# Andrea Gaudenzi

Andrea Gaudenzi (Italian pronunciation:; born 30 July 1973) is an Italian former tennis player and the current chairman of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) since January 2020.

## Early life

Gaudenzi was born in Faenza, Italy, in the province of Ravenna. He grew up in a tennis family. His grandfather founded a tennis club, his uncle was the fifth highest ranked player in Italy and his father also played. Gaudenzi started playing tennis at age 3. Gaudenzi graduated in law from University of Bologna and obtained an MBA with Honors at IUM.

## Tennis career

Gaudenzi turned professional in 1990 after becoming Junior World Champion by winning both the French Open and US Open junior titles. He reached a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 18 in 1995. He has victories over Roger Federer in 2002 Rome, Pete Sampras in the 2002 French Open, Jim Courier in the 1994 US Open as well as Goran Ivanišević, Thomas Muster, Michael Stich and Yevgeny Kafelnikov. He represented Italy at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he was defeated in the third round by the eventual champion Andre Agassi, and reached the Davis Cup Final in 1998, semifinals in 1995 and 1996, playing both singles and doubles. He won three ATP Tour titles and six finals, and he reached the semifinals in the Monte Carlo Master Series in 1995, losing to Thomas Muster.

## Post-Playing Career

Gaudenzi currently serves as Executive Chairman of the ATP Tour. He was first elected in January 2020 and in June 2023 was re-elected for a second term. Gaudenzi is a board member of ATP Media, the global sales, broadcast production and distribution arm of the ATP World Tour rights. Gaudenzi is also the non-executive Chairman of TDI, a joint venture between ATP and ATP Media, to manage and commercialise data across a variety of global markets. Previously he was Chief Revenues Officer at Musixmatch and was the co-founder and CMO at Soldo.

## Personal life

Gaudenzi is married with three sons.

## Career Statistics
### Junior Grand Slam finals
#### Singles: 2 (2 titles)

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1990 | French Open | Clay | Thomas Enqvist | 2–6, 7–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 1990 | US Open | Hard | Mikael Tillström | 6–2, 4–6, 7–6 |

### ATP career finals
#### Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
* ATP Championship Series (0–1)
* ATP World Series (3–5)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–1)
* Clay (3–5)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (3–6)
* Indoors (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jul 1994 | Stuttgart, Germany | Championship Series | Clay | Alberto Berasategui | 5–7, 3–6, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$ |
| Loss | 0–2 | Feb 1995 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | World Series | Hard | Wayne Ferreira | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Aug 1995 | San Marino, San Marino | World Series | Clay | Thomas Muster | 2–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 0–4 | Apr 1996 | Estoril, Portugal | World Series | Clay | Thomas Muster | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–5 | Sep 1997 | Bucharest, Romania | World Series | Clay | Richard Fromberg | 1–6, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$ |
| Win | 1–5 | Mar 1998 | Casablanca, Morocco | World Series | Clay | Álex Calatrava | 6–4, 5–7, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–6 | Jul 1998 | Kitzbühel, Austria | World Series | Clay | Albert Costa | 2–6, 6–1, 2–6, 6–3, 1–6 |
| Win | 2–6 | May 2001 | St. Poelten, Austria | World Series | Clay | Markus Hipfl | 6–0, 7–5 |
| Win | 3–6 | Jul 2001 | Båstad, Sweden | World Series | Clay | Bohdan Ulihrach | 7–5, 6–3 |

#### Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
* ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
* ATP Championship Series (1–1)
* ATP World Series (1–3)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (1–4)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (1–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoors (1–4)
* Indoors (1–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Apr 1995 | Barcelona, Spain | Championship Series | Clay | Goran Ivanišević | Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson | 2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Feb 1996 | Milan, Italy | Championship Series | Carpet | Goran Ivanišević | Jakob Hlasek Guy Forget | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Apr 1997 | Estoril, Portugal | World Series | Clay | Filippo Messori | Gustavo Kuerten Fernando Meligeni | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 2–2 | Mar 1998 | Casablanca, Morocco | World Series | Clay | Diego Nargiso | Cristian Brandi Filippo Messori | 6–4, 7–6 |
| Loss | 2–3 | May 2000 | Sankt Pölten, Austria | World Series | Clay | Diego Nargiso | Mahesh Bhupathi Andrew Kratzmann | 6–7$^{(10–12)}$, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 4–6 |
| Loss | 2–4 | Jul 2000 | Båstad, Sweden | World Series | Clay | Diego Nargiso | Nicklas Kulti Mikael Tillström | 6–4, 2–6, 3–6 |

### ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
#### Singles: 12 (9–3)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (9–3)
* ITF Futures (0–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (9–3)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Jan 1993 | Bangalore, India | Challenger | Clay | Srinivasan Vasudevan | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–0 | Aug 1993 | Poznań, Poland | Challenger | Clay | Milen Velev | 6–3, 3–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–0 | Apr 1994 | Monte Carlo, Monaco | Challenger | Clay | Gerard Solves | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Win | 4–0 | Sep 1995 | Prostějov, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Jiří Novák | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 4–1 | Jul 1997 | Oberstaufen, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Davide Sanguinetti | 6–4, 6–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 4–2 | Jul 1997 | Contrexéville, France | Challenger | Clay | Julian Alonso | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 5–2 | Aug 1997 | Geneva, Switzerland | Challenger | Clay | Alberto Martín | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Loss | 5–3 | Sep 1997 | Edinburgh, United Kingdom | Challenger | Clay | Dinu-Mihai Pescariu | 6–4, 5–7, 1–6 |
| Win | 6–3 | Jun 1999 | Zagreb, Croatia | Challenger | Clay | Julien Boutter | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 7–3 | Apr 2000 | Cagliari, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Martín Rodríguez | 2–6, 7–5, 6–2 |
| Win | 8–3 | Apr 2000 | Maia, Portugal | Challenger | Clay | Juan Ignacio Chela | 3–6, 7–5, 6–1 |
| Win | 9–3 | Jun 2001 | Braunschweig, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Younes El Aynaoui | 3–6, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–4 |

#### Doubles: 5 (1–4)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (1–4)
* ITF Futures (0–0)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (1–4)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jul 1993 | Ostend, Belgium | Challenger | Clay | Jean-Philippe Fleurian | Stephen Noteboom Jack Waite | 7–6, 1–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Jul 1997 | Oberstaufen, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Georg Blumauer | Juan Ignacio Carrasco Jordi Mas-Rodriguez | 2–6, 6–7 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Apr 2000 | Cagliari, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Diego Nargiso | Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl | 1–6, 6–3, 5–7 |
| Loss | 0–4 | Jul 2000 | Venice, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Diego Nargiso | Julian Alonso Aleksandar Kitinov | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 5–7 |
| Win | 1–4 | Jun 2001 | Prostějov, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Sander Groen | Devin Bowen Mariano Hood | 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 6–4 |

### Performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |

#### Singles

| Tournament | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | Q1 | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 3R | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 9 | 5–9 | 36% |
| French Open | Q2 | 4R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 2R | A | 3R | Q2 | 0 / 8 | 10–8 | 56% |
| Wimbledon | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | A | 0 / 5 | 1–5 | 17% |
| US Open | A | 3R | 1R | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | 0 / 8 | 4–8 | 33% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 6–4 | 1–4 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 0 / 30 | 20–30 | 40% |
| Olympic Games |||||||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | 3R | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | A | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% |
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 |||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | Q1 | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 7 | 3–7 | 30% |
| Miami | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | A | Q1 | A | 2R | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Monte Carlo | A | 3R | SF | 1R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 1R | Q2 | 2R | Q1 | 0 / 8 | 10–8 | 56% |
| Hamburg | A | A | QF | A | A | 1R | A | Q1 | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | 60% |
| Rome | 2R | QF | 2R | QF | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | Q2 | 2R | 1R | 0 / 10 | 11–10 | 52% |
| Canada | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Cincinnati | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Paris | A | 1R | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Stuttgart | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 1–1 | 6–5 | 9–5 | 5–5 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 0 / 35 | 30–35 | 46% |

#### Doubles

| Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | 50% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0 / 6 | 3–6 | 33% |
| Olympic Games |||||||||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | NH | NH | A | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | 1R | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | A | Not Held | Not Held | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 |||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Miami | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Monte Carlo | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 2R | 1R | 1R | QF | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 7 | 5–7 | 42% |
| Hamburg | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Rome | 1R | A | A | Q2 | 1R | QF | 2R | 1R | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | 0 / 7 | 4–7 | 36% |
| Canada | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Cincinnati | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Paris | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–3 | 3–5 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0 / 20 | 11–20 | 35% |