Paul Capdeville

Not to be confused with Paul Capdevielle.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Capdeville and the second or maternal family name is Castro.

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
Residence	Vitacura, Chile
Born	(1983-04-02) 2 April 1983 (age 42) Santiago, Chile
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	2002
Retired	2014
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,097,506
Singles
Career record	48–79 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level and in and Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 76 (18 May 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2007, 2008)
French Open	2R (2006, 2008)
Wimbledon	1R (2009)
US Open	2R (2005, 2007, 2009)
Doubles
Career record	14–22 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level and in and Davis Cup)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 147 (23 July 2007)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	1R (2008)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2007)
Medal record Representing  Chile Men's tennis South American Games 2014 Santiago Men's singles 2014 Santiago Men's doubles
Last updated on: 18 February 2013.

Tennis career

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

Singles finals

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

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

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

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