Marcos Baghdatis was born on June 17, 1985 in Limassol, Cyprus. He is a talented tennis player with many important victories and results in the last years.
Biography and Career :
He has Lebanese, Cypriot and Greek origins from his father and mother. His tennis career started at the age of five when he trained with his father and brothers. He attended the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy in Paris on an Olympic Solidarity Youth Development Programme Scholarship at the age of 13.
* He became a professional player in 2003 and won only two titles. Still, he received the 2005 Cyprus Male Athlete of the Year award. In 2004 and 2006 he played only until the second round at the US Open where he lost to Roger Federer and Andre Agassi but after wonderful matches.
* He had importa
nt results at the Grand Slams in 2006. He played the final at the Australian Open. He beat players like Andy Roddick, Ivan Ljubicic and David Nalbandian. Roger Federer was his opponent in the final who managed to win with the score 5-7, 7-5, 6-0, 6-2. He played into the semi-finals at Wimbledon in the same year after defeating Andy Murray or Lleyton Hewitt, but lost to World's Number 2, Rafael Nadal.
* In 2007 he participated at the French Open and played only until the fourth round where lost to Igor Andreev.
He is great not only as a tennis player, but also as a showman because when you see his matches, you have the feeling you really live it. He is very passionate and gives everything on court. Specialists have a lot of expectations from him and perhaps we'll see him on the first position of Top 100.
Trivia :
- Height: 182 cm
- Weight: 80 kg
- She plays: right-handed
- She turned pro in 2003.
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Marcos Baghdatis was born on June 17, 1985 in Limassol, Cyprus. He is a talented tennis player with many important victories and results in the last years.
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