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 43-12 career Davis Cup record (30-3 in singles) in 31 ties. Coached by Eduardo Infantino.

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

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.

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).

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).

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).

2009

The Cypriot captured his first ATP World Tour title since February 2007 in October in Stockholm as he defeated Belgian Olivier Rochus...It was his third career ATP World Tour title...The previous week in Tashkent he collected his third Challenger title of the year, beating Denis Istomin...He also won titles in Vancouver in August and St. Remy in September, defeating Belgian Xavier Malisse in both...In February, he advanced to quarter-finals in ATP World Tour tournaments in Johannesburg (l. to Ferrer) and Delray Beach (l. to Chardy).