Paul Gerard Capdeville Castro (; born 2 April 1983) is a Chilean former tennis player. He was born in Santiago.
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. Ančić and Capdeville were each fined US$3,000 for the incident.
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.
Capdeville announced his retirement after playing at a Davis Cup tie against Paraguay in 2014.
All Finals
Singles finals
Legend (singles)Challengers (10–10)Futures (0) OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWinner1.18 April 2005Bogotá, ColombiaClay Pablo González6–3, 6–4Runner-up1.30 April 2005Sassuolo, ItalyClay Oliver Marach3–6, 6–4, 4–6Runner-up2.23 January 2006Santiago, ChileClay Boris Pašanski2–6, 6–7(7–9)Runner-up3.14 August 2006Bronx, New York, USAHard Michael Russell0–6, 2–6Winner2.23 April 2007Florianópolis, BrazilClay Juan Pablo Guzmán7–6(7–0), 6–0Winner3.4 August 2008Binghamton, USAHard Rajeev Ram4–6, 6–3, 6–1Winner4.29 September 2008Aracaju, BrazilClay Thiago Alves7–5, 6–4Runner-up4.27 October 2008Cali-2, ColombiaClay Daniel Köllerer4–6, 3–6Runner-up5.5 January 2009São Paulo-1, BrazilHard Ricardo Mello2–6, 4–6Winner5.16 August 2009Binghamton, USAHard Kevin Anderson7–6(9–7), 7–6(13–11)Runner-up6.18 October 2010Santiago-2, ChileClay Fabio Fognini2–6, 6–7(2–7)Winner6.14 November 2010Guayaquil, EcuadorClay Diego Junqueira6–3, 3–6, 6–3Winner7.26 June 2011Guadalajara, MexicoHard Pierre-Ludovic Duclos7–5, 6–1Winner8.14 August 2011Binghamton, USAHard Wayne Odesnik7–6(7–4), 6–3Winner9.11 March 2012Santiago, ChileClay Antonio Veić6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3Runner-up7.9 April 2012Blumenau, BrazilClay Antonio Veić6–3, 4–6, 2–5 ret.Runner-up8.7 May 2012Rio Quente, BrazilHard Guilherme Clezar6–7(4–7), 3–6Runner-up9.5 November 2012São Leopoldo, BrazilClay Horacio Zeballos6–3, 5–7, 6–7(2–7)Runner-up10.25 March 2013Pereira, ColombiaClay Santiago Giraldo2–6, 4–6Winner10.22 April 2013São Paulo, BrazilClay Renzo Olivo6–2, 6–2
Doubles wins
No.DateTournamentSurfacePartneringOpponentsScore1.29 January 2007Viña del Mar, ChileClay Óscar Hernández Albert Montañés Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo4–6, 6–4, [10–6]2.6 November 2011Medellín, ColombiaClay Nicolás Massú Alessio di Mauro Matteo Viola6–2, 4–6, [10–8]3.10 March 2012Providencia, ChileClay Marcel Felder Jorge Aguilar Daniel Garza6–7(3–7), 6–4, [10–7]4.28 April 2012São Paulo, BrazilClay Marcel Felder André Ghem João Pedro Sorgi7–5, 6–3
Performance timeline
Tournament2005200620072008200920102011201220132014Australian OpenAA2R2RQ1Q1Q2AQ3Q20 / 22–2French OpenQ22R1R2R1RQ1Q2Q1Q2A0 / 42–4WimbledonQ1Q1Q3Q21RAAAQ2A0 / 10–1US Open2RQ22R1R2RQ1Q3Q2AA0 / 43–4Win–loss1–11–12–32–31–30–00–00–00–00–00 / 117–11ATP Masters SeriesIndian Wells MastersA1R1R1RQ2AAAAA0 / 30–3Miami MastersA1RQ2Q2Q2Q11RQ2Q2A0 / 20–2Monte-Carlo MastersAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Rome MastersAAAAQ1AAAAA0 / 00–0Stuttgart/Madrid MastersAAAAQ1AAAAA0 / 00–0Canada MastersAAAAAAAQ1AA0 / 00–0Cincinnati MastersAAA1RAAAAAA0 / 10–1Shanghai MastersNot HeldAAQ1AAA0 / 00–0Paris MastersAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Hamburg MastersAAAANM10000 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–20–10–20–00–00–10–00–00–00 / 60–6Year-end ranking133142100112129165131166154916
Top 10 wins #PlayerRankEventSurfaceRdScoreCapdevilleRank20061. James Blake8GrassRR6–3, 6–4103
References
External links
Capdeville Recent Match Results Capdeville World Ranking History