Marcos Baghdatis
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| Country (sports) |
 Cyprus
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|---|---|
| Residence | Limassol, Cyprus |
| Born |
17 June 1985 Paramytha, Limassol District, Cyprus |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Turned pro | 2003 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $7,016,844 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 309–232 |
| Career titles | 4 |
| Highest ranking | No. 8 (21 August 2006) |
| Current ranking | No. 36 (16 January 2017) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | F (2006) |
| French Open | 4R (2007) |
| Wimbledon | SF (2006) |
| US Open | 4R (2016) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 3R (2012) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 46–47 |
| Career titles | 1 |
| Highest ranking | No. 93 (January 7, 2008) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2013) |
| French Open | 1R (2016) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2007, 2016) |
| Last updated on: February 1, 2016. | |
Marcos Baghdatis (Greek: Μάρκος Παγδατής [ˈmarkos paɣðaˈtis], born 17 June 1985) is a Cypriot professional tennis player. He was the runner-up at the 2006 Australian Open and a semifinalist at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships and reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 8 in August 2006.
Baghdatis was born in Paramytha, Cyprus to a Lebanese father, Christos, and a Greek Cypriot mother, Androula. He has two brothers, Petros and Marinos, and a sister, Zena, who was adopted by his family at just 6 months old. His father, a native Lebanese who follows Greek Orthodox Christianity, emigrated to Cyprus from Lebanon and owns a clothes shop. He began playing tennis at the age of five with his father and brothers. He enjoys playing and watching football and is a supporter of Apollon Limassol in Cyprus. He trained at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in Paris on an Olympic Solidarity Youth Development Programme Scholarship since the age of 14 and learned to speak French.
Baghdatis received the 2005 Cyprus Male Athlete of the Year award. On 28 January 2006, he received an exemption from the otherwise mandatory Cypriot national service so that he could concentrate on tennis.
On 14 July 2012, Baghdatis married the Croatian former tennis player Karolina Šprem. They had their first child, a daughter Zahara, on 20 October 2012.
Baghdatis reached No. 1 in the ITF junior world singles rankings in 2003 and joined the ATP professional tour later that year.
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