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

Paul Capdeville
Country (sports) Chile
ResidenceVitacura, Chile
Born (1983-04-02) 2 April 1983 (age 41)
Santiago, Chile
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro2002
Retired2014
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,097,506
Singles
Career record48–79 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level and in and Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 76 (18 May 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2007, 2008)
French Open2R (2006, 2008)
Wimbledon1R (2009)
US Open2R (2005, 2007, 2009)
Doubles
Career record14–22 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level and in and Davis Cup)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 147 (23 July 2007)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open1R (2008)
WimbledonQ1 (2007)
Medal record
Representing  Chile
Men's tennis
South American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Santiago Men's singles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Santiago Men's doubles
Last updated on: 18 February 2013.

Tennis career

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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

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Singles finals

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Legend (singles)
Challengers (10–10)
Futures (0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 18 April 2005 Bogotá, Colombia Clay   Pablo González 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 1. 30 April 2005 Sassuolo, Italy Clay   Oliver Marach 3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Runner-up 2. 23 January 2006 Santiago, Chile Clay   Boris Pašanski 2–6, 6–7(7–9)
Runner-up 3. 14 August 2006 Bronx, New York, USA Hard   Michael Russell 0–6, 2–6
Winner 2. 23 April 2007 Florianópolis, Brazil Clay   Juan Pablo Guzmán 7–6(7–0), 6–0
Winner 3. 4 August 2008 Binghamton, USA Hard   Rajeev Ram 4–6, 6–3, 6–1
Winner 4. 29 September 2008 Aracaju, Brazil Clay   Thiago Alves 7–5, 6–4
Runner-up 4. 27 October 2008 Cali-2, Colombia Clay   Daniel Köllerer 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up 5. 5 January 2009 São Paulo-1, Brazil Hard   Ricardo Mello 2–6, 4–6
Winner 5. 16 August 2009 Binghamton, USA Hard   Kevin Anderson 7–6(9–7), 7–6(13–11)
Runner-up 6. 18 October 2010 Santiago-2, Chile Clay   Fabio Fognini 2–6, 6–7(2–7)
Winner 6. 14 November 2010 Guayaquil, Ecuador Clay   Diego Junqueira 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Winner 7. 26 June 2011 Guadalajara, Mexico Hard   Pierre-Ludovic Duclos 7–5, 6–1
Winner 8. 14 August 2011 Binghamton, USA Hard   Wayne Odesnik 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Winner 9. 11 March 2012 Santiago, Chile Clay   Antonio Veić 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
Runner-up 7. 9 April 2012 Blumenau, Brazil Clay   Antonio Veić 6–3, 4–6, 2–5 ret.
Runner-up 8. 7 May 2012 Rio Quente, Brazil Hard   Guilherme Clezar 6–7(4–7), 3–6
Runner-up 9. 5 November 2012 São Leopoldo, Brazil Clay   Horacio Zeballos 6–3, 5–7, 6–7(2–7)
Runner-up 10. 25 March 2013 Pereira, Colombia Clay   Santiago Giraldo 2–6, 4–6
Winner 10. 22 April 2013 São Paulo, Brazil Clay   Renzo Olivo 6–2, 6–2

Doubles wins

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No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents Score
1. 29 January 2007 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay   Óscar Hernández   Albert Montañés
  Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
4–6, 6–4, [10–6]
2. 6 November 2011 Medellín, Colombia Clay   Nicolás Massú   Alessio di Mauro
  Matteo Viola
6–2, 4–6, [10–8]
3. 10 March 2012 Providencia, Chile Clay   Marcel Felder   Jorge Aguilar
  Daniel Garza
6–7(3–7), 6–4, [10–7]
4. 28 April 2012 São Paulo, Brazil Clay   Marcel Felder   André Ghem
  João Pedro Sorgi
7–5, 6–3

Performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(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.
Tournament 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 SR W–L
Australian Open A A 2R 2R Q1 Q1 Q2 A Q3 Q2 0 / 2 2–2
French Open Q2 2R 1R 2R 1R Q1 Q2 Q1 Q2 A 0 / 4 2–4
Wimbledon Q1 Q1 Q3 Q2 1R A A A Q2 A 0 / 1 0–1
US Open 2R Q2 2R 1R 2R Q1 Q3 Q2 A A 0 / 4 3–4
Win–loss 1–1 1–1 2–3 2–3 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 11 7–11
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Masters A 1R 1R 1R Q2 A A A A A 0 / 3 0–3
Miami Masters A 1R Q2 Q2 Q2 Q1 1R Q2 Q2 A 0 / 2 0–2
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Rome Masters A A A A Q1 A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Stuttgart/Madrid Masters A A A A Q1 A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Canada Masters A A A A A A A Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0
Cincinnati Masters A A A 1R A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1
Shanghai Masters Not Held A A Q1 A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Paris Masters A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Hamburg Masters A A A A NM1000 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 6 0–6
Year-end ranking 133 142 100 112 129 165 131 166 154 916

Top 10 wins

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# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score Capdeville
Rank
2006
1.   James Blake 8 Davis Cup, Rancho Mirage Grass RR 6–3, 6–4 103

References

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  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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