Thomas Fabbiano (born 26 May 1989) is an Italian former tennis player who played mostly on the ATP Challenger Tour. On 11 September 2017, he reached his then-highest ATP singles ranking of 70. His highest doubles ranking was 208 on 20 July 2009.[3]

Thomas Fabbiano
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceSan Giorgio Ionico, Italy
Born (1989-05-26) 26 May 1989 (age 34)
Grottaglie, Italy
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro2005
Retired2023[1]
PlaysRight-handed (two handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$2,258,656
Singles
Career record27–63 (30.0% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 70 (18 September 2017)[2]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2019)
French Open2R (2018)
Wimbledon3R (2018, 2019)
US Open3R (2017)
Doubles
Career record5–15 (25.0% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 208 (20 July 2009)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2018)
US Open1R (2017)
Last updated on: 17 March 2023.

He reached his first third round at a Grand Slam tournament at the US Open 2017 where he was defeated by fellow Italian Paolo Lorenzi. Since then he reached the second round or better at each of the Grand Slams including the 2019 Wimbledon Championships where he stunned seventh seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the first round.[4]

Junior grand slam finals edit

Doubles finals: 1 (1–0) edit

Outcome Year Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents in the final Score
Winner 2007 French Open Clay   Andrei Karatchenia   Kellen Damico
  Jonathan Eysseric
6–4, 6–0

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals edit

Singles: 25 (17–8) edit

Legend
ATP Challengers (6–1)
ITF Futures (11–7)
Titles by surface
Hard (11–2)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (6-6)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0-1 Jul 2007 Italy F24, Modena Futures Clay   Cristian Villagran 0–6, 1–6
Win 1-1 Sep 2007 Italy F32, Olbia Futures Clay   Massimo Dell'Acqua 4–6, 7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Win 2-1 Apr 2008 Italy F9, Francavilla Futures Clay   Victor Ioniță 6–2, 6–2
Win 3-1 Aug 2008 Italy F24, La Spezia Futures Clay   Marco Viola 6–4, 6–2
Win 4-1 Oct 2008 Italy F34, Quartu Sant'Elena Futures Clay   Leonardo Azzaro 6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Loss 4-2 Feb 2010 Israel F3, Eilat Futures Hard   Miloslav Mečíř 4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss 4-3 Mar 2010 Turkey F2, Antalya Futures Clay   Pavol Červenák 6–3, 6–4
Win 5-3 Aug 2010 Italy F19, La Spezia Futures Clay   Francesco Aldi 6–0, 5–7, 6–3
Loss 5-4 Jun 2011 Romania F2, Bacău Futures Clay   Victor Ioniță 6–7(4–7), 0–4r
Loss 5-5 Jul 2011 Italy F17, Sassuolo Futures Clay   James Duckworth 1–6, 2–6
Win 6-5 Jul 2011 Italy F18, Modena Futures Clay   Laurent Rochette 6–4, 6–4
Win 7-5 Dec 2011 Turkey F35, Antalya Futures Hard   Stefan Seifert 6–2, 6–1
Win 8-5 Mar 2012 Usa F6, Harlingen Futures Hard   Peter Polansky 6–1, 4–6, 6–3
Loss 8-6 May 2013 Italy F9, Bergamo Futures Clay   Matteo Trevisan 4–6, 4–6
Loss 8-7 Jun 2013 Italy F11, Parma Futures Clay   Riccardo Bellotti 2–6, 2–6
Win 9-7 Jul 2013 Recanati, Italy Challenger Hard   David Guez 6–0, 6–3
Win 10-7 Mar 2015 Tunisia F9, El Kantaoui Futures Hard   Henrique Cunha 6–3, 6–4
Win 11-7 Mar 2015 Tunisia F10, El Kantaoui Futures Hard   Alexandar Lazov 7–6(7–2), 4–6, 6–1
Win 12-7 Mar 2015 Tunisia F11, El Kantaoui Futures Hard   Alexandar Lazov 6–3, 6–1
Win 13-7 Mar 2016 Zhuhai, China Challenger Hard   Ze Zhang 5-7, 6–1, 6-3
Loss 13-8 Mar 2017 Zhuhai, China Challenger Hard   Evgeny Donskoy 3–6, 4–6
Win 14-8 Mar 2017 Quanzhou, China Challenger Hard   Matteo Berrettini 7–6(7–5), 7–6(9–7)
Win 15-8 May 2017 Gimcheon, South Korea Challenger Hard   Teymuraz Gabashvili 7–5, 6-1
Win 16-8 May 2017 Seoul, South Korea Challenger Hard   Kwon Soon-woo 1-6, 6–4, 6-3
Win 17-8 Oct 2018 Ningbo, China Challenger Hard   Prajnesh Gunneswaran 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–3

Doubles edit

Legend
ATP Challengers (3–4)
ITF Futures (5–7)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (3–3)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 24 August 2008 Manerbio, Italy Clay   Boris Pašanski   Massimo Dell'Acqua
  Alessio di Mauro
7–6, 7–5
Winners 2. 11 July 2010 San Benedetto, Italy Clay   Gabriel Trujillo-Soler   Francesco Aldi
  Daniele Giorgini
7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
Winners 3. 15 August 2010 Trani, Italy Clay   Matteo Trevisan   Daniele Bracciali
  Filippo Volandri
6–2, 7–5
Runners-up 4. 16 April 2011 Rome, Italy Clay   Walter Trusendi   Martin Kližan
  Alessandro Motti
6–7(3–7), 4–6
Runners-up 5. 24 September 2011 İzmir, Turkey Hard   Flavio Cipolla   Travis Rettenmaier
  Simon Stadler
0–6, 2–6
Runners-up 6. 15 July 2012 Bogotá, Colombia Clay   Riccardo Ghedin   Marcelo Demoliner
  Víctor Estrella
4–6, 2–6
Runners-up 7. 12 April 2014 Mersin, Colombia Clay   Matteo Viola   Radu Albot
  Jaroslav Pospíšil
6–7(7–9), 1–6

Performance timelines edit

Singles edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current through the 2022 Australian Open.

Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q2 Q1 Q1 Q2 1R 1R 3R Q1 Q1 Q3 2–3
French Open A Q1 Q2 1R Q1 2R 1R A Q2 Q1 1–3
Wimbledon A Q1 Q1 Q3 1R 3R 3R NH Q1 Q1 4–3
US Open 1R Q1 Q3 1R 3R Q2 2R A Q1 3–4
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–3 3–3 5–4 0–0 0–0 0–0 10–13

Wins over top 10 players edit

# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score TF Rank
2019
1.   Stefanos Tsitsipas 6 Wimbledon, United Kingdom Grass 1R 6–4, 3–6, 6–4, 6–7(8–10), 6–3 89
2.   Dominic Thiem 4 US Open, United States Hard 1R 6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 87

References edit

  1. ^ "Thomas Fabbiano retires from tennis". Tennis World USA. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  2. ^ "ATP Rankings | Pepperstone ATP Rankings (Singles) | ATP Tour | Tennis | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Thomas Fabbiano biography". ATP World Tour. 20 December 2010.
  4. ^ "Season In Review: The Biggest Grand Slam Upsets Of 2019 | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 7 April 2023.

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