Marc Fornell Mestres

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.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fornell and the second or maternal family name is Mestres.
Marc Fornell Mestres
Country (sports) Spain
Born (1982-01-26) 26 January 1982
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

Singles (15)
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 Morocco Rabie Chaki 6–3, 6–0
2. 16 June 2002 Canary Islands Clay Spain Marc Marco Ripoll 7–5, 2–6, 6–0
3. 24 August 2003 Irún Clay China Zhu Benqiang 1–6, 6–2, 6–4
4. 5 September 2004 Oviedo Clay Spain Carlos Cuadrado 7–5, 4–6, 6–4
5. 7 May 2006 Vic Clay Spain Miguel Ángel López Jaén 6–1, 6–4
6. 30 July 2006 Dénia Clay Spain Bartolomé Salvá-Vidal 7–5, 3–6, 6–3
7. 20 August 2006 Irún Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos 7–5, 2–6, 6–3
8. 26 November 2006 Maspalomas Clay Germany Gero Kretschmer 6–4, 6–3
9. 28 October 2007 Sant Cugat del Vallès Clay Spain Javier Genaro-Martínez 6–3, 4–6, 7–5
10. 4 November 2007 Vilafranca del Penedès Clay Spain Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras 6–4, 6–4
11. 1 November 2009 Sant Cugat del Vallès Clay Spain José Checa Calvo 2–6, 6–4, 6–2
12. 25 July 2010 Gandia Clay Spain Juan Lizariturry 7–6, 3–6, 6–2
13. 8 August 2010 Xàtiva Clay Spain Juan Lizariturry 6–3, 6–2
14. 15 May 2011 Kenitra Clay France Tak Khunn Wang 6–4, 7–5
15. 30 Nov 2014 Kish Clay Croatia Toni Androic 6–1, 6–1

Doubles (42)
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 Spain Didac Pérez Portugal Pedro Pereira & Portugal António van Grichen 4–2, 4–1, 4–2
2. 18 Aug 2002 Vigo Clay Spain Ferran Ventura-Martell Spain Eduardo Nicolás & Japan Norikazu Sugiyama 6–4, 6–4
3. 25 Aug 2002 Irun Clay Spain Ferran Ventura-Martell Colombia Alejandro Falla & Colombia Carlos Salamanca 7–6(7–3), 6–1
4. 22 Sep 2002 Barcelona Clay Spain Mariano Albert-Ferrando Argentina Carlos Berlocq & Argentina Juan Pablo Brzezicki 7–6(7–5), 7–5
5. 18 Jul 2004 Elche Clay Spain Ivan Esquerdo-Andreu Spain Antonio Baldellou-Esteva & Spain Germán Puentes 6–2, 6–1
6. 25 Jul 2004 Gandia Clay Spain Ivan Esquerdo-Andreu Spain Antonio Baldellou-Esteva & Spain Germán Puentes 6–2, 6–3
7. 24 Oct 2004 Barcelona Clay Spain Mario Munoz-Bejarano Spain Gorka Fraile & Spain David Marrero 6–4, 4–6, 6–4
8. 20 Feb 2005 Totana Hard Spain Marcel Granollers Poland Filip Urban & Germany Marius Zay 6–2, 6–3
9. 27 Feb 2005 Cartagena, Spain Clay Spain Alberto Soriano-Maldonado Spain Mariano Albert-Ferrando & Spain Francisco Mendez-Garcia 6–4, 6–3
10. 10 Apr 2005 Angers Clay Spain Daniel Monedero-Gonzalez France Nicolas Renavand & France Nicolas Tourte 7–6(9–7), 1–6, 6–4
11. 1 May 2005 Lleida Clay Spain Pablo Andújar El Salvador Rafael Arévalo & Togo Komlavi Loglo 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
12. 29 May 2005 Reus Clay Togo Komlavi Loglo Spain David Marrero & Spain Pablo Santos 5–7, 7–5, 6–1
13. 24 Jul 2005 Gandia Clay Spain Jordi Marsé-Vidri Spain David Marrero & Spain Pablo Santos 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
14. 21 Aug 2005 Irun Clay Spain Daniel Monedero-Gonzalez France Augustin Gensse & France Julien Jeanpierre 6–4, 6–4
15. 7 May 2006 Vic Clay Spain Jordi Marsé-Vidri Spain Antonio Baldellou-Esteva & Spain Germán Puentes 2–6, 6–3, 7–5
16. 16 Jul 2006 Elche Clay Spain Miguel Ángel López Jaén Morocco Mounir El Aarej & Spain David Luque-Velasco 6–3, 6–0
17. 30 Jul 2006 Dénia Clay Spain Miguel Ángel López Jaén Spain Oriol Hernandez-Pastor & Spain Javier Ruiz-Gonzalez 7–6(7–5), 6–2
18. 3 Sep 2006 Oviedo Clay Spain Juan-Miguel Such-Perez Spain Miguel Ángel López Jaén & Spain David Marrero 7–6(7–2), 6–4
19. 25 Nov 2006 Maspalomas Clay Spain Cesar Ferrer-Victoria Germany Sascha Hesse & Germany Mark Joachim 6–0, 6–4
20. 18 Mar 2007 Badalona Clay Spain Jordi Marsé-Vidri Spain Miguel Ángel López Jaén & Spain Pablo Santos 6–1, 6–2
21. 25 June 2007 Constanţa Clay Spain Gabriel Trujillo-Soler Romania Gabriel Moraru & Romania Horia Tecău 6–4, 6–4
22. 2 July 2007 Montauban Clay Spain Gabriel Trujillo-Soler Italy Adriano Biasella & Monaco Jean-René Lisnard 6–3, 7–5
23. 27 Oct 2007 Sant Cugat Clay Spain Jordi Marsé-Vidri Spain Miguel Ángel López Jaén & Spain David Marrero 5–7, 6–0, [10–4]
24. 12 Apr 2008 Málaga Clay United Kingdom David Rice Spain Óscar Burrieza & Russia Nikolai Nesterov 1–6, 6–2, [10–7]
25. 22 Mar 2009 Castelldefels Clay Spain Gerard Granollers Italy Stefano Ianni & Italy Mattia Livraghi 6–4, 3–6, [10–5]
26. 29 May 2009 Telde Clay Spain Gerard Granollers Spain Sergio Gutiérrez Ferrol & Spain Rafael Mazon-Hernandez 6–3, 6–4
27. 23 May 2010 Valldoreix Clay Spain David Cañudas-Fernández Spain Gerard Granollers & Spain Juan Lizariturry 6–3, 7–6(7–2)
28. 18 Jul 2010 Elche Clay Spain Carlos Calderon-Rodriguez Spain Juan Beaus-Barquin & Spain Juan José Leal-Gómez 6–4, 6–2
29. 8 Aug 2010 Xàtiva Clay Spain Carlos Calderon-Rodriguez Portugal Goncalo Falcao & Portugal Martin Trueva 6–1, 6–3
30. 16 Jan 2011 Majorca Clay Spain Pablo Santos Spain José Checa Calvo & Spain Carles Poch Gradin 6–1, 6–3
31. 2 Apr 2011 Reus Clay Luxembourg Mike Vermeer Germany Jan-Lennard Struff & Germany Richard Waite 7–6(7–3), 6–7(1–7), [10–8]
32. 14 May 2011 Kenitra Clay Luxembourg Mike Vermeer Kuwait Abdullah Maqdes & Egypt Sherif Sabry 5–7, 7–5, [10–3]
33. 21 May 2011 Rabat Clay Luxembourg Mike Vermeer Lebanon Bassam Beidas & Egypt Karim Maamoun 6–1, 6–4
34. 30 Nov 2014 Kish Clay Spain Marco Neubau North Macedonia Tomislav Jotovski & Croatia Duje Kekez 6–4, 6–4
35. 7 Dec 2014 Kish Clay Spain Marco Neubau Austria Markus Sedletzky & Austria Dominic Weidinger 6–3, 6–1
36. 14 Mar 2015 Antalya Clay Spain Marco Neubau Brazil Rafael Camilo & Brazil Eduardo Russi 6–4, 6–2
37. 12 Mar 2016 Agadir Clay Morocco Lamine Ouahab Spain Marcos Giraldi Requena & Switzerland Jacob Kahoun 6–7(4–7), 6–4, [13–11]
38. 19 Mar 2016 Beni Mellal Clay Morocco Lamine Ouahab Italy Filippo Leonardi & Italy Fabio Mercuri 6–3, 7–5
39. 30 Jul 2017 Xàtiva Clay Spain Sergio Martos Gornés Spain Eduard Esteve Lobato & Spain Gerard Granollers 6–3, 6–2
40. 21 Oct 2017 Pula, Sardinia Clay Portugal Fred Gil Italy Filippo Baldi & Italy Andrea Pellegrino 6–2, 5–7, [10–5]
41. 28 Oct 2017 Pula, Sardinia Clay Portugal Fred Gil Italy Raúl Brancaccio & Sweden Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș 3–6, 6–1, [10–8]
42. 26 Nov 2017 Hammamet, Tunisia Clay Portugal Fred Gil Spain Carlos Boluda-Purkiss & Spain Oriol Roca Batalla 6–2, 6–4

References
  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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