Marcelo Filippini : biography
August 4, 1967 –
Marcelo Filippini (born August 4, 1967, in Montevideo) 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.
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 quarter-finals before being knocked-out by eventual champion Andre Agassi.
Doubles finals
Doubles: 5 (3 titles – 2 runner-ups)
Legend |
Grand Slam (0-0) |
Tennis Masters Cup (0-0) |
ATP Masters Series (0-0) |
ATP Tour (3-2) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Draw | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Winner | 1. | 2 October 1988 | Palermo, Italy | Clay | PER}} Carlos di Laura | ARG}} Alberto Mancini Christian Miniussi | 6–2, 6–0 | |
Runner-up | 1. | 22 April 1990 | Nice, France | Clay | AUT}} Horst Skoff | ARG}} Alberto Mancini Yannick Noah | 4-6, 6-7 | |
Winner | 2. | June 14, 1992 | Florence, Italy | Clay | BRA}} Luiz Mattar | RSA|1928}} Royce Deppe Brent Haygarth | 6–4, 6–7, 6–4 | |
Runner-up | 2. | 11 November 1992 | Athens, Greece | Clay | NED}} Mark Koevermans | ESP}} Tomas Carbonell Francisco Roig | 3-6, 4-6 | |
Winner | 3. | November 6, 1994 | Montevideo, Uruguay | Clay | BRA}} Luiz Mattar | ESP}} Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez | 7–6, 6–4 |
Singles finals
Singles: 10 (5 titles – 5 runner-ups)
Legend |
Grand Slam (0-0) |
Tennis Masters Cup (0-0) |
ATP Masters Series (0-0) |
ATP Tour (5-5) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Draw | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Winner | 1. | 17 July 1988 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | ITA}} Francesco Cancellotti | 2–6, 6–4, 6–4 | |
Runner-up | 1. | 25 September 1988 | Bari, Italy | Clay | AUT}} Thomas Muster | 6-2, 1-6, 5-7 | |
Winner | 2. | 13 August 1989 | Prague, Czechoslovakia | Clay | AUT}} Horst Skoff | 7–5, 7–6(7-4) | |
Runner-up | 2. | 11 November 1990 | Itaparica, Brazil | Hard | SWE}} Mats Wilander | 1-6, 2-6 | |
Runner-up | 3. | 5 May 1991 | Madrid, Spain | Clay | ESP}} Jordi Arrese | 2-6, 4-6 | |
Winner | 3. | 12 June 1994 | Florence, Italy | Clay | AUS}} Richard Fromberg | 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 | |
Runner-up | 4. | 28 May 1995 | Bologna, Italy | Clay | CHI}} Marcelo Rios | 2-6, 4-6 | |
Runner-up | 5. | 21 April 1996 | Bermuda, Bermuda | Clay | USA}} MaliVai Washington | 7-6(8-6), 4-6, 5-7 | |
Winner | 4. | 4 May 1997 | Atlanta, USA | Clay | AUS}} Jason Stoltenberg | 7–6(7-2), 6–4 | |
Winner | 5. | 25 May 1997 | St. Pölten, Austria | Clay | AUS}} Patrick Rafter | 7–6(7-2), 6–2 |