Italian tennis coach and former player
Flavio Cipolla (born 20 October 1983) is an Italian tennis coach and former professional player. His career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ranking was No. 70, achieved on 23 April 2012. His best major result was reaching the third round of the 2008 US Open .
Cipolla began 2008 with a bang the first week in January, winning the singles and doubles
titles of the Challenger in New Caledonia, to get his singles ranking to a career high of #116.
He won 2 more Challenger doubles titles in February in Belgrade and in March in Italy
to establish himself as a top-100 doubles player.
Cipolla got a chance to compete in a grand-slam tournament at the 2008 U.S. Open in the men's singles competition at Flushing Meadows . Despite losing in qualifying he, along with Rui Machado , were reinstated following the withdrawals of Mikhail Youzhny . Cipolla made the most of his opportunity and reached the third round. In the first round he beat Jan Hernych before defeating Yen-Hsun Lu of Chinese Taipei in the second round. In the third round he came up against world number 10 and tenth seed Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland. Cipolla took the match to 5 sets by taking a shock two set lead, however his Swiss opponent still had enough to come from behind and take the match, emerging victorious 5–7, 6–7, 6–4, 6–0, 6–4.
In early 2012, Cipolla reached his first and only ATP Semi-Final in Casablanca, where he was defeated by Pablo Andujar . This lifted Cipolla to his highest career ranking of 70.
In February 2023, Cipolla began coaching top 10 Women's Tennis Association (WTA) player Daria Kasatkina , replacing her longtime coach Carlos Martinez.[ 1] He is also the coach of Gianluca Mager .
Doubles: 1 (1 title)[ edit ]
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 (1–0)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (1–0)
Indoor (0–0)
Challenger career finals [ edit ]
Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (5)
Titles by surface
Hard (2)
Grass (0)
Clay (3)
Carpet (0)
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Opponent
Score
1.
30 May 2006
Turin , Italy
Clay
Marcel Granollers
6–3, 6–3
2.
31 July 2007
Trani , Italy
Clay
Pablo Andújar
4–6, 6–2, 6–4
3.
4 September 2007
Genoa , Italy
Clay
Gianluca Naso
6–2, 6–7(4–7) , 7–5
4.
1 January 2008
Nouméa , New Caledonia
Hard
Stéphane Bohli
6–4, 7–5
5.
6 February 2011
Burnie , Australia
Hard
Chris Guccione
W/O
Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (17)
Titles by surface
Hard (3)
Grass (0)
Clay (13)
Carpet (1)
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partnering
Opponents
Score
1.
4 July 2005
Mantua , Italy
Clay
Alessandro Motti
Salvador Navarro Óscar Serrano
5–7, 6–3, 6–3
2.
2 August 2005
Saransk , Russia
Clay
Simon Stadler
Konstantin Kravchuk Alexander Kudryavtsev
7–6(7–2) , 4–6, 7–6(7–3)
3.
19 September 2005
Banja Luka , Bosnia and Herzegovina
Clay
Rainer Eitzinger
Jeroen Masson Stefan Wauters
4–6, 6–3, 6–3
4.
25 September 2006
Bratislava , Slovak Republic
Clay
Marcel Granollers
David Marrero Pablo Santos
7–6(7–2) , 6–4
5.
9 October 2006
Barcelona , Spain
Clay
Tomas Behrend
Pablo Andújar Marcel Granollers
6–3, 6–2
6.
26 March 2007
Naples , Italy
Clay
Marcel Granollers
Marco Crugnola Alessio di Mauro
6–4, 6–2
7.
30 April 2007
Rome , Italy
Clay
Marcel Granollers
Stefano Galvani Manuel Jorquera
3–6, 6–1, [11–9]
8.
1 January 2008
Nouméa , New Caledonia
Hard
Simone Vagnozzi
Jan Mertl Martin Slanar
6–4, 6–4
9.
11 February 2008
Belgrade , Serbia
Carpet
Konstantinos Economidis
Alessandro Motti Filip Polášek
4–6, 6–2, [10–8]
10.
24 March 2008
Barletta , Italy
Clay
Marcel Granollers
Oliver Marach Michal Mertiňák
6–3, 2–6, [11–9]
11.
28 April 2008
Rome , Italy
Clay
Simone Vagnozzi
Paolo Lorenzi Giancarlo Petrazzuolo
6–3, 6–3
12.
27 May 2008
Alessandria , Italy
Clay
Simone Vagnozzi
Matwé Middelkoop Melle Van Gemerden
3–6, 6–1, [10–4]
13.
13 October 2008
Tashkent , Uzbekistan
Hard
Pavel Šnobel
Michail Elgin Alexandre Kudryavtsev
6–3, 6–4
14.
28 February 2010
Meknes , Morocco
Clay
Pablo Andújar
Alexandr Dolgopolov Artem Smirnov
6–2, 6–2
15.
12 September 2010
Braşov , Romania
Clay
Daniele Giorgini
Radu Albot Andrej Ciumac
6–3, 6–4
16.
19 September 2010
Todi , Italy
Clay
Alessio di Mauro
Marcel Granollers Gerard Granollers-Pujol
6–1, 6–4
17.
3 April 2011
Barranquilla , Colombia
Hard
Paolo Lorenzi
Alejandro Falla Eduardo Struvay
6–3, 6–4
Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (8)
Finals by surface
Hard (3)
Grass (0)
Clay (5)
Carpet (0)
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Opponent
Score
1.
29 August 2005
Freudenstadt , Germany
Clay
Sergio Roitman
7–5, 6–4
2.
6 September 2005
Genoa , Italy
Clay
Potito Starace
6–3, 7–6(7–3)
3.
3 April 2006
Monza , Italy
Clay
Nicolas Devilder
6–2, 7–5
4.
28 July 2008
Tampere , Finland
Clay
Mathieu Montcourt
6–2, 6–2
5.
9 January 2010
Nouméa , New Caledonia
Hard
Florian Mayer
6–3, 6–0
6.
4 Juny 2011
Prostějov , Czech Republic
Clay
Yuri Schukin
6–4, 4–6, 6–0
7.
13 November 2011
Loughborough , UK
Hard
Tobias Kamke
2–6, 5–7
8.
9 September 2012
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence , France
Hard
Josselin Ouanna
4–6, 5–7
Legend
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (0)
Challengers (15)
Finals by surface
Hard (3)
Grass (0)
Clay (12)
Carpet (0)
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Partnering
Opponents
Score
1.
29 June 2004
Mantua , Italy
Clay
Alessandro Motti
Daniele Bracciali Giorgio Galimberti
6–0, 6–4
2.
25 July 2005
Togliatti , Russia
Hard
Massimo Ocera
Scott Lipsky Mark Nielsen
6–2, 6–3
3.
12 September 2005
Seville , Spain
Clay
Alessandro Motti
Marcos Daniel Fernando Vicente
6–2, 6–7(1–7) , 7–5
4.
3 October 2005
Rome, Italy
Clay
Alessandro Motti
Konstantinos Economidis Vasilis Mazarakis
6–4, 7–6(7–4)
5.
20 March 2006
Barletta , Italy
Clay
Alessandro Motti
Santiago Ventura Fernando Vicente
7–6(7–2) , 4–6, [10–8]
6.
15 May 2006
San Remo , Italy
Clay
Francesco Piccari
Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut
6–4, 7–6(8–6)
7.
30 May 2006
Turin , Italy
Clay
Leonardo Azzaro
Marcel Granollers Marc López
6–4, 6–3
8.
11 June 2007
Košice , Slovak Republic
Clay
Leonardo Azzaro
Filip Polášek Lukáš Rosol
6–1, 7–6(7–5)
9.
23 July 2007
Poznań , Poland
Clay
Ivo Klec
Marc López Santiago Ventura
6–2, 5–7, [10–3]
10.
27 August 2007
Como , Italy
Clay
Maro Pedrini
Máximo González Simone Vagnozzi
7–6(7–5) , 6–4
11.
4 September 2007
Genoa , Italy
Clay
Simone Bolelli
Daniele Giorgini Simone Vagnozzi
6–3, 6–1
12.
11 October 2009
Tarragona , Spain
Clay
Alessandro Motti
Tomasz Bednarek Mateusz Kowalczyk
6–1, 6–1
13.
10 January 2010
Nouméa , New Caledonia
Hard
Simone Vagnozzi
Nicolas Devilder Édouard Roger-Vasselin
5–7, 6–2, [10–8]
14.
9 January 2011
Nouméa, New Caledonia
Hard
Simone Vagnozzi
Dominik Meffert Frederik Nielsen
7–6(7–4) , 5–7, [10–5]
15.
24 September 2011
İzmir , Turkey
Hard
Thomas Fabbiano
Travis Rettenmaier Simon Stadler
6–0, 6–2
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
DNQ
A
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
Current till 2013 Australian Open .