Giovanni Fonio

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Giovanni Fonio
Country (sports)Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Residence Novara, Italy
Born (1998-05-07) 7 May 1998 (age 26)
Novara, Italy
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$67,445
Singles
Career record0–0
Career titles0 Challenger, 4 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 274 (4 December 2023)
Current rankingNo. 279 (15 January 2024)
Doubles
Career record0–0
Career titles2 Challenger, 4 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 406 (15 January 2024)
Current rankingNo. 406 (15 January 2024)
Last updated on: 22 January 2024.

Giovanni Fonio (born 7 May 1998) is an Italian tennis player. He took his first steps in tennis at the age of 5, at the Piazzano tennis club in Novara.

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Fonio has a career high ATP singles ranking of 274 achieved on 4 December 2023. He also has a career high doubles ranking of 406 achieved on 15 January 2024. [1]

Fonio has won 2 ATP Challenger doubles title: at the 2023 Internazionali di Tennis del Friuli Venezia Giulia with Francesco Forti and at the 2021 Antalya Challenger III with Riccardo Bonadio.

The greatest victory achieved by Giovanni was certainly during the Yokkaichi Challenger in Japan, on 30 November 2023, when he beat the then top 100 player Yosuke Watanuki in 3 sets (3-6 / 6-2 / 7-5). [2]

An important presence in high-level tournaments was certainly in May 2022 at the qualifiers at the Internazionali d’Italia, unfortunately he lost against Emil Ruusuvuori 2-1 (4-6 / 7-6 / 3-6). [3]

Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals

Singles:7 (4-3)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0-0)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (4-3)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (4-3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Sep 2018Italy F29, Santa Margherita di Pula FuturesClay Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sandro Ehrat 5-7, 4-6
Loss0–2May 2019M15, Bucharest, RomaniaWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Spain.svg Albert Alcaraz Ivorra6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Win1-2Feb 2020M15, Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Michael Vrbenský 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win2-2Feb 2021M15, Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Manuel Cerundolo W/0
Win3-2Mar 2021M15, Opatija, CroatiaWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Italy.svg Giacomo Dambrosi6-2, 6-3
Loss3-3Jun 2021M15, Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of the United States.svg Nicolas Moreno de Alboran 5-7, 4-6
Win4-3Jan 2022M15, Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Romania.svg Cezar Crețu 6-1, 6-4

Doubles: 2 (2-0)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–0)
ITF Futures (0-0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2-0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win2-0 Aug 2023 2023 Internazionali di Tennis del Friuli Venezia Giulia, TurkeyChallengerClay Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Forti Flag of India.svg Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Taylor 		5–7, 6–1, [10–7]
Win1-0 Dec 2021 2021 Antalya Challenger III, TurkeyChallengerClay Flag of Italy.svg Riccardo Bonadio Flag of South Korea.svg Hsu Yu-hsiou
Flag of South Korea.svg Tseng Chun-hsin 		3–6, 6–2, [12–10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Giovanni Fonio | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
  2. ↑ "Yokkaichi: Fonio batte Watanuki e vola ai quarti". Supertennis. 2023-11-30. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
  3. ↑ Mastronuzzi, Andrea (2022-05-07). "ATP Roma, 1° turno qualificazioni: Dellien batte Rune, fuori Kokkinakis e l'azzurro Fonio". Ubitennis (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-01-23.


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