Alessandro Giannessi

Alessandro Giannessi

Giannessi at the 2022 BNP Paribas Primrose Bordeaux
Country (sports)	Italy
Residence	La Spezia, 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	$ 1,419,042
Singles
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 highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 84 while his best doubles ranking was No. 171 on 14 October 2013.

Career

Giannessi made his Grand Slam debut at the 2016 US Open as a qualifier where he recorded his first Major win defeating Denis Kudla in five sets.

Giannessi was a singles semifinalist at the 2017 Croatia Open Umag. ^[1]

At the 2021 French Open, he made his debut at this Major after qualifying for the main draw with a win over Francisco Cerundolo.

At the 2022 French Open, although he lost in the third round of qualifying to Sebastian Ofner — he entered the main draw as a lucky loser. ^[2]

He won his fourth Challenger title and first since 2019 at the 2023 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

Singles: 23 (10–13)

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 Mlendea	3–6, 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, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Leonardo Mayer	3–6, 4–6
Loss	3–6	May 2013	Napoli, Italy	Challenger	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, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Albert Ramos Viñolas	2–6, 4–6
Win	7–8	Sep 2016	Szczecin, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Dustin Brown	6–2, 6–3
Loss	7–9	Nov 2016	Ortisei, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Stefano Napolitano	4–6, 1–6
Loss	7–10	Apr 2017	Francavilla, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Pedro Sousa	3–6, 6–7(3-7)
Loss	7–11	Jun 2017	Caltanissetta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Paolo Lorenzi	4–6, 2–6
Win	8–11	Sep 2018	Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Challenger	Clay	Carlos Berlocq	6–7(6–8), 6–4, 6–4
Win	9–11	Jun 2019	Vicenza, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Filippo Baldi	7–5, 6–2
Loss	9–12	Jul 2019	San Benedetto, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Renzo Olivo	7–5, 6–7(4–7), 4–6
Loss	9–13	Apr 2022	Oeiras, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Gastão Elias	6-7(4-7), 1-6
Win	10–13	Mar 2023	Zadar, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Sebastian Ofner	6–4, 5–7, 7–6(8–6)

Doubles: 26 (7–19)

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 Volante	6–7(7–9), 1–6
Loss	0–2	Feb 2009	Italy F2, Trento	Futures	Hard (i)	Davide Della Tommasina	Leonardo Azzaro Filip Prpic	3–6, 1–6
Loss	0–3	Jul 2009	Italy F20, Modena	Futures	Clay	Filippo Leonardi	Niels Desein Yannick Mertens	2–6, 1–6
Loss	0–4	Aug 2009	Italy F22, Avezzano	Futures	Clay	Giorgio Portaluri	Daniel Danilović Goran Tošić	6–0, 1–6, [3–10]
Win	1–4	Aug 2009	Italy F25, Piombino	Futures	Hard	Claudio Grassi	Philippe de Bonnevie Colin 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 Volante	6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Win	4–6	Jun 2010	Italy F13, Padova	Futures	Clay	Federico Torresi	Paolo Beninca Matteo 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 Sinicropi	6–7(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, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Andrey Golubev	Stefano Ianni Potito Starace	1–6, 3–6
Loss	6–11	Jun 2013	Caltanissetta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Potito Starace	Dominik Meffert Philipp Oswald	2–6, 3–6
Loss	6–12	Jun 2013	San Benedetto, Italy	Challenger	Clay	João Sousa	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Maxime Teixeira	4–6, 3–6
Win	7–12	Sep 2013	Meknes, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	Gianluca Naso	Gerard Granollers Pujol Jordi Samper Montaña	7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Loss	7–13	Sep 2013	Szczecin, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Andrea Arnaboldi	Ken Skupski Neal Skupski	4–6, 6–1, [7–10]
Loss	7–14	Jul 2015	Padova, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Federico Gaio	Mikhail Elgin Andrey Rublev	4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	7–15	Jul 2015	Italy F17, Sassuolo	Futures	Clay	Matteo Volante	Mohamed Safwat Tristan-Samuel Weissborn	6–4, 5–7, [8–10]
Loss	7–16	Sep 2015	Genova, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Andrea Arnaboldi	Guillermo Durán Horacio Zeballos	5–7, 4–6
Loss	7–17	Sep 2015	Szczecin, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Federico Gaio	Tristan Lamasine Fabrice Martin	3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	7–18	Jul 2016	Todi, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Salvatore Caruso	Marcelo Demoliner Fabrício Neis	2–6, 6–3, [5–10]
Loss	7–19	Mar 2018	Punta del Este, Uruguay	Challenger	Clay	Simone Bolelli	Facundo Bagnis Ariel Behar	2–6, 6–7(7–9)

Singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(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.

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	Q1	Q2	A	Q1	Q1	Q2	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q3	0–0
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q1	Q2	1R	1R	0–2
Wimbledon	A	Q2	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	Q3	Q1	NH	Q1	Q1	0–0
US Open	Q1	Q2	A	A	A	2R	1R	Q1	Q2	A	Q1	A	1–2
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–4

References

1. "Alessandro Giannessi's Biography". International Tennis Federation.
2. "#NextGenATP Italian Giulio Zeppieri Seals Roland Garros Qualification | ATP Tour | Tennis".
3. "Heart-stopping Finals Aplenty in Week 12 of ATP Challenger Tour | ATP Tour | Tennis".
4. Vitali, Julius (August 27, 2024). "Alessandro Giannessi si ritira: "Questo sport è stato per me insegnante di vita"". OASport (in Italian). Retrieved August 17, 2025.

External links

• Alessandro Giannessi at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Alessandro Giannessi at the International Tennis Federation