Flavio Cobolli (born 6 May 2002) is an Italian professional tennis player.[1][2] He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 17, achieved on 28 July 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 191, achieved on 19 May 2025.[3] He is currently the No. 3 player from Italy.[4] Cobolli has won two ATP Tour singles titles, at the 2025 Țiriac Open and at the 2025 Hamburg 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.[6][7] 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.[3]
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.[3] 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.[3] Cobolli made his Masters main draw debut at the 2022 Rome Masters after receiving a wildcard into the singles and doubles main draws.[citation needed]
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.[9] 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 & 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[13] and recorded his first win with an upset over 18th seed Nicolás Jarry, his first top 20 and top 50 win,[14][15] and Pavel Kotov to reach the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career.[16]
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.[23] 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.[24] 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.[25] 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,[citation needed] Cobolli reached the top 50 on 10 June 2024.[3]
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.[30] 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.[31]
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.[32] 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,[33] 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,[34] before suffering an injury in the second round against Alex de Minaur.[35] This shoulder injury ended his season, as he did not play another match for the rest of the year.
2025: First ATP titles, Wimbledon quarterfinal, top 20
At the BNP Paribas Open he was defeated in three sets by American qualifier Colton Smith.[citation needed] The seven consecutive defeats marked Cobolli's longest losing streak as a professional.[citation needed] In an effort to turn his form around, Cobolli entered the Phoenix Challenger, as the second seed. There, he earned his first win since December over Eliot Spizzirri in a tight three-set match, finally ending his losing streak.[citation needed] The following week, returning to the ATP Tour in Miami, he was defeated in the opening round by the Argentinian Thiago Agustín Tirante from a break up in the third set.[citation needed]
Cobolli arrived at the Țiriac Open in Bucharest as the third seed with a win-loss record of 1–8 for the season. There, with wins over Richard Gasquet, Filip Misolic and Damir Džumhur he reached his second ATP Final and first on clay. He then defeated first seed Sebastián Báez to win the first ATP title of his career.[37] Following up on his success in Bucharest, he won his opening match at the Monte-Carlo Masters over veteran Dušan Lajović before falling to in-form Frenchman Arthur Fils.[citation needed] Cobolli's next tournament was in Munich where he fell in the opening round to Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko.[citation needed] Next he played in Madrid, missing out on a seeding spot by one place. There, he earned a strong straight sets win over Fábián Marozsán before beating eight seed Holger Rune who was forced to retire after losing the first set, to reach the third round. The win marked Cobolli's 50th on the ATP Tour and his first over a top 10 player.[citation needed] At his home tournament in Rome, Flavio was defeated in his first round match against fellow Italian Nardi.[citation needed] After the match he lamented not having had the chance to prove himself on the centre court, instead being scheduled to play on smaller, emptier courts[38]
Again, lacking confidence and wins, Cobolli arrived in Hamburg for his final tournament before the French Open. After a slow start against Vitaliy Sachko in the opening round, he turned the match around to win in three sets. [citation needed] In the following round he defeated Alejandro Davidovich Fokina for the third time in three meetings to reach his second quarterfinal of the season.[citation needed] With victories over Roberto Bautista Agut and Tomás Martín Etcheverry (coming back from 2–6, 1–3 down to win), he reached his third career ATP Final and second at ATP 500 level.[citation needed] In the final he faced former world No. 5 and former champion Andrey Rublev. He played the best match of his career, defeating Rublev in straight sets, and lifted the biggest trophy of his career so far. As a result, he reached a new career high ranking of No. 26.[39][3]
Next, he competed at Roland Garros unseeded. He beat former US Open champion Marin Čilić and compatriot Matteo Arnaldi to reach the third round. There he played third seed Alexander Zverev on Court Phillipe Chatrier where he was defeated in three sets.[citation needed] Cobolli started his grass season in Halle where he dispatched Joao Fonseca, saving a match point in the process, and Denis Shapovalov to reach the quarterfinals. In a rematch of their French Open match, Cobolli faced Zverev who again defeated him.[citation needed] Despite this, Cobolli reached a career high ranking of No. 24.[3]
At the 2025 Wimbledon Championships, Cobolli was the 22nd seed. In the first round he defeated qualifier Zhukayev and local wildcard Pinnington Jones to achieve his best result at Wimbledon by reaching the third round.[citation needed] There he easily defeated 15th seed Jakub Menšík in straight sets to reach his first slam second week. [citation needed] In the fourth round, he faced Cilic again for the second time in a Grand Slam this season. He defeated the Croat in four tight sets to reach his first ever Grand Slam quarterfinal.[citation needed] Next, he faced his idol and 7-time Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic on Centre Court where won the first set 7-6 (6) saving a set point, however he was eventually defeated in four sets by the 24-time Grand Slam champion.[40] Nonetheless, this result guaranteed him a new career high ranking of world No. 19 on 14 July 2025.[41]
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