Flavio Cobolli (born 6 May 2002) is an Italian professional tennis player.[2] He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 30, achieved on 30 September 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 224, achieved on 24 February 2025. He is currently the No. 4 player from Italy.[3] Cobolli has won one ATP Tour singles title at the 2025 Romanian Open.
Cobolli won his first ATP match on his debut at the 2021 Emilia-Romagna Open in Parma as a wildcard defeating World No. 92 Marcos Giron.[5][6] As a result, he reached a new career-high of World No. 386 on 31 May 2021. In August he reached his second Challenger final in Barletta, Italy where he lost to compatriot Giulio Zeppieri. As a result, he entered the top 300 at No. 281 on 30 August 2021.
2022: Maiden Challenger title, top 150 and Masters debuts
He reached a new career high in the top 200 on 10 January 2022 at No. 199. In March, he won his maiden Challenger title at the 2022 Zadar Open in Croatia. As a result, he reached the top 150 on 4 April 2022 at World No. 147.
Cobolli made his Masters main draw debut at the 2022 Rome Masters after receiving a wildcard into the singles and doubles main draws.
2023: Major debut and Maiden ATP quarterfinal, top 100
Cobolli qualified for the 2023 BMW Open and defeated Jordan Thompson in the first round and Oscar Otte in the second to reach his first ATP quarterfinal.[8] Cobolli qualified for the main draw at the Rome Masters after receiving a wildcard into the singles qualifying draw but was defeated by Arthur Rinderknech in the first round.[citation needed]
2024: First Major & two Masters third rounds, First ATP final, top 30
As the top qualifying seed at the 2024 Australian Open, he reached the main draw making his debut at this Major[12] and recorded his first win with an upset over 18th seed Nicolás Jarry, his first top 20 and top 50 win,[13][14] and Pavel Kotov to reach the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career.[15]
At the 2024 Mutua Madrid Open he reached the third round of a Masters for the first time defeating two Chileans, Alejandro Tabilo and again 22nd seed Nicolás Jarry.[citation needed] As a result he moved into the top 60 of the rankings for the first time on 6 May 2024. At his home tournament, the Italian Open, he reached the second round with a win over Maximilian Marterer before losing to Sebastian Korda despite leading with a break in the third set.[citation needed] At the 2024 Geneva Open he reached his third ATP quarterfinal for the season with wins over Aslan Karatsev and fourth seed Ben Shelton in three sets.[20] He defeated Alexander Shevchenko in straight sets in the quarterfinals to reach his first ATP semifinal, where he lost to second seed and eventual champion Casper Ruud despite having match point.[citation needed] Following the 2024 French Open where he lost in the second round to Holger Rune in a fifth set tiebreak, he reached the top 50 on 10 June 2024.[citation needed]
Following the US Open, Cobolli was chosen for Italy's Davis Cup team in Bologna. In his first match representing Italy, he lost to Bergs in a rematch of their US Open match. In his second match, he scored his first Davis Cup win, defeating Tallon Griekspoor in three tight sets.[25] He represented Team Europe at the Laver Cup as first alternate. Following his participation in the exhibition tournament, Cobolli reached the top 30 on 30 September 2024.[26]
He began the Asian swing in Beijing where he played eight seed Alexander Bublik in the first round and won in a third set tiebreak, saving match point en route to victory.[citation needed] In the second round he faced Kotov for the third time this season and defeated him in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals. He lost to third seed Medvedev again, only managing to convert one of eleven break point opportunities.[27] At the Shanghai Masters he was seeded 28th and thus received a bye to the second round. There, he faced Stan Wawrinka, winning in three sets to set up a match against his idol Novak Djokovic,[28] where Cobolli was defeated in straight sets. His following tournament was in Vienna where he defeated Davidovich Fokina for the second time in the season,[29] before suffering an injury in the second round against Alex de Minaur.[30] This shoulder injury ended his season, as he did not play another match for the rest of the year.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
Italy
