 129 in January 2005 after making the round of 16 at the Qatar Open. [9] He soon received his first call up to the Switzerland Davis Cup team for the tie versus the Netherlands, losing in five sets to the more established Sjeng Schalken, and later winning the dead rubber against Peter Wessels. After retiring through injury in his second round match against Michael Ryderstedt at Wimbledon Qualifying in June, Chiudinelli was later forced to get surgery to heal persistent pain in his shoulder. [10] As a consequence he did not play for the remainder of the season and his ranking fell to 287. [8]

2006–2008

Chiudinelli initially struggled to recover his ranking during the first half of 2006 and had fallen to 775 in the world by the start of May. [8] That same month he won 10 straight matches to take successive Futures titles in Kuwait. After coming through qualifying at the Gerry Weber Open, Chiudinelli defeated Christophe Rochus in the main draw, before falling to the seeded Kristof Vliegen in the second round – the ranking points from this event moving him back up to 359. [11] [8]

In July Chiudinelli enjoyed some success in doubles with partner Jean-Claude Scherrer, the pair finishing as runners-up at the Suisse Open in Gstaad. At the 2006 US Open as a qualifier, he defeated Fernando Vicente and Feliciano López in his first two matches. [11] He then fell to 25th seed Richard Gasquet in four sets, though the points accumulated from this event ensured he broke back into the top 200. [8] Following the US Open, Chiudinelli won the dead rubber against Serbia's Janko Tipsarević at the 2006 Davis Cup World Group play-offs and made the semi-final of the Mons Challenger in October. [11] He experienced a disappointing first round defeat to 5th seed David Ferrer at the 2006 Swiss Indoors, having taken the first set in a tiebreak. He ended the season at 155 in the world, with earnings of $114,646 in singles. [8]

He played less during the 2007 and 2008 tennis seasons, owing to persistent injury problems.

2009–2014

Chiudinelli playing Guilherme Clezar at the 2016 US Open Chiudinelli US16 (29) (29569798380).jpg
Chiudinelli playing Guilherme Clezar at the 2016 US Open

Chuidinelli entered the 2009 PTT Thailand Open, again as qualifier, and defeated German qualifier Florian Mayer in the first round and followed that up with a second-round win over former world No. 1 Marat Safin. He lost in a three-set match to top seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarterfinals.

He reached the semifinals in Basel, his hometown tournament by beating eighth seed Philipp Kohlschreiber, and his countryman, qualifier Michael Lammer. He also defeated Richard Gasquet before losing to compatriot and world No. 1 Roger Federer in the semifinals.

Chiudinelli qualified for the main draw of the 2010 Australian Open and reached the second round, taking a set off world No. 3, Novak Djokovic. Two weeks later as a result of his play in 2009, he was awarded Comeback Player of the Year in the 2009 ATP World Tour Awards. [12]

At the 2010 French Open, Chiudinelli was accepted into the main draw by direct entry and beat Somdev Devvarman to advance to the second round for the first time. There he lost to American John Isner in a match that extended over two days because of rain.

Later career, 2015–2017

He also played the longest doubles match ever with Stanislas Wawrinka, being defeated by Lukáš Rosol and Tomáš Berdych of the Czech Republic in the first round of the 2013 Davis Cup. The match, played on 2 February 2013, lasted 7 hours, 2 minutes.

Chiudinelli again represented Switzerland in the 2014 Davis Cup World Group first round, partnering Michael Lammer. His doubles victory with Lammer clinched the first-round victory over Serbia, allowing Switzerland to advance to the quarterfinals for the first time since 2004. Switzerland went on to win its first Davis Cup in history.

At the 2014 Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Chiudinelli played doubles with childhood friend and Roger Federer. They reached the final and held championship points, but lost a close tiebreaker.

In 2016, Chiudinelli qualified for the US Open and beat fellow qualifier Guilherme Clezar in the first round in four sets. This was Chiudinelli's first main-draw Grand Slam tournament victory since the 2010 US Open. In the second round, he faced Lucas Pouille. Chiudinelli was two sets and a break up in the third set and was serving for the match at 5–4, but was broken. He then lost the resulting tiebreaker and could not regain his form in the last two sets.

Chiudinelli then received a wild card into the 2016 Swiss Indoors tournament where he took on compatriot Stan Wawrinka in the first round and lost in three sets 7–6(7–1), 1–6, 4–6, despite leading the match against the newly crowned 2016 US Open champion.

In 2017, after an injury plagued-season, Chiudinelli announced on his website that he would be retiring following the 2017 Swiss Indoors tournament where he enjoyed the greatest success of his career, reaching the semifinals in 2009.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–2)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1 Jul 2006 Gstaad, SwitzerlandClay Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jean-Claude Scherrer Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Novák
Flag of Romania.svg Andrei Pavel
3–6, 1–6
Loss0–2 Jul 2009 Halle, GermanyGrass Flag of Germany.svg Andreas Beck Flag of Germany.svg Christopher Kas
Flag of Germany.svg Philipp Kohlschreiber
3–6, 4–6
Win1–2 Aug 2009 Gstaad, SwitzerlandClay Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Michael Lammer Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jaroslav Levinský
Flag of Slovakia.svg Filip Polášek
7–5, 6–3
Loss1–3 Jun 2014 Halle, GermanyGrass Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roger Federer Flag of Germany.svg Andre Begemann
Flag of Austria.svg Julian Knowle
6–1, 5–7, [10–12]

ATP Challenger Tour & ITF Futures

Singles: 15 (10 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend
Challenger (3–4)
Futures (7–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (10–2)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–3)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (9–2)
Indoors (1–3)
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1.3 February 2002 Dubai, UAEHard Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Jimmy Wang 7–6(7–5), 6–2
Loss1.24 March 2002 Poitiers, FranceCarpet (i) Flag of France.svg Gregory Carraz 6–7(8–10), 2–6
Win2.14 April 2002 Syros, GreeceHard Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jeroen Masson 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–4
Win3.28 April 2003 Namangan, UzbekistanHard Flag of Pakistan.svg Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi 6–1, 7–6(7–1)
Win4.25 January 2004 Doha, QatarHard Flag of Italy.svg Uros Vico 6–2, 6–4
Loss1.2 February 2004 Belgrade, SerbiaCarpet (i) Flag of Serbia.svg Nenad Zimonjić 6–2, 6–7(2–7), 4–6
Win1.6 September 2004 Donetsk, UkraineHard Flag of Croatia.svg Saša Tuksar 6–3, 6–2
Win5.21 May 2006 Mishref, KuwaitHard Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Mamoun 6–0, 6–2
Win6.4 June 2006Mishref, KuwaitHard Flag of Slovakia.svg Viktor Bruthans 6–1, 4–6, 6–0
Win7.23 November 2008Dubai, UAEHard Flag of Monaco.svg Benjamin Balleret 6–1, 6–0
Win2.27 April 2009 Tenerife, SpainHard Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Lorenzi 6–3, 6–4
Loss2.4 March 2013 Kyoto, JapanCarpet (i) Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Millman 6–4, 4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss3.9 August 2015 Segovia, SpainHard Flag of Russia.svg Evgeny Donskoy 6–7(2–7), 3–6
Loss4.24 January 2016 Manila, PhilippinesHard Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Youzhny 4–6, 4–6
Win3.21 February 2016 Wrocław, PolandHard (i) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Hernych 6–3, 7–6(11–9)

Doubles: 17 (6 titles, 11 runner-ups)

Legend
Challenger (6–11)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–8)
Clay (0–2)
Carpet (1–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (4–8)
Indoors (2–3)
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.22 October 2001 Seoul, KoreaHard Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Yves Allegro Flag of the Czech Republic.svg František Čermák
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jaroslav Levinský
7–5, 6–7(8–10), 3–6
Loss2.29 October 2001 Yokohama, JapanCarpet (i) Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Jäger Flag of Japan.svg Takao Suzuki
Flag of Japan.svg Mitsuru Takada
3–6, 4–6
Loss3.19 November 2001 Puebla, MexicoHard Flag of Finland.svg Tuomas Ketola Flag of Israel.svg Jonathan Erlich
Flag of Israel.svg Andy Ram
4–6, 7–6(7–5), 1–6
Win1.30 September 2002 Bukhara, UzbekistanHard Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Yves Allegro Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Janko Tipsarević
Flag of Germany.svg Jan Weinzierl
6–3, 6–4
Loss4.28 October 2002 Réunion, Réunion IslandHard Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jaroslav Levinský Flag of Argentina.svg Federico Browne
Flag of Israel.svg Jonathan Erlich
1–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss5.6 September 2004 Donetsk, UkraineHard Flag of Croatia.svg Lovro Zovko Flag of Russia.svg Igor Kunitsyn
Flag of Italy.svg Uros Vico
6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Loss6.25 April 2005 Tunis, TunisiaClay Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jean-Claude Scherrer Flag of Germany.svg Tomas Behrend
Flag of Sweden.svg Robert Lindstedt
6–3, 1–6, 3–6
Loss7.13 November 2006 Dnipropetrovsk, UkraineHard (i) Flag of Croatia.svg Lovro Zovko Flag of Ukraine.svg Sergiy Stakhovsky
Flag of Ukraine.svg Orest Tereshchuk
3–6, 0–6
Loss8.3 November 2008 Astana, KazakhstanHard Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg George Bastl Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Elgin
Flag of Russia.svg Alexander Kudryavtsev
4–6, 7–6(10–8), [8–10]
Loss9.26 March 2013 San Luis Potosí, MexicoClay Flag of Germany.svg Peter Gojowczyk Flag of Croatia.svg Marin Draganja
Flag of Spain.svg Adrián Menéndez Maceiras
4–6, 3–6
Win2.21 July 2014 Astana, KazakhstanHard Flag of Ukraine.svg Sergei Bubka Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chen Ti
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Huang Liang-chi
6–3, 6–4
Win3.23 November 2015 Andria, ItalyHard (i) Flag of Germany.svg Frank Moser Flag of Germany.svg Dustin Brown
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Carsten Ball
7–6(7–5), 7–5
Loss10.18 September 2016 Istanbul, TurkeyHard Flag of Romania.svg Marius Copil Flag of France.svg Sadio Doumbia
Flag of France.svg Calvin Hemery
4–6, 3–6
Win4.25 September 2016 İzmir, TurkeyHard Flag of Romania.svg Marius Copil Flag of France.svg Sadio Doumbia
Flag of France.svg Calvin Hemery
6–4, 6–4
Loss11.23 October 2016 Brest, FranceHard (i) Flag of Italy.svg Luca Vanni Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sander Arends
Flag of Poland.svg Mateusz Kowalczyk
7–6(7–2), 3–6, [5–10]
Win5.23 April 2017 Taipei, TaiwanCarpet (i) Flag of Croatia.svg Franko Škugor Flag of Thailand.svg Sanchai Ratiwatana
Flag of Thailand.svg Sonchat Ratiwatana
4–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Win6.7 May 2017 Gimcheon, South KoreaHard Flag of Russia.svg Teymuraz Gabashvili Flag of South Africa.svg Ruan Roelofse
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Yi Chu-huan
6–1, 6–3

Singles performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAA Q1 A Q1 A 1R A Q3 2R Q1 A Q3 Q1 A Q2 Q1 0 / 21–2
French Open AA Q1 A Q2 Q1 AAAA 2R Q1 Q1 A Q1 A Q1 Q1 0 / 11–1
Wimbledon AA Q1 Q1 Q2 Q2 AAA Q2 1R Q3 Q2 Q1 Q3 Q2 Q1 Q1 0 / 10–1
US Open AA Q2 A Q1 A 3R AA 3R 2R Q2 Q1 Q1 1R Q3 2R Q2 0 / 56–5
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–02–10–10–02–13–40–00–00–00–10–01–10–00 / 98–9
National representation
Davis Cup AAAAA 1R PO 1R A 1R 1R Z1 1R 1R W PO 1R 1R 1 / 98–13
Swiss tournaments
Swiss Open Q3 AAA 1R A 2R AA 1R 2R AA 1R A 1R 1R 1R 0 / 82–8
Swiss Indoors AA Q1 Q3 2R A 1R 1R 1R SF 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 135–13
Career Statistics
Overall win–loss0–00–00–00–14–72–35–53–30–110–1314–293–44–101–50–41–33–52–552–98
Year-end ranking3813652562891422871554876055611717714617321128212041835%

National participation

Davis Cup (9 wins, 19 losses)

Group membership
World Group (4–13)
WG play-off (4–6)
Group I (1–0)
Group II (0–0)
Matches by surface
Hard (7–11)
Clay (0–7)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (2–1)
Matches by type
Singles (8–13)
Doubles (1–6)
Matches by setting
Indoors (9–17)
Outdoors (0–2)
Matches by venue
Switzerland (8–7)
Away (1–12)
ResultNo.RubberMatch type (partner if any)Opponent nationOpponent player(s)Score
Decrease2.svg2–3; 4–6 March 2005; Expo Centre, Fribourg, Switzerland; World Group first round; hard(i) surface
Defeat1ISingles Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Sjeng Schalken 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 2–6
Victory2VSingles (dead rubber) Peter Wessels 4–6, retired
Increase2.svg4–1; 22–24 September 2006; Palexpo, Geneva, Switzerland; World Group play-offs; hard(i) surface
Victory3VSingles (dead rubber) Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg Serbia and Montenegro Janko Tipsarević 6–4, 6–1
Decrease2.svg2–3; 9–11 February 2007; Palexpo, Geneva, Switzerland; World Group first round; carpet(i) surface
Victory4ISingles Flag of Spain.svg Spain Fernando Verdasco 6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–2)
Defeat5IIIDoubles (with Yves Allegro) Feliciano López / Fernando Verdasco 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–2), 1–6, 10–12
Victory6VSingles (dead rubber) David Ferrer 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Decrease2.svg1–4; 6–8 March 2009; Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex, Birmingham, United States; World Group first round; hard(i) surface
Defeat7IISingles Flag of the United States.svg United States Andy Roddick 1–6, 3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Defeat8VSingles (dead rubber) James Blake 4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Increase2.svg3–2; 18–20 September 2009; Centro Sportivo "Valletta Cambiaso", Genoa, Italy; World Group play-offs; clay surface
Defeat9IIIDoubles (with Stan Wawrinka) Flag of Italy.svg Italy Simone Bolelli / Potito Starace 2–6, 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Decrease2.svg1–4; 5–7 March 2010; Plaza de Toros de La Ribera, Logroño, Spain; World Group first round; clay(i) surface
Defeat10ISingles Flag of Spain.svg Spain David Ferrer2–6, 6–7(5–7), 1–6
Defeat11VSingles (dead rubber) Nicolás Almagro 1–6, 3–6
Decrease2.svg0–5; 17–19 September 2010; National Tennis Centre, Astana, Kazakhstan; World Group play-offs; hard(i) surface
Defeat12ISingles Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan Andrey Golubev 4–6, 4–6, 4–6
Defeat13VSingles (dead rubber) Mikhail Kukushkin 2–6, 4–6
Increase2.svg5–0; 8–10 July 2011; PostFinance-Arena, Bern, Switzerland; Group I Europe/Africa second round; hard(i) surface
Victory14IVSingles (dead rubber) Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal João Sousa 6–3, 6–4
Decrease2.svg0–5; 10–12 February 2012; Forum Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland; World Group first round; clay(i) surface
Defeat15VSingles (dead rubber) Flag of the United States.svg United States John Isner 3–6, 4–6
Increase2.svg3–2; 14–16 September 2012; Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, Netherlands; World Group play-offs; clay surface
Defeat16VSingles (dead rubber) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Thiemo de Bakker 2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Decrease2.svg2–3; 1–3 February 2013; Palexpo, Geneva, Switzerland; World Group first round; hard(i) surface
Defeat17IIIDoubles (with Stan Wawrinka) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych / Lukáš Rosol 4–6, 7–5, 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 22–24
Increase2.svg4–1; 13–15 September 2013; Patinoire du Littoral, Neuchâtel, Switzerland; World Group play-offs; hard(i) surface
Victory18IISingles Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador Julio César Campozano 3–6, 6–1, 6–3, 7–6(9–7)
Defeat19VSingles (dead rubber) Gonzalo Escobar 0–6, 5–7
Increase2.svg3–2; 31 January – 2 February 2014; SPENS, Novi Sad, Serbia; World Group first round; hard(i) surface
Victory20IIIDoubles (with Michael Lammer) Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia Filip Krajinović / Nenad Zimonjić 7–6(9–7), 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–2
Defeat21VSingles (dead rubber) Filip Krajinović 4–6, 4–6
Increase2.svg3–2; 12–14 September 2014; Palexpo, Geneva, Switzerland; World Group semifinal; hard(i) surface
Defeat22IIIDoubles (with Stan Wawrinka) Flag of Italy.svg Italy Simone Bolelli / Fabio Fognini 5–7, 6–3, 7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Increase2.svg4–1; 18–20 September 2015; Palexpo, Geneva, Switzerland; World Group play-offs; hard(i) surface
Defeat23IIIDoubles (with Roger Federer) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Thiemo de Bakker / Matwé Middelkoop 6–7(7–9), 6–4, 6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Decrease2.svg0–5; 4–6 March 2016; Adriatic Arena, Pesaro, Italy; World Group first round; clay(i) surface
Defeat24ISingles Flag of Italy.svg Italy Paolo Lorenzi 6–7(14–16), 3–6, 6–4, 7–5, 5–7
Defeat25IIIDoubles (with Henri Laaksonen)Simone Bolelli / Andreas Seppi 3–6, 1–6, 3–6
Decrease2.svg0–5; 3–5 February 2017; Legacy Arena / BJCC, Birmingham, United States; World Group first round; hard(i) surface
Defeat26ISingles Flag of the United States.svg United States Jack Sock 4–6, 3–6, 1–6
Increase2.svg3–2; 15–17 September 2017; Swiss Tennis Arena, Biel, Switzerland; World Group play-offs; hard(i) surface
Victory27IISingles Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus Dzmitry Zhyrmont 6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Victory28IVSingles Yaraslav Shyla 6–4, 6–3, 6–4

Wins: 1

Edition Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Swiss TeamRounds/Opponents
2014 Davis Cup Roger Federer
Stanislas Wawrinka
Michael Lammer
Marco Chiudinelli
1R: SUI 3–2 SRB
QF: SUI 3–2 KAZ
SF: SUI 3–2 ITA
F: SUI 3–1 FRA

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