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Potito Starace

Country (sports)	Italy
Residence	Cervinara, Italy
Born	(1981-07-14)14 July 1981 (age 43) Cervinara, Italy
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2001
Retired	2015
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$3,784,550
Singles
Career record	162–193
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 27 (15 October 2007)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2005,2006,2007,2009,2010,2011,2012)
French Open	3R (2004,2007)
Wimbledon	2R (2009)
US Open	2R (2004,2011)
Doubles
Career record	110-114
Career titles	6
Highest ranking	No. 40 (18 June 2012)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (2011, 2012)
French Open	SF (2012)
Wimbledon	2R (2006)
US Open	3R (2011)
Last updated on: 15 March 2016.

Potito Starace (Italian pronunciation:[poˈtiːtostaˈraːtʃe];^[1][2] born 14 July 1981) is an Italian former professionaltennis player on theATP Tour. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world no. 27 on October 15, 2007. He was aclay court specialist, and was coached by Umberto Rianna.

Starace was banned from tennis for life by the Italian Tennis Federation and by theTennis Integrity Unit for betting offences.

One of the most memorable runs of Starace's career was when he made the men's doubles semifinals of the2012 French Open, partneringDaniele Bracciali, before succumbing to top seedsDaniel Nestor andMax Mirnyi.

In singles, he made four ATP finals but lost in all of them. On the Challenger tour, he won theSan Marino CEPU Open three times, a record for the tournament, and theTennis Napoli Cup four times, also a record. Its also noticed the match at the tennis club Napoli against the well known couple called "cugini di campagna",where potito and his friend Volandri lost and after this retired from the professional career. In doubles, he won six ATP titles.

He represented Italy at the2008 Beijing Olympics, where he lost to eventual gold medallistRafael Nadal in the first round.^[3]

FollowingAlessio di Mauro's 9-month ban in November 2007, Starace andDaniele Bracciali were each fined and given short suspensions from playing. Starace received a fine of £21,400 and a 6-week ban from January 1, 2008.

Starace's case revolved around his final inCasablanca against the SpaniardPablo Andújar, which the Italian lost. Starace had led their head-to-head 5-0 going into the match. Bookmaker Massimo Erodiani asked via Skype if Starace had received a certified cheque to lose the match and received an affirmative answer, explaining that all bets were safe on a Starace loss.^[4]

In 2015, the Italian Tennis Federation banned Bracciali and Starace for life.^[5] In 2019, he was banned by the Tennis Integrity Unit for life, subject to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.^[6]

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 2007	Valencia, Spain	Clay	Nicolás Almagro	6–4, 2–6, 1–6
Loss	0–2	Jul 2007	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Juan Mónaco	7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	0–3	Aug 2010	Umag, Croatia	Clay	Juan Carlos Ferrero	4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–4	Apr 2011	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Pablo Andújar	1–6, 2–6

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2006	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Filippo Volandri	František Čermák Leoš Friedl	5–7, 2–6
Win	1–1	Mar 2007	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Martín Vassallo Argüello	Lukáš Dlouhý Pavel Vízner	6–0, 6–2
Win	2–1	Jul 2007	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Luis Horna	Tomas Behrend Christopher Kas	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
Win	3–1	Oct 2008	Moscow, Russia	Hard (i)	Sergiy Stakhovsky	Stephen Huss Ross Hutchins	7–6(7–4), 2–6, [10–6]
Loss	3–2	Feb 2010	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Horacio Zeballos	Łukasz Kubot Oliver Marach	4–6, 0–6
Loss	3–3	Feb 2010	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Fabio Fognini	Łukasz Kubot Oliver Marach	0–6, 0–6
Win	4–3	Oct 2010	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Daniele Bracciali	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–5)
Win	5–3	Sep 2011	Bucarest, Romania	Clay	Daniele Bracciali	Julian Knowle David Marrero	3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win	6–3	Feb 2013	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Paolo Lorenzi	Juan Mónaco Rafael Nadal	6–2, 6–4

Current through2015 French Open.

Current through2013 Wimbledon Championships.

• Starace has a 2–23 (.080) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score
2004
1.	Sébastien Grosjean	10	Roland Garros, Paris, France	Clay	2R	7–6(8–6), 6–3, 6–4
2005
2.	Carlos Moyá	8	Rome, Italy	Clay	1R	6–4, 7–6(9–7)

• Potito Starace at theAssociation of Tennis Professionals
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• Potito Starace at theDavis Cup
• Potito Starace atOlympedia

• 1981 births
• Living people
• Hopman Cup competitors
• Italian male tennis players
• Olympic tennis players for Italy
• Sportspeople from the Province of Avellino
• Sportspeople banned for life
• Tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
• Match fixers
• 21st-century Italian sportsmen

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