Christopher Luke Guccione (/ˌɡuːtʃiˈoʊni/ GOO-chee-OH-nee; born 30 July 1985) is an inactive Australian professional tennis player from Greenvale, Victoria.
The good service has led fellow Australian player Mark Philippoussis to call him a "Wayne Arthurs clone".
[citation needed] He has had greater success as a doubles player, often partnering with fellow Australians Carsten Ball and Sam Groth.
He continued this Davis Cup success in April at Kooyong in Victoria when he defeated his more experienced opponent, Max Mirnyi, in the opening Quarter-final tie against Belarus.
Guccione then qualified for the American double Tennis Masters Series, Indian Wells and Miami but was unable to get past the first round in both tournaments.
"[citation needed] Guccione's 2008 AO campaign commenced at the 2008 Next Generation Adelaide International with a win over Wayne Odesnik.
However, Guccione was unable to defend his 2007 runner-up points at the Next Generation Adelaide International, succumbing to second seed Paul-Henri Mathieu in the second round.
However, in the Sunrise challenger, a warm-up tournament for the Miami Masters, Guccione recorded his best ever win against world number 12 Fernando González in the semifinals.
Guccione's 2009 season started in poor fashion, losing to American Amer Delić in the first round of qualifying at the inaugural Brisbane International.
Guccione had been upset prior to the commencement of the tournament after he had been shunned of a main draw wildcard in favor of younger players Bernard Tomic and Brydan Klein.
However the following week at the 2009 Sydney International, Guccione bounced back with an impressive 6–3, 6–4 win over 6th seed Tomáš Berdych before going on to lose in the following round to eventual finalist Jarkko Nieminen, 7–6, 6–3.
Despite falling out of the top 100 after his loss in Sydney, Guccione went on to win his first match at the Australian Open since he made his debut in 2004, defeating Nicolas Devilder of France 6–4, 6–2, 6–4 before losing in four sets to 7th seed Gilles Simon in the second round.
After Hewitt lost to Danai Udomchoke in the 4th rubber, it was left to Guccione to defeat Kittiphong Wachiramanowong in the deciding match.
Guccione and George Bastl beat Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich in doubles 7–5, 7–6, to win the final of the Israel Ramat HaSharon Challenger tournament in May 2009.
Guccione lost to Tomáš Berdych in the third round 4–6, 3–6, and then suffered an Achilles injury on the foot while playing doubles at Washington which affected his preparations before the US Open.
At the same tournament he reached his first Grand Slam quarterfinal partnering fellow Australian Carsten Ball as alternate pair where they lost to top seeds the Bryan brothers.
[citation needed] After recovering from the Achilles injury that had Guccione sidelined for over 6 months, he had finally made his comeback appearance at the Wimbledon tune-up event; the 2010 Aegon Championships.
Guccione played a number of ATP Challenger Tour events in order to further recover from his Achilles injury and gain match fitness, in addition to entering both singles and doubles qualifying draws at majors.