Marc Gicquel

Country (sports)	France
Residence	Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Born	(1977-03-30) 30 March 1977 (age 46) Tunis, Tunisia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	1999
Retired	2014
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$2,513,519
Singles
Career record	92–113 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 37 (8 September 2008)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2008)
French Open	3R (2009)
Wimbledon	3R (2008)
US Open	4R (2006)
Doubles
Career record	49–55 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 38 (12 January 2009)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2008)
French Open	2R (2005, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014)
Wimbledon	2R (2007, 2009)
US Open	3R (2008)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	QF (2005)
Medal record Summer Universiade 1999 Palma Doubles
Last updated on: 19 May 2021.

Marc Gicquel (born 30 March 1977) is a former professional male tennis player from France.

Tennis career

Gicquel turned pro in 1999. He made his ATP Tour singles debut at the 2002 Open 13 tournament on hard courts in Marseilles, France. He was granted direct entry into the qualifying draw, which saw him defeat Johan Rousseaux 6–4, 6–4 and Cristiano Caratti 6–2, 7–6^(10–8) in the first two rounds prior to being defeated in the third and final round by Renzo Furlan 3–6, 3–6. He would however be gifted a lucky loser entry when sixth seeded Roger Federer withdrew from the tournament. He faced wild card compatriot Nicolas Mahut in the first round and bettered him by a score of 6–4, 6–3 before falling to another Frenchman and eventual runner-up Nicolas Escudé 1–6, 6–7^(3–7).

Gicquel made his ATP Tour doubles main draw debut when he received a wild card entry into the 2005 French Open alongside compatriot Nicolas Devilder. They would optimize the opportunity they were given and defeated first round opponents Jordan Kerr and Sebastián Prieto 4–6, 7–5. 11–9 prior to bowing out with a second round loss to sixth seeds Leander Paes and Nenad Zimonjić 1–6, 3–6. He would also be given a wild card entry into the mixed doubles draw alongside Sandrine Testud, and they won their first two matches including a second round upset of the number 3 seeded Zimbabwean siblings Cara Black and Wayne Black 6–3, 2–6. 6–3 before falling in the quarterfinals to Paul Hanley and Samantha Stosur 4–6, 1–6.

On November 6, 2006, he broke into the top 50 after reaching his first ATP Tour final in Lyon, where he was defeated by Richard Gasquet. On April 30, 2007, Gicquel broke into the top 40 after reaching the semifinals of Casablanca. He reached a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 37 achieved on 8 September 2008. He also reached a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 38 achieved on 12 January 2009.

He defeated second seed Tommy Robredo at the 2007 Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon in the first round, and beat Alejandro Falla in the semifinals to reach the Lyon final for the second year running. Gicquel's run, however, was halted by another Frenchman, Sébastien Grosjean.

One of Gicquel's most famous matches was against Nicolas Kiefer at the French Open in 2006. Kiefer won the first two sets 6–0, 6–1, but Gicquel won the next two 7–5, 6–3. Kiefer eventually won the fifth set 11–9 after Gicquel had already saved multiple match points.

Gicquel reached 33 singles finals throughout his career, resulting in 20 wins and 13 losses which includes an 0–3 record in ATP Tour finals and a 9–2 record in ATP Challenger Tour finals. Additionally, he reached 22 career doubles finals resulting in 11 wins and 11 losses which includes a 4–3 record in ATP Tour finals and a 4–3 in ATP Challenger Tour finals.

ATP Tour career finals

Singles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2006	Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, France	International	Carpet (i)	Richard Gasquet	3–6, 1–6
Loss	0–2	Oct 2007	Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon, France	International	Carpet (i)	Sébastien Grosjean	6–7(4–7), 4–6
Loss	0–3	Jun 2008	Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands	International	Grass	David Ferrer	4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2007	Swiss Open, Switzerland	International	Clay	Florent Serra	František Čermák Pavel Vízner	5–7, 7–5, [7–10]
Loss	0–2	Jan 2008	Chennai Open, India	International	Hard	Marcos Baghdatis	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	4–6, 5–7
Win	1–2	Aug 2008	Washington Open, US	International	Hard	Robert Lindstedt	Bruno Soares Kevin Ullyett	7–6(8–6), 6–3
Win	2–2	Jan 2009	Brisbane International, Australia	250 Series	Hard	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Fernando Verdasco Mischa Zverev	6–4, 6–3
Win	3–2	Jan 2010	Brisbane International, Australia (2)	250 Series	Hard	Jérémy Chardy	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Win	4–2	Feb 2013	Open Sud de France, France	250 Series	Hard (i)	Michaël Llodra	Johan Brunström Raven Klaasen	6–3, 3–6, [11–9]
Loss	4–3	Feb 2014	Open Sud de France, France	250 Series	Hard (i)	Nicolas Mahut	Nikolay Davydenko Denis Istomin	4–6, 6–1, [7–10]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 30 (20–10)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 1999	France F5, St. Brieuc	Futures	Clay	Reginald Willems	4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	May 2001	Morocco F1, Rabat	Futures	Clay	Mehdi Tahiri	3–6, 6–3, 6–7(3–7)
Loss	0–3	Sep 2001	Morocco F15, Bagnères-de-Bigorre	Futures	Hard	Nicolas Mahut	3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–4	Jan 2002	France F3, Feucherolles	Futures	Clay	Óscar Hernández	4–6, 6–2, 4–6
Win	1–4	Apr 2002	France F3, Feucherolles	Futures	Clay	Olivier Patience	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win	2–4	Oct 2002	France F21, La Roche-sur-Yon	Futures	Hard	Nicolas Mahut	6–4, 5–7, 6–2
Win	3–4	Feb 2003	France F4, Feucherolles	Futures	Hard	Zhu Benqiang	6–2, 6–4
Loss	3–5	Oct 2003	France F20, Saint-Dizier	Futures	Hard	Thomas Dupré	7–5, 6–7(2–7), 4–6
Loss	3–6	Jan 2004	France F1, Deauville	Futures	Clay	Jean-Christophe Faurel	5–7, 6–2, 6–7(5–7)
Win	4–6	Feb 2004	France F2, Feucherolles	Futures	Hard	Julien Jeanpierre	3–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Win	5–6	Feb 2004	France F3, Bressuire	Futures	Hard	Jérôme Haehnel	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	5–7	Apr 2004	France F6, Angers	Futures	Clay	Nicolas Devilder	6–2, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	5–8	Apr 2004	France F7, Grasse	Futures	Clay	Gilles Simon	4–6, 1–6
Win	6–8	Aug 2004	Timişoara, Romania	Challenger	Clay	Oliver Marach	6–3, 6–1
Win	7–8	Jul 2005	France F11, Saint-Gervais	Futures	Clay	Xavier Audouy	6–3, 6–1
Win	8–8	Oct 2005	Grenoble, France	Challenger	Hard	Thomas Enqvist	6–0, 6–2
Win	9–8	Apr 2006	Saint-Brieuc, France	Challenger	Clay	Peter Wessels	6–3, 6–1
Loss	9–9	Jul 2006	Montauban, France	Challenger	Clay	Lamine Ouahab	5–7, 6–3, 6–7(2–7)
Win	10–9	Feb 2008	Besançon, France	Challenger	Hard	Alexander Peya	7–6(7–2), 6–4
Win	11–9	May 2009	Bordeaux, France	Challenger	Clay	Mathieu Montcourt	3–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win	12–9	Oct 2010	Rennes, France	Challenger	Carpet	Stéphane Bohli	7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–1
Win	13–9	Mar 2011	France F4, Lille	Futures	Hard	Jonathan Eysseric	6–3, 6–2
Win	14–9	Mar 2011	France F5, Poitiers	Futures	Hard	Kenny de Schepper	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
Win	15–9	May 2011	Bordeaux, France	Challenger	Clay	Horacio Zeballos	6–2, 6–4
Win	16–9	Apr 2012	France F8, Ajaccio	Futures	Clay	Jonathan Dasnieres De Veigy	6–3, 6–4
Win	17–9	Sep 2012	France F16, Mulhouse	Futures	Hard	Grégoire Burquier	6–4, 6–3
Win	18–9	Sep 2012	France F17, Plaisir	Futures	Hard	Sandro Ehrat	6–2, 6–3
Win	19–9	Nov 2012	Geneva, Switzerland	Challenger	Hard	Matthias Bachinger	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	19–10	Feb 2013	Quimper, France	Challenger	Hard	Marius Copil	6–7(9–11), 4–6
Win	20–10	Sep 2013	St. Remy, France	Challenger	Hard	Matteo Viola	6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 15 (7–8)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2001	France F8, Saint-Brieuc	Futures	Clay	Régis Lavergne	Cristian Kordasz Rogier Wassen	4–6, 6–7(8–10)
Loss	0–2	Jun 2001	France F9, Noisy-le-Grand	Futures	Clay	Anthony Maublanc	Xavier Pujo Mehdi Tahiri	4–6, 3–6
Win	1–2	Feb 2003	France F4, Feucherolles	Futures	Hard	Nicolas Mahut	Matthieu Amgwerd Josh Goffi	7–5, 6–4
Win	2–2	Oct 2003	France F21, La Roche-sur-Yon	Futures	Hard	Jean-Baptiste Perlant	Laurent Recouderc Édouard Roger-Vasselin	6–2, 6–0
Win	3–2	Jan 2004	France F1, Deauville	Futures	Clay	Jean-Baptiste Perlant	Elefterios Alexiou Alexandros Jakupovic	6–1, 1–6, 6–3
Loss	3–3	Mar 2004	France F4, Lille	Futures	Hard	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Jean-François Bachelot Jean-Michel Pequery	6–7(4–7), 3–6
Win	4–3	Jul 2005	Tampere, Finland	Challenger	Clay	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Adam Chadaj Filip Urban	6–4, 4–6, 6–1
Loss	4–4	Jul 2006	Montauban, France	Challenger	Clay	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Pablo Cuevas Adrián García	3–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Loss	4–5	Jul 2006	Scheveningen, Netherlands	Challenger	Clay	Édouard Roger-Vasselin	Guillermo García López Salvador Navarro-Gutiérrez	4–6, 6–0, [9–11]
Win	5–5	Feb 2011	Courmayeur, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Nicolas Mahut	Olivier Charroin Alexandre Renard	6–3, 6–4
Loss	5–6	Mar 2011	France F4, Lille	Futures	Hard	Nicolas Renavand	Kenny de Schepper Alexandre Penaud	3–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Loss	5–7	Apr 2012	France F7, Angers	Futures	Clay	Nicolas Renavand	Florin Mergea Andrei Dăescu	2–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss	5–8	Sep 2013	St. Remy, France	Challenger	Hard	Josselin Ouanna	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Albano Olivetti	3–6, 7–6(7–5), [13–15]
Win	6–8	May 2014	Bordeaux, France	Challenger	Clay	Sergiy Stakhovsky	Ryan Harrison Alex Kuznetsov	walkover
Win	7–8	Oct 2014	Mons, Belgium	Challenger	Hard	Nicolas Mahut	Andre Begemann Julian Knowle	6–3, 6–4

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

Mixed doubles

Trivia

In a match during the 2007 Halle, Germany tournament, Gicquel was struck directly in the crotch by a 129 mph Benjamin Becker serve. He went on to beat Becker, but spent most of the night vomiting and in pain due to swelling and was forced to retire in his next match versus Jarkko Nieminen.^[1]