Nuno Marques

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Nuno Marques
Country (sports) Portugal
Residence Porto, Portugal
Born (1970-04-09) 9 April 1970 (age 54)
Porto, Portugal
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro1986
Retired2001
PlaysLeft-handed
Prize money US$ 857,479
Singles
Career record51–99 (34%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 86 (25 September 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 2R (1991)
French Open 2R (1990)
Wimbledon 1R (1991, 1995, 1997, 1999)
US Open 2R (1991, 1995)
Doubles
Career record55–76 (42%)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 58 (21 April 1997)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open QF (2000)
French Open 1R (1995, 1997, 2000)
Wimbledon 2R (1995, 1998)
US Open 2R (1999)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games 1R (2000)

Nuno Miguel Bacelar de Vasconcelos Marques (born 9 April 1970) is a Portuguese former tennis player. He was the first Portuguese to reach the top 100 ATP rankings and held the record of highest ranked Portuguese player in history until Frederico Gil surpassed him in 2009. [1] Also, he was the highest ranked Portuguese doubles player in history reaching a career high of no. 58 until 2019, when he was surpassed by João Sousa.

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Career finals

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP Tour World Championships (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP International Series Gold (0–0)
ATP International Series (1–2)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Jul 1995 Newport, United StatesGrass Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Kilderry Flag of Germany.svg Markus Zoecke
Flag of Germany.svg Jörn Renzenbrink
6–1, 6–2
Loss0–2Sep 1996 Bournemouth, United KingdomHard Flag of France.svg Rodolphe Gilbert Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Greg Rusedski
Flag of Germany.svg Marc-Kevin Goellner
6–3, 7–6
Win1–2Mar 1997 Casablanca, MoroccoClay Flag of Portugal.svg João Cunha e Silva Flag of Morocco.svg Karim Alami
Flag of Morocco.svg Hicham Arazi
7–6, 6–2

Singles performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#P#DNQAZ#POGSBNMSNTIPNH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Tournament 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAA 1R A 2R AAAA 1R AAAAAA0 / 31–325%
French Open AAA 1R 2R 1R AAAAAAAAAAA0 / 31–325%
Wimbledon AAAAA 1R AAA 1R A 1R A 1R AAA0 / 40–40%
US Open AA 1R AA 2R AAA 2R AAAAAAA0 / 32–340%
Win–loss0–00–00–10–21–12–40–00–00–01–20–10–10–00–10–00–00–00 / 134–1324%
Grand Prix Championship Series / Super 9 tournaments
Miami AAAAA 2R AAAAAAAAAAA0 / 11–150%
Monte Carlo AAAAAAAAAAA 1R AAAAA0 / 10–10%
Rome AAA 1R AAAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 10–10%
Cincinnati AAA 1R AAAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 10–10%
Win–loss0–00–00–00–20–01–10–00–00–00–00–00–10–00–00–00–00–00 / 41–420%
National representation
Summer Olympics Not HeldANot HeldANot HeldANot HeldANot Held0 / 00–0N/A
Davis Cup ZA ZB Z1 Z1 Z1 Z1 Z1 Z1 PO A Z2 Z2 Z2 Z1 Z1 Z1 Z1 0 / 1621–1854%
Career statistics
Overall win–loss0–22–22–45–105–911–151–21–22–66–157–164–103–22–30–10–00–0N/A51–9934%
Win (%)0%50%33%33%36%44%33%33%25%29%30%29%60%40%0%N/AN/A34.00%
Year-end ranking87031821915810214831521516592124215228342704982858 $ 857,262

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