Flavio Cobolli (born 6 May 2002) is an Italian professional tennis player.[1] He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 30 achieved on 30 September 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 316 achieved on 11 April 2022. He is currently the No. 3 ranked Italian.[2]
Cobolli won his first ATP match on his debut at the 2021 Emilia-Romagna Open in Parma as a wildcard defeating World No. 92 Marcos Giron.[4][5] As a result, he reached a new career-high of World No. 386 on 31 May 2021.
In August he reached his second Challenger final in Barletta, Italy where he lost to compatriot Giulio Zeppieri. As a result, he entered the top 300 at No. 281 on 30 August 2021.
2022: Maiden Challenger title, top 150 and Masters debuts
He reached a new career high in the top 200 on 10 January 2022 at No. 199.
In March, he won his maiden Challenger title at the 2022 Zadar Open in Croatia. As a result, he reached the top 150 on 4 April 2022 at World No. 147.
Cobolli made his Masters main draw debut at the 2022 Rome Masters after receiving a wildcard into the singles and doubles main draws.
2023: Major debut and Maiden ATP quarterfinal, top 100
Cobolli qualified for the 2023 BMW Open and defeated Jordan Thompson in the first round and Oscar Otte in the second to reach his first ATP quarterfinal.[7]
Cobolli qualified for the main draw at the Rome Masters after receiving a wildcard into the singles qualifying draw but was defeated by Arthur Rinderknech in the first round.
2024: First Major & two Masters third rounds, First ATP final, top 35
As the top qualifying seed at the 2024 Australian Open, he reached the main draw making his debut at this Major[10] and recorded his first win with an upset over 18th seed Nicolás Jarry, his first top-20 and top-50 win,[11][12] and Pavel Kotov to reach the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career.
At the 2024 Mutua Madrid Open he reached the third round of a Masters for the first time defeating two Chileans, Alejandro Tabilo and 22nd seed Nicolás Jarry. As a result he moved into the top 60 of the rankings for the first time on 6 May 2024. At his home tournament, the Italian Open, he reached the second round with a win over Maximilian Marterer before losing to Sebastian Korda despite leading with a break in the 3rd set.
At the 2024 Geneva Open he reached his third ATP quarterfinal for the season with wins over Aslan Karatsev and fourth seed Ben Shelton in three sets.[17] He defeated Alexander Shevchenko in straight sets in the quarter-finals to reach his first ATP semifinal, where he lost to second seed and eventual champion Casper Ruud despite having match point. Following the 2024 French Open where he lost in the second round to Holger Rune in a fifth set tiebreak, he reached the top 50 on 10 June 2024.
At the beginning of the American hardcourt season in Washington, he reached his first ATP final defeating David Goffin, 8th seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, saving 5 match points, 15th seed Alex Michelsen and 2nd seed Ben Shelton, before losing to Korda again in the final. As a result he reached a new career high ranking of no.33 on 5 August 2024. The week after, he reached the second round at the 2024 National Bank Open in Montreal on his debut, with a win over 14th seed Félix Auger-Aliassime and moved to a new career-high ranking of world No. 31 on 12 August 2024. At his next tournament in Cincinnati he recorded the biggest win of his career thus far over 10th seed Tommy Paul, saving three match points.[18][19] He reached a second Masters third round defeating compatriot Luciano Darderi by retirement. There, he was defeated by 5th seed Hubert Hurkacz in three sets.
At the US Open he reached the third round defeating James Duckworth and Zizou Bergs before losing to 5th seed Daniil Medvedev in straight sets.
Following the US Open, Cobolli was chosen for Italy's Davis Cup team in Bologna. In his first match representing Italy, he lost to Bergs in a rematch of their US Open match. In his second match, he scored his first Davis Cup win, defeating Tallon Griekspoor in three tight sets.[20]
He represented Team Europe at the Laver Cup as first alternate.[21]
He began the Asian swing in Beijing where he played 8th seed Alexander Bublik in the first round. He won in a third set tiebreak, saving match point en route to victory. In the second round he faced Kotov for the third time this season and defeated him in straight sets to reach the quarter-finals. He lost to 3rd seed Medvedev again in the quarter-finals, only managing to convert one of eleven break point opportunities.[22] At the Shanghai Masters he was seeded 28th and thus received a bye to the 2nd round. There, he faced Stan Wawrinka, winning in 3 sets to set up a match against his idol Novak Djokovic.[23] He was defeated in straight sets. His following tournament was in Vienna where he defeated Davidovich Fokina for the second time this year, before suffering an injury in the 2nd round against De Minaur. This shoulder injury ended his season, as he didn't play another match for the rest of the year.
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