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Alessandro Giannessi

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Alessandro Giannessi is a retired tennis player who reached a career-high ATP Tour ranking of No. 84 on July 24, 2017.

43ATP Tour matches

Updated Oct 5, 2026, 3:07 PM ET

Titles0 Grand Slam titles0 Career highNo. 84Jul 24, 2017 Agatha's recordNone yetno graded calls on him yet

About Alessandro Giannessi

Alessandro Giannessi, a retired tennis player from Italy, was born on May 30, 1990, in La Spezia. He played left-handed with a two-handed backhand and turned pro in 2008. Flavio Cipolla coached Giannessi, who reached a career-high ATP Tour ranking of No. 84 on July 24, 2017, and retired in 2024.

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Match history43

Every ATP Tour, Grand Slam and Olympic main-draw match in our records, newest first. A walkover is listed but never counted in a record.

2024: 0-3

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Apr 13	BMW Open by Bitpanda	Qualifying 1st Round	Marc-Andrea Huesler	L	3-6, 0-6	Clay
Feb 3	Cordoba Open	Qualifying 1st Round	Luciano Darderi	L	2-6, 0-6	Clay
Jan 9	Australian Open	Group Stage	John Millman	L	3-6, 4-6	Hard

2023: 4-5

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Dec 29	Brisbane International	Qualifying 1st Round	Alex Michelsen	L	3-6, 2-6	Hard
Aug 24	US Open	Qualifying 2nd Round	Giulio Zeppieri	L	3-6, 4-6	Hard
Aug 22	US Open	Qualifying 1st Round	Harold Mayot	W	7-6(7), 7-5	Hard
Jun 26	Wimbledon	Qualifying 1st Round	Charles Broom	L	4-6, 7-6(4), 3-6	Grass
May 21	Gonet Geneva Open	Qualifying Final	Vitaliy Sachko	L	5-7, 2-6	Clay
May 20	Gonet Geneva Open	Qualifying 1st Round	Denis Yevseyev	W	3-6, 6-4, 6-2	Clay
Apr 3	Millennium Estoril Open	Round 1	Fabio Fognini	L	2-6, 1-6	Clay
Apr 2	Millennium Estoril Open	Qualifying Final	Fabian Marozsan	W	4-6, 7-6(5), 6-4	Clay
Apr 1	Millennium Estoril Open	Qualifying 1st Round	Oleksii Krutykh	W	1-6, 7-5, 6-1	Clay

2022: 4-7

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Jun 20	Wimbledon	Qualifying 1st Round	Hugo Grenier	L	1-6, 1-6	Grass
May 23	Roland Garros	Round 1	Borna Gojo	L	4-6, 7-6(3), 7-6(4), 6-7(4), 4-6	Clay
May 19	Roland Garros	Qualifying Final	Sebastian Ofner	L	4-6, 6-1, 2-6	Clay
May 18	Roland Garros	Qualifying 2nd Round	Thiago Agustin Tirante	W	7-5, 6-2	Clay
May 16	Roland Garros	Qualifying 1st Round	Mats Moraing	W	7-6(6), 6-0	Clay
Feb 19	BCI Seguros Chile Open	Qualifying 1st Round	Felipe Meligeni Alves	L	2-6, 4-6	Clay
Feb 5	Argentina Open	Qualifying 1st Round	Hugo Dellien	L	6-7(3), 1-6	Clay
Jan 29	Cordoba Open	Qualifying 1st Round	Juan Pablo Varillas	L	6-7(5), 2-6	Clay
Jan 14	Australian Open	Qualifying Final	Yannick Hanfmann	L	6-7(3), 6-7(6)	Hard
Jan 12	Australian Open	Qualifying 2nd Round	Quentin Halys	W	3-6, 6-3, 7-6(10)	Hard
Jan 10	Australian Open	Qualifying 1st Round	Marc-Andrea Huesler	W	6-4, 3-6, 6-3	Hard

2021: 1-3

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Jul 21	Croatia Open	Round 2	Richard Gasquet	L	6-7(4), 4-6	Clay
Jul 20	Croatia Open	Round 1	Jiri Vesely	W	7-6(4), 7-5	Clay
Jun 22	Wimbledon		Bernabe Zapata Miralles	L	6-7(5), 3-6	Grass
May 30	French Open	Round 1	Kei Nishikori	L	4-6, 7-6(4), 3-6, 6-4, 4-6	Clay

2019: 2-2

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Aug 20	US Open		J.J. Wolf	W	2-6, 7-5, 6-2	Hard
Feb 27	Brasil Open	Round 1	Laslo Djere	L	6-7(5), 6-4, 4-6	Clay
Feb 7	Cordoba Open	Round 2	Diego Schwartzman	L	7-6(4), 3-6, 0-6	Clay
Feb 5	Cordoba Open	Round 1	Thiago Seyboth Wild	W	6-7(8), 7-5, 7-6(4)	Clay

2018: 1-4

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Feb 18	Rio Open		Roberto Carballes Baena	L	3-6, 2-6	Clay
Feb 8	Ecuador Open Quito		Thiago Monteiro	L	6-7(4), 6-4, 5-7	Clay
Feb 8	Ecuador Open Quito	Round 2	Thiago Monteiro	L	6-7(4), 6-4, 5-7	Clay
Feb 7	Ecuador Open Quito	Round 1	Peter Polansky	W	6-3, 6-4	Clay
Jan 12	Australian Open		Ernesto Escobedo	L	3-6, 2-6	Hard

2017: 6-9

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Oct 17	ATP Tour if...Stockholm Open	Round 1	Jeremy Chardy	L	0-6, 5-7	Hard
Sep 25	ATP Shenzhen Open	Round 1	Jeremy Chardy	L	6-7(6), 4-6	Hard
Sep 18	ATP Moselle Open	Round 1	Marius Copil	L	3-6, 2-6	Hard
Aug 28	US Open	Round 1	Ernests Gulbis	L	4-6, 7-6(3), 2-6, 5-7	Hard
Jul 22	ATP Konzum Croatia Open Umag	Semifinal	Paolo Lorenzi	L	2-6, 6-4, 3-6	Clay
Jul 21	ATP Konzum Croatia Open Umag	Quarterfinal	Yuliya Hatouka	W	6-7(3), 6-2, 7-5	Clay
Jul 20	ATP Konzum Croatia Open Umag	Round 2	Kenny De Schepper	W	6-2, 3-6, 6-3	Clay
Jul 18	ATP Konzum Croatia Open Umag	Round 1	Marc Polmans	W	6-7(3), 6-3, 6-4	Clay
Mar 2	ATP Brasil Open	Round 2	Fabio Fognini	L	6-7(1), 6-7(3)	Clay
Feb 28	ATP Brasil Open	Round 1	Yuliya Hatouka	W	6-4, 6-3	Clay
Feb 15	ATP Argentina Open	Round 2	Pablo Carreno Busta	L	1-6, 6-4, 4-6	Clay
Feb 14	ATP Argentina Open	Round 1	Yuliya Hatouka	W	5-7, 7-6(6), 6-4	Clay

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Feb 11	ATP Argentina Open		Roberto Carballes Baena	W	6-4, 6-4	Clay
Feb 7	ATP Ecuador Open Quito	Round 1	Alejandro Falla	L	4-6, 3-6	Clay
Jan 3	ATP Qatar ExxonMobil Open	Round 1	Tomas Berdych	L	6-7(1), 2-6	Hard

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Sep 1	US Open	Round 2	Stan Wawrinka	L	1-6, 6-7(4), 5-7	Hard
Aug 30	US Open	Round 1	Denis Kudla	W	0-6, 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-0	Hard

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
May 21	ATP Power Horse Cup	Round 1	Jason Kubler	L	5-7, 6-3, 1-6	Clay

2012: 1-4

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Jul 23	ATP Bet-At-Home Cup Kitzbuhel	Round 1	Filippo Volandri	L	6-1, 4-6, 3-6	Clay
Jul 12	ATP SkiStar Swedish Open	Round 2	Daniel Gimeno-Traver	L	4-6, 3-6	Clay
Jul 10	ATP SkiStar Swedish Open	Round 1	Michael Berrer	W	6-4, 3-6, 7-6(5)	Clay
Apr 17	ATP Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters	Round 1	Filippo Volandri	L	5-7, 3-6	Clay
Feb 27	ATP Abierto Mexicano Telcel	Round 1	Potito Starace	L	2-6, 5-7	Clay

2011: 2-2

Date	Tournament	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Surface
Sep 23	ATP BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy	Quarterfinal	Pablo Andujar	L	3-6, 4-6	Clay
Sep 22	ATP BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy	Round 2	Frederico Gil	W	7-6(2), 0-6, 6-3	Clay
Sep 20	ATP BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy	Round 1	Albert Montanes	W	7-5, 6-4	Clay
Feb 13	ATP Copa Claro		Albert Ramos-Vinolas	L	3-6, 2-6	Clay

How he is doing nowThrough Apr 13

Last 102-8LLLLLWLLWLNewest first. Five losses in a row.

Apr 13vs Marc-Andrea HueslerApr 13 - BMW Open by Bitpanda, Qualifying 1st RoundL3-6, 0-6
Feb 3vs Luciano DarderiFeb 3 - Cordoba Open, Qualifying 1st RoundL2-6, 0-6
Jan 9vs John MillmanJan 9 - Australian Open, Group StageL3-6, 4-6
Dec 29vs Alex MichelsenDec 29 - Brisbane International, Qualifying 1st RoundL3-6, 2-6
Aug 24vs Giulio ZeppieriAug 24 - US Open, Qualifying 2nd RoundL3-6, 4-6
Aug 22vs Harold MayotAug 22 - US Open, Qualifying 1st RoundW7-6(7), 7-5

36years old

Turns 37 on May 30

Born May 30, 1990La Spezia, Italy

GeminiThe sign runs May 21 to June 20

6 ft 1 in1.85 m

Left-handedTwo-handed backhand

Coach Flavio CipollaFlavio Cipolla

Turned pro2008

Recent cashes

WONYesterday#232

Novak Djokovic to win+240

ATP - Novak Djokovic at Alexander Zverev

WON18h ago#298

Kyoka Okamura to win+186

WTA - Kyoka Okamura at Wei Sijia

WON14h ago#316

Yoshihito Nishioka to win+165

ATP - Yoshihito Nishioka at Aleksandr Shevchenko

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CareerPro since 2008

18years2008 to 2024

2011First ATP matchLost to Albert Ramos-Vinolas, ATP Copa Claro
2017Career high No. 84Jul 24, 2017
Jan 9, 2024Latest matchLost to John Millman, Australian Open

Grand Slam titles

AO0Group Stage (2024)0-2 in our records

RG0Round 1 (2022)0-2 in our records

WIM0-0-1 in our records

USO0Round 2 (2016)2-2 in our records

First ATP match

Feb 13, 2011: lost to Albert Ramos-Vinolas 3-6, 2-6ATP Copa Claro, on clay

Latest match

Jan 9, 2024: lost to John Millman 3-6, 4-6Australian Open, Group Stage, on hard court

Most often against

The players he has met most in our records, with the head-to-head.

Yuliya Hatouka3 meetings, finals 0-0

3-0Giannessi leads

Last: Jul 21, 2017, ATP Konzum Croatia Open Umag Quarterfinal, won

Fabio Fognini2 meetings, finals 0-0

0-2Giannessi trails

Last: Apr 3, 2023, Millennium Estoril Open Round 1, lost

Filippo Volandri2 meetings, finals 0-0

0-2Giannessi trails

Last: Jul 23, 2012, ATP Bet-At-Home Cup Kitzbuhel Round 1, lost

Jeremy Chardy2 meetings, finals 0-0

0-2Giannessi trails

Last: Oct 17, 2017, ATP Tour if...Stockholm Open Round 1, lost

Marc-Andrea Huesler2 meetings, finals 0-0

1-1All square

Last: Apr 13, 2024, BMW Open Qualifying 1st Round, lost

Roberto Carballes Baena2 meetings, finals 0-0

1-1All square

Last: Feb 18, 2018, Rio Open, lost

Sources and updates

Results and schedules come from Agatha's own records of the ATP Tour.

Updated Oct 5, 2026, 3:07 PM ET. Results and form refresh after every match; biography facts are checked weekly.