# Paul Capdeville

Paul Gerard Capdeville Castro (Spanish pronunciation:; born 2 April 1983) is a Chilean former tennis player. He was born in Santiago.

## Tennis career

In May 2009, he achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 76.
At the 2006 French Open, Capdeville had a shoving incident with Mario Ančić, at the end of his second round match. The two players had to be separated by the chair umpire. Ančić and Capdeville were each fined US$3,000 for the incident.
Capdeville's best showing at an ATP event to date came at the 2009 Estoril Open, where he reached the semifinals. Other notable results include the quarterfinals at Memphis (2006), Washington (2007), Indianapolis (2008) and Viña del Mar (2009).
Capdeville has won ten challenger tournaments: Bogotá (2005), Florianópolis (2007), Binghamton and Aracajú (2008), Binghamton (2009), Guayaquil (2010), Guadalajara (2011), Binghamton (2011), Santiago (2012), and São Paulo (2013).
Capdeville was part of the Chilean Davis Cup team. In his first competitive match, he beat Austria's Stefan Koubek in five sets.
Capdeville announced his retirement after playing at a Davis Cup tie against Paraguay in 2014.

## All Finals
### Singles finals

* Legend (singles)
* Challengers (10–10)
* Futures (0)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Winner | 1. | 18 April 2005 | Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | Pablo González | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 30 April 2005 | Sassuolo, Italy | Clay | Oliver Marach | 3–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 23 January 2006 | Santiago, Chile | Clay | Boris Pašanski | 2–6, 6–7$^{(7–9)}$ |
| Runner-up | 3. | 14 August 2006 | Bronx, New York, USA | Hard | Michael Russell | 0–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 23 April 2007 | Florianópolis, Brazil | Clay | Juan Pablo Guzmán | 7–6$^{(7–0)}$, 6–0 |
| Winner | 3. | 4 August 2008 | Binghamton, USA | Hard | Rajeev Ram | 4–6, 6–3, 6–1 |
| Winner | 4. | 29 September 2008 | Aracaju, Brazil | Clay | Thiago Alves | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 27 October 2008 | Cali-2, Colombia | Clay | Daniel Köllerer | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 5 January 2009 | São Paulo-1, Brazil | Hard | Ricardo Mello | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 5. | 16 August 2009 | Binghamton, USA | Hard | Kevin Anderson | 7–6$^{(9–7)}$, 7–6$^{(13–11)}$ |
| Runner-up | 6. | 18 October 2010 | Santiago-2, Chile | Clay | Fabio Fognini | 2–6, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$ |
| Winner | 6. | 14 November 2010 | Guayaquil, Ecuador | Clay | Diego Junqueira | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 |
| Winner | 7. | 26 June 2011 | Guadalajara, Mexico | Hard | Pierre-Ludovic Duclos | 7–5, 6–1 |
| Winner | 8. | 14 August 2011 | Binghamton, USA | Hard | Wayne Odesnik | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–3 |
| Winner | 9. | 11 March 2012 | Santiago, Chile | Clay | Antonio Veić | 6–3, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 9 April 2012 | Blumenau, Brazil | Clay | Antonio Veić | 6–3, 4–6, 2–5 ret. |
| Runner-up | 8. | 7 May 2012 | Rio Quente, Brazil | Hard | Guilherme Clezar | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 9. | 5 November 2012 | São Leopoldo, Brazil | Clay | Horacio Zeballos | 6–3, 5–7, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$ |
| Runner-up | 10. | 25 March 2013 | Pereira, Colombia | Clay | Santiago Giraldo | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Winner | 10. | 22 April 2013 | São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | Renzo Olivo | 6–2, 6–2 |

### Doubles wins

| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partnering | Opponents | Score |
| 1. | 29 January 2007 | Viña del Mar, Chile | Clay | Óscar Hernández | Albert Montañés Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo | 4–6, 6–4, [10–6] |
| 2. | 6 November 2011 | Medellín, Colombia | Clay | Nicolás Massú | Alessio di Mauro Matteo Viola | 6–2, 4–6, [10–8] |
| 3. | 10 March 2012 | Providencia, Chile | Clay | Marcel Felder | Jorge Aguilar Daniel Garza | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 6–4, [10–7] |
| 4. | 28 April 2012 | São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | Marcel Felder | André Ghem João Pedro Sorgi | 7–5, 6–3 |

## Performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
| Tournament | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | SR | W–L |
| Australian Open | A | A | 2R | 2R | Q1 | Q1 | Q2 | A | Q3 | Q2 | 0 / 2 | 2–2 |
| French Open | Q2 | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | Q1 | Q2 | Q1 | Q2 | A | 0 / 4 | 2–4 |
| Wimbledon | Q1 | Q1 | Q3 | Q2 | 1R | A | A | A | Q2 | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| US Open | 2R | Q2 | 2R | 1R | 2R | Q1 | Q3 | Q2 | A | A | 0 / 4 | 3–4 |
| Win–loss | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 11 | 7–11 |
| ATP Masters Series |||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | Q2 | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 0–3 |
| Miami Masters | A | 1R | Q2 | Q2 | Q2 | Q1 | 1R | Q2 | Q2 | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 |
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Rome Masters | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Stuttgart/Madrid Masters | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Canada Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| Shanghai Masters | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Hamburg Masters | A | A | A | A | NM1000 | NM1000 | NM1000 | NM1000 | NM1000 | NM1000 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 6 | 0–6 |
| Year-end ranking | 133 | 142 | 100 | 112 | 129 | 165 | 131 | 166 | 154 | 916 | | |

## Top 10 wins

| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | Capdeville Rank |
| 2006 ||||||||
| 1. | James Blake | 8 | Davis Cup, Rancho Mirage | Grass | RR | 6–3, 6–4 | 103 |