Franco Squillari
Franco Squillari is an Argentine former professional male tennis player. He won 3 singles titles, reached the semifinals of the 2000 [French Open – Men's singles|2000 French Open] and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 11.
Career
As a junior, Squillari won the 1993 South American Closed Junior Championships.Squillari entered the world's top 50 in 1998, and won a total of three ATP Tour singles titles during his career. He reached the semifinals of the 2000 French Open defeating Alexander Popp, Jiří Vaněk, Karol Kučera, Younes El Aynaoui and future champion Albert Costa, before losing to Magnus Norman. He went on to reach the fourth round of the French Open the following year as well.
He reached three ATP [World Tour Masters 1000|Masters] quarterfinals: 1999 [Italian Open – Men's singles|Rome in 1999] (where he beat world no. 3 Carlos Moya, 2000 [Cincinnati Masters – Singles|Cincinnati in 2000] and 2001 [Hamburg Masters – Singles|Hamburg in 2001]. He also beat world no. 3 Yevgeny Kafelnikov in Barcelona in 1999.
He is one of the few tennis players to have a perfect 100% record against Roger Federer, having beaten him both times they played, in 2001 and 2003.
Squillari retired in 2005.
Career finals
Singles (3 wins, 3 losses)
| Legend |
| Grand Slam |
| Tennis Masters Cup |
| ATP Masters Series |
| ATP International Series Gold |
| ATP Tour |
| Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | 1997 [Grand Prix Hassan II – Singles|Mar 1997] | Casablanca, Morocco | Clay |  |