Flavio Cipolla

Flavio Cipolla
Flavio Cipolla in 2014
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceRome, Italy
Born (1983-10-20) 20 October 1983
Rome, Italy
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro2003
Retired2017
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$1,632,927
Singles
Career record36-66
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 70 (23 April 2012)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2009, 2012)
French Open2R (2007)
Wimbledon1R (2011, 2012)
US Open3R (2008)
Doubles
Career record17-36
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 75 (14 July 2008)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2012, 2013)
French Open1R (2012)
Wimbledon2R (2008, 2017)
US Open1R (2012)

Flavio Cipolla (born 20 October 1983) is an Italian tennis coach and former professional player. His career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ranking was No. 70, achieved on 23 April 2012. His best major result was reaching the third round of the 2008 US Open.

Career

2008

Cipolla began 2008 with a bang the first week in January, winning the singles and doubles titles of the Challenger in New Caledonia, to get his singles ranking to a career high of #116. He won 2 more Challenger doubles titles in February in Belgrade and in March in Italy to establish himself as a top-100 doubles player.

Cipolla got a chance to compete in a grand-slam tournament at the 2008 U.S. Open in the men's singles competition at Flushing Meadows. Despite losing in qualifying he, along with Rui Machado, were reinstated following the withdrawals of Mikhail Youzhny. Cipolla made the most of his opportunity and reached the third round. In the first round he beat Jan Hernych before defeating Yen-Hsun Lu of Chinese Taipei in the second round. In the third round he came up against world number 10 and tenth seed Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland. Cipolla took the match to 5 sets by taking a shock two set lead, however his Swiss opponent still had enough to come from behind and take the match, emerging victorious 5–7, 6–7, 6–4, 6–0, 6–4.

2012

In early 2012, Cipolla reached his first and only ATP Semi-Final in Casablanca, where he was defeated by Pablo Andujar. This lifted Cipolla to his highest career ranking of 70.

Coaching

In February 2023, Cipolla began coaching top 10 Women's Tennis Association (WTA) player Daria Kasatkina, replacing her longtime coach Carlos Martinez.[1] He is also the coach of Gianluca Mager.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–0)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (1–0)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 May 2016 Istanbul Open, Turkey 250 Series Clay Dudi Sela Andrés Molteni
Diego Schwartzman 		6–3, 5–7, [10–7]

Challenger career finals

Singles (5)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (5)
Titles by surface
Hard (2)
Grass (0)
Clay (3)
Carpet (0)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
1. 30 May 2006 Turin, Italy Clay Marcel Granollers 6–3, 6–3
2. 31 July 2007 Trani, Italy Clay Pablo Andújar 4–6, 6–2, 6–4
3. 4 September 2007 Genoa, Italy Clay Gianluca Naso 6–2, 6–7(4–7), 7–5
4. 1 January 2008 Nouméa, New Caledonia Hard Stéphane Bohli 6–4, 7–5
5. 6 February 2011 Burnie, Australia Hard Chris Guccione W/O

Doubles (17)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (17)
Titles by surface
Hard (3)
Grass (0)
Clay (13)
Carpet (1)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents Score
1. 4 July 2005 Mantua, Italy Clay Alessandro Motti Salvador Navarro
Óscar Serrano 		5–7, 6–3, 6–3
2. 2 August 2005 Saransk, Russia Clay Simon Stadler Konstantin Kravchuk
Alexander Kudryavtsev 		7–6(7–2), 4–6, 7–6(7–3)
3. 19 September 2005 Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina Clay Rainer Eitzinger Jeroen Masson
Stefan Wauters 		4–6, 6–3, 6–3
4. 25 September 2006 Bratislava, Slovak Republic Clay Marcel Granollers David Marrero
Pablo Santos 		7–6(7–2), 6–4
5. 9 October 2006 Barcelona, Spain Clay Tomas Behrend Pablo Andújar
Marcel Granollers 		6–3, 6–2
6. 26 March 2007 Naples, Italy Clay Marcel Granollers Marco Crugnola
Alessio di Mauro 		6–4, 6–2
7. 30 April 2007 Rome, Italy Clay Marcel Granollers Stefano Galvani
Manuel Jorquera 		3–6, 6–1, [11–9]
8. 1 January 2008 Nouméa, New Caledonia Hard Simone Vagnozzi Jan Mertl
Martin Slanar 		6–4, 6–4
9. 11 February 2008 Belgrade, Serbia Carpet Konstantinos Economidis Alessandro Motti
Filip Polášek 		4–6, 6–2, [10–8]
10. 24 March 2008 Barletta, Italy Clay Marcel Granollers Oliver Marach
Michal Mertiňák 		6–3, 2–6, [11–9]
11. 28 April 2008 Rome, Italy Clay Simone Vagnozzi Paolo Lorenzi
Giancarlo Petrazzuolo 		6–3, 6–3
12. 27 May 2008 Alessandria, Italy Clay Simone Vagnozzi Matwé Middelkoop
Melle Van Gemerden 		3–6, 6–1, [10–4]
13. 13 October 2008 Tashkent, Uzbekistan Hard Pavel Šnobel Michail Elgin
Alexandre Kudryavtsev 		6–3, 6–4
14. 28 February 2010 Meknes, Morocco Clay Pablo Andújar Alexandr Dolgopolov
Artem Smirnov 		6–2, 6–2
15. 12 September 2010 Braşov, Romania Clay Daniele Giorgini Radu Albot
Andrej Ciumac 		6–3, 6–4
16. 19 September 2010 Todi, Italy Clay Alessio di Mauro Marcel Granollers
Gerard Granollers-Pujol 		6–1, 6–4
17. 3 April 2011 Barranquilla, Colombia Hard Paolo Lorenzi Alejandro Falla
Eduardo Struvay 		6–3, 6–4

Runners-up (22)

Singles (8)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (8)
Finals by surface
Hard (3)
Grass (0)
Clay (5)
Carpet (0)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
1. 29 August 2005 Freudenstadt, Germany Clay Sergio Roitman 7–5, 6–4
2. 6 September 2005 Genoa, Italy Clay Potito Starace 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
3. 3 April 2006 Monza, Italy Clay Nicolas Devilder 6–2, 7–5
4. 28 July 2008 Tampere, Finland Clay Mathieu Montcourt 6–2, 6–2
5. 9 January 2010 Nouméa, New Caledonia Hard Florian Mayer 6–3, 6–0
6. 4 Juny 2011 Prostějov, Czech Republic Clay Yuri Schukin 6–4, 4–6, 6–0
7. 13 November 2011 Loughborough, UK Hard Tobias Kamke 2–6, 5–7
8. 9 September 2012 Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France Hard Josselin Ouanna 4–6, 5–7

Doubles (15)

Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (15)
Finals by surface
Hard (3)
Grass (0)
Clay (12)
Carpet (0)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents Score
1. 29 June 2004 Mantua, Italy Clay Alessandro Motti Daniele Bracciali
Giorgio Galimberti 		6–0, 6–4
2. 25 July 2005 Togliatti, Russia Hard Massimo Ocera Scott Lipsky
Mark Nielsen 		6–2, 6–3
3. 12 September 2005 Seville, Spain Clay Alessandro Motti Marcos Daniel
Fernando Vicente 		6–2, 6–7(1–7), 7–5
4. 3 October 2005 Rome, Italy Clay Alessandro Motti Konstantinos Economidis
Vasilis Mazarakis 		6–4, 7–6(7–4)
5. 20 March 2006 Barletta, Italy Clay Alessandro Motti Santiago Ventura
Fernando Vicente 		7–6(7–2), 4–6, [10–8]
6. 15 May 2006 San Remo, Italy Clay Francesco Piccari Julien Benneteau
Nicolas Mahut 		6–4, 7–6(8–6)
7. 30 May 2006 Turin, Italy Clay Leonardo Azzaro Marcel Granollers
Marc López 		6–4, 6–3
8. 11 June 2007 Košice, Slovak Republic Clay Leonardo Azzaro Filip Polášek
Lukáš Rosol 		6–1, 7–6(7–5)
9. 23 July 2007 Poznań, Poland Clay Ivo Klec Marc López
Santiago Ventura 		6–2, 5–7, [10–3]
10. 27 August 2007 Como, Italy Clay Maro Pedrini Máximo González
Simone Vagnozzi 		7–6(7–5), 6–4
11. 4 September 2007 Genoa, Italy Clay Simone Bolelli Daniele Giorgini
Simone Vagnozzi 		6–3, 6–1
12. 11 October 2009 Tarragona, Spain Clay Alessandro Motti Tomasz Bednarek
Mateusz Kowalczyk 		6–1, 6–1
13. 10 January 2010 Nouméa, New Caledonia Hard Simone Vagnozzi Nicolas Devilder
Édouard Roger-Vasselin 		5–7, 6–2, [10–8]
14. 9 January 2011 Nouméa, New Caledonia Hard Simone Vagnozzi Dominik Meffert
Frederik Nielsen 		7–6(7–4), 5–7, [10–5]
15. 24 September 2011 İzmir, Turkey Hard Thomas Fabbiano Travis Rettenmaier
Simon Stadler 		6–0, 6–2

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 2R 1R 2R 1R 2–4
French Open 2R 1R 1–2
Wimbledon 1R 1R 0–2
US Open 3R 1R 2R 2R 4–4
Win–loss 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–3 2–4 0–1 7–12

Doubles

Current till 2013 Australian Open.

Tournament 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2017 W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 2R 2R A 2–2
French Open A A A 1R A A 0–1
Wimbledon 2R A 1R 1R Q1 2R 2–4
US Open A A A 1R A A 0–1
Win–loss 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–4 1–1 1–1 4–8

References

  1. ^ Kane, David (18 February 2023). "Daria Kasatkina reveals coaching switch in couples vlog with Natalia Zabiiako". Tennis.com. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
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