Paul Baccanello

Paul Baccanello (born 12 June 1979, in Adelaide) is a former Australian professional tennis player. He sustained various injuries during his career, which hampered his results.

Paul Baccanello
Country (sports) Australia
ResidenceAdelaide
Born (1979-06-12) 12 June 1979
Adelaide
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned proJune 1998
RetiredJuly 2007
PlaysRight-handed
CoachBrent Larkham
Prize money$261,855[1]
Singles
Career record2–8
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 129 (3 November 2003)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2005)
French OpenQ3 (2003)
Wimbledon2R (2003)
US OpenQ2 (2003)
Doubles
Career record4–8
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 169 (9 June 2003)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2003)
Last updated on: 16 April 2021.

Career

Baccanello managed to qualify for the main draw at Wimbledon in 2003. He defeated former top 100 player Ivo Heuberger in the first round, before falling in a tight four set match to Croatian Ivo Karlović in the second round. As a result, he earned a career best prize-money of over $23,000 and rose 37 places in the ATP rankings. In arguably his best performance to date, he did manage to reach the semi-finals of the Challenger event at Segovia in 2003, where he played Rafael Nadal. In a close match, Baccanello took Rafael to a tie-break in the first set, before Nadal took control in the second set, winning 7–6, 6–4. His career high singles ranking of 129 was achieved on 3 November 2003, after other strong performances on the Challenger circuit.

Baccanello currently has a 2–8 ATP record and has earned a total of $261,855 prize money in his career.

Challenger and Futures Finals

Singles: 16 (4–12)
Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–3)
ITF Futures Tour (4–9)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–8)
Clay (3–2)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 1999 Australia F1, Melbourne Futures Clay Australia Ben Ellwood 3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 May 2000 Japan F5, Osaka Futures Hard South Korea Yong-Il Yoon 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 4–6
Loss 0–3 Aug 2000 Great Britain F7, Hampstead Futures Hard (i) Denmark Frederik Fetterlein 4–1, 4–5(6–8), 2–4,4–5
Loss 0–4 Nov 2000 Australia F3, Berri Futures Grass Serbia Dejan Petrović 3–6, 4–6
Loss 0–5 Apr 2001 Australia F2, Brisbane Futures Hard Australia Todd Larkham 5–7, 6–4, 6–7(1–7)
Win 1–5 May 2001 Germany F3, Mannheim Futures Clay Spain Gorka Fraile 4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win 2–5 Aug 2002 Denmark F2, Rungsted Futures Clay Croatia Roko Karanušić 6–0, 6–1
Win 3–5 Nov 2002 Australia F4, Melbourne Futures Grass Australia Todd Larkham 6–3, 7–6(9–7)
Loss 3–6 Nov 2002 Australia F5, Berri Futures Hard Australia Alun Jones 2–6, 2–6
Loss 3–7 Mar 2003 Tasmania, Australia Challenger Hard Japan Satoshi Iwabuchi 2–6, 3–6
Loss 3–8 Mar 2003 Australia F1, Burnie Futures Hard Israel Dudi Sela 3–4 ret.
Loss 3–9 Aug 2005 Vancouver, Canada Challenger Hard Israel Dudi Sela 2–6, 3–6
Loss 3–10 Jun 2006 Italy F16, Cesena Futures Clay Romania Victor Ioniță 3–6, 6–4, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 3–11 Jul 2006 Ireland F2, Dublin Futures Carpet Germany Mischa Zverev 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 4–11 Sep 2006 Spain F29, Móstoles Futures Clay Spain Guillermo Alcaide 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss 4–12 May 2007 Lanzarote, Spain Challenger Hard France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 16 (9–7)
Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (5–2)
ITF Futures Tour (4–5)
Titles by surface
Hard (3–4)
Clay (5–2)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 1999 Perth, Australia Challenger Hard Australia Josh Tuckfield Australia Paul Kilderry

Australia Grant Silcock

 4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 0–2 Apr 2000 China F1, Beijing Futures Hard Australia Josh Tuckfield Japan Tasuku Iwami

Japan Takahiro Terachi

 2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 1–2 Nov 2000 Australia F2, Melbourne Futures Clay Australia Josh Tuckfield Australia Stephen Huss

Australia Lee Pearson

 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–1
Win 2–2 Nov 2000 Australia F3, Berri Futures Grass Australia Dejan Petrović Australia Stephen Huss

Australia Lee Pearson

 6–3, 6–4
Loss 2–3 May 2001 Germany F2, Esslingen Futures Clay Croatia Ivo Karlović Germany Franz Stauder

Germany Alexander Waske

 5–7, 6–1, 4–6
Loss 2–4 Apr 2002 Australia F2, Burnie Futures Hard Australia Dejan Petrović Australia Jaymon Crabb

Australia Joseph Sirianni

 6–2, 6–7(5–7), 1–6
Win 3–4 Sep 2002 Spain F12, Santander Futures Clay Spain Diego Hipperdinger Spain David Ortiz-D'jian

Spain José Antonio Sánchez de Luna

 6–4, 6–3
Win 4–4 Sep 2002 Budapest, Hungary Challenger Clay Argentina Sergio Roitman Norway Jan Frode Andersen

Germany Oliver Gross

 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–5 ret.
Loss 4–5 Sep 2002 Maia, Portugal Challenger Clay Australia Todd Perry Argentina Sebastián Prieto

Argentina Sergio Roitman

 4–6, 4–6
Loss 4–6 Nov 2002 Australia F3, Melbourne Futures Grass Australia Nathan Healey Australia Mark Hlawaty

Australia Sadik Kadir

 6–7(4–7), 4–6
Win 5–6 Nov 2002 Australia F3, Berri Futures Hard Australia Nathan Healey Australia Mark Hlawaty

Australia Sadik Kadir

 7–6(7–1), 6–7(4–7), [10-8]
Win 6–6 Jun 2003 Sassuolo, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Stefano Galvani Italy Enzo Artoni

Argentina Martín Vassallo Argüello

 7–5, 2–6, 7–5
Win 7–6 Sep 2003 Grenoble, France Challenger Hard (i) Israel Harel Levy South Africa Rik De Voest

Sweden Johan Landsberg

 5–7, 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win 8–6 Jun 2005 Ljubljana, Slovenia Challenger Clay Croatia Lovro Zovko Australia Andrew Derer

Australia Joseph Sirianni

 6–3, 6–3
Win 9–6 Aug 2006 Segovia, Spain Challenger Hard Australia Chris Guccione Sweden Johan Landsberg

Sweden Filip Prpic

 6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Loss 9–7 Sep 2006 France F12, Bagnères-de-Bigorre Futures Hard Australia Sam Groth Monaco Thomas Oger

France Nicolas Tourte

 6–2, 3–6, 4–6

Performance timelines
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.

Singles
Tournament 2000200120022003200420052006 2007 S/RW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1 A 1R A Q3 0 / 1 0–1
French Open A A A Q3 A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A A A 2R A Q1 A A 0 / 1 1–1
US Open A A A Q2 Q1 A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0 / 2 1–2
Career Statistics
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Career
Tournaments 1 0 0 2 2 2 0 1 8
Titles / Finals 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0
Overall win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 0–2 0–0 0–1 2-8
Year-end ranking 331 410 334 144 324 336 275 422 20%

Doubles
Tournament200120022003200420052006 2007 S/RW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 2R 1R A A 1R 3R 1R 0 / 5 3–5
French Open A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
US Open A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 0 / 5 3–5
Career Statistics
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Career
Tournaments 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 8
Titles / Finals 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0
Overall win–loss 2–2 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 2–1 0–1 4-8
Year-end ranking 232 186 187 491 322 190 840 33%

Record against other players

Record against top 10 players

Paul Baccanello's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw and Davis Cup matches are considered:

Player Record Win % Hard Clay Grass Last Match
Number 4 ranked players
Sweden Robin Söderling 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (1–6, 3–6) at 2004 Bangkok
Number 5 ranked players
Germany Rainer Schüttler 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (4–6, 3–6) at 2004 Beijing
Number 7 ranked players
Spain Mardy Fish 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (4–6, 6–7(4–7)) at 2003 Stockholm
Number 9 ranked players
Switzerland Marc Rosset 1–0 100% 1–0 – – Won (7–6(7–2), 1–6, 7–6(7–4)) at 2004 Bangkok
Total 1–3 25% 1–3
(25%)		 0–0
( – )		 0–0
( – )

Record against players ranked No. 11–20

Active players are in boldface.

References
  1. ATP World Tour Profile


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