Marc Fornell Mestres (born 26 January 1982) is a professional tennis player from Spain. He has captured two ATP Challenger Series/Tour titles.[1][2] Fornell Mestres's career-high ATP singles entry ranking is World No. 236, achieved on 19 November 2007.

Marc Fornell Mestres
Country (sports) Spain
Born (1982-01-26) 26 January 1982 (age 42)
Barcelona, Spain
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$231,848
Singles
Career record0–1
Highest rankingNo. 236 (19 November 2007)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 167 (16 July 2007)

On 31 December 2018, he was provisionally suspended from tennis for leading a match-fixing group.[3] In 2022, Fornell Mestres was convicted of match fixing and received a 2-year suspended prison sentence and a 450€ fine. He was also fined $250,000 and banned from professional tennis for 22 years and 6 months by the International Tennis Integrity Agency.[4][5]

Career titles

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Singles (15)

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Legend (singles)
Grand Slam (0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0)
ATP World Tour 500 (0)
ATP World Tour 250 (0)
ATP Challenger Tour (0)
ITF Futures (15)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. 10 June 2001 Agadir Clay   Rabie Chaki 6–3, 6–0
2. 16 June 2002 Canary Islands Clay   Marc Marco Ripoll 7–5, 2–6, 6–0
3. 24 August 2003 Irún Clay   Zhu Benqiang 1–6, 6–2, 6–4
4. 5 September 2004 Oviedo Clay   Carlos Cuadrado 7–5, 4–6, 6–4
5. 7 May 2006 Vic Clay   Miguel Ángel López Jaén 6–1, 6–4
6. 30 July 2006 Dénia Clay   Bartolomé Salvá-Vidal 7–5, 3–6, 6–3
7. 20 August 2006 Irún Clay   Horacio Zeballos 7–5, 2–6, 6–3
8. 26 November 2006 Maspalomas Clay   Gero Kretschmer 6–4, 6–3
9. 28 October 2007 Sant Cugat del Vallès Clay   Javier Genaro-Martínez 6–3, 4–6, 7–5
10. 4 November 2007 Vilafranca del Penedès Clay   Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras 6–4, 6–4
11. 1 November 2009 Sant Cugat del Vallès Clay   José Checa Calvo 2–6, 6–4, 6–2
12. 25 July 2010 Gandia Clay   Juan Lizariturry 7–6, 3–6, 6–2
13. 8 August 2010 Xàtiva Clay   Juan Lizariturry 6–3, 6–2
14. 15 May 2011 Kenitra Clay   Tak Khunn Wang 6–4, 7–5
15. 30 Nov 2014 Kish Clay   Toni Androic 6–1, 6–1

Doubles (42)

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Legend (singles)
Grand Slam (0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0)
ATP World Tour 500 (0)
ATP World Tour 250 (0)
ATP Challenger Tour (2)
ITF Futures (40)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents in the final Score
1. 30 Aug 2000 Vigo Clay   Didac Pérez   Pedro Pereira &   António van Grichen 4–2, 4–1, 4–2
2. 18 Aug 2002 Vigo Clay   Ferran Ventura-Martell   Eduardo Nicolás &   Norikazu Sugiyama 6–4, 6–4
3. 25 Aug 2002 Irun Clay   Ferran Ventura-Martell   Alejandro Falla &   Carlos Salamanca 7–6(7–3), 6–1
4. 22 Sep 2002 Barcelona Clay   Mariano Albert-Ferrando   Carlos Berlocq &   Juan Pablo Brzezicki 7–6(7–5), 7–5
5. 18 Jul 2004 Elche Clay   Ivan Esquerdo-Andreu   Antonio Baldellou-Esteva &   Germán Puentes 6–2, 6–1
6. 25 Jul 2004 Gandia Clay   Ivan Esquerdo-Andreu   Antonio Baldellou-Esteva &   Germán Puentes 6–2, 6–3
7. 24 Oct 2004 Barcelona Clay   Mario Munoz-Bejarano   Gorka Fraile &   David Marrero 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
8. 20 Feb 2005 Totana Hard   Marcel Granollers   Filip Urban &   Marius Zay 6–2, 6–3
9. 27 Feb 2005 Cartagena, Spain Clay   Alberto Soriano-Maldonado   Mariano Albert-Ferrando &   Francisco Mendez-Garcia 6–4, 6–3
10. 10 Apr 2005 Angers Clay   Daniel Monedero-Gonzalez   Nicolas Renavand &   Nicolas Tourte 7–6(9–7), 1–6, 6–4
11. 1 May 2005 Lleida Clay   Pablo Andújar   Rafael Arévalo &   Komlavi Loglo 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
12. 29 May 2005 Reus Clay   Komlavi Loglo   David Marrero &   Pablo Santos 5–7, 7–5, 6–1
13. 24 Jul 2005 Gandia Clay   Jordi Marsé-Vidri   David Marrero &   Pablo Santos 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
14. 21 Aug 2005 Irun Clay   Daniel Monedero-Gonzalez   Augustin Gensse &   Julien Jeanpierre 6–4, 6–4
15. 7 May 2006 Vic Clay   Jordi Marsé-Vidri   Antonio Baldellou-Esteva &   Germán Puentes 2–6, 6–3, 7–5
16. 16 Jul 2006 Elche Clay   Miguel Ángel López Jaén   Mounir El Aarej &   David Luque-Velasco 6–3, 6–0
17. 30 Jul 2006 Dénia Clay   Miguel Ángel López Jaén   Oriol Hernandez-Pastor &   Javier Ruiz-Gonzalez 7–6(7–5), 6–2
18. 3 Sep 2006 Oviedo Clay   Juan-Miguel Such-Perez   Miguel Ángel López Jaén &   David Marrero 7–6(7–2), 6–4
19. 25 Nov 2006 Maspalomas Clay   Cesar Ferrer-Victoria   Sascha Hesse &   Mark Joachim 6–0, 6–4
20. 18 Mar 2007 Badalona Clay   Jordi Marsé-Vidri   Miguel Ángel López Jaén &   Pablo Santos 6–1, 6–2
21. 25 June 2007 Constanţa Clay   Gabriel Trujillo-Soler   Gabriel Moraru &   Horia Tecău 6–4, 6–4
22. 2 July 2007 Montauban Clay   Gabriel Trujillo-Soler   Adriano Biasella &   Jean-René Lisnard 6–3, 7–5
23. 27 Oct 2007 Sant Cugat Clay   Jordi Marsé-Vidri   Miguel Ángel López Jaén &   David Marrero 5–7, 6–0, [10–4]
24. 12 Apr 2008 Málaga Clay   David Rice   Óscar Burrieza &   Nikolai Nesterov 1–6, 6–2, [10–7]
25. 22 Mar 2009 Castelldefels Clay   Gerard Granollers   Stefano Ianni &   Mattia Livraghi 6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
26. 29 May 2009 Telde Clay   Gerard Granollers   Sergio Gutiérrez Ferrol &   Rafael Mazon-Hernandez 6–3, 6–4
27. 23 May 2010 Valldoreix Clay   David Cañudas-Fernández   Gerard Granollers &   Juan Lizariturry 6–3, 7–6(7–2)
28. 18 Jul 2010 Elche Clay   Carlos Calderon-Rodriguez   Juan Beaus-Barquin &   Juan José Leal-Gómez 6–4, 6–2
29. 8 Aug 2010 Xàtiva Clay   Carlos Calderon-Rodriguez   Goncalo Falcao &   Martin Trueva 6–1, 6–3
30. 16 Jan 2011 Majorca Clay   Pablo Santos   José Checa Calvo &   Carles Poch Gradin 6–1, 6–3
31. 2 Apr 2011 Reus Clay   Mike Vermeer   Jan-Lennard Struff &   Richard Waite 7–6(7–3), 6–7(1–7), [10–8]
32. 14 May 2011 Kenitra Clay   Mike Vermeer   Abdullah Maqdes &   Sherif Sabry 5–7, 7–5, [10–3]
33. 21 May 2011 Rabat Clay   Mike Vermeer   Bassam Beidas &   Karim Maamoun 6–1, 6–4
34. 30 Nov 2014 Kish Clay   Marco Neubau   Tomislav Jotovski &   Duje Kekez 6–4, 6–4
35. 7 Dec 2014 Kish Clay   Marco Neubau   Markus Sedletzky &   Dominic Weidinger 6–3, 6–1
36. 14 Mar 2015 Antalya Clay   Marco Neubau   Rafael Camilo &   Eduardo Russi 6–4, 6–2
37. 12 Mar 2016 Agadir Clay   Lamine Ouahab   Marcos Giraldi Requena &   Jacob Kahoun 6–7(4–7), 6–4, [13–11]
38. 19 Mar 2016 Beni Mellal Clay   Lamine Ouahab   Filippo Leonardi &   Fabio Mercuri 6–3, 7–5
39. 30 Jul 2017 Xàtiva Clay   Sergio Martos Gornés   Eduard Esteve Lobato &   Gerard Granollers 6–3, 6–2
40. 21 Oct 2017 Pula, Sardinia Clay   Fred Gil   Filippo Baldi &   Andrea Pellegrino 6–2, 5–7, [10–5]
41. 28 Oct 2017 Pula, Sardinia Clay   Fred Gil   Raúl Brancaccio &   Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș 3–6, 6–1, [10–8]
42. 26 Nov 2017 Hammamet, Tunisia Clay   Fred Gil   Carlos Boluda-Purkiss &   Oriol Roca Batalla 6–2, 6–4

References

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  1. ^ Real Federación Española de Tenis Triunfo de Marc Fornell en Marruecos y final de Carlos Calderón en Turquía 16.05.11
  2. ^ Hemeroteca 02/07/2008 Los españoles Miguel Ángel López y Marc Fornell pasan a la segunda ronda
  3. ^ "ITIA - marc fornell mestres provisionally suspended tennis".
  4. ^ "Six Spanish players banned for match-fixing". BBC Sport.
  5. ^ "ITIA - Six Spanish players banned". ITIA.
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