Vincenzo Santopadre

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Vincenzo Santopadre
Vincenzo Santopadre 2021.jpg
Santopadre in 2021
Country (sports)Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Residence Rome, Italy
Born (1971-08-11) 11 August 1971 (age 52)
Rome, Italy
Turned pro1991
Retired2005
PlaysLeft-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money $619,300
Singles
Career record17–29
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 100 (3 May 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Q3 (2000)
French Open Q3 (1998, 1999, 2000)
Wimbledon 1R (1999)
US Open Q3 (1999, 2003)
Doubles
Career record17–25
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 103 (24 August 1998)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open 1R (1998)
Wimbledon 2R (2000)
US Open 1R (1996)

Vincenzo Santopadre (born 11 August 1971) is an Italian former professional tennis player and a coach.

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Coaching career

Since 2011 till the end of 2023, he was the coach of Matteo Berrettini, who has been ranked number 6 ATP, runner-up at Wimbledon, semifinalist at the US Open and the third Italian tennis player in history to have qualified for the ATP Finals. [1]

Tennis Career

Santopadre reached a career high World No. 100 on 3 May 1999. He won one doubles title and achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world no. 103 on 24 August 1998. At the Rome Masters, Santopadre achieved victories over 10th seed Karol Kucera in 1998 and defending champion Magnus Norman in 2001.

He reached the semifinals of Bournemouth in 1998 and the quarterfinals of Chennai and Munich in 1999, defeating Gustavo Kuerten in the latter. He is the son-in-law of former Poland international footballer Zbigniew Boniek. [2]

Career finals

Doubles (1 title, 1 runner-up)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–01997 Tashkent, UzbekistanHard Flag of the United States.svg Vincent Spadea Flag of Morocco.svg Hicham Arazi
Flag of Israel.svg Eyal Ran
6–4, 6–7, 6–0
Loss1–11999 Casablanca, MoroccoClay Flag of Italy.svg Massimo Ardinghi Flag of Brazil.svg Fernando Meligeni
Flag of Brazil.svg Jaime Oncins
2–6, 3–6

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References

  1. "Santopadre: "Il rovescio lungolinea? Berrettini ha dovuto proprio impararlo!"" (in Italian). ubitennis.com. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  2. "Lazio defender lowered into well to rescue seven-year-old girl". Associated Press. January 21, 2013 via www.theguardian.com.