Paul Gerard Capdeville Castro (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈpolkaβðeˈβil]; born 2 April 1983) is a Chilean former tennis player. He was born in Santiago.

Tennis career

In May 2009, he achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 76.

At the 2006 French Open, Capdeville had a shoving incident with Mario Ančić, at the end of his second round match. The two players had to be separated by the chair umpire. Ančić and Capdeville were each fined US$3,000 for the incident.

Capdeville's best showing at an ATP event to date came at the 2009 Estoril Open, where he reached the semifinals. Other notable results include the quarterfinals at Memphis (2006), Washington (2007), Indianapolis (2008) and Viña del Mar (2009).

Capdeville has won ten challenger tournaments: Bogotá (2005), Florianópolis (2007), Binghamton and Aracajú (2008), Binghamton (2009), Guayaquil (2010), Guadalajara (2011), Binghamton (2011), Santiago (2012), and São Paulo (2013).

Capdeville was part of the Chilean Davis Cup team. In his first competitive match, he beat Austria's Stefan Koubek in five sets.

Capdeville announced his retirement after playing at a Davis Cup tie against Paraguay in 2014.

All Finals

Singles finals

Legend (singles)
Challengers (10–10)
Futures (0)
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1.18 April 2005Bogotá, ColombiaClayColombia Pablo González6–3, 6–4
Runner-up1.30 April 2005Sassuolo, ItalyClayAustria Oliver Marach3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Runner-up2.23 January 2006Santiago, ChileClaySerbia Boris Pašanski2–6, 6–7(7–9)
Runner-up3.14 August 2006Bronx, New York, USAHardUnited States Michael Russell0–6, 2–6
Winner2.23 April 2007Florianópolis, BrazilClayArgentina Juan Pablo Guzmán7–6(7–0), 6–0
Winner3.4 August 2008Binghamton, USAHardUnited States Rajeev Ram4–6, 6–3, 6–1
Winner4.29 September 2008Aracaju, BrazilClayBrazil Thiago Alves7–5, 6–4
Runner-up4.27 October 2008Cali-2, ColombiaClayAustria Daniel Köllerer4–6, 3–6
Runner-up5.5 January 2009São Paulo-1, BrazilHardBrazil Ricardo Mello2–6, 4–6
Winner5.16 August 2009Binghamton, USAHardSouth Africa Kevin Anderson7–6(9–7), 7–6(13–11)
Runner-up6.18 October 2010Santiago-2, ChileClayItaly Fabio Fognini2–6, 6–7(2–7)
Winner6.14 November 2010Guayaquil, EcuadorClayArgentina Diego Junqueira6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Winner7.26 June 2011Guadalajara, MexicoHardCanada Pierre-Ludovic Duclos7–5, 6–1
Winner8.14 August 2011Binghamton, USAHardUnited States Wayne Odesnik7–6(7–4), 6–3
Winner9.11 March 2012Santiago, ChileClayCroatia Antonio Veić6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
Runner-up7.9 April 2012Blumenau, BrazilClayCroatia Antonio Veić6–3, 4–6, 2–5 ret.
Runner-up8.7 May 2012Rio Quente, BrazilHardBrazil Guilherme Clezar6–7(4–7), 3–6
Runner-up9.5 November 2012São Leopoldo, BrazilClayArgentina Horacio Zeballos6–3, 5–7, 6–7(2–7)
Runner-up10.25 March 2013Pereira, ColombiaClayColombia Santiago Giraldo2–6, 4–6
Winner10.22 April 2013São Paulo, BrazilClayArgentina Renzo Olivo6–2, 6–2

Doubles wins

No.DateTournamentSurfacePartneringOpponentsScore
1.29 January 2007Viña del Mar, ChileClaySpain Óscar HernándezSpain Albert Montañés Spain Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo4–6, 6–4, [10–6]
2.6 November 2011Medellín, ColombiaClayChile Nicolás MassúItaly Alessio di Mauro Italy Matteo Viola6–2, 4–6, [10–8]
3.10 March 2012Providencia, ChileClayUruguay Marcel FelderChile Jorge Aguilar Mexico Daniel Garza6–7(3–7), 6–4, [10–7]
4.28 April 2012São Paulo, BrazilClayUruguay Marcel FelderBrazil André Ghem Brazil João Pedro Sorgi7–5, 6–3

Performance timeline

Key
WFSFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
Tournament2005200620072008200920102011201220132014SRW–L
Australian OpenAA2R2RQ1Q1Q2AQ3Q20 / 22–2
French OpenQ22R1R2R1RQ1Q2Q1Q2A0 / 42–4
WimbledonQ1Q1Q3Q21RAAAQ2A0 / 10–1
US Open2RQ22R1R2RQ1Q3Q2AA0 / 43–4
Win–loss1–11–12–32–31–30–00–00–00–00–00 / 117–11
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells MastersA1R1R1RQ2AAAAA0 / 30–3
Miami MastersA1RQ2Q2Q2Q11RQ2Q2A0 / 20–2
Monte-Carlo MastersAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0
Rome MastersAAAAQ1AAAAA0 / 00–0
Stuttgart/Madrid MastersAAAAQ1AAAAA0 / 00–0
Canada MastersAAAAAAAQ1AA0 / 00–0
Cincinnati MastersAAA1RAAAAAA0 / 10–1
Shanghai MastersNot HeldAAQ1AAA0 / 00–0
Paris MastersAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0
Hamburg MastersAAAANM10000 / 00–0
Win–loss0–00–20–10–20–00–00–10–00–00–00 / 60–6
Year-end ranking133142100112129165131166154916

Top 10 wins

#PlayerRankEventSurfaceRdScoreCapdeville Rank
2006
1.United States James Blake8Davis Cup, Rancho MirageGrassRR6–3, 6–4103

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