Gastón Gaudio
Gastón Gaudio at the 2005 French Open
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| Country (sports) |
 Argentina
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| Residence | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Born |
9 December 1978 Temperley, Argentina |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Turned pro | 1996 |
| Retired | 2011 |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $6,066,156 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 270–196 |
| Career titles | 8 |
| Highest ranking | No. 5 (25 April 2005) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2002, 2005, 2006) |
| French Open | W (2004) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2002, 2006) |
| US Open | 3R (2002, 2006) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Tour Finals | SF (2005) |
| Olympic Games | 1R (2000) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 26–39 |
| Career titles | 3 |
| Highest ranking | No. 78 (14 June 2004) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2004) |
| French Open | 3R (2004) |
| US Open | 1R (2003, 2004) |
Gastón Norberto Gaudio (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡasˈton ˈɡauðjo]; born 9 December 1978) is a retired tennis player from Argentina. He won eight singles titles and achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 5 in April 2005. Gaudio's most significant title win came at the 2004 French Open, where he defeated fellow Argentine Guillermo Coria in five sets in the final.
He learned the game at the Temperley Lawn Tennis Club, and his first coach was Roberto Carruthers. He was the youngest of 3 children in his family. In addition to tennis Gaudio played football and rugby as a child and chose tennis to help out his parents financially when their business ran into economic problems.
Gaudio started playing tennis at the age of six. He finished as No. 2 in Argentine juniors in 1996 and turned professional the same year.
In 1998 he reached 4 ATP Challenger finals during the second half of the year and won 3 of them. He won in Elche with a victory over fellow Argentine Diego Hipperdinger in July. He lost in Belo Horizonte to Brazilian Francisco Costa, and won in Santa Cruz with a victory over Ecuadorian Luis Morejón, both in August. He finished year by winning in Santiago defeating Karim Alami and ranked world No. 138.
Gaudio won two consecutive Challengers in Nice and Espinho defeating Jacobo Díaz and Markus Hipfl, respectively. Gaudio's first notable performance was when he reached the third round at the French Open as a qualifier, so he won five matches total at the event, including coming back from two sets to love down in the second round against Bernd Karbacher to win, 6–7, 4–6, 6–3, 6–1, 6–4, then losing to world No. 6 Àlex Corretja. He finished the year ranked No. 73.
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