Alessandro Giannessi (born 30 May 1990) is an Italian former professional tennis player. On 24 July 2017 he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 84 while his best doubles ranking was No. 171 on 14 October 2013.
Career Giannessi made his Grand Slam debut at the 2016 US Open as a qualifier where he recorded his first Major win defeating Denis Kudla in five sets.
Giannessi was a singles semifinalist at the 2017 Croatia Open Umag.
At the 2021 French Open, he made his debut at this Major after qualifying for the main draw with a win over Francisco Cerundolo.
At the 2022 French Open, although he lost in the third round of qualifying to Sebastian Ofner — he entered the main draw as a lucky loser.
He won his fourth Challenger title and first since 2019 at the 2023 Zadar Open this time with a win over Sebastian Ofner.
Giannessi announced his retirement from professional tennis in August 2024.
Challenger and Futures finals
Singles: 23 (10–13) Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (4–8)ITF Futures Tour (6–5)Titles by surfaceHard (0–2)Clay (10–11)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Spain F40, MadridFuturesClay Javier Martí7–5, 6–2Loss1–1Turkey F8, AntalyaFuturesHard Andrei Mlendea3–6, 3–6Loss1–2Italy F4, RomeFuturesClay Daniele Giorgini5–7, 1–6Win2–2Italy F10, AostaFuturesClay Eduardo Struvay6–4, 7–6(9–7)Win3–2Italy F15, ViterboFuturesClay Janez Semrajc6–3, 6–0Loss3–3Italy F20, La SpeziaFuturesClay Philipp Oswald3–6, 6–4, 2–6Loss3–4Italy F22, AppianoFuturesClay Andrés Molteni5–7, 4–6Loss3–5Napoli, ItalyChallengerClay Leonardo Mayer3–6, 4–6Loss3–6Napoli, ItalyChallengerClay Potito Starace2–6, 0–2 ret.Win4–6Italy F19, La SpeziaFuturesClay Daniele Giorgini6–2, 6–3Win5–6Italy F12, LodiFuturesClay Yann Marti6–7(6–8), 7–5, 6–4Loss5–7Italy F13, BergamoFuturesClay Gianluca Naso6–4, 2–6, 6–7(3–7)Win6–7Italy F17, SassuoloFuturesClay Gianluca Naso4–6, 6–3, 6–2Loss6–8San Benedetto, ItalyChallengerClay Albert Ramos Viñolas2–6, 4–6Win7–8Szczecin, PolandChallengerClay Dustin Brown6–2, 6–3Loss7–9Ortisei, ItalyChallengerHard (i) Stefano Napolitano4–6, 1–6Loss7–10Francavilla, ItalyChallengerClay Pedro Sousa3–6, 6–7(3-7)Loss7–11Caltanissetta, ItalyChallengerClay Paolo Lorenzi4–6, 2–6Win8–11Banja Luka, Bosnia and HerzegovinaChallengerClay Carlos Berlocq6–7(6–8), 6–4, 6–4Win9–11Vicenza, ItalyChallengerClay Filippo Baldi7–5, 6–2Loss9–12San Benedetto, ItalyChallengerClay Renzo Olivo7–5, 6–7(4–7), 4–6Loss9–13Oeiras, PortugalChallengerClay Gastão Elias 6-7(4-7), 1-6Win10–13Zadar, CroatiaChallengerClay Sebastian Ofner6–4, 5–7, 7–6(8–6)
Doubles: 26 (7–19) Legend (doubles)ATP Challenger Tour (1–9)ITF Futures Tour (6–10)Titles by surfaceHard (2–4)Clay (5–15)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Italy F34, Quartu Sant'ElenaFuturesHard Federico Gaio Fabio Colangelo Matteo Volante6–7(7–9), 1–6Loss0–2Italy F2, TrentoFuturesHard (i) Davide Della Tommasina Leonardo Azzaro Filip Prpic3–6, 1–6Loss0–3Italy F20, ModenaFuturesClay Filippo Leonardi Niels Desein Yannick Mertens2–6, 1–6Loss0–4Italy F22, AvezzanoFuturesClay Giorgio Portaluri Daniel Danilović Goran Tošić6–0, 1–6, [3–10]Win1–4Italy F25, PiombinoFuturesHard Claudio Grassi Philippe de Bonnevie Colin O'Brien6–1, 4–6, [10–5]Loss1–5Italy F28, Porto TorresFuturesHard Francesco Piccari Vasek Pospisil Marcus Willis6–4, 3–6, [8–10]Win2–5Italy F29, AlgheroFuturesHard Federico Gaio Vasek Pospisil Marcus Willis6–2, 7–5Loss2–6Italy F1, TrentoFuturesHard (i) Federico Gaio Nikolai Fidirko Nikolaus Moser4–6, 4–6Win3–6Italy F11, BergamoFuturesClay Frederik Nielsen Stefano Ianni Matteo Volante6–4, 7–6(7–3)Win4–6Italy F13, PadovaFuturesClay Federico Torresi Paolo Beninca Matteo Viola6–1, 7–6(7–3)Win5–6Italy F19, La SpeziaFuturesClay Flavio Cipolla Thomas Fabbiano Walter Trusendi6–2, 7–6(9–7)Loss5–7Italy F24, TriesteFuturesClay Marco Bortolotti Luis Díaz Barriga Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela5–7, 3–6Loss5–8Croatia F7, DubrovnikFuturesClay Bertram Steinberger Andrea Arnaboldi Morgan Phillips4–6, 4–6Loss5–9Italy F20, La SpeziaFuturesClay Walter Trusendi Davide Della Tommasina Riccardo Sinicropi6–7(3–7), 1–6Win6–9Italy F22, AppianoFuturesClay Stefano Ianni Andrés Molteni Marco Trungelliti6–2, 6–0Loss6–10Napoli, ItalyChallengerClay Andrey Golubev Stefano Ianni Potito Starace1–6, 3–6Loss6–11Caltanissetta, ItalyChallengerClay Potito Starace Dominik Meffert Philipp Oswald2–6, 3–6Loss6–12San Benedetto, ItalyChallengerClay João Sousa Pierre-Hugues Herbert Maxime Teixeira4–6, 3–6Win7–12Meknes, MoroccoChallengerClay Gianluca Naso Gerard Granollers Pujol Jordi Samper Montaña7–5, 7–6(7–3)Loss7–13Szczecin, PolandChallengerClay Andrea Arnaboldi Ken Skupski Neal Skupski4–6, 6–1, [7–10]Loss7–14Padova, ItalyChallengerClay Federico Gaio Mikhail Elgin Andrey Rublev4–6, 6–7(4–7)Loss7–15Italy F17, SassuoloFuturesClay Matteo Volante Mohamed Safwat Tristan-Samuel Weissborn6–4, 5–7, [8–10]Loss7–16Genova, ItalyChallengerClay Andrea Arnaboldi Guillermo Durán Horacio Zeballos5–7, 4–6Loss7–17Szczecin, PolandChallengerClay Federico Gaio Tristan Lamasine Fabrice Martin3–6, 6–7(4–7)Loss7–18Todi, ItalyChallengerClay Salvatore Caruso Marcelo Demoliner Fabrício Neis2–6, 6–3, [5–10]Loss7–19Punta del Este, UruguayChallengerClay Simone Bolelli Facundo Bagnis Ariel Behar2–6, 6–7(7–9)
Singles performance timeline
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