Marcos Daniel

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Marcos Daniel
Marcos Daniel in 2010
Country (sports) Brazil
ResidencePasso Fundo, Brazil
Born (1978-07-04) July 4, 1978
Passo Fundo, Brazil
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1997
Retired2011
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,177,189
Singles
Career record24–66 (at ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 56 (14 September 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2003, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011)
French Open2R (2008)
Wimbledon1R (2006, 2008, 2010)
US Open1R (2006, 2008)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2008)
Doubles
Career record14–33 (at ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 102 (5 December 2005)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2006, 2010)
French Open2R (2008)
Wimbledon1R (2006, 2008)
US Open1R (2009)
Last updated on: 24 July 2022.

Marcos Diniz Daniel (born July 4, 1978, in Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul) is a retired professional tennis player from Brazil who turned professional in 1997. The right-hander reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 56 in September 2009. He is coached by his brother, Márcio.

Tennis career

Marcos Daniel's brother owns an academy for developing young tennis players, called Daniel Tennis Center where Marcos Daniel used to work as a ball catcher. He started playing youth tournaments at age 5. When he was 12, representing this academy, he reached his first final but he did not succeed in winning the title.[1]

In August 2009, he reached the semi-finals of the ATP Gstaad tournament. He also reached the semi-finals there in 2006.

He qualified for the 2009 French Open and lost in the first round to Rafael Nadal after giving a strong performance, 5–7, 4–6, 3–6.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 36 (22–14)

Legend
ATP Challenger (14–8)
ITF Futures (8–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (19–12)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 1998 Peru F1, Lima Futures Clay Luis Horna 6–7, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Dec 1998 Brazil F7, Porto Alegre Futures Clay Thomas Schiessling 0–6, 6–7
Loss 0–3 Aug 1999 Uruguay F2, José Ignacio Futures Clay Ricardo Mello 7–6, 5–7, 3–6
Win 1–3 Nov 1999 Brazil F1, Vitória, Espírito Santo Futures Clay Stefano Tarallo 6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–4 Jan 2000 USA F3, Boca Raton Futures Hard Irakli Labadze 4–6, 4–6
Win 2–4 Feb 2001 Mexico F1, Chetumal Futures Hard Nicolás Todero 6–3, 6–0
Win 3–4 Jun 2001 Brazil F4, Florianópolis Futures Clay Júlio Silva 6–7(4–7), 7–5, 7–5
Loss 3–5 Oct 2001 Lima, Peru Challenger Clay Juan Ignacio Chela 2–6, 0–1 ret.
Win 4–5 Apr 2003 Mexico F2, Aguascalientes Futures Clay Andres Pedroso 6–3, 6–4
Win 5–5 Aug 2003 Brazil F5, Fortaleza Futures Hard Miguel Gallardo Valles 6–3, 6–3
Win 6–5 Sep 2003 Gramado, Brazil Challenger Hard José de Armas 7–5, 7–5
Loss 6–6 Jun 2004 Slovenia F1, Kranj Futures Clay Carlos Berlocq 6–7(5–7), 1–6
Win 7–6 Aug 2004 Brazil F4, Florianópolis Futures Clay Júlio Silva 7–5, 2–6, 3–2 ret.
Win 8–6 Sep 2004 Brazil F5, Curitiba Futures Clay Lucas Engel 6–4, 6–4
Win 9–6 Sep 2004 Brazil F6, Porto Alegre Futures Clay Thiago Alves 6–4, 6–2
Loss 9–7 Mar 2005 Brazil F2, Guarulhos Futures Clay Franco Ferreiro 1–6, 3–6
Win 10–7 Jul 2005 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay Jean-Julien Rojer 6–4, 6–4
Loss 10–8 Sep 2005 Seville, Spain Challenger Clay Marco Mirnegg 3–6, 0–3 ret.
Loss 10–9 Oct 2005 Quito, Ecuador Challenger Clay Thiago Alves 6–1, 6–7(1–7), 2–6
Win 11–9 Oct 2005 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay Daniel Köllerer 6–2, 6–3
Win 12–9 Nov 2005 Guayaquil, Ecuador Challenger Clay Flávio Saretta 6–2, 1–6, 6–0
Loss 12–10 Mar 2007 Salinas, Ecuador Challenger Hard Juan Pablo Brzezicki 4–6, 4–6
Win 13–10 Oct 2007 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay Santiago Giraldo 7–6(7–3), 6–4
Loss 13–11 Nov 2007 Buenos Aires, Argentina Challenger Clay Sergio Roitman 1–6, 4–6
Loss 13–12 Nov 2007 Lima, Peru Challenger Clay Pablo Cuevas 6–0, 4–6, 3–6
Win 14–12 Mar 2008 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay Iván Navarro 6–3, 1–6, 6–3
Loss 14–13 Apr 2008 Naples, Italy Challenger Clay Potito Starace 4–6, 6–4, 6–7(3–7)
Win 15–13 Sep 2008 Cali, Colombia Challenger Clay Leonardo Mayer 6–2, ret.
Win 16–13 Sep 2008 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay Horacio Zeballos 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Win 17–13 Mar 2009 Marrakech, Morocco Challenger Clay Lamine Ouahab 4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Win 18–13 May 2009 Zagreb, Croatia Challenger Clay Olivier Rochus 6–3, 6–4
Win 19–13 Jul 2009 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay Horacio Zeballos 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win 20–13 Apr 2010 Blumenau, Brazil Challenger Clay Bastian Knittel 7–5, 6–7(5–7), 6–4
Loss 20–14 Jul 2010 Braunschweig, Germany Challenger Clay Mikhail Kukushkin 2–6, 0–3 ret.
Win 21–14 Oct 2010 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Clay Thomaz Bellucci 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Win 22–14 Nov 2010 Medellín, Colombia Challenger Clay Juan Sebastián Cabal 6–3, 7–5

Doubles: 23 (11–12)

Legend
ATP Challenger (7–8)
ITF Futures (4–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–3)
Clay (7–9)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 1998 Peru F1, Lima Futures Clay Rodrigo Monte Luis Horna
Rudy Rake 		5–7, 7–6, 7–5
Loss 1–1 Oct 1998 Bolivia F2, Cochabamba Futures Clay Rodrigo Monte Jean-Kome Loglo
Lazaro Navarro-Batles 		7–5, 4–6, 5–7
Win 2–1 Nov 1998 Brazil F3, Recife Futures Hard Alexandre Simoni Rainer Gunther
Paul Hartveg 		6–1, 6–2
Loss 2–2 Nov 1998 Brazil F6, Curitiba Futures Clay Alexandre Simoni Daniel Melo
Antonio Prieto 		1–6, 4–6
Win 3–2 Nov 1999 Argentina F5, Lanús Futures Clay Ricardo Schlachter Enzo Artoni
Andrés Schneiter 		7–6, 6–7, 6–3
Loss 3–3 Jan 2000 USA F3, Boca Raton Futures Hard Manuel Jorquera Gareth Williams
Jeff Williams 		6–7(5–7), 2–6
Loss 3–4 Jun 2001 Brazil F3, São Paulo Futures Clay Ricardo Mello Adriano Ferreira
Diego Veronelli 		3–6, 4–6
Loss 3–5 Sep 2001 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Clay Ricardo Mello Adriano Ferreira
Edgardo Massa 		walkover
Loss 3–6 Jun 2002 Eisenach, Germany Challenger Clay Adrián García Edwin Kempes
Martin Verkerk 		3–6, 4–6
Win 4–6 Aug 2003 Belo Horizonte, Brazil Challenger Hard Alexandre Simoni Kentaro Masuda
Takahiro Terachi 		6–4, 6–2
Win 5–6 Sep 2003 Gramado, Brazil Challenger Hard Alexandre Simoni Santiago González
Alejandro Hernández 		7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss 5–7 Aug 2004 Belo Horizonte, Brazil Challenger Hard Iván Miranda Sonchat Ratiwatana
Sanchai Ratiwatana 		2–6, 5–7
Win 6–7 Aug 2004 Manta, Ecuador Challenger Hard Santiago González Eric Nunez
Jimy Szymanski 		3–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Win 7–7 Aug 2004 Brazil F4, Florianópolis Futures Clay Alexandre Simoni Brian Dabul
Alejandro Fabbri 		6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 7–8 Jan 2005 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Hard Tomas Behrend Bruno Soares
André Sá 		2–6, 2–6
Loss 7–9 Jan 2005 La Serena, Chile Challenger Clay Tomas Behrend Enzo Artoni
Ramón Delgado 		6–7(2–7), 4–6
Loss 7–10 Apr 2005 Mexico City, Mexico Challenger Clay Flávio Saretta Lukáš Dlouhý
Pavel Šnobel 		7–5, 4–6, 3–6
Win 8–10 Apr 2005 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay Santiago González Goran Dragicevic
Mirko Pehar 		7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss 8–11 Jul 2005 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay Santiago González Brian Dabul
Marcelo Melo 		4–6, 4–6
Win 9–11 Sep 2005 Seville, Spain Challenger Clay Fernando Vicente Flavio Cipolla
Alessandro Motti 		6–2, 6–7(1–7), 7–5
Win 10–11 Oct 2005 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay Santiago González Fred Gil
Marcelo Melo 		6–2, 7–5
Win 11–11 Oct 2007 Quito, Ecuador Challenger Clay Brian Dabul Hugo Armando
Ricardo Mello 		4–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Loss 11–12 Jul 2009 Bogotá, Colombia Challenger Clay Ricardo Mello Sebastián Prieto
Horacio Zeballos 		4–6, 5–7

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q2 1R Q2 A 1R A A 1R 1R 1R 0 / 5 0–5 0%
French Open Q1 Q1 A 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R Q1 A 0 / 5 1–5 17%
Wimbledon A Q2 Q2 Q1 1R A 1R A 1R A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
US Open Q3 Q1 A Q2 1R A 1R 1R A A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–4 0–1 1–3 0–3 0–2 0–1 0 / 16 1–16 6%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics NH A Not Held 1R Not Held 0 / 1 0–1 0%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A A A A A A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Miami A A A A 3R A A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 0 / 2 0–2 0%

References

  1. ^ CBT news Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
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