Giulio Zeppieri (born 7 December 2001) is an Italian professional tennis player.
Zeppieri has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 110 achieved on 29 January 2024. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 242 achieved on 4 April 2022.
Professional career 2019: NextGen Finals alternate Zeppieri was one of the alternates for the 2019 Next Generation ATP Finals.
2020-21: ATP debut, First Challenger title, Top 250 debut Zeppieri made his ATP main draw debut at the 2020 Forte Village Sardegna Open after receiving a wildcard for the singles main draw.
In August 2021, he won his first Challenger in Barletta, Italy defeating compatriot Flavio Cobolli. As a result he reached a new career-high inside the top 300 at No. 251 on 30 August 2021 and later inside the top 250 at No. 245 on 20 September 2021.
2022: Major & Masters 1000 debut, first ATP semifinal & top 150 He qualified into the main draw for his first Masters 1000 in Rome on his second attempt defeating 14th seeded Maxime Cressy in the qualifying competition.
He made his Grand Slam debut at the 2022 French Open after qualifying for the main draw with a win over wildcard Frenchman Sean Cuenin.
He recorded his first ATP win as a qualifier at the 2022 Croatia Open Umag over Pedro Cachin. He defeated Daniel Elahi Galán to reach the quarterfinals. Next he defeated Bernabé Zapata Miralles in straight sets to reach his first semifinal of his career. As a result he moved into the top 150 in the rankings on 1 August 2022 at world No. 136.
2023: Second Challenger title, first Major win He won his second Challenger title in Cherbourg defeating Titouan Droguet. The following week he reached another Challenger final at the 2023 Internazionali di Tennis Città di Rovereto. As a result he reached the top 115 on 27 February 2023.
Ranked No. 129 he qualified into the main draw and recorded his first Major win defeating Alexander Bublik at the 2023 French Open.
2024-25: Australian, Wimbledon and top 125 debuts He qualified for the 2024 Australian Open making his debut at this Grand Slam and recorded his first major win over Dušan Lajović. He entered the 2024 Open 13 Provence in Marseille as a lucky loser. He qualified for the 2024 Qatar ExxonMobil Open. He also qualified for the 2024 French Open and defeated 22nd seed Adrian Mannarino in the first round.
Following his wrist surgery in 2024 and using protected ranking, Zeppieri qualified for the main draw at the 2025 French Open, where he lost to eventual champion Carlos Alcaraz, and at the 2025 Wimbledon Championships making his debut at the tournament.
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament202020212022202320242025Win % Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAQ22RQ10 / 11–1French OpenAA1R2R2R1R0 / 42–4WimbledonNHAQ1Q2A1R0 / 10–1US OpenAAQ1Q3AQ20 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–21–22–30–30 / 103–10ATP Masters 1000Indian WellsNHAAAA1R0 / 10–1Miami OpenNHAAAAA0 / 00–0Monte-Carlo MastersNHAAQ1AA0 / 00–0Madrid OpenNHAAQ2Q2A0 / 00–0Italian OpenQ3A1R1R1RQ20 / 30–3Canadian OpenNHAAAAA0 / 00–0Cincinnati MastersAAAAAA0 / 00–0Shanghai MastersNHAAQ10 / 00–0Paris MastersAAAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–10–10–10–10 / 40–4
ATP Challenger and ITF Tour Finals
Singles 7 (4–3) Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (3–2)ITF World Tennis Tour (1–1)Titles by surfaceHard (2–1)Clay (2–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1M25 Pontedera, ItalyWorld Tennis TourClay Enrico Dalla Valle6–7(4–7), 5–7Win1–1M25 Santa Margherita Di Pula, ItalyWorld Tennis TourClay Bruno Sant'Anna6–3, 6–2Win2–1Barletta, ItalyChallengerClay Flavio Cobolli6–1, 3–6, 6–3Win3–1Cherbourg, FranceChallengerHard (i) Titouan Droguet7–5, 7–6(7–4)Loss3–2Rovereto, ItalyChallengerHard (i) Dominic Stricker6–7(8–10), 2–6Loss3–3Karlsruhe, GermanyChallengerClay Alejandro Tabilo6–2, 0–1 ret.Win4–3Shanghai, ChinaChallengerHard Yasutaka Uchiyama7–6(7–2), 7–5
Doubles Result Date Category Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score Win July 2021 Challenger Todi, Italy Clay Francesco Forti Facundo Díaz Acosta Alexander Merino 6–3, 6–2
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