Italian tennis player (born 1972)
Davide Sanguinetti (Italian pronunciation:[ˈdaːvidesaŋɡwiˈnetti];[5][6] born 25 August 1972) is an Italiantennis coach and former professional player.[7][8]
Born inViareggio inTuscany, he attended theHarry Hopman academy inFlorida and thenUCLA. He now resides inMonte Carlo.
Sanguinetti has won twoATP singles titles in 2002, defeatingRoger Federer (Milan Indoor) andAndy Roddick (Delray Beach) in the finals, and one doubles titles (Umag 1997). His career-high singles ranking was World No. 42 (31 December 2005), and he has represented Italy in theDavis Cup since 1998.
In 1998, Sanguinetti made a run to theWimbledon quarterfinals, defeatingJohan Van Herck,Franco Squillari,Vladimir Voltchkov andFrancisco Clavet before losing toRichard Krajicek in straight sets. At the 2005US Open, Sanguinetti achieved one of the most memorable runs of his career, reaching the fourth round. He defeatedCarlos Moyá andParadorn Srichaphan – the latter in a four-and-a-half-hour match – before losing toDavid Nalbandian. However, he gained a bit of redemption when he upset Nalbandian in the first round of theRogers Cup in Toronto on 7 August 2006.
Sanguinetti has a .500 record inDavis Cup matches, last playing againstZimbabwe in 2003, defeating Nigel Badza and losing toWayne Black.
He was the coach ofVince Spadea 2008–11,[1] and subsequently coachedGo Soeda[2] andDinara Safina.[3] Starting in October 2023, he became the coach ofBrandon Nakashima.[9] He currently coachesElena Rybakina since February 2025.
Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)
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| Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) | | ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) | | ATP Masters Series (0–0) | | ATP Championship Series (0–1) | | ATP International Series (2–3) |
| | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (1–3) | | Clay (0–1) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (1–0) |
| | Finals by setting |
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| Outdoors (1–2) | | Indoors (1–1) |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | May 1998 | Coral Springs, United States | World Series | Clay | Andrew Ilie | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Sep 2000 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | International Series | Hard | Marat Safin | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Feb 2001 | Memphis, United States | Championship Series | Hard | Mark Philippoussis | 3–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6 |
| Win | 1–3 | Jan 2002 | Milan, Italy | International Series | Carpet | Roger Federer | 7–6(7–2), 4–6, 6–1 |
| Win | 2–3 | Mar 2002 | Delray Beach, United States | International Series | Hard | Andy Roddick | 6–4, 4–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2–4 | Feb 2003 | San Jose, United States | International Series | Hard | Andre Agassi | 3–6, 1–6 |
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
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| Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) | | ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) | | ATP Masters Series (0–0) | | ATP Championship Series (0–0) | | ATP International Series (1–1) |
| | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (0–0) | | Clay (1–0) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–1) |
| | Finals by setting |
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| Outdoors (1–0) | | Indoors (0–1) |
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ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
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| ATP Challenger (10–6) | | ITF Futures (0–0) |
| | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (6–2) | | Clay (4–4) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (0–0) |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Apr 1997 | Barletta, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Carlos Costa | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Jun 1997 | Fürth, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Tomas Nydahl | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Jun 1997 | Eisenach, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Tomas Nydahl | 3–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 2–2 | Jul 1997 | Oberstaufen, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Andrea Gaudenzi | 4–6, 7–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–2 | Apr 1998 | Napoli, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Marat Safin | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 3–3 | May 1998 | Budapest, Hungary | Challenger | Clay | Marcos Ondruska | 6–4, 5–7, 6–7(2–7) |
| Win | 4–3 | Aug 1999 | Prague, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Petr Kralert | 7–5, 2–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 5–3 | Mar 2000 | Salinas, Ecuador | Challenger | Hard | Luis Horna | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 6–3 | Oct 2000 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Challenger | Hard | Rainer Schüttler | 7–5, 6–1 |
| Win | 7–3 | Feb 2002 | Wrocław, Poland | Challenger | Hard | Antony Dupuis | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 8–3 | Nov 2003 | Helsinki, Finland | Challenger | Hard | Robin Söderling | 6–4, 7–6(7–4) |
| Loss | 8–4 | Jul 2004 | Granby, Canada | Challenger | Hard | Michael Russell | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 8–5 | Aug 2004 | Mönchengladbach, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Tobias Summerer | 6–7(4–7), 1–6 |
| Loss | 8–6 | Mar 2005 | Sunrise, United States | Challenger | Hard | Karol Beck | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 9–6 | Jul 2005 | Recanati, Italy | Challenger | Hard | Daniele Bracciali | 6–4, 4–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 10–6 | Jul 2006 | Recanati, Italy | Challenger | Hard | Simone Bolelli | 6–4, 3–0 ret. |
| Legend |
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| ATP Challenger (5–2) | | ITF Futures (0–0) |
| | Finals by surface |
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| Hard (1–1) | | Clay (3–1) | | Grass (0–0) | | Carpet (1–0) |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Nov 1995 | Ahmedabad, India | Challenger | Clay | Pietro Pennisi | Ivan Baron
João Cunha-Silva | 7–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Oct 1997 | Barcelona, Spain | Challenger | Clay | Dinu-Mihai Pescariu | Tamer El Sawy
Nuno Marques | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 2–1 | Aug 1999 | Poznań, Poland | Challenger | Clay | Massimo Ardinghi | Hugo Armando
Andrei Cherkasov | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 3–1 | Sep 1999 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Challenger | Clay | Massimo Ardinghi | Nebojsa Djordjevic
Dušan Vemić | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 4–1 | Nov 2003 | Milan, Italy | Challenger | Carpet | Takao Suzuki | Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Marcin Matkowski | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Loss | 4–2 | Jul 2004 | Granby, Canada | Challenger | Hard | Harel Levy | Brian Baker
Frank Dancevic | 2–6, 6–7(5–7) |
| Win | 5–2 | Jul 2006 | Recanati, Italy | Challenger | Hard | Simone Bolelli | Sebastian Rieschick
Viktor Troicki | 6–1, 3–6, [10–4] |
Performance timelines
[edit](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.