# Marco Cecchinato

Marco Cecchinato (Italian pronunciation:; born 30 September 1992) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 16 reached on 25 February 2019. On 29 April 2018, he won his first ATP World Tour title at the 2018 Hungarian Open as a lucky loser, becoming the first Sicilian tennis player to win an ATP title. Cecchinato is a clay specialist and his best Grand Slam result is a semifinal at the 2018 French Open. At the other Grand Slams he has not won a match in singles.

## Career
### 2013–2017: ATP and Grand Slam debut

In May 2013, Cecchinato qualified for the main draw at the ATP tournament in Nice, losing to countryman and No. 6 seed, Fabio Fognini, in the first round.
In July 2014, Cecchinato qualified for Umag, where he played another countryman and No. 6 seed, Andreas Seppi, in the first round. Cecchinato lost the match in three sets.
Cecchinato then made his Grand Slam debut at the 2015 US Open.
On 20 July 2016, Cecchinato was suspended for 18 months (until January 2018) and fined €40,000 by the Italian tennis federation for illegal behavior including match fixing and match betting. The ban was overturned and declared a mistrial after the prosecutors took too long to complete the initial trial phase. Despite this, Cecchinato admitted to telling potential bettors of his poor physical state prior to a match.
Cecchinato reached his first ATP quarterfinal at the 2016 Romanian Open.

### 2018: First two ATP titles, French Open semifinal, Top 20

In March, he played and won a Challenger tournament in Santiago, defeating former top 5 player Tommy Robredo en route.
He won his first ATP title in Budapest after reaching the final as a lucky loser, having lost in the qualifying competition; he thus became the ninth player ever to win an ATP tournament as lucky loser.
At the 2018 French Open, the 72nd-ranked Cecchinato came from two sets down to win his first Grand Slam match against Marius Copil. In the second round, he defeated lucky loser Marco Trungelliti. In the third round, he came from a set down to topple 10th seed Pablo Carreño Busta. In the fourth round, he beat 8th seed Belgian David Goffin in four sets. He then upset former champion Novak Djokovic in four sets (with a 13–11 tiebreaker in the deciding set) to reach his first Grand Slam semifinal. His French Open run ended with a loss to Dominic Thiem. His semifinal finish moved him to 27th in the world and enabled him, for the first time in his career, to be seeded at a Grand Slam tournament at Wimbledon. Despite his first Grand Slam seeding, he lost in the first round in four sets against the young Australian Alex de Minaur.
Later in July, however, Cecchinato achieved his second career ATP title at the Croatia Open, defeating Guido Pella in the final. As a result, he attained a career-best ranking of 22nd in the world.
At the 2018 Shanghai Rolex Masters, the Italian defeated Gilles Simon and Chung Hyeon to reach the round of 16, where he fell to Novak Djokovic. As a result, he climbed to World No. 19 in the singles rankings on 15 October 2018.

### 2019: Third ATP title and career high singles ranking

Cecchinato started his 2019 season in Doha where he reached the semifinals. That was his career best performance in a non-clay ATP tournament.
At the Australian Open, he lost to Filip Krajinović in the first round despite leading by two sets and having a match point in the fourth set. That was his third straight first round loss at a grand slam event.
During the Latin American clay court swing, Cecchinato won his third career ATP title at the Argentina Open, defeating Diego Schwartzman in the finals. Cecchinato didn't drop a set in the entire tournament, and lost just three games in a one-sided final. As a result, he also attained his career-best ranking of World No. 16 on 25 February 2019.

### 2020–2021: Fourth and fifth ATP finals

In 2020 season, which was affected by COVID-19 pandemic, he managed to reach his fourth ATP final at the inaugural Forte Village Sardegna Open in October, where he lost in straight sets to Serbian Laslo Đere.
In May 2021, he reached his fifth final at the 2021 Emilia-Romagna Open, losing to first time ATP winner Sebastian Korda.

### 2022: Out of top 200, Two Challenger titles, back to top 100

In May, he qualified and defeated former world No. 3 Dominic Thiem at the 2022 Geneva Open in the first round.
In July, at the 2022 Croatia Open Umag he reached the quarterfinals defeating Lorenzo Musetti before losing to Franco Agamenone.
He re-entered the top 100 at No. 98 on 17 October 2022 following two Challenger titles in October.

### 2023: ATP semifinal, back to top 75

He reached his first ATP semifinal since 2021 at the 2023 Estoril Open. At the 2023 Mutua Madrid Open he reached the second round defeating Marton Fucsovics. At the Italian Open he reached the third round defeating Mackenzie McDonald and 21st seed Roberto Bautista Agut.

## Performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |

### Singles

Current through the 2023 French Open.
| Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | Q1 | Q2 | 1R | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | Q1 | Q1 | 0 / 5 | 0–5 |
| French Open | A | A | Q2 | Q3 | 1R | Q3 | SF | 1R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 1R | | 0 / 7 | 10–7 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | NH | 1R | A | 1R | | 0 / 5 | 0–5 |
| US Open | A | A | Q2 | 1R | A | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | | 0 / 6 | 0–6 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 5–3 | 0–4 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0 / 23 | 10–23 |
| ATP Masters 1000 ||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | 2R | NH | A | Q1 | A | | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| Miami Open | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | 3R | NH | A | A | A | | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 2R | 3R | NH | 2R | Q1 | A | | 0 / 4 | 4–4 |
| Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | NH | 1R | A | 2R | | 0 / 3 | 1–3 |
| Italian Open | Q2 | Q2 | 1R | Q1 | 1R | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | Q2 | A | 3R | | 0 / 6 | 5–6 |
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | NH | A | A | A | | 0 / 2 | 0–2 |
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | | 0 / 2 | 0–2 |
| Shanghai Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | 1R | NH | NH | NH | A | | 0 / 2 | 2–2 |
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | A | A | A | | 0 / 2 | 0–2 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–6 | 3–8 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0 / 23 | 12–23 |
| National representation ||||||||||||||||
| Davis Cup | A | A | A | A | QF | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | | 0 / 1 | 1–0 |
| Career statistics ||||||||||||||||
| | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | | Career | Career |
| Tournaments | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 25 | 26 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 15 | | 130 | 130 |
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 3 | 3 |
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 5 | 5 |
| Overall win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 3–10 | 1–5 | 23–23 | 12–25 | 8–13 | 16–21 | 4–7 | 11–15 | 0–0 | 78–127 | 78–127 |
| Year-end ranking | 409 | 163 | 159 | 90 | 187 | 109 | 20 | 71 | 80 | 99 | 105 | 198 | 377 | $5,040,402 | $5,040,402 |

## ATP career finals
### Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam (0-0)
* ATP Masters 1000 (0-0)
* ATP 500 Series (0-0)
* ATP 250 Series (3–2)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (3–2)
* Grass (0–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoor (3–2)
* Indoor (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Apr 2018 | Hungarian Open, Hungary | 250 Series | Clay | John Millman | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–0 | Jul 2018 | Croatia Open, Croatia | 250 Series | Clay | Guido Pella | 6–2, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |
| Win | 3–0 | Feb 2019 | Argentina Open, Argentina | 250 Series | Clay | Diego Schwartzman | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Loss | 3–1 | Oct 2020 | Forte Village Sardegna Open, Italy | 250 Series | Clay | Laslo Đere | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 5–7 |
| Loss | 3–2 | May 2021 | Emilia-Romagna Open, Italy | 250 Series | Clay | Sebastian Korda | 2–6, 4–6 |

## Records

* These records were attained in the Open Era of tennis.
| Tournament | Year | Record accomplished | Player tied |
| Hungarian Open | 2018 | Winning an ATP tournament as lucky loser | Heinz Gunthardt Bill Scanlon Francisco Clavet Christian Miniussi Sergiy Stakhovsky Rajeev Ram Leonardo Mayer Andrey Rublev Kwon Soon-woo |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
### Singles: 23 (13–10)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (7–9)
* ITF Futures (6–1)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–1)
* Clay (13–9)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Mar 2012 | Croatia F3, Umag | Futures | Clay | Andrej Martin | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Feb 2013 | Croatia F1, Zagreb | Futures | Hard (i) | Damir Džumhur | 2–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 2–1 | Mar 2013 | Croatia F3, Umag | Futures | Clay | Attila Balázs | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 3–1 | Jul 2013 | Italy F17, Modena | Futures | Clay | Dominic Thiem | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 4–1 | Aug 2013 | San Marino, San Marino | Challenger | Clay | Filippo Volandri | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4–2 | Sep 2013 | Sibiu, Romania | Challenger | Clay | Jaroslav Pospíšil | 6–4, 4–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 5–2 | Mar 2014 | Italy F6, Santa Margherita di Pula | Futures | Clay | Dennis Novak | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 6–2 | Mar 2014 | Italy F7, Santa Margherita di Pula | Futures | Clay | Roberto Carballés Baena | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Loss | 6–3 | Jun 2014 | Mestre, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Pablo Cuevas | 4–6, 6–2, 2–6 |
| Win | 7–3 | Apr 2015 | Turin, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Kimmer Coppejans | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 7–4 | Sep 2015 | Genoa, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Nicolás Almagro | 7–6$^{(7–1)}$, 1–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 8–4 | Jun 2016 | Milan, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Laslo Đere | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 8–5 | Sep 2016 | Como, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Kenny de Schepper | 6–2, 6–7$^{(0–7)}$, 5–7 |
| Win | 9–5 | Mar 2017 | Italy F5, Santa Margherita di Pula | Futures | Clay | Andrea Basso | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Loss | 9–6 | May 2017 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Stefano Travaglia | 2–6, 6–3, 4–6 |
| Win | 10–6 | May 2017 | Rome, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Jozef Kovalík | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 10–7 | Jun 2017 | Todi, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Federico Delbonis | 5–7, 1–6 |
| Loss | 10–8 | Sep 2017 | Como, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Pedro Sousa | 6–1, 2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 11–8 | Mar 2018 | Santiago, Chile | Challenger | Clay | Carlos Gómez-Herrera | 1–6, 6–1, 6–1 |
| Loss | 11–9 | Feb 2020 | Punta del Este, Uruguay | Challenger | Clay | Thiago Monteiro | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 5-7 |
| Loss | 11–10 | Oct 2021 | Lošinj, Croatia | Challenger | Clay | Carlos Taberner | w/o |
| Win | 12–10 | Oct 2022 | Lisbon, Portugal | Challenger | Clay | Luca Van Assche | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 13–10 | Oct 2022 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Yannick Hanfmann | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |

### Doubles: 9 (6–3)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (3–1)
* ITF Futures (3–2)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (6–3)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Apr 2011 | Italy F4, Rome | Futures | Clay | Francesco Aldi | Leandro Migani Filip Prpic | 3–6, 6–3, [6–10] |
| Win | 1–1 | Jul 2011 | Italy F17, Sassuolo | Futures | Clay | Francesco Aldi | Filippo Leonardi Jacopo Marchegiani | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–1 | Aug 2011 | Spain F27, Xativa | Futures | Clay | Francesco Aldi | Enrique Lopez-Perez Ivan Arenas-Gualda | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–1 | Aug 2011 | Serbia F8, Novi Sad | Futures | Clay | Matteo Civarolo | Marko Begovic Jeremy Tweedt | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Loss | 3–2 | Sep 2012 | Todi, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Alessio Di Mauro | Martin Fischer Philipp Oswald | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 3–3 | Jul 2013 | Italy F17, Modena | Futures | Clay | Matteo Fago | Omar Giacalone Daniele Giorgini | 6–4, 6–7$^{(5-7)}$, [7–10] |
| Win | 4–3 | Sep 2014 | Biella, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Matteo Viola | Frank Moser Alexander Satschko | 7–5, 6–0 |
| Win | 5–3 | Apr 2017 | Barletta, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Matteo Donati | Marin Draganja Tomislav Draganja | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 6–3 | Sep 2017 | Sibiu, Romania | Challenger | Clay | Matteo Donati | Sander Gille Joran Vliegen | 6–3, 6–1 |

## Wins over top 10 players

* He has a 1–9 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
| Season | 2018 | Total |
| Wins | 1 | 1 |
| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | MCR |
| 2018 ||||||||
| 1. | David Goffin | 9 | French Open, France | Clay | 4R | 7–5, 4–6, 6–0, 6–3 | 72 |
    * As of 9 February 2021