Tennis in Italy

Tennis in Italy is the 6th sport, with 1,298,000 people, by number of practitioners.[1]

Jannik Sinner is currently the top Italian player in the ATP rankings.
Jasmine Paolini is currently the top Italian player in the WTA rankings.

History

The four most successful Italian tennis players with regard to Grand Slam tournament results are Nicola Pietrangeli (1959 French Championships and 1960 French Championships), Adriano Panatta (1976 French Open), Francesca Schiavone (2010 French Open) and Flavia Pennetta (2015 US Open).

Also the Italy Davis Cup team won the 1976 Davis Cup, and the Italy Fed Cup team won four times the Fed Cup in 2006, 2009, 2010, and 2013.

Women's tennis in particular has seen tremendous successes in the 21st century, with the advent of Francesca Schiavone, Sara Errani, Flavia Pennetta and Roberta Vinci. All four of these women reached the top 10 of the WTA rankings in both singles and doubles (with Schiavone and Errani reaching the top 5 in singles and Pennetta, Errani and Vinci reaching No 1 in doubles), and reached Grand Slam finals in both disciplines. Schiavone and Pennetta won singles Grand Slam titles, while Pennetta, Errani and Vinci won doubles Grand Slam titles, with Errani and Vinci achieving the Career Grand Slam in doubles as a pair. They were also responsible for Italy's 4 Fed Cup victories as members of the national Fed Cup team.

Players best singles ranking

In this table only those who have reached the top 20 in the world singles ranking.

  Active

Updated to 4 October 2023. Data refer to the Open Era (from 1968).[2]

Men
#PlayerRank PeriodGrand Slam bestATP wins
1 Adriano Panatta4August 1976 Win 1976 French Open10
Jannik Sinner4October 2023 SF 2023 Wimbledon9
3 Matteo Berrettini6January 2022 F 2021 Wimbledon7
4 Corrado Barazzutti7August 1978 SF 1977 US Open, 1978 French Open5
5 Fabio Fognini9July 2019 QF 2011 French Open9
6 Paolo Bertolucci12August 1973 QF 1973 French Open6
7 Lorenzo Musetti15June 2023 4R 2021 French Open2
8 Marco Cecchinato16February 2019 SF 2018 French Open3
9 Andreas Seppi18January 2013 4R 2012 French Open, Australian Open (2013, 2015, 2017, 2018). 2013 Wimbledon3
Omar Camporese18February 1992 4R 1992 Australian Open3
Andrea Gaudenzi18February 1995 4R 1994 French Open2
12 Renzo Furlan19April 1996 QF 1995 French Open2

Women
#PlayerRank PeriodGrand Slam bestWTA wins
1 Francesca Schiavone4January 2011 Win 2010 French Open8
2 Sara Errani5May 2013 F 2012 French Open9
3 Flavia Pennetta6September 2015 Win 2015 US Open11
4 Roberta Vinci7May 2016 F 2015 US Open10
5 Silvia Farina11May 2002 QF 2003 Wimbledon3
6 Raffaella Reggi13April 1988 QF 1987 French Open5
7 Sandra Cecchini15March 1988 QF 1985 French Open9
8 Martina Trevisan18May 2023 SF 2022 French Open1

Grand slam best singles results

Men
Adriano Panatta, last Italian male winner of a Grand Slam tournament, in 1976.

Ten Italian tennis players played at least the semi-final in a Grand Slam tournament.[3]

PlayerTournamentResult
Umberto De MorpurgoRoland Garros 1930Semifinal
Giorgio De StefaniRoland Garros 1932Final
Roland Garros 1934Semifinal
Giuseppe MerloRoland Garros 1955Semifinal
Roland Garros 1956Semifinal
Nicola PietrangeliRoland Garros 1959Win
Roland Garros 1960Win
Roland Garros 1961Final
Roland Garros 1964Final
Wimbledon 1960Semifinal
Orlando SirolaRoland Garros 1960Semifinal
Adriano PanattaRoland Garros 1973Semifinal
Roland Garros 1975Semifinal
Roland Garros 1976Win
Corrado BarazzuttiUS Open 1977Semifinal
Roland Garros 1978Semifinal
Marco CecchinatoRoland Garros 2018Semifinal
Matteo BerrettiniUS Open 2019Semifinal
Wimbledon 2021Final
Australian Open 2022Semifinal
Jannik SinnerWimbledon 2023Semifinal

Women
Flavia Pennetta, last Italian female and Italian winner of a Grand Slam tournament, in 2015.

Eight Italian female tennis players have reached at least the semifinals of a Grand Slam singles tournament.[4][5]

PlayerTournamentResult
Maud Rosenbaum Levi 1930 U. S. National ChampionshipsSemifinal
Annalisa Ullstein Bossi Bellani 1949 French International ChampionshipsSemifinal
Silvana Lazzarino 1954 French International ChampionshipsSemifinal
Francesca Schiavone 2010 French OpenWin
2011 French OpenFinal
Sara Errani 2012 French OpenFinal
2012 US OpenSemifinal
2013 French OpenSemifinal
Flavia Pennetta 2013 US OpenSemifinal
2015 US OpenWin
Roberta Vinci 2015 US OpenFinal
Martina Trevisan 2022 French OpenSemifinal

All tournament winners in Open Era

Male

As of 4 October 2023, 84 tournaments have been won by 27 Italian tennis players in the major circuit.

  Still active

Female

As of 30 July 2023, 77 tournaments have been won by 21 Italian tennis players in the major circuit.

  Still active

All-Italian finals in Open Era

Male

There were seven all-Italian finals in Open Era in the ATP Tour.[6]

#    Date    TournamentVenue Tier Surface Winner Runner-up Result
1 May 1974 Florence Open Italy Florence C events Clay Adriano Panatta Paolo Bertolucci 6-4, 6-1
2 July 1976 Swedish Open Sweden Båstad Three-star events Clay Tonino Zugarelli Corrado Barazzutti 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
3 March 1980 Cairo Open Egypt Cairo Grand Prix Clay Corrado Barazzutti Paolo Bertolucci 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
4 April 1987 Hypo Group Tennis International Italy Bari Grand Prix Clay Claudio Pistolesi Francesco Cancellotti 6-7(10-8), 7-5, 6-3
5 May 1988 Florence Open Italy Florence Grand Prix Clay Massimiliano Narducci Claudio Panatta 3-6. 6-1, 6-4
6 Feb 2021 Great Ocean Road Open Australia Melbourne 250 Series Hard Jannik Sinner Stefano Travaglia 7-6(7-4), 6-4
7 Oct 2022 Tennis Napoli Cup Italy Naples 250 Series Hard Lorenzo Musetti Matteo Berrettini 7-6(7-5), 6-2

Female
#    Date    TournamentVenue Tier Surface Winner Runner-up Result
1 May 1985 Spanish Open Spain Barcelona WTA $50,000 Clay Sandra Cecchini Raffaella Reggi 6–3, 6–4
2 July 1990 Estoril Open Portugal Oeiras WTA Tier V Clay Federica Bonsignori Laura Garrone 2–6, 6–3, 6–3
3 July 1991 San Marino Open San Marino City of San Marino WTA Tier V Clay Katia Piccolini Silvia Farina 6–2, 6–3
4 March 2003 Morocco Open Morocco Casablanca WTA Tier V Clay Rita Grande Antonella Serra Zanetti 6–2, 4–6, 6–1
5 February 2007 Copa Colsanitas Colombia Bogotá WTA Tier III Clay Roberta Vinci Tathiana Garbin 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 0–3 ret.
6 July 2009 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo Italy Palermo WTA International Clay Flavia Pennetta Sara Errani 6–1, 6–2
7 April 2010 Barcelona Ladies Open Spain Barcelona WTA International Clay Francesca Schiavone Roberta Vinci 6–1, 6–1
8 February 2012 Abierto Mexicano Telcel Mexico Acapulco WTA International Clay Sara Errani Flavia Pennetta 5–7, 7–6(7–2), 6–0
9 July 2013 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo Italy Palermo WTA International Clay Roberta Vinci Sara Errani 6–3, 3–6, 6–3
10 May 2015 Nürnberger Cup Germany Nürnberg WTA International Clay Karin Knapp Roberta Vinci 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–1
11 September 2015 US Open United States New York City Grand Slam Hard Flavia Pennetta Roberta Vinci 7-6, 6-2

See also

References
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  2. "QUANTI ITALIANI SONO ENTRATI NEI TOP 50? RISPONDE L'ESPERTO" (in Italian). supertennis.tv. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  3. "Marco Cecchinato è l'ottavo giocatore nella storia del tennis italiano ad approdare in una semifinale Slam" (in Italian). superlivetennis.it. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  4. "I migliori risultati delle azzurre nei tornei dello Slam". federtennis.it (in Italian). Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  5. "VINCI-PENNETTA Tutti i numeri di un'impresa". federtennis.it (in Italian). Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  6. "ATP: SINNER-TRAVAGLIA, SETTIMO DERBY AZZURRO IN FINALE. I PRECEDENTI" (in Italian). federtennis.it. 6 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
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