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.

Simone Bolelli

Country (sports)	Italy
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Born	(1985-10-08) 8 October 1985 Bologna, Italy
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
Olympic Games	1R (2008)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	SF (2014)
Medal record Mediterranean Games 2005 Almería Singles
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

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2015	Australian Open	Hard	Fabio Fognini	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	6–4, 6–4

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
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)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoor (0–1) Indoor (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
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)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (1–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–3) ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–1) ATP World Tour 250 Series (3–4)

Finals by surface Hard (2–5) Clay (3–3) Grass (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoor (5–5) Indoor (0–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
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)

Legend (Singles) ATP Challenger Tour (12–9) ITF Futures Tour (2–1)

Titles by Surface Hard (10–8) Clay (4–1) Grass (0–1) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
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)

Legend (Doubles) ATP Challenger Tour (4–6) ITF Futures Tour (3–0)

Titles by Surface Hard (3–1) Clay (4–5) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
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

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A

P

Z#

PO

G

F-S

SF-B

NMS

NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

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
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
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%

References

External links

• Simone Bolelli at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Simone Bolelli at the International Tennis Federation
• Simone Bolelli at the Davis Cup
• Bolelli recent match results
• Bolelli world ranking history