Simone Vagnozzi (Italian pronunciation: [siˈmoːne vaɲˈɲɔttsi]; born 30 May 1983)[1] is an Italian former professional tennis player.

Simone Vagnozzi
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceCastorano, Italy
Born (1983-05-30) 30 May 1983 (age 41)
Ascoli Piceno, Italy[1]
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro1999
Retired2015
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachMassimo Sartori
Prize money$490,569
Singles
Career record4–7
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 161 (7 November 2011)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2008, 2009, 2011)
French OpenQ2 (2007, 2012)
WimbledonQ2 (2012)
US OpenQ3 (2010)
Doubles
Career record6–16
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 74 (4 April 2011)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2012)
French Open1R (2011)
Wimbledon1R (2011)
US Open1R (2010)
Last updated on: 16 May 2021.

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 Tecău in 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

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Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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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)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2010 Swedish Open, Sweden 250 Series Clay   Andreas Seppi   Robert Lindstedt
  Horia Tecău
4–6, 5–7

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 24 (8–16)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (1–3)
ITF Futures (7–13)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (8–16)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2005 Chile F4, Santiago Futures Clay   Máximo González 5–7, 6–1, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Jan 2006 Spain F3, Llucmajor Futures Clay   Francesco Piccari 6–7(3–7), 6–7(4–7)
Loss 0–3 Jun 2007 Bytom, Poland Challenger Clay   Peter Luczak 3–6, 3–6
Win 1–3 Sep 2007 Italy F33, Sardegna Futures Clay   Matteo Marrai 3–6, 6–1, 6–0
Win 2–3 Oct 2007 Italy F34, Sassari Futures Clay   Ádám Kellner 1–6, 6–1, 6–1
Loss 2–4 Apr 2008 Italy F10, Padova Futures Clay   Antonio Veić 2–6, 7–6(7–4), 3–6
Loss 2–5 Jun 2008 Alessandria, Italy Challenger Clay   Paolo Lorenzi 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7)
Win 3–5 Oct 2008 Croatia F10, Dubrovnik Futures Clay   Grega Žemlja 6–3, 6–4
Win 4–5 Feb 2009 Egypt F2, Cairo Futures Clay   Daniele Giorgini 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–4
Loss 4–6 May 2009 Italy F10, Pozzuoli Futures Clay   Yannick Mertens 2–6, 2–6
Loss 4–7 Jun 2009 Serbia F1, Belgrade Futures Clay   Nikola Ćirić 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 5–7
Loss 4–8 Jul 2009 Italy F19, Palazzolo Futures Clay   Guillermo Hormazábal 5–7, 0–6
Loss 4–9 May 2010 Cairo, Egypt Challenger Clay   Ivo Minář 6–3, 2–6, 3–6
Loss 4–10 May 2010 Italy F8, Pozzuoli Futures Clay   Alessio di Mauro 5–7, 4–6
Win 5–10 Jun 2010 Marburg, Germany Challenger Clay   Ivo Minář 2–6, 6–3, 7–5
Loss 5–11 Mar 2011 Spain F7, Sabadell Futures Clay   Evgeny Donskoy 5–7, 5–7
Win 6–11 Aug 2012 Italy F22, Appiano Futures Clay   Jorge Aguilar 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 6–12 Mar 2013 Turkey F10, Antalya Futures Clay   Lorenzo Giustino 0–6, 3–6
Loss 6–13 May 2013 Sweden F2, Båstad Futures Clay   Roberto Marcora 3–6, 5–7
Loss 6–14 Jun 2013 Slovenia F3, Litija Futures Clay   Axel Michon 0–6, 4–6
Win 7–14 Jun 2013 Italy F13, Busto Arsizio Futures Clay   Dušan Lojda 4–6, 6–3, 6–0
Loss 7–15 Oct 2013 Italy F30, Palermo Futures Clay   Alessio di Mauro 3–6, 3–6
Win 8–15 Mar 2014 Italy F4, Palermo Futures Clay   Maxime Chazal 6–3, 6–2
Loss 8–16 Mar 2014 Croatia F5, Umag Futures Clay   Lamine Ouahab 0–6, 7–6(8–6), 3–6

Doubles: 53 (28–25)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (16–21)
ITF Futures (12–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–3)
Clay (25–22)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2003 San Benedetto, Italy Challenger Clay   Daniele Giorgini   Todd Perry
  Thomas Shimada
3–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Oct 2003 France F20, Saint-Dizier Futures Hard   Flavio Cipolla   Tobias Steinel-Hansson
  Aleksey Malajko
4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win 2–1 May 2004 Italy F9, Teramo Futures Clay   Alessandro Motti   Rodrigo Monte
  Márcio Torres
3–0 ret.
Loss 2–2 Jun 2004 Reggio Emilia, Italy Challenger Clay   Andreas Seppi   Tomas Behrend
  Tomas Tenconi
4–6, 2–6
Loss 2–3 Aug 2004 St. Petersburg, Russia Challenger Clay   Daniele Giorgini   Mikhail Elgin
  Andrei Mishin
3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss 2–4 Mar 2005 Italy F3, Siracuse Futures Clay   Cristian Brandi   Alessandro Motti
  Flavio Cipolla
5–7, 4–6
Loss 2–5 Jun 2005 Sassuolo, Italy Challenger Clay   Paul Capdeville   Juan Pablo Brzezicki
  Cristian Villagrán
6–7(5–7), 2–6
Win 3–5 Jun 2005 Italy F18, Castelfranco Futures Clay   Flavio Cipolla   Benjamin-David Rufer
  Stefan Kilchhofer
7–6(7–1), 6–3
Loss 3–6 Jan 2006 Spain F3, Llucmajor Futures Clay   Federico Torresi   Gabriel Trujillo Soler
  M P Puigdomenech
3–6, 3–6
Win 4–6 Feb 2006 Italy F2, Trento Futures Hard   Thomas Holzer   Alberto Brizzi
  Leonardo Azzaro
6–4, 6–3
Win 5–6 Mar 2006 Italy F3, Rome Futures Clay   Alberto Brizzi   Giancarlo Petrazzuolo
  Daniele Giorgini
6–7(1–7), 6–1, 6–2
Win 6–6 Jan 2007 La Serena, Chile Challenger Clay   Marc López   Carlos Berlocq
  Brian Dabul
3–6, 6–3, [10–1]
Loss 6–7 Mar 2007 Barletta, Italy Challenger Clay   Alessandro Motti   David Marrero
  Albert Portas
4–6, 4–6
Win 7–7 Sep 2007 Como, Italy Challenger Clay   Máximo González   Flavio Cipolla
  Marco Pedrini
7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win 8–7 Sep 2007 Genoa, Italy Challenger Clay   Daniele Giorgini   Flavio Cipolla
  Simone Bolelli
6–3, 6–1
Win 9–7 Jan 2008 New Caledonia Challenger Challenger Hard   Flavio Cipolla   Jan Mertl
  Martin Slanar
6–4, 6–4
Win 10–7 Apr 2008 Italy F10, Padova Futures Clay   Caio Zampieri   Alexandr Dolgopolov
  Denis Matsukevich
7–5, 7–6(7–2)
Win 11–7 May 2008 Rome, Italy Challenger Clay   Flavio Cipolla   Paolo Lorenzi
  Giancarlo Petrazzuolo
6–3, 6–3
Win 12–7 Jun 2008 Alessandria, Italy Challenger Clay   Flavio Cipolla   Melle van Gemerden
  Matwé Middelkoop
3–6, 6–1, [10–4]
Loss 12–8 Jun 2008 Constanța, Romania Challenger Clay   Júlio Silva   Florin Mergea
  Horia Tecău
4–6, 2–6
Win 13–8 Feb 2009 Egypt F1, Giza Futures Clay   Daniele Giorgini   Rabie Chaki
  Talal Ouahabi
2–6, 6–1, [10–3]
Loss 13–9 Feb 2009 Egypt F2, Cairo Futures Clay   Daniele Giorgini   Sherif Sabry
  Karim Maamoun
1–6, 4–6
Loss 13–10 Feb 2009 Tanger, Morocco Challenger Clay   Giancarlo Petrazzuolo   Augustin Gensse
  Éric Prodon
1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 13–11 Mar 2009 Caltanissetta, Italy Challenger Clay   Daniele Bracciali   Juan Pablo Brzezicki
  David Marrero
6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss 13–12 Jul 2009 Italy F19, Palazzolo Futures Clay   Mattia Livraghi   Claudio Grassi
  Guillermo Hormazábal
5–7, 3–6
Loss 13–13 Aug 2009 Tampere, Finland Challenger Clay   Uros Vico   Peter Luczak
  Yuri Schukin
1–6, 7–6(8–6), [4–10]
Win 14–13 Aug 2009 Manerbio, Italy Challenger Clay   Alessio di Mauro   Yves Allegro
  Jesse Huta Galung
6–4, 3–6, [10–4]
Loss 14–14 Sep 2009 Brașov, Romania Challenger Clay   Uros Vico   Pere Riba
  Pablo Santos González
3–6, 2–6
Loss 14–15 Sep 2009 Seville, Spain Challenger Clay   Alberto Brizzi   Treat Huey
  Harsh Mankad
1–6, 5–7
Loss 14–16 Sep 2009 Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina Challenger Clay   Ismar Gorčić   Dustin Brown
  Rainer Eitzinger
4–6, 3–6
Loss 14–17 Sep 2009 Ljubljana, Slovenia Challenger Clay   Stéphane Robert   Jamie Delgado
  Jamie Murray
3–6, 3–6
Loss 14–18 Jan 2010 New Caledonia Challenger Challenger Hard   Flavio Cipolla   Édouard Roger-Vasselin
  Nicolas Devilder
7–5, 2–6, [6–10]
Win 15–18 Jan 2010 Morocco F1, Casablanca Futures Clay   Alberto Brizzi   Ádám Kellner
  Martin Kližan
6–3, 6–2
Win 16–18 Apr 2010 Italy F3, Foggia Futures Clay   Alessio di Mauro   Diego Álvarez
  Agustin Picco
6–4, 6–0
Loss 16–19 Apr 2010 Blumenau, Brazil Challenger Clay   André Ghem   André Sá
  Franco Ferreiro
4–6, 3–6
Win 17–19 May 2010 Cairo, Egypt Challenger Clay   Martin Slanar   Andre Begemann
  Dustin Brown
6–3, 6–4
Win 18–19 Jul 2010 Braunschweig, Germany Challenger Clay   Leonardo Tavares   Yuri Schukin
  Igor Kunitsyn
7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Win 19–19 Oct 2010 Napoli, Italy Challenger Clay   Daniel Muñoz de la Nava   Bastian Knittel
  Andreas Haider-Maurer
1–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–6]
Loss 19–20 Oct 2010 Palermo, Italy Challenger Clay   Alessandro Motti   Philipp Oswald
  Martin Fischer
6–4, 2–6, [6–10]
Loss 19–21 Jan 2011 New Caledonia Challenger Challenger Hard   Flavio Cipolla   Dominik Meffert
  Frederik Nielsen
6–7(4–7), 7–5, [5–10]
Win 20–21 Feb 2011 Meknes, Morocco Challenger Clay   Treat Huey   Alessandro Motti
  Alessio di Mauro
6–1, 6–2
Loss 20–22 Feb 2011 Casablanca, Morocco Challenger Clay   Leonardo Tavares   Guillermo Alcaide
  Adrián Menéndez Maceiras
2–6, 1–6
Win 21–22 Mar 2011 Spain F7, Sabadell Futures Clay   Daniele Giorgini   M A López Jaén
  Gabriel Trujillo Soler
6–3, 6–2
Win 22–22 Mar 2011 Rabat, Morocco Challenger Clay   Alessio di Mauro   Evgeny Korolev
  Yuri Schukin
6–4, 6–4
Win 23–22 Mar 2011 Caltanissetta, Italy Challenger Clay   Daniele Bracciali   Daniele Giorgini
  Adrian Ungur
3–6, 7–6(7–2), [10–7]
Win 24–22 Jun 2011 Milan, Italy Challenger Clay   Adrián Menéndez Maceiras   Leonardo Tavares
  Andrea Arnaboldi
0–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Win 25–22 Aug 2011 San Sebastián, Spain Challenger Clay   Stefano Ianni   Israel Sevilla
  Daniel Gimeno Traver
6–3, 6–4
Loss 25–23 Oct 2011 Orleans, France Challenger Hard   David Škoch   Pierre-Hugues Herbert
  Nicolas Renavand
5–7, 3–6
Loss 25–24 Apr 2012 Mersin, Turkey Challenger Clay   Alessandro Motti   Radu Albot
  Denys Molchanov
0–6, 2–6
Loss 25–25 Jul 2012 Orbetello, Italy Challenger Clay   Alessio di Mauro   Stefano Ianni
  Dane Propoggia
3–6, 2–6
Win 26–25 Feb 2013 Spain F1, Mallorca Futures Clay   Alessio di Mauro   M A López Jaén
  J Marse-Vidri
6–0, 6–3
Win 27–25 Jul 2013 Orbetello, Italy Challenger Clay   Marco Crugnola   Renzo Olivo
  Guillermo Durán
7–6(7–3), 6–7(5–7), [10–6]
Win 28–25 Jul 2014 Denmark F1, Aarhus Futures Clay   Matteo Donati   Christian Lindell
  Robin Olin
6–1, 6–0

Performance timelines

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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.

Singles

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Tournament 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q1 Q2 Q2 Q1 Q2 Q1 A Q1 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A Q2 A A A Q1 Q2 A A 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon Q1 Q1 A A Q1 A Q2 A A 0 / 0 0–0
US Open Q1 A A A Q3 A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami Open A A A A A A Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0
Italian Open A A Q1 A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Hamburg A A Q1 Not Masters Series 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0

Doubles

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Tournament 2010 2011 2012 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon Q1 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open 1R A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–1 0–2 0–1 0 / 4 0–4 0%

References

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  1. ^ a b ATPWorldTour.com - Player profile
  2. ^ "2023 ATP Awards: Djokovic Joined By Sinner, Alcaraz, Auger-Aliassime, Fils Among Winners | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
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