Potito Starace

Potito Starace
Country  Italy
Residence Cervinara, Italy
Born July 14, 1981
Cervinara, Italy
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro 2001
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money US$3,784,550
Singles
Career record 161–193
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 27 (October 15, 2007)
Current ranking No. 165 (November 17, 2014)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 1R (2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
French Open 3R (2004, 2007)
Wimbledon 2R (2009)
US Open 2R (2004, 2011)
Doubles
Career record 110-114
Career titles 6
Highest ranking No. 40 (June 18, 2012)
Current ranking No. 85 (November 17, 2014)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 3R (2011, 2012)
French Open SF (2012)
Wimbledon 2R (2006)
US Open 3R (2011)
Last updated on: 22 November 2014.
Starace at the 2008 Pilot Pen Tennis tournament.

Potito Starace (born July 14, 1981 in Cervinara) is an Italian professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of world no. 27 on October 15, 2007 and prefers to play on red clay. Umberto Rianna is his coach.

Career

One of the most memorable moments of Starace's career was when he made the men's doubles semifinals of the 2012 French Open with Daniele Bracciali. They lost to top seeds Daniel Nestor and Max Mirnyi.

In singles, he has played four ATP finals and lost all of them. On the Challenger Tour, he won the San Marino CEPU Open three times, a record for that tournament, and the Tennis Napoli Cup four times, also a record. In doubles, he has won six ATP titles.

He represented Italy at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where he lost to eventual gold medallist Rafael Nadal in the first round.[1]

Betting scandal

Following Alessio di Mauro's 9-month ban in November 2007, Starace and Daniele Bracciali were each fined and given short suspensions from playing. Starace received a fine of £21,400 and a 6-week ban from January 1, 2008. None of the bets pertained to matches they were involved in or had any stake in.

ATP career finals

Singles: 4 (0–4)

Winner – Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–1)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–3)
Titles by Surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. April 15, 2007 Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana, Valencia, Spain Clay Spain Nicolás Almagro 6–4, 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up 2. July 29, 2007 Austrian Open, Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Argentina Juan Mónaco 7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 3. August 1, 2010 ATP Studena Croatia Open Umag, Umag, Croatia Clay Spain Juan Carlos Ferrero 4–6, 4–6
Runner-up 4. April 10, 2011 Grand Prix Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco Clay Spain Pablo Andújar 1–6, 2–6

Doubles: 9 (6–3)

Winner – Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (2–2)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (4–1)
Titles by Surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (4–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. March 15, 2006 Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco, Mexico Clay Italy Filippo Volandri Czech Republic František Čermák
Czech Republic Leoš Friedl		 5–7, 2–6
Winner 1. March 4, 2007 Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco, Mexico Clay Argentina Martín Vassallo Argüello Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý
Czech Republic Pavel Vízner		 6–0, 6–2
Winner 2. July 29, 2007 Austrian Open, Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Peru Luis Horna Germany Tomas Behrend
Germany Christopher Kas		 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
Winner 3. October 6, 2008 Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia Hard (i) Ukraine Sergiy Stakhovsky Australia Stephen Huss
United Kingdom Ross Hutchins		 7–6(7–4), 2–6, [10–6]
Runner-up 2. February 7, 2010 Movistar Open, Santiago, Chile Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos Poland Łukasz Kubot
Austria Oliver Marach		 4–6, 0–6
Runner-up 3. February 27, 2010 Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Acapulco, Mexico Clay Italy Fabio Fognini Poland Łukasz Kubot
Austria Oliver Marach		 0–6, 0–6
Winner 4. October 31, 2010 St. Petersburg Open, St. Petersburg, Russia Hard (i) Italy Daniele Bracciali India Rohan Bopanna
Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi		 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–5)
Winner 5. September 24, 2011 BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy, Bucarest, Romania Clay Italy Daniele Bracciali Austria Julian Knowle
Spain David Marrero		 3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Winner 6. February 10, 2013 VTR Open, Viña del Mar, Chile Clay Italy Paolo Lorenzi Argentina Juan Mónaco
Spain Rafael Nadal		 6-2, 6-4

Singles performance timeline

Current through 2014 French Open.

Tournament20042005200620072008200920102011201220132014W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R Q1 Q3 0–7
French Open 3R 1R 3R 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R 6–9
Wimbledon 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1–9
US Open 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 2–8
Win–Loss 3–3 0–3 0–4 2–4 0–3 2–4 1–4 1–4 0–3 0–0 0–1 9–33
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics Not Held 1R Not Held NH 0–1
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Masters 1R Q1 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1–6
Miami Masters 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1–7
Monte Carlo Masters 1R 2R 1R Q1 1R 2R Q2 2–5
Rome Masters 2R 2R 3R 2R 1R 2R 3R 1R 2R 9–9
Madrid Masters 1R 1R Q1 0–2
Canada Masters 0–0
Cincinnati Masters 0–0
Shanghai Masters Not Masters Series 0–0
Paris Masters 1R 1R 0–2
Hamburg Masters 2R Not Masters Series 1–1
Win–Loss 0–0 1–4 2–2 3–4 2–5 1–3 1–5 2–4 1–4 1–1 0–0 14–32
Career statistics
Titles–Finals 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–4
Year End Ranking 76 105 83 31 72 62 47 58 164 152

Doubles performance timeline

Current through 2013 Wimbledon Championships.

Tournament20062007200820092010201120122013W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R 2R 1R 2R 3R 3R 2R 7–7
French Open QF 1R 1R 3R QF SF 2R 13–7
Wimbledon 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1–6
US Open 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R 3R 4–6
Win–Loss 4–4 1–4 1–2 0–3 4–4 7–4 6–2 2–3 26–26

References

  1. ↑ Olympic results

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