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Potito Starace Country (sports) Italy Residence Cervinara , ItalyBorn (1981-07-14 ) July 14, 1981 (age 43) Cervinara , ItalyHeight 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Turned pro 2001 Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Prize money US$3,638,388 Career record 160–191 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 27 (October 15, 2007) Current ranking No. 228 (8 July 2013) Australian Open 1R (2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2009 , 2010 , 2011 , 2012 ) French Open 3R (2004 , 2007 ) Wimbledon 2R (2009 ) US Open 2R (2004 , 2011 ) Career record 105-109 Career titles 6 Highest ranking No. 40 (June 18, 2012) Current ranking No. 108 (8 July 2013) Australian Open 3R (2011, 2012) French Open SF (2012) US Open 3R (2011) Last updated on: 13 July 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.
Career
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 .
In the Single he played four ATP finals and lost all. At the Challenger Tour he won the San Marino CEPU Open three times, a record for that tournament and the Challange Tournement from Neapel Tennis Napoli Cup four times, also an record. In doubles he won six ATP titles.
He represented Italy at the 2008 Beijing Olympics , where he lost to eventual Gold Medallist Rafael Nadal in the first round.[ 1]
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
Open de Tenis Comunidad Valenciana , Valencia, Spain
Clay
Nicolás Almagro
6–4, 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up
2.
July 29, 2007
Austrian Open , Kitzbühel, Austria
Clay
Juan Mónaco
7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up
3.
August 1, 2010
ATP Studena Croatia Open Umag , Umag, Croatia
Clay
Juan Carlos Ferrero
4–6, 4–6
Runner-up
4.
April 10, 2011
Grand Prix Hassan II , 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
Abierto Mexicano Telcel , Acapulco, Mexico
Clay
Filippo Volandri
František Čermák Leoš Friedl
5–7, 2–6
Winner
1.
March 4, 2007
Abierto Mexicano Telcel , Acapulco, Mexico
Clay
Martín Vassallo Argüello
Lukáš Dlouhý Pavel Vízner
6–0, 6–2
Winner
2.
July 29, 2007
Austrian Open , Kitzbühel, Austria
Clay
Luis Horna
Tomas Behrend Christopher Kas
7–6(7–4) , 7–6(7–5)
Winner
3.
October 6, 2008
Kremlin Cup , Moscow, Russia
Hard (i)
Sergiy Stakhovsky
Stephen Huss Ross Hutchins
7–6(7–4) , 2–6, [10–6]
Runner-up
2.
February 7, 2010
Movistar Open , Santiago, Chile
Clay
Horacio Zeballos
Łukasz Kubot Oliver Marach
4–6, 0–6
Runner-up
3.
February 27, 2010
Abierto Mexicano Telcel , Acapulco, Mexico
Clay
Fabio Fognini
Łukasz Kubot Oliver Marach
0–6, 0–6
Winner
4.
October 31, 2010
St. Petersburg Open , 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
BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy , Bucarest, Romania
Clay
Daniele Bracciali
Julian Knowle David Marrero
3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Winner
6.
February 10, 2013
VTR Open , Viña del Mar, Chile
Clay
Paolo Lorenzi
Juan Mónaco Rafael Nadal
6-2, 6-4
Current through 2013 Internazionali BNL d'Italia .
Current through 2013 Wimbledon Championships .
References
External links
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