Martín Vassallo Argüello

Martín Miguel Vassallo Argüello^[a] (born 10 February 1980) is a retired professional male tennis player from Argentina. His career-high ATP singles ranking is World No. 47, achieved in April 2009 shortly after reaching the semifinals of Acapulco.

Martín Vassallo

Vassallo in 2009
Full name	Martín Miguel Vassallo Argüello
Country (sports)	Argentina
Residence	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Born	(1980-02-10) 10 February 1980 (age 45) Temperley, Argentina
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	1999
Retired	2011
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,420,101
Singles
Career record	47–81
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 47 (27 April 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010)
French Open	4R (2006)
Wimbledon	2R (2008, 2009)
US Open	1R (2007, 2008, 2009)
Doubles
Career record	20–32
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 71 (25 June 2007)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2010)
French Open	1R (2007, 2009)
Wimbledon	1R (2009)
US Open	1R (2009)

Tennis career

He turned pro in 1999. Over the course of his career, he has represented both Argentina and Italy.^[1]

At the 2006 French Open, he reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam event for the first time in his career. He entered the tournament as a qualifier and beat Paul Goldstein of the United States in the first round in straight sets, No. 21 seed Sébastien Grosjean of France in the second round in five sets and Raemon Sluiter of the Netherlands in the third round, also in five sets. In the next round he lost to David Nalbandian.

In late 2007, at the Orange Prokom Open in Sopot, Poland, Argüello was embroiled in a betting scandal after his match against world number four Nikolay Davydenko. The match saw Davydenko retire with the scores at 2–6, 6–3, 2–1. Gamblers betting on the match displayed irregular betting patterns and a total of £3.4m was paid out on it, ten times the normal amount for a match at this level. Eventually, Betfair voided all bets on the match. Neither Argüello nor Davydenko have been formally charged with any offence by the ATP.^[2]

According to a BBC report, a follow-up investigation revealed that Argüello had exchanged messages with a Sicilian gambler in 2006, including on the morning of a tennis match which saw the gambler win $86,000. Deleted messages recovered from Argüello's phone included "He doesn't want to do it. He intends to win", followed by "All okay" just before the game.^[3]

In 2009, Vassallo made his Davis Cup debut for Argentina in the 5-0 defeat against The Netherlands in Buenos Aires playing doubles with Lucas Arnold Ker and in the reverse singles.

Singles titles

Legend (singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (8)
Futures (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	29 April 2002	Rome	Clay	Filippo Volandri	6–4, 6–0
2.	12 May 2003	Košice	Clay	Hermes Gamonal	6–3, 6–3
3.	7 July 2003	Oberstaufen	Clay	Andreas Seppi	6–1, 6–4
4.	28 July 2003	Trani	Clay	Francisco Fogués	6–3, 7–5
5.	22 January 2007	Santiago	Clay	Fabio Fognini	1–6, 7–5, 6–4
6.	6 October 2008	Asunción	Clay	Leonardo Mayer	3–6, 6–3, 7–6
7.	20 October 2008	Buenos Aires	Clay	Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo	6–3, 4–6, 7–5
8.	29 November 2008	Lima	Clay	Sergio Roitman	6–2, 4–6, 6–4

Performance timeline

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	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Career W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	1R	0–3
French Open	1R	A	A	A	4R	2R	2R	2R		6–5
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	A	A	1R	2R	2R		2–4
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R		0–2
Win–loss	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	3–1	1–4	2–4	2–3	0–1	8–15

Notes

1. In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Vassallo and the second or maternal family name is Argüello.