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Marcelo Charpentier

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Marcelo Charpentier
Country (sports)Argentina Argentina
Born (1973-07-11) 11 July 1973 (age 51)
Buenos Aires,
Argentina
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1992
PlaysLeft-handed
Prize money$328,886
Singles
Career record8–25
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 114 (16 June 1997)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open2R (2000)
Wimbledon1R (1997)
Doubles
Career record0–4
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 187 (27 January 1997)
Grand Slam doubles results
WimbledonQ1 (1997)

Marcelo Charpentier (born 11 July 1973) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.[1]

Career

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Charpentier was the 18s and under Orange Bowl champion in 1991.

He had his best performance on tour at the 1996 Campionati Internazionali di San Marino, getting past seeded players Hernán Gumy and Gilbert Schaller en route to the semi-finals, where he lost to Albert Costa.[2]

In 1997 he took part in a Davis Cup tie for Argentina. He lost his only rubber, a singles match against Nicolás Lapentti from Ecuador.[3] Also that year he appeared in two Grand Slams.[2] He exited in the first round of the 1997 French Open, to Francisco Clavet, but did stretch the Spaniard to five sets.[2] At Wimbledon he was beaten in the opening round by eventual runner-up Cédric Pioline.[2]

The only other Grand Slam he took part in was the 2000 French Open and he managed to defeat world number 30 Karim Alami, in another five set match.[2] He was unable to progress past the second round, losing to Gustavo Kuerten, who he had partnered four years earlier to win a Challenger title in Slovakia.[2]

Challenger titles

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Singles: (2)

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No. Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
1. 1996 Geneva, Switzerland Clay Germany Oliver Gross 6–2, 3–1 RET
2. 1999 Punta del Este, Uruguay Clay Argentina Martín Rodríguez 6–2, 6–2

Doubles: (5)

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No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. 1996 Bratislava, Slovakia Clay Brazil Gustavo Kuerten Italy Filippo Messori
Belgium Tom Vanhoudt
3–6, 6–3, 7–5
2. 1996 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Clay Spain Albert Portas Russia Andrei Cherkasov
Italy Laurence Tieleman
6–1, 6–2
3. 1998 Santa Cruz, Bolivia Clay Argentina Andrés Schneiter Venezuela Kepler Orellana
Venezuela Jimy Szymanski
6–2, 6–3
4. 1999 Seville, Spain Clay Puerto Rico José Frontera Spain Eduardo Nicolás
Spain Germán Puentes
7–5, 6–3
5. 2006 Genova, Italy Clay Italy Adriano Biasella United Kingdom Jamie Delgado
United Kingdom Jamie Murray
6–4, 4–6, [13–11]

References

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