Cristiano Caratti

Cristiano Caratti
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceMonte Carlo, Monaco
Born (1970-05-24) 24 May 1970 (age 54)
Acqui Terme, Italy
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro1989
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,368,916
Singles
Career record72–117
Career titles0
7 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 26 (22 July 1991)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQF (1991)
French Open2R (1991)
Wimbledon2R (1995)
US Open3R (1990)
Other tournaments
Grand Slam Cup1R (1991)
Olympic Games1R (1992)
Doubles
Career record7–29
Career titles0
1 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 148 (16 July 1990)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (1991)
US Open1R (1990)
Last updated on: 26 February 2023.

Cristiano Caratti (born 24 May 1970) is a former ATP Tour tennis player from Italy. He reached the quarterfinals of the 1991 Australian Open and the 1991 Miami Masters.

Junior tennis career

Started playing tennis at age 9. His younger brother also plays tennis. He won the 1987 Orange Bowl doubles title (w/Koves) and reached the doubles final at the 1988 French Open Juniors (w/Goran Ivanišević), losing to Jason Stoltenberg–Todd Woodbridge. Also reached the semifinal at the Wimbledon Juniors (losing to the same duo).[1]

Senior tennis career

Caratti turned professional in 1989. His highest achievement was reaching the quarter-finals at the 1991 Australian Open, defeating eventual Wimbledon champion Richard Kraijcek before losing to Patrick McEnroe.[2] Thanks to this result, the right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 22 July 1991, when he became World No. 26. He then represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, but was defeated in the first round by then France's No.1 player Guy Forget. His last tournament win on the senior tour took place in 2000 at the Knoxville Challenger, where in the final he again defeated an up-and-coming Slam winner, Andy Roddick, who would also be ranked world No.1 three years later.

ATP Career Finals

Singles: 1 (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 (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–0)
Indoors (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 1991 Milan, Italy World Series Carpet Russia Alexander Volkov 1–6, 5–7

Doubles: 1 (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 (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 1990 Genoa, Italy World Series Clay Italy Federico Mordegan Spain Tomás Carbonell
Germany Udo Riglewski 		6–7, 6–7

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 19 (7–12)

Legend
ATP Challenger (7–11)
ITF Futures (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–10)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–2)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 1989 Dublin, Ireland Challenger Carpet Sweden Henrik Holm 0–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win 1–1 Aug 1990 Winnetka, United States Challenger Hard United States Chris Garner 7–6, 6–1
Win 2–1 Dec 1990 Bossonnens, Switzerland Challenger Hard Netherlands Michiel Schapers 6–4, 3–6, 7–6
Win 3–1 Mar 1991 Indian Wells, United States Challenger Hard United States Jimmy Arias 6–7, 6–4, 6–2
Win 4–1 Feb 1993 Wolfsburg, Germany Challenger Carpet Germany Lars Koslowski 6–7, 6–1, 6–2
Loss 4–2 Jul 1993 Aptos, United States Challenger Hard Australia Patrick Rafter 2–6, 3–6
Win 5–2 Jul 1993 Montebello, Canada Challenger Hard United States Steve Bryan 4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Loss 5–3 Jan 1994 Heilbronn, Germany Challenger Carpet Germany Markus Zoecke 3–6, 4–6
Loss 5–4 Jul 1994 Winnetka, United States Challenger Hard United States Vince Spadea 1–6, 6–4, 5–7
Loss 5–5 Dec 1994 Andorra la Vella, Andorra Challenger Hard Kenya Paul Wekesa 4–6, 5–7
Loss 5–6 Jul 1997 Granby, Canada Challenger Hard Zimbabwe Wayne Black 1–6, 2–6
Win 6–6 Sep 1997 Azores, Portugal Challenger Hard Spain Óscar Burrieza 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 6–7 Oct 1998 Dallas, United States Challenger Hard Canada Daniel Nestor 1–6, 2–6
Loss 6–8 Jan 1999 USA F2, Miami Futures Hard Belgium Kris Goossens 4–6, 6–7
Loss 6–9 Oct 1999 San Antonio, United States Challenger Hard The Bahamas Mark Knowles 4–6, 6–3, 1–6
Loss 6–10 Nov 2000 Las Vegas, United States Challenger Hard South Africa Neville Godwin 3–6, 3–6
Win 7–10 Nov 2000 Knoxville, United States Challenger Hard United States Andy Roddick 3–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–4
Loss 7–11 Nov 2001 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Hard Czech Republic Ota Fukárek 3–6, 3–6
Loss 7–12 Aug 2002 Córdoba, Spain Challenger Hard France Jean-François Bachelot 5–7, 6–3, 4–6

Doubles: 6 (1–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger (1–4)
ITF Futures (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–3)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 1989 Furth, Germany Challenger Clay Italy Federico Mordegan Georgia (country) Vladimer Gabrichidze
Ukraine Dimitri Poliakov 		4–6, 7–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Mar 1990 Jerusalem, Israel Challenger Hard Italy Cristian Brandi Sweden Henrik Holm
Sweden Peter Nyborg 		1–6, 6–2, 3–6
Win 1–2 Mar 1993 Bergamo, Italy Challenger Carpet Italy Cristian Brandi Netherlands Sander Groen
Germany Arne Thoms 		4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Loss 1–3 Jul 1993 Aptos, United States Challenger Hard Australia Grant Doyle Israel Gilad Bloom
Germany Christian Saceanu 		5–7, 3–6
Loss 1–4 Jan 1994 Heilbronn, Germany Challenger Carpet Italy Omar Camporese Latvia Ģirts Dzelde
Germany Mathias Huning 		4–6, 2–6
Loss 1–5 Jan 1999 USA F2, Miami Futures Hard Italy Manuel Jorquera United States Scott Humphries
United States Jim Thomas 		4–6, 3–6

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partnet Opponents Score
Loss 1988 French Open Clay Croatia Goran Ivanišević Australia Todd Woodbridge
Australia Jason Stoltenberg		 6–7, 5–7

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 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q2 QF 2R 1R 1R 2R Q2 Q2 Q1 A Q2 Q2 A A 0 / 5 6–5 55%
French Open A 2R A A 1R 1R Q1 1R Q3 Q2 Q2 Q1 Q1 Q1 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Wimbledon A 1R A A A 2R 1R A A 1R Q2 Q3 1R Q2 0 / 5 1–5 17%
US Open 3R 2R 1R 1R Q1 1R Q1 1R Q1 2R Q2 1R Q1 Q1 0 / 8 4–8 33%
Win–loss 2–1 6–4 1–2 0–2 0–2 2–4 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 0 / 22 12–22 35%
National Representation
Summer Olympics NH 1R Not Held A Not Held A Not Held 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Year-End Championships
Grand Slam Cup DNQ 1R Did not qualify 0 / 1 0–1 0%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A 1R 1R Q1 A A Q1 A A A A A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Miami A QF 1R Q3 A A 1R A A A A A A A 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Monte Carlo A 2R 1R Q1 Q1 Q1 A Q1 A Q1 A A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Hamburg A 1R 1R A A A A Q2 A Q1 A A A A 0 / 2 4–2 67%
Rome A 3R 1R 1R Q1 A 1R Q1 A A Q1 A A A 0 / 4 2–4 33%
Canada A 1R 1R A A 1R A 2R A A A Q1 A A 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Cincinnati A 1R A Q1 2R Q3 3R Q1 A Q1 A A A A 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Paris A A A A A A 1R Q1 A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 8–7 2–6 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–4 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 21 14–21 40%

References

  1. ^ "ATP Player Profile". ATP. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  2. ^ "1991 Australian Open draw". ITF. 27 January 1991. Retrieved 25 January 2022.