Italian tennis player
Alessandro Giannessi Country (sports) Italy Born (1990-05-30 ) 30 May 1990 (age 35) La Spezia, Italy
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Turned pro 2008 Retired 2024 Plays Left-handed (two-handed backhand) Coach Flavio Cipolla Prize money $ 1,419,042Singles Career record 13–23 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 84 (24 July 2017) Grand Slam singles results Australian Open Q3 (2022 ) French Open 1R (2021 ,2022 ) Wimbledon Q3 (2018 ) US Open 2R (2016 ) Doubles Career record 2–8 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 171 (14 October 2013) Grand Slam doubles results US Open 2R (2017 ) Last updated on: 20 January 2024.
Alessandro Giannessi (born 30 May 1990) is an Italian former professional tennis player. On 24 July 2017 he reached his highestATP singles ranking of world No. 84 while his best doubles ranking was No. 171 on 14 October 2013.
Giannessi made his Grand Slam debut at the2016 US Open as a qualifier where he recorded his first Major win defeatingDenis Kudla in five sets.
Giannessi was a singles semifinalist at the2017 Croatia Open Umag .[ 1]
At the2021 French Open , he made his debut at this Major after qualifying for the main draw with a win overFrancisco Cerundolo .
At the2022 French Open , although he lost in the third round of qualifying toSebastian Ofner — he entered the main draw as a lucky loser.[ 2]
He won his fourth Challenger title and first since 2019 at the2023 Zadar Open this time with a win over Sebastian Ofner.[ 3]
Giannessi announced his retirement from professional tennis in August 2024.[ 4]
Challenger and Futures finals [ edit ] Singles: 23 (10–13)[ edit ] Legend (singles) ATP Challenger Tour (4–8) ITF Futures Tour (6–5)
Titles by surface Hard (0–2) Clay (10–11) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score Win 1–0 Nov 2010 Spain F40,Madrid Futures Clay Javier Martí 7–5, 6–2 Loss 1–1 Mar 2011 Turkey F8,Antalya Futures Hard Andrei Mlendea3–6, 3–6 Loss 1–2 Apr 2011 Italy F4,Rome Futures Clay Daniele Giorgini 5–7, 1–6 Win 2–2 May 2011 Italy F10,Aosta Futures Clay Eduardo Struvay 6–4, 7–6(9–7) Win 3–2 Jun 2011 Italy F15,Viterbo Futures Clay Janez Semrajc 6–3, 6–0 Loss 3–3 Jul 2011 Italy F20,La Spezia Futures Clay Philipp Oswald 3–6, 6–4, 2–6 Loss 3–4 Aug 2011 Italy F22,Appiano Futures Clay Andrés Molteni 5–7, 4–6 Loss 3–5 Oct 2011 Napoli , ItalyChallenger Clay Leonardo Mayer 3–6, 4–6 Loss 3–6 May 2013 Napoli , ItalyChallenger Clay Potito Starace 2–6, 0–2 ret. Win 4–6 Aug 2013 Italy F19,La Spezia Futures Clay Daniele Giorgini 6–2, 6–3 Win 5–6 Jun 2015 Italy F12,Lodi Futures Clay Yann Marti 6–7(6–8) , 7–5, 6–4 Loss 5–7 Jun 2015 Italy F13,Bergamo Futures Clay Gianluca Naso 6–4, 2–6, 6–7(3–7) Win 6–7 Jul 2015 Italy F17,Sassuolo Futures Clay Gianluca Naso 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 Loss 6–8 Jul 2015 San Benedetto , ItalyChallenger Clay Albert Ramos Viñolas 2–6, 4–6 Win 7–8 Sep 2016 Szczecin , PolandChallenger Clay Dustin Brown 6–2, 6–3 Loss 7–9 Nov 2016 Ortisei , ItalyChallenger Hard (i) Stefano Napolitano 4–6, 1–6 Loss 7–10 Apr 2017 Francavilla , ItalyChallenger Clay Pedro Sousa 3–6, 6–7(3-7) Loss 7–11 Jun 2017 Caltanissetta , ItalyChallenger Clay Paolo Lorenzi 4–6, 2–6 Win 8–11 Sep 2018 Banja Luka , Bosnia and HerzegovinaChallenger Clay Carlos Berlocq 6–7(6–8) , 6–4, 6–4 Win 9–11 Jun 2019 Vicenza , ItalyChallenger Clay Filippo Baldi 7–5, 6–2 Loss 9–12 Jul 2019 San Benedetto , ItalyChallenger Clay Renzo Olivo 7–5, 6–7(4–7) , 4–6 Loss 9–13 Apr 2022 Oeiras , PortugalChallenger Clay Gastão Elias 6-7(4-7) , 1-6 Win 10–13 Mar 2023 Zadar , CroatiaChallenger Clay Sebastian Ofner 6–4, 5–7, 7–6(8–6)
Legend (doubles) ATP Challenger Tour (1–9) ITF Futures Tour (6–10)
Titles by surface Hard (2–4) Clay (5–15) 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 Federico Gaio Fabio Colangelo Matteo Volante6–7(7–9) , 1–6 Loss 0–2 Feb 2009 Italy F2,Trento Futures Hard (i) Davide Della TommasinaLeonardo Azzaro Filip Prpic 3–6, 1–6 Loss 0–3 Jul 2009 Italy F20,Modena Futures Clay Filippo LeonardiNiels Desein Yannick Mertens 2–6, 1–6 Loss 0–4 Aug 2009 Italy F22,Avezzano Futures Clay Giorgio PortaluriDaniel Danilović Goran Tošić 6–0, 1–6, [3–10] Win 1–4 Aug 2009 Italy F25,Piombino Futures Hard Claudio Grassi Philippe de BonnevieColin O'Brien 6–1, 4–6, [10–5] Loss 1–5 Sep 2009 Italy F28,Porto Torres Futures Hard Francesco Piccari Vasek Pospisil Marcus Willis 6–4, 3–6, [8–10] Win 2–5 Sep 2009 Italy F29,Alghero Futures Hard Federico Gaio Vasek Pospisil Marcus Willis 6–2, 7–5 Loss 2–6 Mar 2010 Italy F1,Trento Futures Hard (i) Federico Gaio Nikolai Fidirko Nikolaus Moser 4–6, 4–6 Win 3–6 Jun 2010 Italy F11,Bergamo Futures Clay Frederik Nielsen Stefano Ianni Matteo Volante6–4, 7–6(7–3) Win 4–6 Jun 2010 Italy F13,Padova Futures Clay Federico Torresi Paolo BenincaMatteo Viola 6–1, 7–6(7–3) Win 5–6 Jul 2010 Italy F19,La Spezia Futures Clay Flavio Cipolla Thomas Fabbiano Walter Trusendi 6–2, 7–6(9–7) Loss 5–7 Sep 2010 Italy F24,Trieste Futures Clay Marco Bortolotti Luis Díaz Barriga Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela 5–7, 3–6 Loss 5–8 Oct 2010 Croatia F7,Dubrovnik Futures Clay Bertram Steinberger Andrea Arnaboldi Morgan Phillips 4–6, 4–6 Loss 5–9 Jul 2011 Italy F20,La Spezia Futures Clay Walter Trusendi Davide Della Tommasina Riccardo Sinicropi6–7(3–7) , 1–6 Win 6–9 Aug 2011 Italy F22,Appiano Futures Clay Stefano Ianni Andrés Molteni Marco Trungelliti 6–2, 6–0 Loss 6–10 May 2013 Napoli , ItalyChallenger Clay Andrey Golubev Stefano Ianni Potito Starace 1–6, 3–6 Loss 6–11 Jun 2013 Caltanissetta , ItalyChallenger Clay Potito Starace Dominik Meffert Philipp Oswald 2–6, 3–6 Loss 6–12 Jun 2013 San Benedetto , ItalyChallenger Clay João Sousa Pierre-Hugues Herbert Maxime Teixeira 4–6, 3–6 Win 7–12 Sep 2013 Meknes , MoroccoChallenger Clay Gianluca Naso Gerard Granollers Pujol Jordi Samper Montaña 7–5, 7–6(7–3) Loss 7–13 Sep 2013 Szczecin , PolandChallenger Clay Andrea Arnaboldi Ken Skupski Neal Skupski 4–6, 6–1, [7–10] Loss 7–14 Jul 2015 Padova , ItalyChallenger Clay Federico Gaio Mikhail Elgin Andrey Rublev 4–6, 6–7(4–7) Loss 7–15 Jul 2015 Italy F17,Sassuolo Futures Clay Matteo VolanteMohamed Safwat Tristan-Samuel Weissborn 6–4, 5–7, [8–10] Loss 7–16 Sep 2015 Genova , ItalyChallenger Clay Andrea Arnaboldi Guillermo Durán Horacio Zeballos 5–7, 4–6 Loss 7–17 Sep 2015 Szczecin , PolandChallenger Clay Federico Gaio Tristan Lamasine Fabrice Martin 3–6, 6–7(4–7) Loss 7–18 Jul 2016 Todi , ItalyChallenger Clay Salvatore Caruso Marcelo Demoliner Fabrício Neis 2–6, 6–3, [5–10] Loss 7–19 Mar 2018 Punta del Este , UruguayChallenger Clay Simone Bolelli Facundo Bagnis Ariel Behar 2–6, 6–7(7–9)
Singles performance timeline [ 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.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.