Simone Bolelli
Simone Bolelli (Italian pronunciation: [siˈmoːne boˈlɛlli]; born 8 October 1985) 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.
Country (sports) | Italy | |||||||
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Residence | Monte Carlo, Monaco | |||||||
Born | Bologna, Italy | 8 October 1985|||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||
Turned pro | 2003 | |||||||
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) | |||||||
Prize money | $5,292,621 | |||||||
Singles | ||||||||
Career record | 123–165 | |||||||
Career titles | 0 | |||||||
Highest ranking | No. 36 (23 February 2009) | |||||||
Current ranking | No. 406 (13 January 2020) | |||||||
Grand Slam Singles results | ||||||||
Australian Open | 2R (2008, 2009, 2015, 2016) | |||||||
French Open | 3R (2008, 2015) | |||||||
Wimbledon | 3R (2008, 2011, 2014) | |||||||
US Open | 2R (2007, 2014) | |||||||
Other tournaments | ||||||||
Olympic Games | 1R (2008) | |||||||
Doubles | ||||||||
Career record | 152–135 | |||||||
Career titles | 5 | |||||||
Highest ranking | No. 8 (17 August 2015) | |||||||
Current ranking | No. 71 (16 March 2020) | |||||||
Grand Slam Doubles results | ||||||||
Australian Open | W (2015) | |||||||
French Open | SF (2015) | |||||||
Wimbledon | 2R (2014) | |||||||
US Open | SF (2011) | |||||||
Other doubles tournaments | ||||||||
Tour Finals | RR (2015) | |||||||
Olympic Games | 1R (2008) | |||||||
Team competitions | ||||||||
Davis Cup | SF (2014) | |||||||
Medal record
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Last updated on: 22 March 2020. |
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
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 2015 | Australian Open | Hard | Fabio Fognini | Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut |
6–4, 6–4 |
Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 2015 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | Fabio Fognini | Jack Sock Vasek Pospisil |
6–4, 6–7(3–7), [10–7] |
Loss | 2015 | Monte-Carlo Masters | Clay | Fabio Fognini | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
6–7(3–7), 1–6 |
Loss | 2015 | Shanghai Masters | Hard | Fabio Fognini | Raven Klaasen Marcelo Melo | 3–6, 3–6 |
ATP career finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | May 2008 | Bavarian Championships, Germany | International | Clay | Fernando González | 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 3–6 |
Doubles: 13 (5 titles, 8 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | May 2011 | Bavarian Championships, Germany | 250 Series | Clay | Horacio Zeballos | Andreas Beck Christopher Kas |
7–6(7–3), 6–4 |
Win | 2–0 | Jul 2011 | Croatia Open, Croatia | 250 Series | Clay | Fabio Fognini | Marin Čilić Lovro Zovko |
6–3, 5–7, [10–7] |
Loss | 2–1 | Oct 2012 | Kremlin Cup, Russia | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Daniele Bracciali | František Čermák Michal Mertiňák |
5–7, 3–6 |
Win | 3–1 | Feb 2013 | Argentina Open, Argentina | 250 Series | Clay | Fabio Fognini | Nicholas Monroe Simon Stadler |
6–3, 6–2 |
Loss | 3–2 | Feb 2013 | Mexican Open, Mexico | 500 Series | Clay | Fabio Fognini | Łukasz Kubot David Marrero |
5–7, 2–6 |
Win | 4–2 | Jan 2015 | Australian Open, Australia | Grand Slam | Hard | Fabio Fognini | Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut |
6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 4–3 | Mar 2015 | Indian Wells Masters, US | Masters 1000 | Hard | Fabio Fognini | Vasek Pospisil Jack Sock |
4–6, 7–6(7–3), [7–10] |
Loss | 4–4 | Apr 2015 | Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco | Masters 1000 | Clay | Fabio Fognini | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
6–7(3–7), 1–6 |
Loss | 4–5 | Oct 2015 | Shanghai Masters, China | Masters 1000 | Hard | Fabio Fognini | Raven Klaasen Marcelo Melo |
3–6, 3–6 |
Win | 5–5 | Feb 2016 | Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE | 500 Series | Hard | Andreas Seppi | Feliciano López Marc López |
6–2, 3–6, [14–12] |
Loss | 5–6 | Jul 2018 | Swedish Open, Sweden | 250 Series | Clay | Fabio Fognini | Julio Peralta Horacio Zeballos |
3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 5–7 | Sep 2019 | St. Petersburg Open, Russia | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Matteo Berrettini | Divij Sharan Igor Zelenay |
3–6, 6–3, [8–10] |
Loss | 5–8 | Oct 2019 | Kremlin Cup, Russia (2) | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Andrés Molteni | Marcelo Demoliner Matwé Middelkoop |
1–6, 2–6 |
Challenger and Futures finals
Singles: 24 (14–10)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | May 2004 | Italy F8, Verona | Futures | Clay | Alex Vittur | 6–1, 7–6(7–4) |
Win | 2–0 | Jul 2004 | Italy F15, Bologna | Futures | Clay | Mattia Livraghi | 6–2, 6–3 |
Loss | 2–1 | Sep 2004 | Brașov, Romania | Challenger | Clay | Victor Ioniță | 1–6, 6–7(3–7) |
Loss | 2–2 | Oct 2004 | Belgium F1, Waterloo | Futures | Carpet (i) | Dominique Coene | 2–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 2–3 | Aug 2005 | Trani, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Lukáš Dlouhý | 4–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 2–4 | Feb 2006 | Bergamo, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | Alex Bogdanovic | 1–6, 0–3 ret. |
Win | 3–4 | Jul 2006 | Biella, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Ivo Minář | 7–5, 3–6, 7–6(7–0) |
Loss | 3–5 | Jul 2006 | Recanati, Italy | Challenger | Hard | Davide Sanguinetti | 4–6, 0–3 ret. |
Win | 4–5 | Sep 2006 | Como, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Federico Luzzi | 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
Loss | 4–6 | Feb 2007 | Bergamo, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | Fabrice Santoro | 2–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 4–7 | Apr 2007 | Casablanca, Morocco | Challenger | Clay | Marin Čilić | 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 5–7 | May 2007 | Tunis, Tunisia | Challenger | Clay | Andrei Pavel | 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–2 |
Win | 6–7 | Nov 2007 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Challenger | Hard (i) | Alejandro Falla | 4–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–1 |
Loss | 6–8 | May 2010 | Biella, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Björn Phau | 4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 7–8 | Jul 2010 | Turin, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Potito Starace | 7–6(9–7), 6–2 |
Win | 8–8 | May 2011 | Rome, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Eduardo Schwank | 2–6, 6–1, 6–3 |
Win | 9–8 | Mar 2012 | Florianópolis, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Blaž Kavčič | 6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 10–8 | Jul 2012 | Recanati, Italy | Challenger | Hard | Fabrice Martin | 6–3, 6–2 |
Loss | 10–9 | Aug 2012 | San Marino, San Marino | Challenger | Clay | Martin Kližan | 3–6, 1–6 |
Win | 11–9 | Feb 2014 | Bergamo, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | Jan-Lennard Struff | 7–6(8–6), 6–4 |
Win | 12–9 | Apr 2014 | Vercelli, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Mate Delić | 6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 13–9 | May 2014 | Tunis, Tunisia | Challenger | Clay | Julian Reister | 6–4, 6–2 |
Win | 14–9 | Jul 2014 | Oberstaufen, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Michael Berrer | 6–4, 7–6(7–2) |
Loss | 14–10 | Mar 2018 | Punta del Este, Uruguay | Challenger | Clay | Guido Andreozzi | 6–3, 4–6, 3–6 |
Loss | 14–11 | Apr 2018 | Barletta, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Marco Trungelliti | 6–2, 6–7(4–7), 4–6 |
Doubles: 13 (7–6)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Sep 2002 | Italy F5, Selargius | Futures | Hard | Filippo Figliomeni | Florian Allgauer Stefano Mocci |
w/o |
Win | 2–0 | May 2004 | Italy F8, Verona | Futures | Clay | Alberto Brizzi | Diego Álvarez Juan Felipe Yáñez |
6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 3–0 | Jul 2004 | Italy F15, Bologna | Futures | Clay | Alberto Brizzi | Ivan Dodig Michael Staniak |
7–6(7–4), 6–0 |
Loss | 3–1 | Apr 2006 | Napoli, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Fabio Fognini | Tomáš Cibulec Łukasz Kubot |
5–7, 6–4, [7–10] |
Win | 4–1 | Jul 2006 | Recanati, Italy | Challenger | Hard | Davide Sanguinetti | Sebastian Rieschick Viktor Troicki |
6–1, 3–6, [10–4] |
Loss | 4–2 | Sep 2007 | Genoa, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Flavio Cipolla | Daniele Giorgini Simone Vagnozzi |
3–6, 1–6 |
Win | 5–2 | Feb 2008 | Bergamo, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | Andreas Seppi | James Cerretani Igor Zelenay |
6–3, 6–0 |
Loss | 5–3 | Mar 2018 | Punta del Este, Uruguay | Challenger | Clay | Alessandro Giannessi | Facundo Bagnis Ariel Behar |
2–6, 6–7(7–9) |
Loss | 5–4 | Aug 2018 | Pullach, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Daniele Bracciali | Sander Gillé Joran Vliegen |
2–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 5–5 | Jun 2019 | Lyon, France | Challenger | Clay | Andrea Pellegrino | Philipp Oswald Filip Polášek |
4–6, 6–7(2–7) |
Win | 6–5 | Jul 2019 | Braunschweig, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Guillermo Durán | Antonio Šančić Nathaniel Lammons |
6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 7–5 | Oct 2019 | Barcelona, Spain | Challenger | Clay | David Vega Hernández | Sergio Martos Gornés Ramkumar Ramanathan |
6–4, 7–5 |
Loss | 7-6 | Mar 2020 | Pau, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Florin Mergea | Benjamin Bonzi Antoine Hoang |
3–6, 2–6 |
Performance timelines
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | P | Z# | PO | G | F-S | SF-B | NMS | NH |
Current through the 2019 Croatia Open Umag.
Singles
Tournament | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | SR | W–L |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | Q2 | Q2 | 2R | 2R | 1R | Q2 | Q3 | 1R | A | 2R | 2R | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 6 | 4–6 |
French Open | A | Q2 | 2R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 13 | 9–13 |
Wimbledon | A | Q3 | 2R | 3R | 2R[a] | A | 3R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | A | 2R | 2R | Q1 | 0 / 10 | 10–9 |
US Open | Q2 | Q1 | 2R | 1R | 1R | Q1 | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | Q3 | Q2 | 0 / 5 | 2–5 | |
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 5–4 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 4–3 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0 / 34 | 25–33 |
National representation | |||||||||||||||||
Summer Olympics | Not Held | 1R | Not Held | A | Not Held | A | Not Held | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||||||||
Davis Cup | A | A | Z1 | Z1 | PO | PO | PO | PO | QF | SF | 1R | QF | QF | QF | QR | 0 / 6 | 7–9 |
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 7 | 7–10 |
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | |||||||||||||||||
Indian Wells Masters | A | Q2 | Q1 | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 1–3 |
Miami Open | A | A | 3R | 3R | 1R | A | Q2 | 1R | 2R | A | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 7 | 6–7 |
Monte-Carlo Masters | A | Q2 | A | 2R | 3R | 1R | Q2 | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | A | Q2 | A | A | 0 / 6 | 3–6 |
Madrid Open | A | A | Q2 | 2R | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | 3R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 4–3 |
Italian Open | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 1R | Q1 | A | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 8 | 4–8 |
Canadian Open | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |
Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | |
Shanghai Masters | NMS | A | A | Q2 | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||||
Paris Masters | A | A | Q1 | 2R | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | |
German Open | A | A | 1R | 2R | Not Masters Series | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | ||||||||||
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 9–9 | 3–6 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–6 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 34 | 21–34 |
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||
Titles / Finals | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | |
Overall Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–4 | 9–15 | 29–30 | 15–23 | 7–12 | 5–9 | 8–11 | 6–8 | 6–9 | 28–26 | 2–7 | 2–4 | 5–4 | 1–3 | 123–165 | |
Year-end ranking | 250 | 127 | 67 | 41 | 93 | 107 | 134 | 84 | 245 | 55 | 58 | 464 | 171 | 141 | 42.71% |
Notes
a 2009 Wimbledon Championships counts as 1 win, 0 losses. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga received a walkover in the second round, after Bolelli withdrew.
Doubles
Tournament | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | SR | W–L |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | 1R | QF | 3R | A | 2R | SF | 2R | W | 2R | A | A | 1R | 1 / 9 | 18–8 |
French Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | A | A | 1R | A | 2R | SF | A | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 8 | 6–8 |
Wimbledon | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 5 | 1–5 |
US Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | A | SF | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | 3R | 2R | 0 / 8 | 9–7 | |
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 6–4 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–4 | 10–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1 / 30 | 34–28 |
Year-end championship | |||||||||||||||||
ATP Finals | Did Not Qualify | RR | DNQ | 0 / 1 | 1–2 | ||||||||||||
National representation | |||||||||||||||||
Summer Olympics | Not Held | 1R | Not Held | A | Not Held | A | Not Held | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||||||||
Davis Cup | A | A | Z1 | Z1 | PO | PO | PO | PO | QF | SF | 1R | QF | QF | QF | QR | 0 / 6 | 12–6 |
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0 / 7 | 12–7 |
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | |||||||||||||||||
Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | F | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 4–1 |
Miami Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 1–4 |
Monte-Carlo Masters | A | QF | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 2R | F | A | A | SF | A | 0 / 5 | 9–5 |
Madrid Open | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 0–3 |
Italian Open | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | QF | SF | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 12 | 5–12 |
Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | |
Shanghai Masters | NMS | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | F | A | A | A | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | ||||
Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 11–7 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0 / 29 | 23–29 |
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | |
Overall Win–Loss | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–8 | 11–18 | 13–15 | 7–7 | 22–6 | 4–11 | 14–2 | 6–8 | 29–19 | 7–4 | 8–8 | 9–7 | 6–7 | 140–125 | |
Year-end ranking | 593 | 171 | 425 | 113 | 68 | 167 | 39 | 274 | 55 | 143 | 13 | 123 | 171 | 97 | 52.83% |