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Andrea Gaudenzi

Country (sports)	Italy
Residence	London, United Kingdom
Born	(1973-07-30) 30 July 1973 (age 51) Faenza, Italy
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	1990
Retired	2003
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$3,063,479
Singles
Career record	219–231
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 18 (27 February 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (1998)
French Open	4R (1994)
Wimbledon	2R (1996)
US Open	3R (1994)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	3R (1996)
Doubles
Career record	86–113
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 59 (3 February 1997)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1996, 1997, 2001)
US Open	3R (1996)
Last updated on: 9 January 2022.

Andrea Gaudenzi (Italian pronunciation: [anˈdrɛːa ɡauˈdɛntsi]; 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)

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
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, 4–6
Loss	0–5	Sep 1997	Bucharest, Romania	World Series	Clay	Richard Fromberg	1–6, 6–7
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)

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, 7–6, 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)

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, 6–4

Doubles: 5 (1–4)

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, 5–7
Win	1–4	Jun 2001	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Sander Groen	Devin Bowen Mariano Hood	7–6, 6–4

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

References

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External links

• Andrea Gaudenzi at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Andrea Gaudenzi at the International Tennis Federation
• Andrea Gaudenzi at the Davis Cup
• Andrea Gaudenzi at Olympedia (archive)
• Andrea Gaudenzi at Olympics.com

• 1973 births
• Living people
• Italian male tennis players
• Olympic tennis players for Italy
• Sportspeople from Faenza
• Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• US Open (tennis) junior champions
• Italian expatriates in Monaco
• French Open junior champions
• Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles
• 20th-century Italian sportsmen