Italian tennis player
Andrea Gaudenzi (Italian pronunciation: [an'dr?:a ?au'd?ntsi] ; born 30 July 1973) is an Italian former tennis player and the current chairman of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) since January 2020.[1]
Gaudenzi was born in Faenza, Italy, and 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 Ivanisevic , 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.
Gaudenzi graduated in law from University of Bologna and obtained an MBA with Honors at IUM .[ ]
He currently serves as Executive Chairman of the ATP Tour , the governing body of the men's professional tennis circuits - the ATP Tour, the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP Champions Tour, and is a board member of ATP Media.[ ]
Previously, he was a partner and Chief Revenues Officer at Musixmatch , a music data company, and also co-founded and was CMO at Soldo , a financial services company.[ ]
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 2 (2 titles)
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 Ivani?evi?
Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson
2-6, 4-6
Win
1-1
Feb 1996
Milan , Italy
Championship Series
Carpet
Goran Ivani?evi?
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
Pozna? , 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
Prost?jov , Czech Republic
Challenger
Clay
Ji?í 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
Martin Rodriguez
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
Tomas Cibulec Leos 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
Prost?jov , 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
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W-L) win-loss record.
Singles
Doubles
References
External links