Andrea Gaudenzi (; born 30 July 1973) is an Italian former tennis player and the current chairman of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) since January 2020.

Early life Gaudenzi was born in Faenza, Italy, in the province of Ravenna. He grew up in a tennis family. His grandfather founded a tennis club, his uncle was the fifth highest ranked player in Italy and his father also played. Gaudenzi started playing tennis at age 3. Gaudenzi graduated in law from the University of Bologna and obtained an MBA with Honors at IUM.

Tennis career Gaudenzi turned professional in 1990 after becoming Junior World Champion by winning both the French Open and US Open junior titles. He reached a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 18 in 1995. He has victories over Roger Federer in 2002 Rome, Pete Sampras in the 2002 French Open, Jim Courier in the 1994 US Open as well as Goran Ivanišević, Thomas Muster, Michael Stich and Yevgeny Kafelnikov. He represented Italy at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he was defeated in the third round by the eventual champion Andre Agassi, and reached the Davis Cup Final in 1998, semifinals in 1995 and 1996, playing both singles and doubles. He won three ATP Tour titles and six finals, and he reached the semifinals in the Monte Carlo Master Series in 1995, losing to Thomas Muster.

Post-playing career Gaudenzi currently serves as Executive Chairman of the ATP Tour. He was first elected in January 2020 and in June 2023 was re-elected for a second term. Gaudenzi is a board member of ATP Media, the global sales, broadcast production and distribution arm of the ATP World Tour rights. Gaudenzi is also the non-executive Chairman of TDI, a joint venture between ATP and ATP Media, to manage and commercialise data across a variety of global markets. Previously he was Chief Revenues Officer at Musixmatch and was the co-founder and CMO at Soldo.

Personal life Gaudenzi is married with three sons.

Career statistics Junior Grand Slam finals Singles: 2 (2 titles) ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1990French OpenClay Thomas Enqvist2–6, 7–6, 6–4Win1990US OpenHard Mikael Tillström6–2, 4–6, 7–6

ATP career finals Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–1)ATP World Series (3–5)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (3–5)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (3–6)Indoors (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Stuttgart, GermanyChampionship SeriesClay Alberto Berasategui5–7, 3–6, 6–7(5–7)Loss0–2Dubai, United Arab EmiratesWorld SeriesHard Wayne Ferreira3–6, 3–6Loss0–3San Marino, San MarinoWorld SeriesClay Thomas Muster2–6, 0–6Loss0–4Estoril, PortugalWorld SeriesClay Thomas Muster6–7(4–7), 4–6Loss0–5Bucharest, RomaniaWorld SeriesClay Richard Fromberg1–6, 6–7(2–7)Win1–5Casablanca, MoroccoWorld SeriesClay Álex Calatrava6–4, 5–7, 6–4Loss1–6Kitzbühel, AustriaWorld SeriesClay Albert Costa2–6, 6–1, 2–6, 6–3, 1–6Win2–6St. Poelten, AustriaWorld SeriesClay Markus Hipfl6–0, 7–5Win3–6Båstad, SwedenWorld SeriesClay Bohdan Ulihrach7–5, 6–3

Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (1–1)ATP World Series (1–3)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (1–4)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (1–4)Indoors (1–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Barcelona, SpainChampionship SeriesClay Goran Ivanišević Trevor Kronemann David Macpherson2–6, 4–6Win1–1Milan, ItalyChampionship SeriesCarpet Goran Ivanišević Jakob Hlasek Guy Forget6–4, 7–5Loss1–2Estoril, PortugalWorld SeriesClay Filippo Messori Gustavo Kuerten Fernando Meligeni2–6, 2–6Win2–2Casablanca, MoroccoWorld SeriesClay Diego Nargiso Cristian Brandi Filippo Messori6–4, 7–6Loss2–3Sankt Pölten, AustriaWorld SeriesClay Diego Nargiso Mahesh Bhupathi Andrew Kratzmann6–7(10–12), 7–6(7–2), 4–6Loss2–4Båstad, SwedenWorld SeriesClay Diego Nargiso Nicklas Kulti Mikael Tillström6–4, 2–6, 3–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 12 (9–3) LegendATP Challenger (9–3)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (9–3)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Bangalore, IndiaChallengerClay Srinivasan Vasudevan6–1, 6–4Win2–0Poznań, PolandChallengerClay Milen Velev6–3, 3–6, 6–3Win3–0Monte Carlo, MonacoChallengerClay Gerard Solves6–2, 6–1Win4–0Prostějov, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Jiří Novák6–4, 6–3Loss4–1Oberstaufen, GermanyChallengerClay Davide Sanguinetti6–4, 6–7, 3–6Loss4–2Contrexéville, FranceChallengerClay Julian Alonso4–6, 3–6Win5–2Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Alberto Martín6–2, 6–1Loss5–3Edinburgh, United KingdomChallengerClay Dinu-Mihai Pescariu6–4, 5–7, 1–6Win6–3Zagreb, CroatiaChallengerClay Julien Boutter6–1, 6–4Win7–3Cagliari, ItalyChallengerClay Martín Rodríguez2–6, 7–5, 6–2Win8–3Maia, PortugalChallengerClay Juan Ignacio Chela3–6, 7–5, 6–1Win9–3Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay Younes El Aynaoui3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4

Doubles: 5 (1–4) LegendATP Challenger (1–4)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (1–4)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Ostend, BelgiumChallengerClay Jean-Philippe Fleurian Stephen Noteboom Jack Waite7–6, 1–6, 4–6Loss0–2Oberstaufen, GermanyChallengerClay Georg Blumauer Juan Ignacio Carrasco Jordi Mas-Rodriguez2–6, 6–7Loss0–3Cagliari, ItalyChallengerClay Diego Nargiso Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl1–6, 6–3, 5–7Loss0–4Venice, ItalyChallengerClay Diego Nargiso Julian Alonso Aleksandar Kitinov6–7(3–7), 5–7Win1–4Prostějov, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Sander Groen Devin Bowen Mariano Hood7–6(8–6), 6–4

Performance timelines

Singles Tournament19931994199519961997199819992000200120022003SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenQ12R2R1R1R3RA1R1R2R1R0 / 95–9French OpenQ24R1R2R1R2R3R2RA3RQ20 / 810–8WimbledonA1R1R2RAAA1RA1RA0 / 51–5US OpenA3R1R2RA1R1R1R2R1RA0 / 84–8Win–loss0–06–41–43–40–23–32–21–41–23–40–10 / 3020–30Olympic GamesSummer OlympicsNot Held3RNot HeldANot Held0 / 12–1ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian WellsA2R2R2R1R1RAQ11R1RA0 / 73–7MiamiAAA2R1RAAQ1A2RA0 / 31–3Monte CarloA3RSF1R2R3R1R1RQ22RQ10 / 810–8HamburgAAQFAA1RAQ1Q1AA0 / 23–2Rome2RQF2RQF1R1R3R1RQ22R1R0 / 1011–10CanadaAAA2RAAAAAAA0 / 11–1CincinnatiA1RAAAAA2RAAA0 / 21–2ParisA1R2RAAAAAQ1AA0 / 20–2StuttgartAAAAAAAQ1Q1AA0 / 00–0Win–loss1–16–59–55–51–42–42–21–30–13–40–10 / 3530–35

Doubles Tournament1990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAAA1R1RAAA1RA0 / 30–3French OpenAAAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0WimbledonAAAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0US OpenAAAAAA3RAAA2R1RA0 / 33–3Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–02–20–10–00–01–10–20–00 / 63–6Olympic GamesSummer OlympicsNHANot Held1RNot HeldANot Held0 / 10–1ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian WellsAAAAAA2RAAAAAA0 / 11–1MiamiAAAAAA1R2RAAAAA0 / 21–2Monte CarloAAAAAQF2R1R1RQF1R1RA0 / 75–7HamburgAAAAAQ2AAAQ1AAA0 / 00–0Rome1RAAQ21RQF2R1RAA2RA1R0 / 74–7CanadaAAAAAA1RAAAAAA0 / 10–1CincinnatiAAAAAAAAAA1RAA0 / 10–1ParisAAAAA1RAAAAAAA0 / 10–1Win–loss0–10–00–00–00–14–33–51–30–12–11–30–10–10 / 2011–20

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