Cristiano Caratti (born 24 May 1970) is a former ATP Tour tennis player from Italy. He reached the quarterfinals of the 1991 Australian Open and the 1991 Miami Masters.
Junior tennis career Started playing tennis at age 9. His younger brother also plays tennis. He won the 1987 Orange Bowl doubles title (w/Koves) and reached the doubles final at the 1988 French Open Juniors (w/Goran Ivanišević), losing to Jason Stoltenberg–Todd Woodbridge. Also reached the semifinal at the Wimbledon Juniors (losing to the same duo).
Senior tennis career Caratti turned professional in 1989. His highest achievement was reaching the quarter-finals at the 1991 Australian Open, defeating eventual Wimbledon champion Richard Kraijcek before losing to Patrick McEnroe. Thanks to this result, the right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 22 July 1991, when he became World No. 26. He then represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, but was defeated in the first round by then France's No.1 player Guy Forget. His last tournament win on the senior tour took place in 2000 at the Knoxville Challenger, where in the final he again defeated an up-and-coming Slam winner, Andy Roddick, who would also be ranked world No.1 three years later.
ATP Career Finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP World Series (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–1)Finals by settingOutdoors (0–0)Indoors (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Milan, ItalyWorld SeriesCarpet Alexander Volkov1–6, 5–7
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP World Series (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (0–1)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Genoa, ItalyWorld SeriesClay Federico Mordegan Tomás Carbonell Udo Riglewski6–7, 6–7
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 19 (7–12) LegendATP Challenger (7–11)ITF Futures (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (6–10)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Dublin, IrelandChallengerCarpet Henrik Holm0–6, 6–4, 3–6Win1–1Winnetka, United StatesChallengerHard Chris Garner7–6, 6–1Win2–1Bossonnens, SwitzerlandChallengerHard Michiel Schapers6–4, 3–6, 7–6Win3–1Indian Wells, United StatesChallengerHard Jimmy Arias6–7, 6–4, 6–2Win4–1Wolfsburg, GermanyChallengerCarpet Lars Koslowski6–7, 6–1, 6–2Loss4–2Aptos, United StatesChallengerHard Patrick Rafter2–6, 3–6Win5–2Montebello, CanadaChallengerHard Steve Bryan4–6, 7–5, 6–2Loss5–3Heilbronn, GermanyChallengerCarpet Markus Zoecke3–6, 4–6Loss5–4Winnetka, United StatesChallengerHard Vince Spadea1–6, 6–4, 5–7Loss5–5Andorra la Vella, AndorraChallengerHard Paul Wekesa4–6, 5–7Loss5–6Granby, CanadaChallengerHard Wayne Black1–6, 2–6Win6–6Azores, PortugalChallengerHard Óscar Burrieza3–6, 6–3, 6–4Loss6–7Dallas, United StatesChallengerHard Daniel Nestor1–6, 2–6Loss6–8USA F2, MiamiFuturesHard Kris Goossens4–6, 6–7Loss6–9San Antonio, United StatesChallengerHard Mark Knowles4–6, 6–3, 1–6Loss6–10Las Vegas, United StatesChallengerHard Neville Godwin3–6, 3–6Win7–10Knoxville, United StatesChallengerHard Andy Roddick3–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–4Loss7–11Prague, Czech RepublicChallengerHard Ota Fukárek3–6, 3–6Loss7–12Córdoba, SpainChallengerHard Jean-François Bachelot5–7, 6–3, 4–6
Doubles: 6 (1–5) LegendATP Challenger (1–4)ITF Futures (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–3)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Furth, GermanyChallengerClay Federico Mordegan Vladimer Gabrichidze Dimitri Poliakov4–6, 7–6, 4–6Loss0–2Jerusalem, IsraelChallengerHard Cristian Brandi Henrik Holm Peter Nyborg1–6, 6–2, 3–6Win1–2Bergamo, ItalyChallengerCarpet Cristian Brandi Sander Groen Arne Thoms4–6, 6–4, 6–1Loss1–3Aptos, United StatesChallengerHard Grant Doyle Gilad Bloom Christian Saceanu5–7, 3–6Loss1–4Heilbronn, GermanyChallengerCarpet Omar Camporese Ģirts Dzelde Mathias Huning4–6, 2–6Loss1–5USA F2, MiamiFuturesHard Manuel Jorquera Scott Humphries Jim Thomas4–6, 3–6
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnetOpponentsScoreLoss1988French OpenClay Goran Ivanišević Todd Woodbridge Jason Stoltenberg6–7, 5–7
Performance timelines
Singles Tournament19901991199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenQ2QF2R1R1R2RQ2Q2Q1AQ2Q2AA0 / 56–5French OpenA2RAA1R1RQ11RQ3Q2Q2Q1Q1Q10 / 41–4WimbledonA1RAAA2R1RAA1RQ2Q31RQ20 / 51–5US Open3R2R1R1RQ11RQ11RQ12RQ21RQ1Q10 / 84–8Win–loss2–16–41–20–20–22–40–10–20–01–20–00–10–10–00 / 2212–22National RepresentationSummer OlympicsNH1RNot HeldANot HeldANot Held0 / 10–1Year-End ChampionshipsGrand Slam CupDNQ1RDid not qualify0 / 10–1ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsA1R1RQ1AAQ1AAAAAAA0 / 20–2MiamiAQF1RQ3AA1RAAAAAAA0 / 33–3Monte CarloA2R1RQ1Q1Q1AQ1AQ1AAAA0 / 21–2HamburgA1R1RAAAAQ2AQ1AAAA0 / 24–2RomeA3R1R1RQ1A1RQ1AAQ1AAA0 / 42–4CanadaA1R1RAA1RA2RAAAQ1AA0 / 41–4CincinnatiA1RAQ12RQ33RQ1AQ1AAAA0 / 33–3ParisAAAAAA1RQ1AAAAAA0 / 10–1Win–loss0–08–72–60–11–10–12–41–10–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 2114–21
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