Daniele Bracciali

Daniele Bracciali

Country	Italy
Residence	Arezzo, Italy
Born	Jan 10, 1978 Arezzo, Italy
Height	180cm (5ft 11in)
Weight	78kg (172lb)
Turned pro	1995
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$914,927
Singles
Career record	32–47
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 49 (May 8, 2006)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	2nd (2006)
French Open	1st (2005,2006)
Wimbledon	3rd (1998,2006)
US Open	1st (2005, 2006)
Doubles
Career record	72–63
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	24 (September 26, 2011)

Daniele Bracciali (born January 10, 1978) is an Italian tennis player. His career-high ranking in singles is World No. 49, achieved on May 8, 2006.

Career

Bracciali won his only ATP singles title so far in April 2006, at Casablanca, on clay. In the final he beat Nicolás Massú 6–1, 6–4.

In his career, Bracciali has won a total of seven matches at Grand Slam tournaments - six at Wimbledon and one at the Australian Open. In 1998 and 2006 he reached the third round of Wimbledon, his best Grand Slam results so far. In the first round of Wimbledon in 2005, he defeated Ivo Karlović in five sets after surviving 51 aces from the Croat. He then took Andy Roddick, the previous year's runner-up (and eventual runner-up that year as well), to five sets.

In the last years Daniele Bracciali plays double. He won 5 ATP-titles and is now (2011) the best italien double player in the ATP-ranking.

Betting scandal

Following Alessio di Mauro's nine-month ban in November 2007, Bracciali and Potito Starace were each fined and given short suspensions from playing. Bracciali received a fine of £14,300 and a three-month ban from January 1, 2008. All of the players were Italian. None of the bets pertained to matches they were involved in or had any stake in.

The Italian Tennis Federation criticized the ATP for singling out Italian players, and Bracciali chastised them for only concentrating on less well-known players, for what he considered nominal offenses. Bracciali said, "We were the sacrificial lambs. [...] But I cannot believe that we Italians were the only ones that placed the odd little bet", adding that he would not have bet in his own name if he wanted to be sly about his activities.

ATP Career Finals

Singles: 1 (1–0)

Legend (pre/post 2009) Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) Tennis Masters Cup / ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series / ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP International Series Gold / ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP International Series / ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–0)

Finals by Surface Hard (0–0) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	April 24, 2006	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Nicolás Massú	6–1, 6–4

Doubles: 7 (5–2)

Legend (pre/post 2009) Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) Tennis Masters Cup / ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series / ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP International Series Gold / ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP International Series / ATP World Tour 250 Series (5–2)

Finals by Surface Hard (2–1) Clay (2–0) Grass (1–0) Carpet (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	February 15, 2004	Milan, Italy	Hard (i)	Giorgio Galimberti	Jared Palmer Pavel Vizner	4–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	February 31, 2005	Milan, Italy	Hard (i)	Giorgio Galimberti	Jean-Francois Bachelot Arnaud Clément	6–7(10), 7–6(6), 6–4
Winner	2.	October 31, 2010	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Potito Starace	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	7–6(6), 7–6(5)
Runner-up	2.	January 08, 2011	Doha, Qatar	Carpet	Andreas Seppi	Rafael Nadal Marc Lopez	3–6, 6–7(4)
Winner	3.	June 18, 2011	S-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	František Čermák	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău	6–3, 2–6, [10–8]
Winner	4.	August 6, 2011	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Santiago González	Franco Ferreiro André Sá	7–6(1), 4–6, [11–9]
Winner	5.	September 24, 2011	Bucarest, Romania	Clay	Potito Starace	Julian Knowle David Marrero	3–6, 6–4, [10–8]

Playing style

Bracciali is known for his powerful serve. His groundstrokes are also reliable, especially his forehand.

External links

• Daniele Bracciali at the Association of Tennis Professionals