Simone Bolelli


Simone Bolelli is an Italian professional tennis player. Bolelli is a Grand Slam champion since he won the 2015 Australian Open doubles event with Fabio Fognini, becoming the first all Italian men's pair to win a Grand Slam title in the Open Era.

Career

2003

In 2003, Bolelli reached his first ITF Futures tournament semifinal at Egypt F1, losing to 485th-ranked Jaroslav Pospíšil. He played entirely Futures events except for one Challenger tournament in Brindisi.

2004-2005

2004 saw Simone reached his second Futures final, losing to Dominique Coene. He made another final and won two Futures titles, making two wins out of three finals for Futures finals in the 2004 season. He won the Italy F15 and F8 titles, and lost in the final of a Challenger event in Braşov. In 2005, Bolelli reached the final of a Challenger in Trani.

2006

Simone Bolelli played in a few tournaments higher than a Challenger, receiving a wildcard into the Rome Masters. He also won the Como Futures tournament and made the final of Recanati, before losing to Davide Sanguinetti. He won his first Challenger singles title over Ivo Minář, and then made the final of a Challenger in Bergamo where he lost to Alex Bogdanović.

2007

Bolelli beat former world no. 1 Marat Safin in Barcelona and competed in the Miami, Rome and Hamburg Masters. He made his Grand Slam debut at the 2007 French Open.

2008

Bolelli was banned by The Italian Tennis Federation from national team events for skipping the Davis Cup tie with Latvia in Europe-Africa zone relegation playoff. The ban prevented Bolelli from playing in Davis Cup competition and the Olympics. It also prevented him from getting wild cards. Bolelli said that he had told Italy captain Corrado Barazzutti well in advance of the tie that he preferred to work on his fast-court game in Asia.

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–12008 BMW Open – Singles|Bavarian Championships, GermanyInternationalClay Fernando González6–7, 7–6, 3–6

Doubles: 13 (5 titles, 8 runner-ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–02011 BMW Open – Doubles|Bavarian Championships, Germany250 SeriesClay Horacio Zeballos Andreas Beck
Christopher Kas		7–6, 6–4
Win2–02011 ATP Studena Croatia Open – Doubles|Croatia Open, Croatia250 SeriesClay Fabio Fognini Marin Čilić
Lovro Zovko		6–3, 5–7,
Loss2–12012 Kremlin Cup – Men's Doubles|Kremlin Cup, Russia250 SeriesHard Daniele Bracciali František Čermák
Michal Mertiňák		5–7, 3–6
Win3–12013 Copa Claro – Doubles|Argentina Open, Argentina250 SeriesClay Fabio Fognini Nicholas Monroe
Simon Stadler		6–3, 6–2
Loss3–22013 Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Men's Doubles|Mexican Open, Mexico500 SeriesClay Fabio Fognini Łukasz Kubot
David Marrero		5–7, 2–6
Win4–22015 Australian Open – Men's Doubles|Australian Open, AustraliaGrand SlamHard Fabio Fognini Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Nicolas Mahut		6–4, 6–4
Loss4–32015 BNP Paribas Open – Men's Doubles|Indian Wells Masters, USMasters 1000Hard Fabio Fognini Vasek Pospisil
Jack Sock		4–6, 7–6,
Loss4–42015 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Doubles|Monte-Carlo Masters, MonacoMasters 1000Clay Fabio Fognini Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan		6–7, 1–6
Loss4–52015 Shanghai Rolex Masters – Doubles|Shanghai Masters, ChinaMasters 1000Hard Fabio Fognini Raven Klaasen
Marcelo Melo		3–6, 3–6
Win5–52016 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles|Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE500 SeriesHard Andreas Seppi Feliciano López
Marc López		6–2, 3–6,
Loss5–62018 Swedish Open – Singles|Swedish Open, Sweden250 SeriesClay Fabio Fognini Julio Peralta
Horacio Zeballos		3–6, 4–6
Loss5–72019 St. Petersburg Open – Doubles|St. Petersburg Open, Russia250 SeriesHard Matteo Berrettini Divij Sharan
Igor Zelenay		3–6, 6–3,
Loss5–82019 Kremlin Cup – Men's Doubles|Kremlin Cup, Russia 250 SeriesHard Andrés Molteni Marcelo Demoliner
Matwé Middelkoop		1–6, 2–6

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 24 (14–10)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Italy F8, VeronaFuturesClay Alex Vittur6–1, 7–6
Win2–0Italy F15, BolognaFuturesClay Mattia Livraghi6–2, 6–3
Loss2–1Brașov, RomaniaChallengerClay Victor Ioniță1–6, 6–7
Loss2–2Belgium F1, WaterlooFuturesCarpet Dominique Coene2–6, 3–6
Loss2–3Trani, ItalyChallengerClay Lukáš Dlouhý4–6, 4–6
Loss2–4Bergamo, ItalyChallengerHard Alex Bogdanovic1–6, 0–3 ret.
Win3–4Biella, ItalyChallengerClay Ivo Minář7–5, 3–6, 7–6
Loss3–5Recanati, ItalyChallengerHard Davide Sanguinetti4–6, 0–3 ret.
Win4–5Como, ItalyChallengerClay Federico Luzzi4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss4–6Bergamo, ItalyChallengerHard Fabrice Santoro2–6, 1–6
Loss4–7Casablanca, MoroccoChallengerClay Marin Čilić6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win5–7Tunis, TunisiaChallengerClay Andrei Pavel4–6, 7–6, 6–2
Win6–7Bratislava, SlovakiaChallengerHard Alejandro Falla4–6, 7–6, 6–1
Loss6–82010 Canella Challenger – Singles|Biella, ItalyChallengerClay Björn Phau4–6, 2–6
Win7–82010 Sporting Challenger – Singles|Turin, ItalyChallengerClay Potito Starace7–6, 6–2
Win8–82011 Roma Open – Singles|Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Eduardo Schwank2–6, 6–1, 6–3
Win9–82012 Aberto de Florianópolis – Singles|Florianópolis, BrazilChallengerClay Blaž Kavčič6–3, 6–4
Win10–82012 Guzzini Challenger – Singles|Recanati, ItalyChallengerHard Fabrice Martin6–3, 6–2
Loss10–92012 San Marino CEPU Open – Singles|San Marino, San MarinoChallengerClay Martin Kližan3–6, 1–6
Win11–92014 Trofeo Faip–Perrel – Singles|Bergamo, ItalyChallengerHard Jan-Lennard Struff7–6, 6–4
Win12–92014 Città di Vercelli – Trofeo Multimed – Singles|Vercelli, ItalyChallengerClay Mate Delić6–2, 6–2
Win13–92014 Tunis Open – Singles|Tunis, TunisiaChallengerClay Julian Reister6–4, 6–2
Win14–92014 Oberstaufen Cup – Singles|Oberstaufen, GermanyChallengerClay Michael Berrer6–4, 7–6
Loss14–102018 Punta Open – Singles|Punta del Este, UruguayChallengerClay Guido Andreozzi6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Loss14–112018 Open Città della Disfida – Singles|Barletta, ItalyChallengerClay Marco Trungelliti6–2, 6–7, 4–6

Doubles: 13 (7–6)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Italy F5, SelargiusFuturesHard Filippo Figliomeni Florian Allgauer
Stefano Mocci		w/o
Win2–0Italy F8, VeronaFuturesClay Alberto Brizzi Diego Álvarez
Juan Felipe Yáñez		6–3, 6–2
Win3–0Italy F15, BolognaFuturesClay Alberto Brizzi Ivan Dodig
Michael Staniak		7–6, 6–0
Loss3–1Napoli, ItalyChallengerClay Fabio Fognini Tomáš Cibulec
Łukasz Kubot		5–7, 6–4,
Win4–1Recanati, ItalyChallengerHard Davide Sanguinetti Sebastian Rieschick
Viktor Troicki		6–1, 3–6,
Loss4–2Genoa, ItalyChallengerClay Flavio Cipolla Daniele Giorgini
Simone Vagnozzi		3–6, 1–6
Win5–2Bergamo, ItalyChallengerHard Andreas Seppi James Cerretani
Igor Zelenay		6–3, 6–0
Loss5–32018 Punta Open – Doubles|Punta del Este, UruguayChallengerClay Alessandro Giannessi Facundo Bagnis
Ariel Behar		2–6, 6–7
Loss5–42018 IsarOpen – Doubles|Pullach, GermanyChallengerClay Daniele Bracciali Sander Gillé
Joran Vliegen		2–6, 2–6
Loss5–52019 Open Sopra Steria de Lyon – Doubles|Lyon, FranceChallengerClay Andrea Pellegrino Philipp Oswald
Filip Polášek		4–6, 6–7
Win6–52019 Sparkassen Open – Doubles|Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay Guillermo Durán Antonio Šančić
Nathaniel Lammons		6–3, 6–2
Win7–52019 Sánchez-Casal Cup – Doubles|Barcelona, SpainChallengerClay David Vega Hernández Sergio Martos Gornés
Ramkumar Ramanathan		6–4, 7–5
Loss7-62020 Teréga Open Pau–Pyrénées – Doubles|Pau, FranceChallengerHard Florin Mergea Benjamin Bonzi
Antoine Hoang		3-6, 2-6

Performance timelines

Current through the 2019 Croatia Open Umag.

Singles

Notes
2009 Wimbledon Championships counts as 1 win, 0 losses. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga received a walkover in the second round, after Bolelli withdrew.

Doubles