Marco Trungelliti (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaɾko tɾuɲɟʝeˈliti];[1] born 31 January 1990) is an Argentine professional tennis player and competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures, both in singles and doubles. On 4 March 2019, Trungelliti achieved his best singles rankings of world number 112. On 1 April 2013, he peaked at world number 174 in the doubles rankings.
Country (sports) | Argentina |
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Residence | Ordino, Andorra |
Born | Santiago del Estero, Argentina | 31 January 1990
Height | 5 ft 10 in (178cm) |
Turned pro | 2008 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$ 1,749,623 |
Singles | |
Career record | 17–24 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 112 (4 March 2019) |
Current ranking | No. 142 (12 August 2024) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2016) |
French Open | 2R (2016, 2017, 2018) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2021) |
US Open | 2R (2021) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 0–1 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 174 (1 April 2013) |
Current ranking | No. 1214 (12 August 2024) |
Last updated on: 20 August 2024. |
He has reached 30 career singles finals with a record of 12 wins and 18 losses which includes a 3–10 record in ATP Challenger Tour finals. In addition, he has reached 13 doubles finals with a record of 7 wins and 6 losses which included a 3–3 record in ATP Challenger Tour finals.
Career
edit2012: ATP debut
editTrungelliti made his ATP Tour debut at the 2012 Croatian Open where he advanced through the 3 qualifying rounds by defeating Juan-Martín Aranguren 6–3, 6–2, Jose Anton Salazar Martin 7–6(4), 6–3 and Adrián Menéndez Maceiras 6–3, 6–2 to make his first appearance in a main draw. In the first round, he would go on to defeat Paolo Lorenzi 7–5, 6–4 before losing in the second round to Carlos Berlocq 6–7(4), 6–4, 1–6.
2016-2018: Major & Masters debuts, first wins, including a top-10 win
editIn 2016, he qualified for two consecutive Grand Slams for the first time in his career at the 2016 Australian Open and at the 2016 French Open. He reached the second round in both Grand Slams, beating Jozef Kovalík on the hard courts of the first major of the season, and achieving his first and only victory against a top player, defeating 10th seed Marin Čilić, on the Parisian clay. Between January and May, more precisely during March 2016, he achieved his only entry into a Masters 1000, also via the qualifying stage, in 2016 BNP Paribas Open.
At the 2018 French Open Trungelliti drove for 10 hours from Barcelona to Paris to be a late replacement for the injured Nick Kyrgios who had been due to face his compatriot Bernard Tomic. He only arrived to sign in shortly before midnight, and the match was scheduled first on court the following morning. Despite this Trungelliti defeated Tomic in four sets to make the second round at Roland Garros. He had been joined in his car journey by his mother and 89-year-old grandmother who had happened to have been visiting from Argentina at the time.[2][3] He lost to Marco Cecchinato in the second round.[4]
2021–2024: Wimbledon debut and maiden US Open win
editBetween June 2021 and January 2022, he qualified for three consecutive Grand Slams for the first time in his career at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships, the 2021 US Open and at the 2022 Australian Open. He became the only Argentine to qualify at the All England Club and the only South American to qualify at the US Open in 2021.[5] The Argentine saved six match points to defeat American Aleksander Kovacevic in the final round of qualifying at the US Open,[6] to make just his eight main draw appearance at a Major.[7] He defeated 29th seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the first round to reach the second round for the first time at this Major before losing to fellow Argentine Facundo Bagnis.
At the 2022 Australian Open he qualified again but lost in the first round in a five set match against Frances Tiafoe.
Ranked No. 197, he qualified for the ATP 500 2024 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell and reached the round of 16, defeating qualifier Duje Ajdukovic and upsetting ninth seed Nicolás Jarry.[8][9]
Personal life
editMatch-fixing testimony
editTrungelliti was contacted by match-fixers in 2015 who told him that players could earn from a few thousand dollars for fixing a Futures level match up-to $50,000 to $100,000 for fixing an ATP level event. Trungelliti reported the event to the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) and the subsequent investigation which finished in 2017 led to bans for three Argentine players.[10][11][12][13][14]
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
editSingles: 30 (12–18)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jul 2008 | Argentina F6, Villa María | Futures | Clay | Diego Álvarez | 7–6(7–3), 6–3 |
Win | 2–0 | Nov 2008 | Argentina F15, Bahía Blanca | Futures | Clay | Guido Pella | 6–1, 6–2 |
Win | 3–0 | Jun 2009 | Argentina F8, Rafaela | Futures | Clay | Guillermo Rivera Aránguiz | 4–6, 6–2, 5–1 ret. |
Loss | 3–1 | Oct 2009 | Argentina F17, Santiago del Estero | Futures | Clay | Agustin Picco | 7–5, 6–7(4–7), 4–6 |
Win | 4–1 | Nov 2009 | Argentina F22, Bahía Blanca | Futures | Clay | Lionel Noviski | 7–6(7–4), 6–4 |
Win | 5–1 | Jun 2010 | Argentina F8, Córdoba | Futures | Clay | Guillermo Durán | 6–3, 4–6, 6–2 |
Loss | 5–2 | Jul 2010 | Argentina F13, Corrientes | Futures | Clay | Guido Pella | 6–3, 1–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 5–3 | Nov 2010 | Argentina F22, Rosario | Futures | Clay | Andrés Molteni | 2–6, 0–6 |
Win | 6–3 | May 2011 | Argentina F5, Villa del Dique | Futures | Clay | Diego Schwartzman | 6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 6–4 | May 2011 | Paraguay F2, Asunción | Futures | Clay | Duilio Beretta | 6–4, 6–7(2–7), 3–6 |
Loss | 6–5 | Sep 2013 | Quito, Ecuador | Challenger | Clay | Víctor Estrella Burgos | 6–2, 4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 6–6 | May 2014 | Cali, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | Gonzalo Lama | 3–6, 6–4, 3–6 |
Loss | 6–7 | Jul 2014 | Argentina F10, Buenos Aires | Futures | Clay | Andrés Molteni | 2–6, 6–0, 1–6 |
Loss | 6–8 | Sep 2014 | Ecuador F6, Ibarra | Futures | Clay | Giovanni Lapentti | 2–6, 6–7(4–7) |
Win | 7–8 | Nov 2014 | Brazil F13, Santa Maria | Futures | Clay | Fabiano de Paula | 4–6, 7–5, 6–1 |
Loss | 7–9 | Sep 2015 | Bangkok, Thailand | Challenger | Hard | Yūichi Sugita | 4-6, 2-6 |
Loss | 7–10 | Jul 2016 | Marburg, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Jan Šátral | 2-6, 4-6 |
Loss | 7–11 | Mar 2018 | Spain F6, Xabia | Futures | Clay | Germain Gigounon | 4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 8–11 | Apr 2018 | Barletta, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Simone Bolelli | 2–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–4 |
Loss | 8–12 | Oct 2018 | Florence, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Pablo Andújar | 5–7, 3–6 |
Win | 9–12 | Sep 2019 | Florence, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Pedro Sousa | 6-2, 6-3 |
Loss | 9–13 | Nov 2020 | M15 Villena, Spain | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Pol Martin Tiffon | 4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 9–14 | Jun 2021 | Biella, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Holger Rune | 3–6, 7–5, 6–7(5–7) |
Loss | 9–15 | Apr 2022 | Madrid, Spain | Challenger | Clay | Pedro Cachin | 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 3–6 |
Loss | 9–16 | Aug 2022 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Challenger | Clay | Pedro Cachin | 4–6, 6–2, 3–6 |
Loss | 9–17 | Aug 2023 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | Challenger | Clay | Genaro Alberto Olivieri | 5–7, 6–2, 4–6 |
Win | 10–17 | Nov 2023 | M15 Valencia, Spain | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Carlos Gimeno Valero | 6–0, 6–2 |
Win | 11–17 | Dec 2023 | M15 Madrid, Spain | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Pol Martin Tiffon | 6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 11–18 | Feb 2024 | Kigali, Rwanda | Challenger | Clay | Kamil Majchrzak | 4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 12–18 | Mar 2024 | Kigali, Rwanda | Challenger | Clay | Clément Tabur | 6–4, 6–2 |
Doubles: 13 (7–6)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2009 | Argentina F22, Bahía Blanca | Futures | Clay | Mariano Benedicti | Alejandro Fabbri Jonathan Gonzalia |
2–6, 2–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Jul 2010 | Argentina F12, Resistencia | Futures | Clay | Rodrigo Albano | Nicolas Pastor Juan-Manuel Romanazzi |
7–6(7–1), 6–4 |
Loss | 1–2 | Mar 2011 | USA F6, Harlingen | Futures | Hard | Juan Pablo Ortiz | Daniel Danilović Joshua Zavala |
0–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 1–3 | Aug 2011 | Italy F22, Appiano | Futures | Clay | Andrés Molteni | Alessandro Giannessi Stefano Ianni |
2–6, 0–6 |
Win | 2–3 | Apr 2012 | Santos, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Andrés Molteni | Rogério Dutra da Silva Júlio Silva |
6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 3–3 | Jul 2012 | Bercuit, Belgium | Challenger | Clay | André Ghem | Facundo Bagnis Pablo Galdón |
6–1, 6–2 |
Loss | 3–4 | Nov 2012 | Medellín, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | Renzo Olivo | Simon Stadler Nicholas Monroe |
4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 3–5 | Jan 2013 | Bucaramanga, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | Sergio Galdós | Marcelo Demoliner Franko Škugor |
6–7(8–10), 2–6 |
Win | 4–5 | Mar 2013 | Salinas, Ecuador | Challenger | Clay | Sergio Galdós | Jean Andersen Izak Van der Merwe |
6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 5–5 | Jul 2014 | Argentina F10, Buenos Aires | Futures | Clay | Mariano Kestelboim | Valentin Florez Ryusei Makiguchi |
6–1, 6–4 |
Win | 6–5 | Sep 2014 | Ecuador F6, Ibarra | Futures | Clay | Sergio Galdós | Juan Carlos Spir Kevin King |
7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–2) |
Loss | 6–6 | May 2015 | Rome, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Andrés Molteni | Dustin Brown František Čermák |
1–6, 2–6 |
Win | 7–6 | Oct 2017 | Kazakhstan F7, Shymkent | Futures | Clay | Enrique López Pérez | Vladyslav Manafov Gabor Borsos |
6–2, 6–3 |
Performance timelines
editW | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Singles
editTournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | W–L |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | Q1 | 2R | Q3 | Q1 | Q3 | 1R | Q1 | 1R | Q3 | Q1 | 1–3 |
French Open | Q1 | Q1 | A | Q3 | 2R | 2R | 2R | Q1 | Q1 | Q3 | Q3 | A | Q2 | 3–3 |
Wimbledon | Q2 | Q1 | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | NH | 1R | A | Q1 | Q2 | 0–1 |
US Open | Q2 | A | A | A | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | 1R | A | 2R | Q1 | Q1 | Q2 | 1–2 |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 5–9 |
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||
Overall win–loss | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 5–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 13–20 |
Year-end ranking | 200 | 275 | 247 | 223 | 146 | 220 | 123 | 209 | 241 | 199 | 223 | 229 | $1,611,577 |
Wins over top 10 players
edit# | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | MT Rank |
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1. | Marin Čilić | 10 | French Open, Paris, France | Clay | 1R | 7–6(7–4), 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 | 166 |
References
edit- ^ eltenisquenovemos (2012-08-17). "ETQNV te desafía: BAG CHECK de Marco Trungelliti". YouTube (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-10-10.
- ^ Mitchell, Kevin; Garros, Kevin Mitchell Roland (28 May 2018). "Marco Trungelliti makes 500-mile family road trip into second round". The Guardian.
- ^ "French Open 2018: Lucky loser Marco Trungelliti drives 10 hours & reaches second round". BBC Sport. 28 May 2018.
- ^ "Trungelliti wants 'less stressful' trip". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Trungelliti fue el único sudamericano en superar la qualy del US Open". 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Trungelliti Pasa Con Épica La Fase Previa Del US Open" (in Spanish).
- ^ "US Open: Meet the 16 Men's Singles Qualifiers".
- ^ "x.com".
- ^ "Barcelona Open: Trungelliti upsets Jarry to reach last 16". 16 April 2024.
- ^ Kamakshi Tandon (12 February 2019). "Marco Trungelliti's experience with match-fixing has changed his life". Tennis.com.
- ^ "Marco Trungelliti: Tennis Integrity Unit backs whistleblower for 'courageous stand'". BBC Sport. 2 May 2019.
- ^ Sebastián Torok (10 February 2019). "Los cuadernos del tenis: Marco Trungelliti, el argentino que desafió a la mafia que arregla partidos". La Nación (in Spanish).
- ^ Ben Rothenberg (2 June 2019). "Match-Fixing Whistle-Blower Goes From Feel-Good Story to Pariah". The New York Times.
- ^ "Marco Trungelliti opens up about match-fixing, being called a snitch and meeting Novak Djokovic". 9 October 2023.