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Paul Capdeville

Paul Gerard Capdeville Castro (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpol kaβðeˈβil]; born 2 April 1983) is a Chilean former tennis player. He was born in Santiago.

Tennis career

In May 2009, he achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 76.

At the 2006 French Open, Capdeville had a shoving incident with Mario Ančić, at the end of his second round match. The two players had to be separated by the chair umpire.[1] Ančić and Capdeville were each fined US$3,000 for the incident.[2]

Capdeville's best showing at an ATP event to date came at the 2009 Estoril Open, where he reached the semifinals. Other notable results include the quarterfinals at Memphis (2006), Washington (2007), Indianapolis (2008) and Viña del Mar (2009).

Capdeville has won ten challenger tournaments: Bogotá (2005), Florianópolis (2007), Binghamton and Aracajú (2008), Binghamton (2009), Guayaquil (2010), Guadalajara (2011), Binghamton (2011), Santiago (2012), and São Paulo (2013).

Capdeville was part of the Chilean Davis Cup team. In his first competitive match, he beat Austria's Stefan Koubek in five sets.[3]

Capdeville announced his retirement after playing at a Davis Cup tie against Paraguay in 2014.[4]

All Finals

Singles finals

Doubles wins

Performance timeline

(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.

Top 10 wins

References

  1. ^ "Polémico final tuvo eliminación de Capdeville en Roland Garros" [Capdeville's defeat in Roland Garros had a controversial ending]. La Nación (in Spanish). Paris. 31 May 2006. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Capdeville y Ancic, sancionados después del incidente que protagonizaron" [Capdeville and Ancic, sanctioned after the incident they staged]. As (in Spanish). Paris. 1 June 2006. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  3. ^ "En cinco sets se impuso Capdeville al austriaco Koubek en Copa Davis" [In 5 sets, Capdeville defeated austrian Koubek in Davis Cup]. El Mercurio Calama (in Spanish). Rancagua. 19 September 2009. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Capdeville says goodbye". Davis Cup. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2015.

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