Potito Starace

Potito Starace

Country	Italy
Residence	Cervinara, Italy
Born	(1981-07-14) July 14, 1981 Cervinara, Italy
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	84 kg (190 lb; 13.2 st)
Turned pro	2001
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$3,554,877
Singles
Career record	159–190
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 27 (October 15, 2007)
Current ranking	No. 293 (May 13, 2013)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
French Open	3R (2004, 2007)
Wimbledon	2R (2009)
US Open	2R (2004, 2011)
Doubles
Career record	98–101
Career titles	6
Highest ranking	No. 40 (June 18, 2012)
Current ranking	No. 84 (February 4, 2013)
Last updated on: 4 February 2013.

Starace at the 2008 Pilot Pen Tennis tournament.

Potito Starace (born July 14, 1981 in Cervinara) is an Italian professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of world no. 27 on October 15, 2007 and prefers to play on red clay. Umberto Rianna is his coach.

One of the most memorable moments of Starace's career was when he made the men's doubles semifinals of the 2012 French Open with Daniele Bracciali. They lost over to first seeds Daniel Nestor and Max Mirnyi.

He played four ATP finals and lost all. In the Challenger Tour he won the San Marino CEPU Open three times, a record for that tournament. In doubles he won five ATP titles.

He represented Italy at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where he lost to eventual Gold Medallist Rafael Nadal in the first round.

Betting scandal

Following Alessio di Mauro's 9 month ban in November 2007, Starace and Daniele Bracciali were each fined and given short suspensions from playing. Starace received a fine of £21,400 and a 6 weeks 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.

ATP career finals

Singles: 4 (0–4)

Winner – Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–1) ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–3)

Titles by Surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	April 15, 2007	Valencia, Spain	Clay	Nicolás Almagro	6–4, 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	2.	July 29, 2007	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Juan Mónaco	7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	August 1, 2010	Umag, Croatia	Clay	Juan Carlos Ferrero	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	April 10, 2011	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Pablo Andújar	1–6, 2–6

Doubles: 9 (6–3)

Winner – Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (2–2) ATP World Tour 250 Series (4–1)

Titles by Surface Hard (2–0) Clay (4–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	March 15, 2006	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Filippo Volandri	František Čermák Leoš Friedl	5–7, 2–6
Winner	1.	March 4, 2007	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Martín Vassallo Argüello	Lukáš Dlouhý Pavel Vízner	6–0, 6–2
Winner	2.	July 29, 2007	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Luis Horna	Tomas Behrend Christopher Kas	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
Winner	3.	October 6, 2008	Moscow, Russia	Hard (i)	Sergiy Stakhovsky	Stephen Huss Ross Hutchins	7–6(7–4), 2–6, [10–6]
Runner-up	2.	February 7, 2010	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Horacio Zeballos	Łukasz Kubot Oliver Marach	4–6, 0–6
Runner-up	3.	February 27, 2010	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Fabio Fognini	Łukasz Kubot Oliver Marach	0–6, 0–6
Winner	4.	October 31, 2010	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Daniele Bracciali	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–5)
Winner	5.	September 24, 2011	Bucarest, Romania	Clay	Daniele Bracciali	Julian Knowle David Marrero	3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Winner	6.	February 10, 2013	Viña del Mar, Chile	Clay	Paolo Lorenzi	Juan Mónaco Rafael Nadal	6-2, 6-4

Singles performance timeline

Current through 2013 Internazionali BNL d'Italia.

Tournament	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open		1R	1R	1R		1R	1R	1R	1R	Q1	0–7
French Open	3R		1R	3R	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R		6–8
Wimbledon	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R		1–9
US Open	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R			2–8
Win–Loss	3–3	0–3	0–4	2–4	0–3	2–4	1–4	1–4	0–3	0–0	9–32
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics		Not Held			1R	Not Held				NH	0–1
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Masters		1R		Q1	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R		1–6
Miami Masters		1R		2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R		1–7
Monte Carlo Masters		1R	2R		1R	Q1		1R	2R		2–5
Rome Masters		2R	2R	3R	2R	1R	2R	3R	1R	2R	9–9
Madrid Masters				1R				1R	Q1		0–2
Canada Masters											0–0
Cincinnati Masters											0–0
Shanghai Masters	Not Masters Series										0–0
Paris Masters				1R			1R				0–2
Hamburg Masters					2R	Not Masters Series					1–1
Win–Loss	0–0	1–4	2–2	3–4	2–5	1–3	1–5	2–4	1–4	1–1	14–32
Career statistics
Titles–Finals	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–4
Year End Ranking	76	105	83	31	72	62	47	58	164

Doubles performance timeline

Current through 2013 Australian Open.

Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	1R	2R		1R	2R	3R	3R	2R	7–7
French Open	QF	1R	1R		3R	QF	SF		12–6
Wimbledon	2R	1R		1R	1R	1R			1–5
US Open	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	3R			4–6
Win–Loss	4–4	1–4	1–2	0–3	4–4	7–4	6–2	1–1	25–24

External links

• Potito Starace at the Association of Tennis Professionals