Simone Bolelli

Simone Bolelli
Country  Italy
Residence Budrio, Italy
Born 8 October 1985 (1985-10-08) (age 26)
Bologna, Italy
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro 2003
Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Career prize money $US$1,760,006
Singles
Career record 65–93
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 36 (23 February 2009)
Current ranking No. 127 (17 October 2011)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open 2R (2008, 2009)
French Open 3R (2008)
Wimbledon 3R (2008, 2011)
US Open 2R (2007)
Doubles
Career record 56–58
Career titles 2
Highest ranking No. 43 (24 October 2011)
Last updated on: 14 September 2011.
Medal record
Competitor for  Italy
Men's Tennis
Mediterranean Games
Bronze 2005 Almería Singles

Simone Bolelli (born 8 October 1985 in Bologna) is a professional Italian tennis player.

Contents

Career

2003

In 2003, Bolelli reached his first ITF Futures tournament semifinal at Egypt F1, losing to 485th-ranked Jaroslav Pospíšil. He played entirely Futures events except for one Challenger tournament in Brindisi, losing to Galo Blanco in the second round. He finished the year ranked 623.

2004

2004 saw Simone reached his first Futures final, losing to Dominique Coene. He then made another final and won two futures titles, making a 2 wins out of 3 finals record for Futures finals in the 2004 season. He won the Italy F15 and F8 titles, and lost in the final of a Challenger event in Braşov. In doubles, Bolelli won the doubles Futures title with Alberto Brizzi at Italy F15, and with Brizzi at Italy F8, winning both the singles and doubles events at F15 and F8. He finished ranked 269 for singles and 533 for doubles.

2005

Bolelli did not win a Futures tournament at all in 2005 for singles, however did reach the finals of a Challenger in Trani. Simone's doubles success in 2005 was also limited: for he didn't even reach any type of Futures or Challenger final.

2006

Simone Bolelli played in a few tournaments higher than a Challenger, receiving a wildcard into the Rome Masters. He lost in in three sets to number 39 Fernando Verdasco. He also won the Como Futures tournament, and made the finals of Recanati before losing to Davide Sanguinetti. He won his first Challenger singles title over Ivo Minář, and then made the final of a Challenger in Bergamo where he lost to Alex Bogdanović. He also played Fernando González in Basel (entering the tournament as a Lucky Loser), taking the second set in a tiebreak and losing the surrounding sets in tiebreaks. Bolelli qualified and lost in the first round of Vienna to number 27 Dominik Hrbatý. He lost in Stuttgart to Jiří Novák, having played 4 ATP matches and winning a set in 2 of them. Partnered with Fabio Fognini, Bolelli lost in the finals of the Naples Challenger doubles tournament in March. Simone won the Rencanati doubles tournament with singles champion (who defeated Bolelli in the final), Davide Sanguinetti, and reached the quarterfinals of the Monte Carlo Masters partnering Andreas Seppi, winning three-set matches over Igor Andreev and Nikolay Davydenko and then Leoš Friedl and František Čermák. They eventually lost to Fabrice Santoro and Nenad Zimonjić. He finished the year ranked in the top 200, ranked 127 for singles and 171 for doubles.

2007

In qualifying for the 2007 Australian Open, Bolleli was seeded 15th, but lost in the second round.[1] Bolelli lost to Fabrice Santoro in the Bergamo Challenger, and bosted a career win over 22nd-ranked Dmitry Tursunov at the Miami Masters, before losing to David Ferrer. He won and lost one singles Davis cup match versus Israel, losing to Noam Okun, but beating Dudi Sela. He lost in the Casablanca challenger final to Marin Čilić and winning his own in Tunisia over Andrei Pavel in three sets. Simone beat former World Number 1 Marat Safin in Barcelona, and competed in the Miami, Rome and Hamburg Masters. He made a Grand Slam debut at the 2007 French Open, beating former runner-up Martin Verkerk and then losing to Guillermo Cañas, and again, beating Guillermo García-López at the 2007 Wimbledon event before losing to former world number 1 Lleyton Hewitt. He lost in the first round of doubles cometition on both occasions, both times with Juan Martín del Potro.

2008

Bolelli was banned by The Italian Tennis Federation from future national team events for skipping the Davis Cup tie with Latvia in Europe-Africa zone relegation playoff. The ban prevents Bolelli from playing in Davis Cup and the Olympics. It will also prevent him from getting wild cards that are assigned for select tournaments by the federation. Bolelli said he told Italy captain Corrado Barrazzutti well in advance of the tie that he preferred to work on his fast-court game in Asia.

2009

Bolelli represented Italy along with Flavia Pennetta in the Hopman Cup. He won 2 out of 3 matches, the loss being to former World Number 1, Marat Safin. He defeated Gilles Simon in straight sets, his first top 10 defeat. In the Medibank International, he defeated compatriot Potito Starace in the first round 7–6, 6–4, before falling to third seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in straight sets.

At the Australian Open Bolelli beat Kristof Vliegen 7–6(5), 7–6(3), 7–5 in the first round. In the second round Bolelli lost to the 23rd seed Mardy Fish 6–4, 6–1, 7–5. In the ABN AMRO tournament in Rotterdam Bolelli face Word No. 1 Rafael Nadal in the first round. Bolelli won the first set 6–4, but this was not enough and Nadal won 4–6 6–2 7–5.[2]

ATP Career finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)
Finals by Surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponents in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 4 May 2008 Munich Clay Fernando González 6–7(4), 7–6(4), 3–6

Doubles: 2 (2–0)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (2–0)
Finals by Surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents in the final Score
Winner 1. 1 May 2011 Munich Clay Horacio Zeballos Andreas Beck
Christopher Kas		 7–6(3), 6–4
Winner 2. 30 July 2011 Umag Clay Fabio Fognini Marin Čilić
Lovro Zovko		 6–3, 5–7, [10–7]

Futures and Challengers Singles Titles

Legend (Singles)
Challengers (6)
Futures (2)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. 17 May 2004 Verona Clay Alex Vittur 6–1, 7–6
2. 5 July 2004 Bologna Clay Mattia Livraghi 6–2, 6–3
3. 3 July 2006 Biella Clay Ivo Minář 7–5, 3–6, 7–6
4. 28 August 2006 Como Clay Federico Luzzi 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
5. 30 April 2007 Tunis Clay Andrei Pavel 4–6, 7–6, 6–2
6. 5 November 2007 Bratislava Hard (I) Alejandro Falla 4–6, 7–6, 6–1
7. 28 June 2010 Turin Clay Potito Starace 7–6, 6–2
8. 2 May 2011 Rome Clay Eduardo Schwank 2–6, 6–1, 6–3

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the 2011 Wimbledon Championships.

Tournament 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 W–L
Australian Open 2R 2R 1R Q2 2–3
French Open 2R 3R 2R 1R 2R 5–5
Wimbledon 2R 3R 2R 3R 6–4
US Open 2R 1R 1R 1–3
Win–Loss 0–0 3–3 5–4 3–4 0–2 3–2 14–15
Indian Wells 1R 1R 0–2
Miami 3R 3R 1R Q2 4–3
Monte Carlo 2R 3R 1R Q2 3–3
Rome 1R 1R 3R 1R 2R 1R 3–6
Madrid 2R 2R 2–2
Montreal / Toronto 1R 0–1
Cincinnati 2R 1R 1–2
Shanghai NMS 0–0
Paris 2R 1–1
Hamburg 1R 2R NM1 1–2
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0
Year End Ranking 127 67 41 93 107

References

  1. ^ Source
  2. ^ "Nadal needs three sets to get past Bolelli in Rotterdam,". Reuters. 11 February 2009. http://uk.reuters.com/article/tennisNews/idUKSP35657320090211. Retrieved 12 February 2009. 

External links

Association of Tennis Professionals Top ten Italian male singles tennis players as of November 7, 2011
1. Fabio Fognini (42 2) · 2. Andreas Seppi (46 4) · 3. Potito Starace (58 4) · 4. Filippo Volandri (70 ) · 5. Flavio Cipolla (80 )
6. Paolo Lorenzi (109 3) · 7. Simone Bolelli (126 ) · 8. Alessandro Giannessi (136 4) · 9. Simone Vagnozzi (161 3) · 10. Stefano Galvani (169 1)