Italian tennis player
Federico Gaio Full name Federico Gaio Country (sports) ItalyResidence Faenza , ItalyBorn (1992-03-05 ) 5 March 1992 (age 33) [ 1] Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Turned pro 2009 Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand) Coach Fabio Filippo Colangelo Prize money $1,054,832[ 1] Singles Career record 3–15 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 124 (3 February 2020) Current ranking No. 198 (15 January 2024) Grand Slam singles results Australian Open Q2 (2018 ,2024 ) French Open Q2 (2016 ) Wimbledon Q3 (2021 ) US Open 1R (2018 ,2020 ) Doubles Career record 5–5[ 1] Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 163 (2 November 2020) Current ranking No. 404 (15 January 2024) Last updated on: 19 January 2024.
Federico Gaio (Italian pronunciation: [fedeˈriːko ˈɡaːjo] ;[ 3] [ 4] born 5 March 1992) is an Italian professional tennis player. He competes mainly on theATP Challenger Tour and theITF circuit. He has won four Challenger titles and nine ITF futures singles titles. He reached his career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 124 in February 2020. He has won three Challenger and four ITF futures doubles titles in doubles.[ 2] He reached a career high in doubles of World No. 163 on 2 November 2020 after his maiden ATP doubles final at the2020 Rio Open partneringSalvatore Caruso . In July 2025 he began coaching top 10 playerJasmine Paolini .
Professional career [ edit ] He played his first ATP main draw match in the2015 Rome Open after gaining entry as a wildcard.
2018: Grand Slam singles debut [ edit ] He made his Grand Slam debut at the2018 US Open as a qualifier where he lost to tenth seedDavid Goffin .
2020: Maiden doubles ATP final [ edit ] He reached his first doubles final at the ATP 5002020 Rio Open partneringSalvatore Caruso where they lost toHoracio Zeballos /Marcel Granollers
2023: First Challenger final since 2021 [ edit ] At the2023 Piemonte Open Challenger 175 he reached his first final since July 2021 as a qualifier with a win over top seed and world No. 40Sebastian Baez .[ 5] As a result, he moved more than 100 positions up into the top 250 on 22 May 2023.
ATP Tour career finals [ edit ] Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)[ edit ] Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP Finals (0–0) ATP Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP 500 (0–1) ATP 250 (0–0)
Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting Outdoor (0–1) Indoor (0–0)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals[ edit ] Singles: 28 (13 titles, 15 runner-ups)[ edit ] Legend ATP Challenger Tour (4–5) ITF Futures/WTT (9–10)
Finals by surface Hard (5–4) Clay (8–11) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score Win 1–0 May 2011 Kazakhstan F2,Taraz Futures Hard Takuto Niki 0–6, 6–4, 6–2 Win 2–0 May 2011 Kazakhstan F3,Almaty Futures Hard Ilia Starkov6–0, 7–5 Loss 2–1 Jun 2011 Israel F6,Ashkelon Futures Hard Amir Weintraub 4–6, 2–6 Win 3–1 Jul 2012 Argentina F18,Bell Ville Futures Clay Renzo Olivo 7–5, 7–5 Loss 3–2 Jul 2013 Austria F2,Seefeld Futures Clay Patrick Ofner5–7, 6–3, 4–6 Win 4–2 Sep 2013 Turkey F36,Antalya Futures Hard Richard Gabb3–6, 7–6(7–2) , 6–1 Loss 4–3 Nov 2013 Greece F17,Heraklion Futures Hard Dennis Novak 4–6, 2–6 Loss 4–4 May 2014 France F9,Grasse Futures Clay Jonathan Eysseric 3–6, 4–6 Loss 4–5 Jul 2014 Italy F23,Modena Futures Clay Daniele Giorgini 3–6, 4–6 Loss 4–6 Aug 2014 Cortina , ItalyChallenger Clay Filip Krajinović 6–2, 6–7(5–7) , 5–7 Win 5–6 Oct 2014 Turkey F36,Antalya Futures Hard Hiroyasu Ehara1–6, 6–0, 6–4 Loss 5–7 Apr 2015 Croatia F7,Vrsar Futures Clay Riccardo Bellotti 4–6, 6–3, 4–6 Win 6–7 Apr 2015 Italy F5,Santa Margherita di Pula Futures Clay Stefano Napolitano 6–2, 6–4 Loss 6–8 May 2015 Italy F10,Bergamo Futures Clay Matteo Trevisan 4–6, 4–6 Win 7–8 Aug 2015 Italy F22,Appiano Futures Clay Francisco Bahamonde6–4, 6–3 Win 8–8 Jul 2016 San Benedetto , ItalyChallenger Clay Constant Lestienne 6–2, 1–6, 6–3 Win 9–8 Jul 2016 Biella , ItalyChallenger Clay Thomaz Bellucci 7–6(7–5) , 6–2 Win 10–8 Sep 2017 Italy F29,Santa Margherita di Pula Futures Clay Jay Clarke 6–2, 7–5 Win 11–8 Oct 2017 Italy F35,Santa Margherita di Pula Futures Clay Lorenzo Sonego 7–6(7–4) , 2–6, 6–0 Loss 11–9 Jul 2018 Padova , ItalyChallenger Clay Sergio Gutiérrez Ferrol 2–6, 6–3, 1–6 Loss 11–10 Jun 2019 Parma , ItalyChallenger Clay Tommy Robredo 6–7(10–12) , 7–5, 6–7(6–8) Win 12–10 Aug 2019 Manerbio , ItalyChallenger Clay Paolo Lorenzi 6–3, 6–1 Win 13–10 Jan 2020 Bangkok , ThailandChallenger Hard Robin Haase 6–1, 4–6, 4–2 ret. Loss 13–11 Jul 2021 Todi , ItalyChallenger Clay Mario Vilella Martínez 6–7(3–7) , 6–1, 3–6 Loss 13–12 Jan 2023 M25Monastir , Tunisia WTT Hard Francesco Forti 3–6, 4–6 Loss 13–13 Feb 2023 M25Vila Real de Santo Antonio , Portugal WTT Hard Henrique Rocha 3–6, 1–6 Loss 13–14 May 2023 Turin , ItalyChallenger Clay[ a] Dominik Köpfer 7–6(7–5) , 2–6, 0–6 Loss 13–15 Jun 2024 M25Grasse , France WTT Clay Maxime Chazal 6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Doubles: 18 (7 titles, 11 runner-ups)[ edit ] Legend ATP Challenger Tour (3–6) ITF Futures/WTT (4–5)
Finals by surface Hard (3–6) Clay (4–5) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score Loss 0–1 Oct 2008 Italy F34,Quartu Sant'Elena Futures Hard Alessandro Giannessi Fabio Colangelo Matteo Volante6–7(7–9) , 1–6 Win 1–1 Sep 2009 Italy F29,Alghero Futures Hard Alessandro Giannessi Vasek Pospisil Marcus Willis 6–2, 7–5 Loss 1–2 Mar 2010 Italy F1,Trento Futures Hard (i) Alessandro Giannessi Nikolai Fidirko Nikolaus Moser 4–6, 4–6 Loss 1–3 Jul 2011 Recanati , ItalyChallenger Hard Purav Raja Frederik Nielsen Ken Skupski 4–6, 5–7 Loss 1–4 Jun 2012 Italy F12,Parma Futures Clay Matteo Volante Edoardo EreminClaudio Grassi 5–7, 2–6 Win 2–4 Sep 2013 Turkey F36,Antalya Futures Hard Laurynas Grigelis Dekel Bar Richard Gabb1–6, 6–3, [10–8] Win 3–4 Sep 2013 Turkey F37,Antalya Futures Hard Laurynas Grigelis Alexander Krasnorutskiy Anton Manegin 6–3, 7–6(7–5) Loss 3–5 Mar 2015 Croatia F6,Rovinj Futures Clay Matteo Trevisan Dino Marcan Antonio Šančić 3–6, 5–7 Loss 3–6 May 2015 Vicenza , ItalyChallenger Clay Salvatore Caruso Facundo Bagnis Guido Pella 2–6, 4–6 Loss 3–7 Jul 2015 Padova , ItalyChallenger Clay Alessandro Giannessi Mikhail Elgin Andrey Rublev 4–6, 6–7(4–7) Loss 3–8 Sep 2015 Szczecin , PolandChallenger Clay Alessandro Giannessi Tristan Lamasine Fabrice Martin 3–6, 6–7(4–7) Win 4–8 Jul 2016 San Benedetto , ItalyChallenger Clay Stefano Napolitano Facundo Argüello Sergio Galdós 6–3, 6–4 Win 5–8 Oct 2016 Rome , ItalyChallenger Clay Stefano Napolitano Marin Draganja Tomislav Draganja 6–7(5–7) , 6–2, [10–3] Win 6–8 Sep 2017 Italy F30,Santa Margherita di Pula Futures Clay Andrea Pellegrino Matthias Haim Jakob Sude7–6(7–1) , 6–1 Win 7–8 Jun 2018 Caltanissetta , ItalyChallenger Clay Andrea Pellegrino Blaž Rola Jiří Veselý 7–6(7–4) , 7–6(7–5) Loss 7–9 Oct 2018 Tashkent , UzbekistanChallenger Hard Enrique López Pérez Sanjar Fayziev Jurabek Karimov 2–6, 7–6(7–3) , [9–11] Loss 7–10 Oct 2021 Brest Challenger , FranceChallenger Hard (i) Salvatore Caruso Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul 6-4, 3–6, [3-10] Loss 7–11 Feb 2023 M25Vila Real de Santo Antonio , Portugal WTT Hard Jacopo Berrettini Simon Beaupain Juan Bautista Otegui2–6, 6–4, [8–10]
^ The final itself was played on indoor hard due to rain.[ 5]