Paul Gerard Capdeville Castro (; born 2 April 1983) is a

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an former tennis player. He was born in

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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

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, 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

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in five sets. Capdeville announced his retirement after playing at a

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tie against Paraguay in 2014.

All Finals

Singles finals

Doubles wins

Performance timeline

Top 10 wins

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Capdeville, Paul 1983 births Living people Chilean male tennis players Chilean people of French descent Tennis players from Santiago, Chile South American Games bronze medalists for Chile South American Games medalists in tennis Competitors at the 2014 South American Games