Marcos Baghdatis

Began playing tennis at age five. Played with his father and two older brothers, Marinos and Petros, who played Davis Cup. Father Christos owns a clothing store in Cyprus...Mother's name is Andry…Has a younger sister Zena, who was adopted when she was one month old…No. 1 junior in 2003 with Australian Open juniors title and runner-up at US Open juniors in 2002-03…Won nine junior titles. Prefers hard courts. Considers himself a baseliner, with his serve and his forehand his biggest weapons…Biggest idol as a kid was Patrick Rafter, but also looked up to Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras…Enjoys playing and watching soccer. Favourite soccer team is Apollo in Cyprus…"Man of the Year" in Cyprus in 2005…Has trained at the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in Paris on an Olympic Solidarity Youth Development Programme Scholarship since age 13…Has a 54-13 career Davis Cup record (38-3 in singles) in 35 ties…Coach is Guillaume Peyre (since July 2010), physical trainer is Roberto Yunis Paez Ruiz and physiotherapist is Diego Martos.

2009 -- The Cypriot returned to year-end Top 50 by capturing his third career ATP World Tour title and collecting three Challenger titles (14-1 record)…In October in Stockholm, defeated Belgian Rochus for his first ATP title since February 2007…The previous week in Tashkent he collected his third Challenger title of year, beating Istomin… He also won titles in Vancouver in August and St. Remy in September, defeating Malisse in both…In February, he advanced to QFs in ATP World Tour tournaments in Johannesburg (l. to Ferrer) and Delray Beach (l. to Chardy)…Compiled marks of 21-12 on hard, 2-2 on grass and 0-2 on clay.

2008 --The Cypriot was limited to 12 tournaments and fell to No. 100 due to injuries during season...His best results were SF in Marseille (l. to Ancic) in February and QF in Halle (l. to Federer) in June...In January, reached 3rd RD at Australian Open where he lost a four hour, 45 minute five-set marathon that finished at 4:34 a.m. to Hewitt...In June, advanced to 4th RD at Wimbledon (l. to Lopez 8-6 in fifth set) and then was sidelined for two months with a stress fracture in right wrist...Returned week of Sept. 8 and reached SF at Orleans Challenger (retired with back injury vs. C. Rochus)...Also retired in two of his last three tournaments in Metz and AMS Paris with back ailment...In doubles, reached first ATP final in Chennai (w/Gicquel).

2007 -- Finished in Top 20 for second straight year highlighted by second ATP title in Zagreb (d. No. 8 Ljubicic) while reaching two other finals -- Marseille (l. to Simon) and Halle (l. to Berdych). Won a career-high 48 matches and advanced to his first ATP Masters Series SF in Paris (l. to Nadal). Also QF in Doha and Sydney. On clay, advanced to SF in Munich (l. to Kohlschreiber) and 4th RD at Roland Garros (l. to Andreev).On grass, reached final in Halle and QF at Wimbledon (d. Nalbandian, Davydenko, l. to Djokovic in five sets). Compiled 10-5 mark to finish year, reaching QF in Beijing and SF in Basel and AMS Paris (d. Ljubicic, No. 4 Davydenko and No. 8 Robredo, l. to Nadal in three sets).

2006 -- Finished a year-end best No. 12 and won his first ATP title in Beijing (d. Ancic). Opened with QF in Doha and first Grand Slam final at Australian Open (l. to Federer at both). En route, defeated No. 3 Roddick, No. 8 Ljubicic and No. 4 Nalbandian. Reached first AMS QF in Indian Wells (l. to Nadal). On grass, reached SF at 's-Hertogenbosch and Wimbledon (l. to Nadal). Afterwards, spent 13 weeks in Top 10. Fell to Agassi 7-5 in fifth set in 2nd RD at US Open and was American's last career win. Posted a career-best five Top 10 wins (5-6).

2005 -- Became first Cypriot to rank in Top 100. Reached Australian Open 4th RD (l. to Federer). Underwent surgery on Feb. 9 to correct a congenital problem that caused a pair of muscles to constrict a nerve in his right arm. Notched first Top 10 win (d. Puerta) en route to QF in Tokyo. Qualified in Basel and reached first ATP final (d. Haas, Nalbandian; l. to Gonzalez). Also reached final at Cordoba Challenger.

2004 -- Won Bolton and Bratislava Challengers. As wild card at Athens Olympics reached 2nd RD (l. to Kiefer). Qualified into first Grand Slam at US Open and reached 2nd RD (d. Mutis, l. to Federer).

2003 -- Won four titles in five Futures finals. Reached final at Bukhara Challenger.

2010

Began season at Brisbane, losing to Berdych in 2nd RD…Following week at Sydney, he dedicated his fourth ATP World Tour title to his brother after beating Gasquet 64 76(2)..."It's my brother's birthday and I wanted to win for him also," said Baghdatis. "It's been two years tough for him.  So I'm very happy that I won today and can dedicate this win to him." It was the second unseeded Sydney final in the past three years…Baghdatis donated $5,000 of his prize money to the World Vision Australia Haiti Earthquake Appeal. “The situation in Haiti is really, really sad,” he said.  “I have seen the pictures on the news and it is just horrific.  I want to send my condolences to everyone affected by the earthquake.” Rose 11 places to No. 31 in ATP Rankings...At the Australian Open, he beat Lorenzi and No. 17 seed Ferrer before his seven-match winning streak came to an end when he retired with a right should injury when trailing No. 22 seed Hewitt 60 42 ret...

In February, as World No. 37 beat Simon, Devvarman and Berrer to reach Dubai SFs where he lost to second seed Djokovic 67(2) 63 64 in 2 hrs and 56 mins... Rose four places to World No. 33 on 1 March...

In March, at Indian Wells recorded "best win of my career" over top seed Federer 57 75 76(4) in 3rd RD, coming back from a 1-4 third-set deficit and saving three match points...He had lost his first six encounters versus Federer, afterwards he told the crowd, "Seven is my lucky number"...Prior to the win, the highest-ranked opponent he had defeated was then-World No. 3 Roddick in 2006 Australian Open 4th RD...In the next round, fell to No. 18 seed Robredo 75 06 64...As No. 25 seed in Miami, beat Chela before losing to No. 7 seed Cilic 63 64 in 3rd RD...

Endured two first-round losses in Monte-Carlo and Rome at the start of the European clay-court swing before advancing to the semi-finals in Munich (l. to Cilic)…Fell second round to David Ferrer the following week in Madrid, having held match point in the third set before succumbing 61 36 57…Advanced to the quarter-finals in Nice (l. to Mayer) before posting third-round effort at Roland Garros, losing in four sets to World No. 4 Andy Murray…

Went winless through the grass-court season, losing in the opening round in Halle (l. to Petzschner), ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. to Luczak) and Wimbledon (l. to Lacko), and afterwards parted company with coach Eduardo Infantino… Reunited with former coach, Guillaume Peyre, in time for the Olympus US Open Series and began with a quarter-final showing in Atlanta (l. to Tipsarevic)…

Following week in Washington D.C., seeded eighth, he reached his first ATP World Tour final on US soil, defeating World No. 10 Fernando Verdasco in the quarter-finals before finishing runner-up to David Nalbandian 26 67(4)…"I will never forget where I come from. I was ranked 150 last year and now I touched Top 20 this year. I am looking forward to the future and playing better"...Afterwards he rose to World No. 20...

At ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati in mid-August, reaching the SFs after win over World No. 13 Cilic, No. 25 Bellucci, No. 7 Berdych and World No. 1 Nadal (64 46 64, firing 18 aces in 2 hours, 32 minutes)…His last ATP World Tour Masters 1000 semi-final came at Paris in November 2007…On 23 August, rose to World No. 18…