Simone Vagnozzi Explained

Simone Vagnozzi
Residence:Castorano, Italy
Birth Date:1983 5, df=y
Birth Place:Ascoli Piceno, Italy[1]
Height:1.73m (05.68feet)
Turnedpro:1999
Retired:2015
Plays:Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach:Massimo Sartori
Careerprizemoney:$490,569
Singlesrecord:4–7
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 161 (7 November 2011)
Australianopenresult:Q2 (2008, 2009, 2011)
Frenchopenresult:Q2 (2007, 2012)
Wimbledonresult:Q2 (2012)
Usopenresult:Q3 (2010)
Doublesrecord:6–16
Doublestitles:0
Highestdoublesranking:No. 74 (4 April 2011)
Australianopendoublesresult:1R (2012)
Frenchopendoublesresult:1R (2011)
Wimbledondoublesresult:1R (2011)
Usopendoublesresult:1R (2010)
Updated:16 May 2021

Simone Vagnozzi (pronounced as /it/; born 30 May 1983)[1] is an Italian former professional tennis player.

Vagnozzi had a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 161 achieved on 7 November 2011. He also had a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 74 achieved on 4 April 2011.

Vagnozzi made his ATP Tour singles debut at the 2004 Grand Prix Hassan II on clay courts in Casablanca, Morocco when he successfully advanced through three qualifying rounds to reach his first career main draw. In qualifying he defeated Talal Ouahabi, followed by leading Thomas Shimada 6–0, 2–0 when he had to retire from the match, and finally Björn Rehnquist to gain a main draw birth. In the first round he would go on extend his winning streak to four matches by defeating Jean-René Lisnard in straight sets but would ultimately fall in the second round to Swiss player Ivo Heuberger. He made his ATP Tour doubles debut at the 2005 Croatia Open where he received a direct entry alongside Slovenian player Ladislav Švarc. They were defeated in the first round by an 18-year-old Novak Djokovic and Janko Tipsarević.

Vagnozzi reached 24 singles finals in his career, posting a record of 8 wins and 16 losses which includes a 1–3 record in ATP Challenger finals. Additionally, he reached 54 doubles finals across his career with a record of 28 wins and 26 losses which includes a 16–21 record in ATP Challenger finals. He reached 1 career doubles final on the ATP Tour at the 2010 Swedish Open alongside compatriot Andreas Seppi. They were defeated by Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecăuin straight sets.

Vagnozzi, alongside Darren Cahill, is currently the coach of fellow Italian ATP player Jannik Sinner. Both received the Coach of the Year award at the 2023 ATP Awards.[2]

ATP Tour career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 24 (8–16)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–3)
ITF Futures (7–13)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (8–16)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Chile F4, SantiagoFuturesClay Máximo González5–7, 6–1, 3–6
Loss0–2Spain F3, LlucmajorFuturesClay Francesco Piccari6–7(3–7), 6–7(4–7)
Loss0–3Bytom, PolandChallengerClay Peter Luczak3–6, 3–6
Win1–3Italy F33, SardegnaFuturesClay Matteo Marrai3–6, 6–1, 6–0
Win2–3Italy F34, SassariFuturesClay Ádám Kellner1–6, 6–1, 6–1
Loss2–4Italy F10, PadovaFuturesClay Antonio Veić2–6, 7–6(7–4), 3–6
Loss2–5Alessandria, ItalyChallengerClay Paolo Lorenzi6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7)
Win3–5Croatia F10, DubrovnikFuturesClay Grega Žemlja6–3, 6–4
Win4–5Egypt F2, CairoFuturesClay Daniele Giorgini7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–4
Loss4–6Italy F10, PozzuoliFuturesClay Yannick Mertens2–6, 2–6
Loss4–7Serbia F1, BelgradeFuturesClay Nikola Ćirić6–4, 6–7(5–7), 5–7
Loss4–8Italy F19, PalazzoloFuturesClay Guillermo Hormazábal5–7, 0–6
Loss4–9Cairo, EgyptChallengerClay Ivo Minář6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Loss4–10Italy F8, PozzuoliFuturesClay Alessio di Mauro5–7, 4–6
Win5–10Marburg, GermanyChallengerClay Ivo Minář2–6, 6–3, 7–5
Loss5–11Spain F7, SabadellFuturesClay Evgeny Donskoy5–7, 5–7
Win6–11Italy F22, AppianoFuturesClay Jorge Aguilar6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Loss6–12Turkey F10, AntalyaFuturesClay Lorenzo Giustino0–6, 3–6
Loss6–13Sweden F2, BåstadFuturesClay Roberto Marcora3–6, 5–7
Loss6–14Slovenia F3, LitijaFuturesClay Axel Michon0–6, 4–6
Win7–14Italy F13, Busto ArsizioFuturesClay Dušan Lojda4–6, 6–3, 6–0
Loss7–15Italy F30, PalermoFuturesClay Alessio di Mauro3–6, 3–6
Win8–15Italy F4, PalermoFuturesClay Maxime Chazal6–3, 6–2
Loss8–16Croatia F5, UmagFuturesClay Lamine Ouahab0–6, 7–6(8–6), 3–6

Doubles: 53 (28–25)

Legend
ATP Challenger (16–21)
ITF Futures (12–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–3)
Clay (25–22)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1San Benedetto, ItalyChallengerClay Daniele Giorgini Todd Perry
Thomas Shimada
3–6, 4–6
Win1–1France F20, Saint-DizierFuturesHard Flavio Cipolla Tobias Steinel-Hansson
Aleksey Malajko
4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win2–1Italy F9, TeramoFuturesClay Alessandro Motti Rodrigo Monte
Márcio Torres
3–0 ret.
Loss2–2Reggio Emilia, ItalyChallengerClay Andreas Seppi Tomas Behrend
Tomas Tenconi
4–6, 2–6
Loss2–3St. Petersburg, RussiaChallengerClay Daniele Giorgini Mikhail Elgin
Andrei Mishin
3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss2–4Italy F3, SiracuseFuturesClay Cristian Brandi Alessandro Motti
Flavio Cipolla
5–7, 4–6
Loss2–5Sassuolo, ItalyChallengerClay Paul Capdeville Juan Pablo Brzezicki
Cristian Villagrán
6–7(5–7), 2–6
Win3–5Italy F18, CastelfrancoFuturesClay Flavio Cipolla Benjamin-David Rufer
Stefan Kilchhofer
7–6(7–1), 6–3
Loss3–6Spain F3, LlucmajorFuturesClay Federico Torresi Gabriel Trujillo Soler
M P Puigdomenech
3–6, 3–6
Win4–6Italy F2, TrentoFuturesHard Thomas Holzer Alberto Brizzi
Leonardo Azzaro
6–4, 6–3
Win5–6Italy F3, RomeFuturesClay Alberto Brizzi Giancarlo Petrazzuolo
Daniele Giorgini
6–7(1–7), 6–1, 6–2
Win6–6La Serena, ChileChallengerClay Marc López Carlos Berlocq
Brian Dabul
3–6, 6–3, [10–1]
Loss6–7Barletta, ItalyChallengerClay Alessandro Motti David Marrero
Albert Portas
4–6, 4–6
Win7–7Como, ItalyChallengerClay Máximo González Flavio Cipolla
Marco Pedrini
7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win8–7Genoa, ItalyChallengerClay Daniele Giorgini Flavio Cipolla
Simone Bolelli
6–3, 6–1
Win9–7New Caledonia ChallengerChallengerHard Flavio Cipolla Jan Mertl
Martin Slanar
6–4, 6–4
Win10–7Italy F10, PadovaFuturesClay Caio Zampieri Alexandr Dolgopolov
Denis Matsukevich
7–5, 7–6(7–2)
Win11–7Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Flavio Cipolla Paolo Lorenzi
Giancarlo Petrazzuolo
6–3, 6–3
Win12–7Alessandria, ItalyChallengerClay Flavio Cipolla Melle van Gemerden
Matwé Middelkoop
3–6, 6–1, [10–4]
Loss12–8Constanța, RomaniaChallengerClay Júlio Silva Florin Mergea
Horia Tecău
4–6, 2–6
Win13–8Egypt F1, GizaFuturesClay Daniele Giorgini Rabie Chaki
Talal Ouahabi
2–6, 6–1, [10–3]
Loss13–9Egypt F2, CairoFuturesClay Daniele Giorgini Sherif Sabry
Karim Maamoun
1–6, 4–6
Loss13–10Tanger, MoroccoChallengerClay Giancarlo Petrazzuolo Augustin Gensse
Éric Prodon
1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss13–11Caltanissetta, ItalyChallengerClay Daniele Bracciali Juan Pablo Brzezicki
David Marrero
6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss13–12Italy F19, PalazzoloFuturesClay Mattia Livraghi Claudio Grassi
Guillermo Hormazábal
5–7, 3–6
Loss13–13Tampere, FinlandChallengerClay Uros Vico Peter Luczak
Yuri Schukin
1–6, 7–6(8–6), [4–10]
Win14–13Manerbio, ItalyChallengerClay Alessio di Mauro Yves Allegro
Jesse Huta Galung
6–4, 3–6, [10–4]
Loss14–14Brașov, RomaniaChallengerClay Uros Vico Pere Riba
Pablo Santos González
3–6, 2–6
Loss14–15Seville, SpainChallengerClay Alberto Brizzi Treat Huey
Harsh Mankad
1–6, 5–7
Loss14–16Banja Luka, Bosnia & HerzegovinaChallengerClay Ismar Gorčić Dustin Brown
Rainer Eitzinger
4–6, 3–6
Loss14–17Ljubljana, SloveniaChallengerClay Stéphane Robert Jamie Delgado
Jamie Murray
3–6, 3–6
Loss14–18New Caledonia ChallengerChallengerHard Flavio Cipolla Édouard Roger-Vasselin
Nicolas Devilder
7–5, 2–6, [6–10]
Win15–18Morocco F1, CasablancaFuturesClay Alberto Brizzi Ádám Kellner
Martin Kližan
6–3, 6–2
Win16–18Italy F3, FoggiaFuturesClay Alessio di Mauro Diego Álvarez
Agustin Picco
6–4, 6–0
Loss16–19Blumenau, BrazilChallengerClay André Ghem André Sá
Franco Ferreiro
4–6, 3–6
Win17–19Cairo, EgyptChallengerClay Martin Slanar Andre Begemann
Dustin Brown
6–3, 6–4
Win18–19Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay Leonardo Tavares Yuri Schukin
Igor Kunitsyn
7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Win19–19Napoli, ItalyChallengerClay Daniel Muñoz de la Nava Bastian Knittel
Andreas Haider-Maurer
1–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–6]
Loss19–20Palermo, ItalyChallengerClay Alessandro Motti Philipp Oswald
Martin Fischer
6–4, 2–6, [6–10]
Loss19–21New Caledonia ChallengerChallengerHard Flavio Cipolla Dominik Meffert
Frederik Nielsen
6–7(4–7), 7–5, [5–10]
Win20–21Meknes, MoroccoChallengerClay Treat Huey Alessandro Motti
Alessio di Mauro
6–1, 6–2
Loss20–22Casablanca, MoroccoChallengerClay Leonardo Tavares Guillermo Alcaide
Adrián Menéndez Maceiras
2–6, 1–6
Win21–22Spain F7, SabadellFuturesClay Daniele Giorgini M A López Jaén
Gabriel Trujillo Soler
6–3, 6–2
Win22–22Rabat, MoroccoChallengerClay Alessio di Mauro Evgeny Korolev
Yuri Schukin
6–4, 6–4
Win23–22Caltanissetta, ItalyChallengerClay Daniele Bracciali Daniele Giorgini
Adrian Ungur
3–6, 7–6(7–2), [10–7]
Win24–22Milan, ItalyChallengerClay Adrián Menéndez Maceiras Leonardo Tavares
Andrea Arnaboldi
0–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Win25–22San Sebastián, SpainChallengerClay Stefano Ianni Israel Sevilla
Daniel Gimeno Traver
6–3, 6–4
Loss25–23Orleans, FranceChallengerHard David Škoch Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Nicolas Renavand
5–7, 3–6
Loss25–24Mersin, TurkeyChallengerClay Alessandro Motti Radu Albot
Denys Molchanov
0–6, 2–6
Loss25–25Orbetello, ItalyChallengerClay Alessio di Mauro Stefano Ianni
Dane Propoggia
3–6, 2–6
Win26–25Spain F1, MallorcaFuturesClay Alessio di Mauro M A López Jaén
J Marse-Vidri
6–0, 6–3
Win27–25Orbetello, ItalyChallengerClay Marco Crugnola Renzo Olivo
Guillermo Durán
7–6(7–3), 6–7(5–7), [10–6]
Win28–25Denmark F1, AarhusFuturesClay Matteo Donati Christian Lindell
Robin Olin
6–1, 6–0

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament200620072008200920102011201220132014SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAQ1Q2Q2Q1Q2Q1AQ10 / 00–0
French OpenAQ2AAAQ1Q2AA0 / 00–0
WimbledonQ1Q1AAQ1AQ2AA0 / 00–0
US OpenQ1AAAQ3AAAA0 / 00–0
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0
ATP Tour Masters 1000
bgcolor=efefef align=leftMiami OpenAAAAAAQ1AA0 / 00–0
bgcolor=efefef align=leftItalian OpenAAQ1AAAAAA0 / 00–0
bgcolor=efefef align=leftHamburgAAQ1Not Masters Series0 / 00–0
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0

Doubles

Tournament201020112012SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAA1R0 / 10–1
French OpenA1RA0 / 10–1
WimbledonQ11RA0 / 10–1
US Open1RAA0 / 10–1
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–10–20–10 / 40–4

Notes and References

  1. http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/players/simone-vagnozzi/v339/overview ATPWorldTour.com - Player profile
  2. Web site: 2023 ATP Awards: Djokovic Joined By Sinner, Alcaraz, Auger-Aliassime, Fils Among Winners ATP Tour Tennis . 2024-07-02 . ATP Tour . en.