Simone Bolelli

Simone Bolelli

Bolelli at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Italy
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Born	(1985-10-08) 8 October 1985 (age 39) Bologna, Italy
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2003
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$ 7,662,049
Singles
Career record	123–165
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 36 (23 February 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2008, 2009, 2015, 2016)
French Open	3R (2008, 2015)
Wimbledon	3R (2008, 2011, 2014)
US Open	2R (2007, 2014)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2008)
Doubles
Career record	313–232
Career titles	18
Highest ranking	No. 6 (13 January 2025)
Current ranking	No. 12 (9 June 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	W (2015)
French Open	F (2024)
Wimbledon	SF (2021)
US Open	SF (2011)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	RR (2015, 2024)
Olympic Games	1R (2008, 2024)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (2023, 2024) Record: 24–22
Medal record Mediterranean Games 2005 Almería Singles
Last updated on: 16 June 2025.

Simone Bolelli (Italian pronunciation: [siˈmoːne boˈlɛlli]; born 8 October 1985) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP ranking in doubles of World No. 6 achieved on 13 January 2025 and in singles of No. 36 achieved on 23 February 2009. Bolelli is a Grand Slam champion, having won the 2015 Australian Open doubles event with Fabio Fognini, together becoming the first male all-Italian pair to win a Major in the Open Era. He also reached three other major finals with Andrea Vavassori at the 2024 and the 2025 Australian Open, and at the 2024 French Open. He is also a champion as part of the team winning the 2023 and the 2024 Davis Cups. He has won 18 ATP Tour doubles titles. He was a bronze medalist at the 2005 Mediterranean Games.

In 2003, Bolelli reached his first ITF Futures tournament semifinal at Egypt F1, losing to 485th-ranked Jaroslav Pospíšil. He played entirely Futures events except for one Challenger tournament in Brindisi.

In 2004, Bolelli reached his second Futures final, losing to Dominique Coene. He made another final and won two Futures titles, making two wins out of three finals for Futures finals in the 2004 season. He won the Italy F15 and F8 titles, and lost in the final of a Challenger event in Brașov.

In 2005, Bolelli reached the final of a Challenger in Trani.

Simone Bolelli played in a few tournaments higher than a Challenger, reaching the quarterfinals in doubles on his Masters 1000 debut partnering with Andreas Seppi as alternates pair at the 2006 Monte Carlo Masters and also receiving a wildcard into the singles and doubles (w/ Seppi) main draws at the 2006 Rome Masters.

He also won the Como Futures tournament and made the final of Recanati, before losing to Davide Sanguinetti. He won his first Challenger singles title over Ivo Minář, and then made the final of a Challenger in Bergamo where he lost to Alex Bogdanović.

Bolelli beat former world no. 1 Marat Safin in Barcelona and competed in the Miami, Rome and Hamburg Masters.

He made his Grand Slam debut at the 2007 French Open.

In May, Bolleli reached his maiden final at the clay-court 2008 BMW Open tournament in Munich, where he was defeated by Fernando González.

In September, Simone Bolelli was banned by The Italian Tennis Federation from national team events for skipping the Davis Cup tie with Latvia in Europe-Africa zone relegation playoff. The ban prevented Bolelli from playing in Davis Cup competition and the Olympics. It also prevented him from getting wildcards. Bolelli said that he had told Italy captain Corrado Barazzutti well in advance of the tie that he preferred to work on his fast-court game in Asia.^[1][2]

At the 2015 Australian Open, Bolelli and Fabio Fognini captured their first Grand Slam championship doubles title. The Italian duo, playing their ninth major together, defeated French pair Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut in straight sets 6–4, 6–4 in the final.^[3]

They also reached the semifinals of the 2015 French Open and three Masters finals at the 2015 Indian Wells Masters, 2015 Monte-Carlo Masters and 2015 Shanghai Rolex Masters.

In February 2016, Bolleli won his second biggest title in doubles at the ATP 500 2016 Dubai Tennis Championships with Andreas Seppi.

In 2021 Bolleli won two clay titles with new partner Máximo González at the 2021 Chile Open and 2021 Emilia-Romagna Open in Parma and one grass title at the first edition of the 2021 Mallorca Championships after the walkover from the wildcard pair Novak Djokovic/Carlos Gómez-Herrera^[4] and reached two other finals. He returned to the top 50 in doubles at World No. 46 on 28 June 2021.

Having never passed the second round and not played for five years at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships, Bolleli most successful run with his partner was to the semifinals of the Major where the unseeded pair was defeated by fourth seeded pair and eventual runners-up Marcel Granollers and Horacio Zeballos. As a result, he raised back up to No. 32 in the doubles rankings on 12 July 2021. He returned to the top 30 in the doubles rankings on 26 July 2021.

At the 2022 Australian Open he reached the quarterfinals with Fabio Fognini where they lost to second seeded pair Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury. He won his second ATP 500 doubles title with Fognini at the 2022 Rio Open.^[5]

They won the 2023 Argentina Open in Buenos Aires for a second time at this tournament, the two titles won 10 years apart.^[6][7]

Partnering with new partner, compatriot Andrea Vavassori he reached the 2024 Australian Open final for a second time in his career. They overcame unseeded pair of Yannick Hanfmann and Dominik Koepfer in three sets.^[8] They lost to second seeded pair Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden in straight sets.^[9]

At the 2024 French Open, he reached his second Major final in doubles with Vavassori and third overall, defeating third seeds Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury, and then second seeds Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden.^[10]

Bolelli and Vavassori won the China Open in October, defeating third seeds Harri Heliövaara and Henry Patten in the final. The duo Bolelli and Vavassori won the 2024 ATP Fans’ Favourite doubles team award.^[11][12][13]

Vavassori and Bolelli won the Adelaide International, defeating Kevin Krawietz and Tim Pütz in the final. It was Bolelli’s 15th ATP Tour title. As a result he moved to a new career-high of World No. 6 on 13 January 2025.^[14] The pair reached the final at the Australian Open, losing to sixth seeds Harri Heliövaara and Henry Patten.^[15][16]

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2015	Australian Open	Hard	Fabio Fognini	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	6–4, 6–4
Loss	2024	Australian Open	Hard	Andrea Vavassori	Rohan Bopanna Matthew Ebden	6–7(0–7), 5–7
Loss	2024	French Open	Clay	Andrea Vavassori	Marcelo Arévalo Mate Pavić	5–7, 3–6
Loss	2025	Australian Open	Hard	Andrea Vavassori	Harri Heliövaara Henry Patten	7–6(18–16), 6–7(5–7), 3–6

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2015	Indian Wells Masters	Hard	Fabio Fognini	Jack Sock Vasek Pospisil	6–4, 6-7(3–7), [10–7]
Loss	2015	Monte-Carlo Masters	Clay	Fabio Fognini	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–7(3–7), 1–6
Loss	2015	Shanghai Masters	Hard	Fabio Fognini	Raven Klaasen Marcelo Melo	3–6, 3–6

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2008	Bavarian Championships, Germany	International	Clay	Fernando González	6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 3–6

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	May 2011	Bavarian Championships, Germany	250 Series	Clay	Horacio Zeballos	Andreas Beck Christopher Kas	7–6(7–3), 6–4
Win	2–0	Jul 2011	Croatia Open, Croatia	250 Series	Clay	Fabio Fognini	Marin Čilić Lovro Zovko	6–3, 5–7, [10–7]
Loss	2–1	Oct 2012	Kremlin Cup, Russia	250 Series	Hard (i)	Daniele Bracciali	František Čermák Michal Mertiňák	5–7, 3–6
Win	3–1	Feb 2013	Argentina Open, Argentina	250 Series	Clay	Fabio Fognini	Nicholas Monroe Simon Stadler	6–3, 6–2
Loss	3–2	Feb 2013	Mexican Open, Mexico	500 Series	Clay	Fabio Fognini	Łukasz Kubot David Marrero	5–7, 2–6
Win	4–2	Jan 2015	Australian Open, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	Fabio Fognini	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut	6–4, 6–4
Loss	4–3	Mar 2015	Indian Wells Masters, United States	Masters 1000	Hard	Fabio Fognini	Vasek Pospisil Jack Sock	4–6, 7–6(7–3), [7–10]
Loss	4–4	Apr 2015	Monte-Carlo Masters, Monaco	Masters 1000	Clay	Fabio Fognini	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–7(3–7), 1–6
Loss	4–5	Oct 2015	Shanghai Masters, China	Masters 1000	Hard	Fabio Fognini	Raven Klaasen Marcelo Melo	3–6, 3–6
Win	5–5	Feb 2016	Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE	500 Series	Hard	Andreas Seppi	Feliciano López Marc López	6–2, 3–6, [14–12]
Loss	5–6	Jul 2018	Swedish Open, Sweden	250 Series	Clay	Fabio Fognini	Julio Peralta Horacio Zeballos	3–6, 4–6
Loss	5–7	Sep 2019	St. Petersburg Open, Russia	250 Series	Hard (i)	Matteo Berrettini	Divij Sharan Igor Zelenay	3–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Loss	5–8	Oct 2019	Kremlin Cup, Russia	250 Series	Hard (i)	Andrés Molteni	Marcelo Demoliner Matwé Middelkoop	1–6, 2–6
Win	6–8	Mar 2021	Chile Open, Chile	250 Series	Clay	Máximo González	Federico Delbonis Jaume Munar	7–6(7–4), 6–4
Loss	6–9	Apr 2021	Sardegna Open, Italy	250 Series	Clay	Andrés Molteni	Lorenzo Sonego Andrea Vavassori	3–6, 4–6
Loss	6–10	May 2021	Geneva Open, Switzerland	250 Series	Clay	Máximo González	John Peers Michael Venus	2–6, 5–7
Win	7–10	May 2021	Emilia-Romagna Open, Italy	250 Series	Clay	Máximo González	Oliver Marach Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	6–3, 6–3
Win	8–10	Jun 2021	Mallorca Open, Spain	250 Series	Grass	Máximo González	Novak Djokovic Carlos Gómez-Herrera	Walkover
Loss	8–11	Jan 2022	Sydney International, Australia	250 Series	Hard	Fabio Fognini	John Peers Filip Polášek	5-7, 5-7
Win	9–11	Feb 2022	Rio Open, Brazil	500 Series	Clay	Fabio Fognini	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	7–5, 6–7(2–7), [10–6]
Loss	9–12	Jul 2022	Swedish Open, Sweden	250 Series	Clay	Fabio Fognini	Rafael Matos David Vega Hernández	4–6, 6–3, [11–13]
Win	10–12	Jul 2022	Croatia Open (2), Croatia	250 Series	Clay	Fabio Fognini	Lloyd Glasspool Harri Heliövaara	5–7, 7–6(8–6), [10–7]
Win	11–12	Feb 2023	Argentina Open (2), Argentina	250 Series	Clay	Fabio Fognini	Nicolás Barrientos Ariel Behar	6–2, 6–4
Loss	11–13	Jun 2023	Halle Open, Germany	500 Series	Grass	Andrea Vavassori	Marcelo Melo John Peers	6–7(3–7), 6–3, [6–10]
Loss	11–14	Jul 2023	Croatia Open, Croatia	250 Series	Clay	Andrea Vavassori	Blaž Rola Nino Serdarušić	6–4, 6–7(2–7), [13–15]
Loss	11–15	Jan 2024	Australian Open, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	Andrea Vavassori	Rohan Bopanna Matthew Ebden	6–7(0–7), 5–7
Win	12–15	Feb 2024	Argentina Open (3), Argentina	250 Series	Clay	Andrea Vavassori	Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos	6–2, 7–6(8–6)
Loss	12–16	Jun 2024	French Open, France	Grand Slam	Clay	Andrea Vavassori	Marcelo Arévalo Mate Pavić	5–7, 3–6
Win	13–16	Jun 2024	Halle Open, Germany	500 Series	Grass	Andrea Vavassori	Kevin Krawietz Tim Pütz	7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–5)
Win	14–16	Oct 2024	China Open, China	500 Series	Hard	Andrea Vavassori	Harri Heliövaara Henry Patten	4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Win	15–16	Jan 2025	Adelaide International, Australia	250 Series	Hard	Andrea Vavassori	Kevin Krawietz Tim Pütz	4–6, 7–6(7–4), [11–9]
Loss	15–17	Jan 2025	Australian Open, Australia	Grand Slam	Hard	Andrea Vavassori	Harri Heliövaara Henry Patten	7–6(18–16), 6–7(5–7), 3–6
Win	16–17	Feb 2025	Rotterdam Open, Netherlands	500 Series	Hard (i)	Andrea Vavassori	Sander Gillé Jan Zieliński	6–2, 4–6, [10–6]
Win	17–17	May 2025	Hamburg Open, Germany	500 Series	Clay	Andrea Vavassori	Andrés Molteni Fernando Romboli	6–4, 6–0
Loss	17–18	Jun 2025	Halle Open, Germany	500 Series	Grass	Andrea Vavassori	Kevin Krawietz Tim Pütz	3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win	18–18	Jul 2025	Washington Open, United States	500 Series	Hard	Andrea Vavassori	Hugo Nys Édouard Roger-Vasselin	6–3, 6–4

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	May 2004	Italy F8, Verona	Futures	Clay	Alex Vittur	6–1, 7–6(7–4)
Win	2–0	Jul 2004	Italy F15, Bologna	Futures	Clay	Mattia Livraghi	6–2, 6–3
Loss	2–1	Sep 2004	Brașov, Romania	Challenger	Clay	Victor Ioniță	1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss	2–2	Oct 2004	Belgium F1, Waterloo	Futures	Carpet (i)	Dominique Coene	2–6, 3–6
Loss	2–3	Aug 2005	Trani, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Lukáš Dlouhý	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2–4	Feb 2006	Bergamo, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Alex Bogdanovic	1–6, 0–3 ret.
Win	3–4	Jul 2006	Biella, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Ivo Minář	7–5, 3–6, 7–6(7–0)
Loss	3–5	Jul 2006	Recanati, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Davide Sanguinetti	4–6, 0–3 ret.
Win	4–5	Sep 2006	Como, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Federico Luzzi	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	4–6	Feb 2007	Bergamo, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Fabrice Santoro	2–6, 1–6
Loss	4–7	Apr 2007	Casablanca, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	Marin Čilić	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win	5–7	May 2007	Tunis, Tunisia	Challenger	Clay	Andrei Pavel	4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–2
Win	6–7	Nov 2007	Bratislava, Slovakia	Challenger	Hard (i)	Alejandro Falla	4–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–1
Loss	6–8	May 2010	Biella, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Björn Phau	4–6, 2–6
Win	7–8	Jul 2010	Turin, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Potito Starace	7–6(9–7), 6–2
Win	8–8	May 2011	Rome, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Eduardo Schwank	2–6, 6–1, 6–3
Win	9–8	Mar 2012	Florianópolis, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Blaž Kavčič	6–3, 6–4
Win	10–8	Jul 2012	Recanati, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Fabrice Martin	6–3, 6–2
Loss	10–9	Aug 2012	San Marino, San Marino	Challenger	Clay	Martin Kližan	3–6, 1–6
Win	11–9	Feb 2014	Bergamo, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Jan-Lennard Struff	7–6(8–6), 6–4
Win	12–9	Apr 2014	Vercelli, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Mate Delić	6–2, 6–2
Win	13–9	May 2014	Tunis, Tunisia	Challenger	Clay	Julian Reister	6–4, 6–2
Win	14–9	Jul 2014	Oberstaufen, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Michael Berrer	6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Loss	14–10	Mar 2018	Punta del Este, Uruguay	Challenger	Clay	Guido Andreozzi	6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	14–11	Apr 2018	Barletta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Marco Trungelliti	6–2, 6–7(4–7), 4–6

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2002	Italy F5, Selargius	Futures	Hard	Filippo Figliomeni	Florian Allgauer Stefano Mocci	w/o
Win	2–0	May 2004	Italy F8, Verona	Futures	Clay	Alberto Brizzi	Diego Álvarez Juan Felipe Yáñez	6–3, 6–2
Win	3–0	Jul 2004	Italy F15, Bologna	Futures	Clay	Alberto Brizzi	Ivan Dodig Michael Staniak	7–6(7–4), 6–0
Loss	3–1	Apr 2006	Napoli, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Fabio Fognini	Tomáš Cibulec Łukasz Kubot	5–7, 6–4, [7–10]
Win	4–1	Jul 2006	Recanati, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Davide Sanguinetti	Sebastian Rieschick Viktor Troicki	6–1, 3–6, [10–4]
Loss	4–2	Sep 2007	Genoa, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Flavio Cipolla	Daniele Giorgini Simone Vagnozzi	3–6, 1–6
Win	5–2	Feb 2008	Bergamo, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Andreas Seppi	James Cerretani Igor Zelenay	6–3, 6–0
Loss	5–3	Mar 2018	Punta del Este, Uruguay	Challenger	Clay	Alessandro Giannessi	Facundo Bagnis Ariel Behar	2–6, 6–7(7–9)
Loss	5–4	Aug 2018	Pullach, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Daniele Bracciali	Sander Gillé Joran Vliegen	2–6, 2–6
Loss	5–5	Jun 2019	Lyon, France	Challenger	Clay	Andrea Pellegrino	Philipp Oswald Filip Polášek	4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win	6–5	Jul 2019	Braunschweig, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Guillermo Durán	Antonio Šančić Nathaniel Lammons	6–3, 6–2
Win	7–5	Oct 2019	Barcelona, Spain	Challenger	Clay	David Vega Hernández	Sergio Martos Gornés Ramkumar Ramanathan	6–4, 7–5
Loss	7–6	Mar 2020	Pau, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Florin Mergea	Benjamin Bonzi Antoine Hoang	3–6, 2–6

Notes
^a 2009 Wimbledon Championships counts as 1 win, 0 losses. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga received a walkover in the second round, after Bolelli withdrew.

Current through the 2025 Australian Open.

• Simone Bolelli at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Simone Bolelli at the International Tennis Federation
• Simone Bolelli at the Davis Cup
• Simone Bolelli at Olympics.com

Awards
Preceded by Karen Khachanov & Andrey Rublev	ATP Fans' Favorite Team 2024 (with Andrea Vavassori)	Succeeded by Incumbent