Salvatore Caruso

Salvatore Caruso
	Caruso at the 2021 French Open
Country (sports)	Italy
Residence	Avola, Italy
Born	15 December 1992 (age 28); Avola, Italy
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2011
Plays	Right-handed ; (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Paolo Cannova
Prize money	US$1,643,446
Singles
Career record	18–41 (30.5%) (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 76 (16 November 2020)
Current ranking	No. 113 (9 August 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2021)
French Open	3R (2019)
Wimbledon	1R (2019, 2021)
US Open	3R (2020)
Doubles
Career record	5–9 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 166 (18 January 2021)
Current ranking	No. 185 (23 August 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2021)
French Open	1R (2021)
Wimbledon	1R (2021)
	Last updated on: 23 August 2021.

Salvatore Caruso (Italian pronunciation: [salvaˈtoːre kaˈruːzo];^[2]^[3] born 15 December 1992) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 76 achieved on 16 November 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 166 achieved on 18 January 2021. Caruso has won 5 ITF Futures singles and two ATP Challenger singles titles, and 4 ITF Futures and one ATP Challenger doubles titles in his career.

Career[]

Caruso made his ATP main draw debut at the 2016 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, where he received a main draw wildcard. He lost in the first round to Nick Kyrgios 6–1, 6–2.

ATP Tour finals[]

Doubles: 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 (0–1)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–0)

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

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2020	Rio Open, Brazil	500 Series	Clay	Federico Gaio	Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos	4–6, 7–5, [7–10]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals[]

Singles: 16 (7–9)[]

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–2)
ITF Futures (5–7)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–4)
Clay (7–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2012	Italy F23, Este	Futures	Clay	Jan-Lennard Struff	7–6^(7-2), 2–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	May 2013	Italy F7, San Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Andres Molteni	7–5, 1–6, 2–6
Win	1–2	Jun 2013	Italy F12, Padova	Futures	Clay	Enrico Burzi	7–6^(7-3), 6–7^(3-7), 6–0
Loss	1–3	Nov 2013	Croatia F16, Bol	Futures	Clay	Tomislav Brkic	6–4, 5–7, 5–7
Loss	1–4	Sep 2014	USA F24, Claremont	Futures	Hard	Dennis Nevolo	4–6, 2–6
Win	2–4	Oct 2014	Italy F37, San Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Gianluca Naso	6–4, 7–5
Loss	2–5	Jan 2015	Tunisia F2, Port El Kantaoui	Futures	Hard	Danilo Petrovic	4–6, 4–6
Win	3–5	Aug 2015	Italy F21, Bolzano	Futures	Clay	Marco Bortolotti	6–3, 6–4
Loss	3–6	Nov 2016	Italy F36, San Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Stefano Travaglia	6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Loss	3–7	Mar 2017	Italy F4, Sondrio	Futures	Hard	Stefano Michnev	6–7^(3–7), 4–6
Win	4–7	Apr 2017	Italy F7, San Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Andrea Collarini	7–5, 6–3
Win	5–7	Apr 2017	Italy F9, San Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Guilherme Clezar	6–3, 6–3
Loss	5–8	Aug 2017	Biella, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Filip Krajinovic	3–6, 2–6
Win	6–8	Sep 2018	Como, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Christian Garín	7–5, 6–4
Win	7–8	Oct 2019	Barcelona, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Jozef Kovalík	6–4, 6–2
Loss	7–9	Oct 2020	Parma, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Frances Tiafoe	3–6, 6–3, 4–6

Doubles: 10 (5–5)[]

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–3)
ITF Futures (4–2)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (4–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2013	Greece F3, Heraklion	Futures	Hard	Erik Chvojka	Julien Cagnina Germain Gigounon	6–4, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Jun 2013	Italy F14, Siena	Futures	Clay	Antonio Massara	Claudio Grassi Adelchi Virgili	1–6, 4–6
Win	2–1	Mar 2014	Italy F4, Palermo	Futures	Clay	Omar Giacalone	Davide Melchiorre Riccardo Sinicropi	6–1, 6–3
Win	3–1	Mar 2014	Italy F7, San Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Filippo Baldi	Francesco Borgo Marco Speronello	6–3, 6–2
Win	4–1	Oct 2014	Italy F36, San Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Gianluca Naso	D. Della Tommasina Walter Trusendi	6–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss	4–2	Oct 2014	Italy F37, San Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Gianluca Naso	Pietro Rondoni Riccardo Bonadio	5–7, 6–3, [3–10]
Loss	4–3	May 2015	Vicenza, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Federico Gaio	Facundo Bagnis Guido Pella	2–6, 4–6
Loss	4–4	Jul 2016	Todi, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Alessandro Giannessi	Marcelo Demoliner Fabricio Neis	1–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win	5–4	Jul 2017	Perugia, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Jonathan Eysseric	Nicolas Kicker Fabricio Neis	6–3, 6–3
Loss	5–5	Oct 2018	Florence, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Filippo Baldi	Rameez Junaid David Pel	5–7, 6–3, [7–10]

Singles performance timeline[]

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (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.

Tournament	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	Q1	A	1R	Q1	1R	2R	0 / 3	1–3	25%
French Open	A	Q2	Q1	3R	1R	1R	0 / 3	2–3	40%
Wimbledon	Q1	Q1	Q2	1R	NH	1R	0 / 2	0–2	0%
US Open	A	Q1	Q1	Q2	3R	1R	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–2	2–3	1–4	0 / 10	5–10	33%

Record against top 10 players[]

Caruso's match record against players who have been ranked in the top 10. Only ATP Tour main draw and Davis Cup matches are considered. Former no 1 players in bold, retired players in italics.

Gilles Simon 1–1
Kevin Anderson 0–1
Marcos Baghdatis 0–1
Fabio Fognini 0–1
Richard Gasquet 0–1
David Goffin 0–1
John Isner 0–1
Kei Nishikori 0–1
Stefanos Tsitsipas 0–1
Novak Djokovic 0–2
Andrey Rublev 0–2

* As of 31 August 2021.

References[]

^ ATP Profile
^ Luciano Canepari. "salvatore". DiPI Online (in Italian). Retrieved 27 October 2018.
^ Luciano Canepari. "Caruso". DiPI Online (in Italian). Retrieved 27 October 2018.

External links[]

Salvatore Caruso at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Salvatore Caruso at the International Tennis Federation

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[1] ATP Profile

[2] Luciano Canepari. "salvatore". DiPI Online (in Italian). Retrieved 27 October 2018.

[3] Luciano Canepari. "Caruso". DiPI Online (in Italian). Retrieved 27 October 2018.

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