Fabio Fognini

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**Fabio Fognini**
Fognini at Montreal 2007
Nickname(s)
Country	Italy
Residence	Arma di Taggia, Italy
Date of birth	May 24, 1987 (1987-05-24) (age 21)
Place of birth	Sanremo, Italy
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+¹⁄₂ in)
Weight	74 kg (160 lb)
Turned pro
Retired	Active
Plays	Right
Career prize money	$US172,083
Singles
Career record:	6-11
Career titles:	0 ATP
Highest ranking:	71 (April 14, 2008)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	1R (2008)
French Open	1R (2007)
Wimbledon	N/A
US Open	N/A
Doubles
Career record:	0–2
Career titles:	0 ATP
Highest ranking:	357 (August 20, 2007)
Infobox last updated on: August 20, 2007.

Fabio Fognini (born May 24, 1987 in Sanremo) is a professional tennis player from Italy.

1 Career
2 Career titles / finals
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Career

Fognini is 6-11 and 0–2 on non-Challenger ATP tour matches, however has made the finals of three singles tournament and one doubles tournament on the ATP Challenger tour. As of and on April 14, 2008, Fognini has reached World Number 71, his highest singles ranking. Fognini weighs 163 pounds and is 5 feet 10 inches tall. He currently resides in Arma di Taggia, Italy. The right-hander qualified for and lost in the first round of the French Open in 2007 and lost in five sets to Juan Monaco, 6–3, 6–2, 1–6, 2–6, 4–6.^[1] As of June 27, 2007, Fabio has won $USD$172,083 in prizes.

As shown on ESPN2, Fognini had a great run at the 2007 Rogers Masters in Montreal, Canada. He managed to qualify, beating Santiago Giraldo of Colombia 7–6, 5–7, 6–4.^[2] He beat Peter Polanski of Canada and then went on to defeat talent and top 20 player Andy Murray 6–2, 6–2, however Murray had been recovering from an injury. Unfortunately, his Third Round match would have to be Roger Federer, ranked and seeded number 1, where he lost 1–6, 1–6.^[3]

Fognini entered the world's top 100 on November 19, 2007, when he became World Number 94.

The Association of Tennis Professionals recognized Fognini's success in the 2007 Century Club in December, 2007.^[4]

[edit] Career titles / finals

[edit] Singles wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Tier	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	January 31, 2005	Murcia	Clay	Futures	Mario Radic	2–6, 7–5, 6–0
2.	April 18, 2005	Bergamo	Clay	Futures	Marco Mirnegg	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
3.	March 6, 2006	Siracusa	Clay	Futures	Andrea Arnaboldi	6–3, 6–3