Franco Squillari (; born 22 August 1975) is an Argentine former professional male tennis player. He won 3 singles titles, reached the semifinals of the 2000 French Open and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 11.
Career As a junior, Squillari won the 1993 South American Closed Junior Championships (in Paraguay).
Squillari entered the world's top 50 in 1998, and won a total of three ATP Tour singles titles (all in Germany) during his career. He reached the semifinals of the 2000 French Open defeating Alexander Popp, Jiří Vaněk, Karol Kučera, Younes El Aynaoui and future champion Albert Costa, before losing to Magnus Norman. He went on to reach the fourth round of the French Open the following year as well.
He reached three Masters quarterfinals: Rome in 1999 (where he beat world no. 3 Carlos Moya, Cincinnati in 2000 and Hamburg in 2001. He also beat world no. 3 Yevgeny Kafelnikov in Barcelona in 1999.
He is one of the few tennis players to have a perfect 100% record against Roger Federer, having beaten him both times they played, in 2001 and 2003.
Squillari retired in 2005.
Career finals Singles (3 wins, 3 losses)
Legend (singles)Grand Slam (0)Tennis Masters Cup (0)ATP Masters Series (0)ATP International Series Gold (1)ATP Tour (2)
ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Mar 1997Casablanca, MoroccoClay Hicham Arazi6–3, 1–6, 2–6Loss0–2Oct 1998Palermo, ItalyClay Mariano Puerta3–6, 2–6Win1–2May 1999Munich, GermanyClay Andrei Pavel6–4, 6–3Win2–2May 2000Munich, GermanyClay Tommy Haas6–4, 6–4Win3–2Jul 2000Stuttgart, GermanyClay Gastón Gaudio6–2, 3–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2Loss3–3Jul 2002Sopot, PolandClay José Acasuso6–2, 1–6, 3–6
Grand Slam singles performance timeline
Tournament1996199719981999200020012002200320042005SRW–LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAA2R2R3R2R1R1RAA0 / 65–6French Open2R1RA1RSF4R1R2RAA0 / 710–7WimbledonAA2R1R1R1R1R1RAA0 / 61–6US OpenAA1R1R2RAA1RAA0 / 41–4Win–loss1–10–12–31–48–44–30–31–40–00–00 / 2317–23ATP Masters SeriesIndian Wells MastersAAAA1R1R2RAAA0 / 31-3Miami MastersAAA1R1R2R4R3R2RA0 / 66–6Monte Carlo MastersAAA1R3R2R1RAAA0 / 43-4Rome MastersAAAQF2R3R1RAAA0 / 46–4Hamburg MastersAAA2R1RQF1RAAA0 / 45-4Canada MastersAAAA0 / 00–0Cincinnati MastersAAAA0 / 00–0Madrid Masters (Stuttgart)AAAAAA0 / 00–0Paris MastersAAAA0 / 00–0Career StatisticsTitles10030000006Overall win–lossYear End Ranking1261026052145579124143275
External links