Marcelo Filippini

Marcelo Filippini was a Uruguayan tennis player who played professionally from 1987 to 2000. Filippini achieved a career-best singles ranking of 30 in the world in August 1990, and a doubles ranking of 34 in the world in July 1989. When he retired from the sport he had earned more than $2 million in prize money.

Filippini won his first ATP singles title at the Swedish Open in July 1988 beating Italy’s Francesco Cancellotti. His first ATP doubles title came a few months later at the Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia in Italy when he teamed with Peru’s Carlos Di Laura. Filippini won five ATP singles and three ATP doubles titles during his career. He had mixed fortunes at Grand Slam events, only progressing past the second round once in his career, reaching the quarter-finals of the 1999 French Open.

Filippini competed in the singles at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics where he lost in the second round to Renzo Furlan of Italy. He was also Uruguay’s flag bearer at the Opening Ceremony.