Flavio Cipolla
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.
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Residence | Rome, Italy |
Born | Rome, Italy | 20 October 1983
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Turned pro | 2003 |
Retired | 2017 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$1,632,927 |
Singles | |
Career record | 36-66 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 70 (23 April 2012) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2009, 2012) |
French Open | 2R (2007) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2011, 2012) |
US Open | 3R (2008) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 17-36 |
Career titles | 1 |
Highest ranking | No. 75 (14 July 2008) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2012, 2013) |
French Open | 1R (2012) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2008, 2017) |
US Open | 1R (2012) |
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)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | May 2016 | Istanbul Open, Turkey | 250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 5–7, [10–7] |
Challenger career finals
Singles (5)
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No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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1. | 30 May 2006 | Turin, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 6–3 |
2. | 31 July 2007 | Trani, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
3. | 4 September 2007 | Genoa, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–7(4–7), 7–5 |
4. | 1 January 2008 | Nouméa, New Caledonia | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 7–5 |
5. | 6 February 2011 | Burnie, Australia | Hard | ![]() |
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Doubles (17)
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No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partnering | Opponents | Score |
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1. | 4 July 2005 | Mantua, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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5–7, 6–3, 6–3 |
2. | 2 August 2005 | Saransk, Russia | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(7–2), 4–6, 7–6(7–3) |
3. | 19 September 2005 | Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
4. | 25 September 2006 | Bratislava, Slovak Republic | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(7–2), 6–4 |
5. | 9 October 2006 | Barcelona, Spain | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
6. | 26 March 2007 | Naples, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–2 |
7. | 30 April 2007 | Rome, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–1, [11–9] |
8. | 1 January 2008 | Nouméa, New Caledonia | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–4 |
9. | 11 February 2008 | Belgrade, Serbia | Carpet | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–2, [10–8] |
10. | 24 March 2008 | Barletta, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 2–6, [11–9] |
11. | 28 April 2008 | Rome, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–3 |
12. | 27 May 2008 | Alessandria, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–1, [10–4] |
13. | 13 October 2008 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
14. | 28 February 2010 | Meknes, Morocco | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–2 |
15. | 12 September 2010 | Braşov, Romania | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
16. | 19 September 2010 | Todi, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–4 |
17. | 3 April 2011 | Barranquilla, Colombia | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
Runners-up (22)
Singles (8)
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No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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1. | 29 August 2005 | Freudenstadt, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
7–5, 6–4 |
2. | 6 September 2005 | Genoa, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 7–6(7–3) |
3. | 3 April 2006 | Monza, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 7–5 |
4. | 28 July 2008 | Tampere, Finland | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–2 |
5. | 9 January 2010 | Nouméa, New Caledonia | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 6–0 |
6. | 4 Juny 2011 | Prostějov, Czech Republic | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 4–6, 6–0 |
7. | 13 November 2011 | Loughborough, UK | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 5–7 |
8. | 9 September 2012 | Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 5–7 |
Doubles (15)
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No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partnering | Opponents | Score |
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1. | 29 June 2004 | Mantua, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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6–0, 6–4 |
2. | 25 July 2005 | Togliatti, Russia | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–3 |
3. | 12 September 2005 | Seville, Spain | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–7(1–7), 7–5 |
4. | 3 October 2005 | Rome, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–6(7–4) |
5. | 20 March 2006 | Barletta, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(7–2), 4–6, [10–8] |
6. | 15 May 2006 | San Remo, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–6(8–6) |
7. | 30 May 2006 | Turin, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–3 |
8. | 11 June 2007 | Košice, Slovak Republic | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 7–6(7–5) |
9. | 23 July 2007 | Poznań, Poland | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 5–7, [10–3] |
10. | 27 August 2007 | Como, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
11. | 4 September 2007 | Genoa, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–1 |
12. | 11 October 2009 | Tarragona, Spain | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–1 |
13. | 10 January 2010 | Nouméa, New Caledonia | Hard | ![]() |
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5–7, 6–2, [10–8] |
14. | 9 January 2011 | Nouméa, New Caledonia | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(7–4), 5–7, [10–5] |
15. | 24 September 2011 | İzmir, Turkey | Hard | ![]() |
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6–0, 6–2 |
Performance timelines
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Singles
Tournament | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | W–L | |
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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 | |||
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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
- 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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