Nicolas Almagro7 meetings, finals 0-1
0-7Starace trails
Last: Apr 18, 2012, ATP Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters Round 2, lost
TennisATPRight-handed
Potito Starace
ItalyAge, ranking and resultsPotito Starace, of Italy, played on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 27 on October 15, 2007.
251ATP Tour matches since 2007
Updated
About Potito Starace
Potito Starace was born on July 14, 1981, in Cervinara, Italy, and played on the ATP Tour right-handed with a two-handed backhand. Umberto Rianna coached Starace. He turned pro in 2001 and reached a career-high ATP Tour ranking of No. 27 on October 15, 2007. Starace retired in 2015.
Agatha Research DeskUpdated Oct 5, 2026Match history251
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.
2014: 1-2
| Date | Tournament | Round | Opponent | Result | Score | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25 | French Open | Round 1 | Dmitry Tursunov | L | 1-6, 5-7, 2-6 | Clay |
| Feb 26 | ATP Brasil Open | Round 2 | Tommy Haas | L | 6-7(2), 3-6 | Clay |
| Feb 25 | ATP Brasil Open | Round 1 | Alejandro Gonzalez | W | 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 | Clay |
2013: 1-1
| Date | Tournament | Round | Opponent | Result | Score | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14 | ATP Internazionali BNL d'Italia | Round 2 | Roger Federer | L | 1-6, 2-6 | Clay |
| May 13 | ATP Internazionali BNL d'Italia | Round 1 | Radek Stepanek | W | 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 | Clay |
2012: 8-18
| Date | Tournament | Round | Opponent | Result | Score | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11 | ATP Studena Croatia Open Umag | Round 2 | Marcel Granollers | L | 4-6, 6-3, 3-6 | Clay |
| Jul 10 | ATP Studena Croatia Open Umag | Round 1 | Ivo Klec | W | 6-3, 7-6(6) | Clay |
| Jun 25 | Wimbledon | Round 1 | Ryan Sweeting | L | 2-6, 0-2 ret. (ret.) | Grass |
| Jun 19 | ATP UNICEF Open | Round 1 | Flavio Cipolla | L | 2-4 ret. (ret.) | Grass |
| May 28 | French Open | Round 1 | Novak Djokovic | L | 6-7(3), 3-6, 1-6 | Clay |
| May 15 | ATP Internazionali BNL d'Italia | Round 1 | Lukasz Kubot | L | 3-6, 7-5, 2-6 | Clay |
| May 3 | ATP BMW Open by Atlanticlux | Round 2 | Bernard Tomic | L | 1-6, 7-6(4), 3-6 | Clay |
| May 1 | ATP BMW Open by Atlanticlux | Round 1 | David Goffin | W | 6-3, 7-6(3) | Clay |
| Apr 25 | ATP BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy | Round 2 | Attila Balazs | L | 3-6, 4-6 | Clay |
| Apr 23 | ATP BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy | Round 1 | Jeremy Chardy | W | 6-3, 6-0 | Clay |
| Apr 18 | ATP Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters | Round 2 | Nicolas Almagro | L | 6-7(3), 1-6 | Clay |
| Apr 17 | ATP Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters | Round 1 | Carlos Berlocq | W | 4-2 ret. (ret.) | Clay |
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| Apr 13 | ATP Grand Prix Hassan II | Round 2 | Pablo Andujar | L | 3-6, 0-6 | Clay |
| Apr 10 | ATP Grand Prix Hassan II | Round 1 | Roberto Bautista Agut | W | 6-4, 7-5 | Clay |
| Mar 22 | ATP Sony Ericsson Open | Round 1 | Ryan Harrison | L | 7-6(6), 4-6, 4-6 | Hard |
| Mar 9 | ATP BNP Paribas Open | Round 1 | David Nalbandian | L | 6-7(4), 0-6 | Hard |
| Feb 29 | ATP Abierto Mexicano Telcel | Round 2 | Carlos Berlocq | L | 1-6, 4-6 | Clay |
| Feb 27 | ATP Abierto Mexicano Telcel | Round 1 | Alessandro Giannessi | W | 6-2, 7-5 | Clay |
| Feb 21 | ATP Copa Claro | Round 1 | Nicolas Almagro | L | 6-4, 3-6, 6-7(4) | Clay |
| Feb 16 | ATP Brasil Open | Round 2 | Carlos Berlocq | L | 6-3, 2-6, 3-6 | Clay |
| Feb 15 | ATP Brasil Open | Round 1 | Paul Capdeville | W | 5-7, 7-6(7), 6-2 | Clay |
| Jan 30 | ATP PBZ Zagreb Indoors | Round 1 | Lukas Lacko | L | 6-7(2), 7-6(4), 3-6 | Hard |
| Jan 16 | Australian Open | Round 1 | Tatsuma Ito | L | 3-6, 6-4, 3-6, 4-6 | Hard |
| Jan 10 | ATP Heineken Open | Round 2 | Alejandro Falla | L | 6-7(3), 3-6 | Hard |
| Jan 9 | ATP Heineken Open | Round 1 | Albert Montanes | W | 6-3, 6-2 | Hard |
| Jan 3 | ATP Qatar ExxonMobil Open | Round 1 | Denis Gremelmayr | L | 3-6, 2-6 | Hard |
2011: 22-26
| Date | Tournament | Round | Opponent | Result | Score | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31 | ATP Swiss Indoors Basel | Round 1 | Roger Federer | L | 6-7(3), 4-6 | Hard |
| Oct 28 | ATP Tour St. Petersburg Open | Quarterfinal | Janko Tipsarevic | L | 7-6(6), 2-6, 1-6 | Hard |
| Oct 27 | ATP Tour St. Petersburg Open | Round 2 | Dmitry Tursunov | W | 6-2, 6-4 | Hard |
| Oct 24 | ATP Tour St. Petersburg Open | Round 1 | Ivan Nedelko | W | 6-0, 6-1 | Hard |
| Oct 18 | ATP Kremlin Cup | Round 1 | Jeremy Chardy | L | 3-6, 7-6(5), 6-7(2) | Hard |
| Sep 21 | ATP BRD Nastase Tiriac Trophy | Round 1 | Pere Riba | L | 1-6, 2-3 ret. (ret.) | Clay |
| Sep 1 | US Open | Round 2 | Nikolay Davydenko | L | 2-6, 4-6, 5-7 | Hard |
| Aug 30 | US Open | Round 1 | Michael Berrer | W | 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 | Hard |
| Jul 31 | ATP Bet-At-Home Cup Kitzbuhel | Round 1 | Robin Haase | L | 3-6, 0-2 ret. (ret.) | Clay |
| Jul 29 | ATP Studena Croatia Open Umag | Quarterfinal | Fabio Fognini | L | 6-3, 3-6, 1-6 | Clay |
| Jul 28 | ATP Studena Croatia Open Umag | Round 2 | Juan Ignacio Chela | W | 6-4, 4-6, 7-5 | Clay |
| Jul 26 | ATP Studena Croatia Open Umag | Round 1 | Thiemo De Bakker | W | 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-1 | Clay |
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2010: 23-25
| Date | Tournament | Round | Opponent | Result | Score | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8 | ATP BNP Paribas Masters | Round 1 | Michael Llodra | L | 4-6, 1-6 | Hard |
| Nov 5 | ATP Tour Valencia Open 500 | Quarterfinal | David Ferrer | L | 5-7, 4-6 | Hard |
| Nov 4 | ATP Tour Valencia Open 500 | Round 2 | Pablo Cuevas | W | 7-6(2), 2-6, 6-2 | Hard |
| Nov 2 | ATP Tour Valencia Open 500 | Round 1 | Lizette Cabrera | W | 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 | Hard |
| Oct 27 | ATP Tour St. Petersburg Open | Round 1 | Yen-Hsun Lu | L | 2-6, 2-6 | Hard |
| Oct 20 | ATP Kremlin Cup | Round 2 | Marcos Baghdatis | L | 4-6, 3-6 | Hard |
| Oct 18 | ATP Kremlin Cup | Round 1 | Teymuraz Gabashvili | W | 3-6, 7-5, 6-1 | Hard |
| Sep 24 | ATP BCR Open Romania | Quarterfinal | Marcel Granollers | L | 6-3, 6-7(7), 4-6 | Clay |
| Sep 23 | ATP BCR Open Romania | Round 2 | Victor Crivoi | W | 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-4 | Clay |
| Sep 1 | US Open | Round 1 | Nicolas Almagro | L | 6-4, 4-6, 4-6, 6-7(5) | Hard |
| Aug 23 | ATP Pilot Pen Tennis at Yale | Round 1 | Teymuraz Gabashvili | L | 6-7(3), 5-7 | Hard |
| Aug 1 | ATP Studena Croatia Open Umag | Final | Juan Carlos Ferrero | L | 4-6, 4-6 | Clay |
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2009: 15-23
| Date | Tournament | Round | Opponent | Result | Score | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27 | ATP Tour St. Petersburg Open | Round 1 | Igor Andreev | L | 4-6, 2-6 | Hard |
| Oct 21 | ATP Kremlin Cup | Round 2 | Mikhail Youzhny | L | 1-6, 1-6 | Hard |
| Oct 19 | ATP Kremlin Cup | Round 1 | Evgeny Donskoy | W | 6-3, 6-3 | Hard |
| Sep 22 | ATP BCR Open Romania | Round 1 | Albert Montanes | L | 4-6, 2-6 | Clay |
| Aug 31 | US Open | Round 1 | Marco Chiudinelli | L | 6-7(3), 6-7(2), 0-6 | Hard |
| Aug 25 | ATP Pilot Pen Tennis | Round 2 | Fabrice Santoro | L | 5-7, 0-6 | Hard |
| Aug 24 | ATP Pilot Pen Tennis | Round 1 | Mischa Zverev | W | 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 | Hard |
| Jul 30 | ATP Studena Croatia Open | Round 2 | Juan Carlos Ferrero | L | 6-1, 3-6, 2-6 | Clay |
| Jul 28 | ATP Studena Croatia Open | Round 1 | Grega Zemlja | W | 6-1, 6-3 | Clay |
| Jul 21 | ATP German Open | Round 2 | Philipp Kohlschreiber | L | 2-6, 6-4, 4-6 | Clay |
| Jul 20 | ATP German Open | Round 1 | Maximo Gonzalez | W | 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 | Clay |
| Jul 16 | ATP Catella Swedish Open | Round 2 | Nicolas Almagro | L | 6-2, 1-6, 1-6 | Clay |
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2008: 18-21
| Date | Tournament | Round | Opponent | Result | Score | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21 | ATP Tour St. Petersburg Open | Round 1 | Janko Tipsarevic | L | 3-6, 6-7(4) | Hard |
| Oct 6 | ATP Kremlin Cup | Round 1 | Jeremy Chardy | L | 6-3, 1-6, 4-6 | Hard |
| Sep 10 | ATP BCR Open Romania | Round 2 | Florent Serra | L | 5-7, 6-0, 4-6 | Clay |
| Sep 8 | ATP BCR Open Romania | Round 1 | Marcel Granollers | W | 6-2, 6-4 | Clay |
| Aug 27 | US Open | Round 1 | Radek Stepanek | L | 5-7, 3-6, 1-6 | Hard |
| Aug 19 | ATP Pilot Pen Tennis | Round 2 | Andreas Seppi | L | 6-4, 4-6, 4-6 | Hard |
| Aug 18 | ATP Pilot Pen Tennis | Round 1 | Jiri Vanek | W | 6-2, 7-6(7) | Hard |
| Jul 19 | ATP Tour Austrian Open | Semifinal | Jurgen Melzer | L | 4-6, 7-6(6), 3-6 | Clay |
| Jul 18 | ATP Tour Austrian Open | Quarterfinal | Eduardo Schwank | W | 6-1, 6-2 | Clay |
| Jul 16 | ATP Tour Austrian Open | Round 2 | Daniel Koellerer | W | 6-4, 6-3 | Clay |
| Jul 15 | ATP Tour Austrian Open | Round 1 | Santiago Giraldo | W | 6-1, 6-2 | Clay |
| Jul 11 | ATP Catella Swedish Open | Quarterfinal | Tomas Berdych | L | 3-6, 2-6 | Clay |
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2007: 23-24
| Date | Tournament | Round | Opponent | Result | Score | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28 | ATP BNP Paribas Masters | Round 1 | Gilles Simon | L | 3-6, 6-3, 3-6 | Hard |
| Oct 26 | ATP Tour St. Petersburg Open | Quarterfinal | Fernando Verdasco | L | 3-6, 4-6 | Hard |
| Oct 25 | ATP Tour St. Petersburg Open | Round 2 | Mikhail Ledovskikh | W | 7-6(4), 6-2 | Hard |
| Oct 23 | ATP Tour St. Petersburg Open | Round 1 | Kristof Vliegen | W | 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(3) | Hard |
| Oct 15 | ATP Mutua Madrilena Masters Madrid | Round 1 | Juan Martin del Potro | L | 5-7, 1-6 | Hard |
| Oct 8 | ATP Kremlin Cup | Round 1 | Florent Serra | L | 6-4, 4-6, 3-6 | Hard |
| Oct 2 | ATP Tour Open de Moselle | Round 1 | Evgeny Korolev | L | 3-6, 3-6 | Hard |
| Sep 14 | ATP BCR Open Romania | Quarterfinal | Lizette Cabrera | L | 6-7(5), 5-7 | Clay |
| Sep 13 | ATP BCR Open Romania | Round 2 | Andrei Pavel | W | 6-3, 6-3 | Clay |
| Sep 11 | ATP BCR Open Romania | Round 1 | Kristof Vliegen | W | 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 | Clay |
| Aug 29 | US Open | Round 1 | Ernests Gulbis | L | 5-7, 6-7(4), 3-6 | Hard |
| Aug 22 | ATP Pilot Pen Tennis | Round 2 | Thomas Johansson | L | 6-7(3), 3-6 | Hard |
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How he is doing now
Last 103-7LLWLWLWLLLNewest first. Two losses in a row.
- May 25vs Dmitry TursunovMay 25 - French Open, Round 1L1-6, 5-7, 2-6
- Feb 26vs Tommy HaasFeb 26 - ATP Brasil Open, Round 2L6-7(2), 3-6
- Feb 25vs Alejandro GonzalezFeb 25 - ATP Brasil Open, Round 1W4-6, 6-2, 6-3
- May 14vs Roger FedererMay 14 - ATP Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Round 2L1-6, 2-6
- May 13vs Radek StepanekMay 13 - ATP Internazionali BNL d'Italia, Round 1W4-6, 6-4, 6-3
- Jul 11vs Marcel GranollersJul 11 - ATP Studena Croatia Open Umag, Round 2L4-6, 6-3, 3-6
Career
25years2001 to 2014
- 2007First ATP matchLost to Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, ATP Qatar ExxonMobil Open
- 2007Career high No. 27Oct 15, 2007
- May 25, 2014Latest matchLost to Dmitry Tursunov, French Open
Grand Slam titles
AO0Round 1 (2012)0-4 in our records
RG0Round 3 (2007)4-7 in our records
WIM0Round 2 (2009)1-6 in our records
USO0Round 2 (2011)1-5 in our records
First ATP match
Jan 1, 2007: lost to Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-2, 5-7, 5-7ATP Qatar ExxonMobil Open, on hard
Latest match
May 25, 2014: lost to Dmitry Tursunov 1-6, 5-7, 2-6French Open, Round 1, on clay court
Most often against
The players he has met most in our records, with the head-to-head.
Juan Carlos Ferrero6 meetings, finals 0-1
1-5Starace trails
Last: Aug 1, 2010, ATP Studena Croatia Open Umag Final, lost
Carlos Berlocq5 meetings, finals 0-0
3-2Starace leads
Last: Apr 17, 2012, ATP Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters Round 1, won
David Nalbandian5 meetings, finals 0-0
0-5Starace trails
Last: Mar 9, 2012, ATP BNP Paribas Open Round 1, lost
Igor Andreev5 meetings, finals 0-0
0-5Starace trails
Last: Jun 6, 2011, ATP Gerry Weber Open Round 1, lost
David Ferrer4 meetings, finals 0-0
0-4Starace trails
Last: Nov 5, 2010, ATP Tour Valencia Open 500 Quarterfinal, lost
Sources and updates
Results and schedules come from Agatha's own records of the ATP Tour.
Updated Oct 5, 2026, 3:18 PM ET. Results and form refresh after every match; biography facts are checked weekly.