Gianluca Pozzi

Gianluca Pozzi
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceBari, Italy
Born (1965-06-17) 17 June 1965 (age 59)
Bari, Italy
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1984
Retired2004
PlaysLeft-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$2,272,035
Singles
Career record175–259
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 40 (29 January 2001)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (1999)
French Open2R (1992, 1998)
Wimbledon4R (2000)
US Open4R (1994)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games2R (2000)
Doubles
Career record39–71
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 107 (16 September 1991)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (1990)
French Open1R (1992)
Wimbledon2R (1992)
US Open2R (1992)
Last updated on: 12 December 2021.

Gianluca Pozzi (born 17 June 1965) is a former tennis player from Italy, who turned professional in 1984.

Pozzi won one singles title (1991, Brisbane) and one doubles title (1991, Newport) during his career. The left-hander reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on 29 January 2001, when he became World No. 40.

During his career, Pozzi notably defeated Grand Slam champions Andre Agassi, Ivan Lendl, Marat Safin, Sergi Bruguera and Roger Federer. And in 2000 Pozzi, at the age of 35, memorably reached the Round of 16 on grass at Wimbledon, prompting Italian tennis journalist Dr. Giovanni Clerici to write that "Nonno" Gianluca ("Grandfather" Gianluca) had won a great victory there.

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–0)
Indoors (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 1991 Brisbane, Australia World Series Hard United States Aaron Krickstein 6–3, 7–6
Loss 1–1 Oct 1992 Vienna, Austria World Series Carpet Czech Republic Petr Korda 3–6, 2–6, 7–5, 1–6

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 1991 Newport, United States World Series Grass New Zealand Brett Steven Argentina Javier Frana
United States Bruce Steel 		6–4, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Aug 1992 Long Island, United States World Series Hard Finland Olli Rahnasto United States Francisco Montana
United States Greg Van Emburgh 		4–6, 2–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

Singles: 19 (10–9)

Legend
ATP Challenger (10–9)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (8–6)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (1–3)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 1989 Munich, Germany Challenger Carpet United States Bryan Shelton 4–6, 5–7
Win 1–1 May 1993 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Challenger Hard Sweden Jonas Björkman 3–5 ret.
Win 2–1 May 1994 Taipei, Taiwan Challenger Hard South Africa Mark Kaplan 6–4, 6–0
Loss 2–2 Jul 1994 Aptos, United States Challenger Hard Japan Shuzo Matsuoka 5–7, 3–6
Win 3–2 Feb 1995 Cherbourg, France Challenger Hard Denmark Kenneth Carlsen 1–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss 3–3 Jan 1996 Heilbronn, Germany Challenger Carpet United States Chris Woodruff 3–6, 3–6
Win 4–3 Feb 1996 Wolfsburg, Germany Challenger Carpet Sweden Thomas Johansson 4–6, 7–6, 7–6
Win 5–3 Nov 1996 Portorož, Slovenia Challenger Hard Slovakia Ján Krošlák 7–6, 6–7, 6–2
Win 6–3 Jul 1997 Flushing Meadows, United States Challenger Hard United States Tommy Ho 6–1, 6–4
Win 7–3 Jul 1997 Winnetka, United States Challenger Hard Zimbabwe Wayne Black 6–4, 6–2
Loss 7–4 Aug 1997 Lexington, United States Challenger Hard Zimbabwe Wayne Black 4–6, 1–6
Loss 7–5 Aug 1997 Bronx, United States Challenger Hard United States Michael Sell 6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Win 8–5 Nov 1997 Andorra la Vella, Andorra Challenger Hard France Nicolas Escudé 7–6, 4–6, 6–2
Loss 8–6 Feb 1998 Heilbronn, Germany Challenger Carpet Germany Martin Sinner 0–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 8–7 Mar 1998 Cherbourg, France Challenger Hard France Jérôme Golmard 6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Win 9–7 Jun 1998 Surbiton, United Kingdom Challenger Grass Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett 6–4, 6–3
Win 10–7 Oct 1998 Tel Aviv, Israel Challenger Hard Israel Lior Mor 6–1, 6–7, 6–3
Loss 10–8 Feb 2000 Wrocław, Poland Challenger Hard Czech Republic Martin Damm 6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Loss 10–9 May 2000 Jerusalem, Israel Challenger Hard South Africa Kevin Ullyett 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 6 (2–4)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–4)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (1–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 1989 Munich, Germany Challenger Carpet Czech Republic Jaroslav Bulant Sweden Peter Nyborg
Sweden Tomas Nydahl 		2–6, 6–1, 6–7
Loss 0–2 Sep 1991 Istanbul, Turkey Challenger Hard Finland Olli Rahnasto Sweden Henrik Holm
Sweden Nils Holm 		7–5, 5–7, 4–6
Win 1–2 Dec 2001 Milan, Italy Challenger Carpet Italy Nicola Bruno Italy Daniele Bracciali
Italy Federico Luzzi 		2–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–3
Loss 1–3 Feb 2002 Wolfsburg, Germany Challenger Carpet Italy Filippo Messori Czech Republic Jan Hernych
South Africa Federico Luzzi 		6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–3), 3–6
Loss 1–4 Jul 2002 Bristol, United Kingdom Challenger Grass Italy Daniele Bracciali Australia Dejan Petrovic
Pakistan Aisam Qureshi 		3–6, 2–6
Win 2–4 Aug 2002 Wrexham, United Kingdom Challenger Hard Italy Stefano Pescosolido Italy Daniele Bracciali
Pakistan Aisam Qureshi 		6–4, 6–4

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (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); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 2R 2R 1R Q2 2R 1R 1R 1R A A 2R 3R 2R 2R A 0 / 11 8–11 42%
French Open A A A A A A A A 2R 1R A 1R A Q1 2R 1R 1R 1R Q1 0 / 7 2–7 22%
Wimbledon Q2 A A A Q2 A Q2 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R 2R Q2 1R 2R 4R 1R Q3 0 / 10 7–10 41%
US Open A A A 2R 2R 1R A A 2R 1R 4R 1R 1R Q1 1R 2R 2R 1R Q1 0 / 12 8–12 40%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 3–4 0–4 3–3 1–4 1–2 0–0 2–4 4–4 5–4 1–4 0–0 0 / 40 25–40 38%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics A Not Held A Not Held A Not Held A Not Held 2R NH 0 / 1 1–1 50%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 2R A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Miami A A A A A A A A 2R 2R A A 1R A 2R 1R 4R 2R A 0 / 7 7–7 50%
Monte Carlo A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Hamburg A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 1R A 1R A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Rome A A A 1R A A 1R A 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R A 1R 1R A 1R A 0 / 10 0–10 0%
Canada A A A A A A 1R 1R 1R 1R A 1R A A 2R 1R A A A 0 / 7 1–7 13%
Cincinnati A A 1R A A A 1R 3R 2R 1R A A A A 1R A 2R A A 0 / 7 4–7 36%
Stuttgart NH A A A A A A A A Q3 A 2R 1R A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Paris A A A A A A A A Q2 A A Q1 A A 2R A 3R A A 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–3 2–2 2–4 1–4 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–0 4–6 0–5 6–3 2–5 0–0 0 / 39 17–39 30%

Doubles

Tournament 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 2R 1R 3R 2R 1R A A A 0 / 5 4–5 44%
French Open A A A A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon Q1 A 1R Q3 2R A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
US Open A A 1R A 2R A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Win–loss 1–1 0–1 2–3 1–1 2–4 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 10 6–10 38%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami A A A A A A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Rome 1R A A A 1R A 1R A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Canada A A A 1R Q1 1R A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Cincinnati A A A A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 0 / 7 1–7 13%