Simone Bolelli Explained

Simone Bolelli
Residence:Monte Carlo, Monaco
Birth Date:1985 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Bologna, Italy
Turnedpro:2003
Plays:Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$ 6,882,858
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 36 (23 February 2009)
Australianopenresult:2R (2008, 2009, 2015, 2016)
Frenchopenresult:3R (2008, 2015)
Wimbledonresult:3R (2008, 2011, 2014)
Usopenresult:2R (2007, 2014)
Othertournaments:yes
Olympicsresult:1R (2008)
Doublestitles:13
Highestdoublesranking:No. 8 (17 August 2015)
Currentdoublesranking:No. 10 (15 July 2024)
Australianopendoublesresult:W (2015)
Frenchopendoublesresult:F (2024)
Wimbledondoublesresult:SF (2021)
Usopendoublesresult:SF (2011)
Othertournamentsdoubles:yes
Masterscupdoublesresult:RR (2015)
Olympicsdoublesresult:1R (2008, 2024)
Team:yes
Daviscupresult:W (2023)
Record:
Medaltemplates-Expand:yes
Updated:29 January 2024

Simone Bolelli (pronounced as /it/; born 8 October 1985) is an Italian professional tennis player. 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 title in the Open Era. He has a career-high ATP ranking in doubles of World No. 8 achieved on 17 August 2015 and in singles of World No. 36 achieved on 23 February 2009.

Career

2003

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.

2004–2005

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.

2006: ATP debut

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.

2007: Grand Slam debut in singles

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.

2008: First singles final

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]

2015: Grand Slam title and three Masters finals with Fognini, World No. 8

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.

2016: First ATP 500 doubles title

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

2021: Wimbledon semifinal and three titles with Gonzalez

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.

2022–23: Reunion with Fognini, Major quarterfinal, Second ATP 500 title

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]

2024: Second Australian Open final, French Open final, back to top 10

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]

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

OutcomeYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsclass=unsortableScore
Win2015Australian OpenHard Fabio Fognini Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Nicolas Mahut
6–4, 6–4
Loss2024Australian OpenHard Andrea Vavassori Rohan Bopanna
Matthew Ebden
6–7(0–7), 5–7
Loss2024French OpenClay Andrea Vavassori Marcelo Arévalo
Mate Pavić
5–7, 3–6

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 3 (3 runners-up)

OutcomeYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss2015Indian Wells MastersHard Fabio Fognini Jack Sock
Vasek Pospisil
6–4, 6–9(3–8), [10–7]
Loss2015Monte-Carlo MastersClay Fabio Fognini Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
6–7(3–7), 1–6
Loss2015Shanghai MastersHard Fabio Fognini Raven Klaasen
Marcelo Melo
3–6, 3–6

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (0–0)

Doubles: 29 (13 titles, 16 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (1–2)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–3)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (3–2)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (9–9)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–7)
Clay (9–8)
Grass (2–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (13–13)
Indoor (0–3)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Bavarian Championships, Germany250 SeriesClay Horacio Zeballos Andreas Beck
Christopher Kas
7–6(7–3), 6–4
Win2–0Croatia Open, Croatia250 SeriesClay Fabio Fognini Marin Čilić
Lovro Zovko
6–3, 5–7, [10–7]
Loss2–1Kremlin Cup, Russia250 SeriesHard (i) Daniele Bracciali František Čermák
Michal Mertiňák
5–7, 3–6
Win3–1Argentina Open, Argentina250 SeriesClay Fabio Fognini Nicholas Monroe
Simon Stadler
6–3, 6–2
Loss3–2Mexican Open, Mexico500 SeriesClay Fabio Fognini Łukasz Kubot
David Marrero
5–7, 2–6
Win4–2Australian Open, AustraliaGrand SlamHard Fabio Fognini Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Nicolas Mahut
6–4, 6–4
Loss4–3Indian Wells Masters, USMasters 1000Hard Fabio Fognini Vasek Pospisil
Jack Sock
4–6, 7–6(7–3), [7–10]
Loss4–4Monte-Carlo Masters, MonacoMasters 1000Clay Fabio Fognini Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
6–7(3–7), 1–6
Loss4–5Shanghai Masters, ChinaMasters 1000Hard Fabio Fognini Raven Klaasen
Marcelo Melo
3–6, 3–6
Win5–5Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE500 SeriesHard Andreas Seppi Feliciano López
Marc López
6–2, 3–6, [14–12]
Loss5–6Swedish Open, Sweden250 SeriesClay Fabio Fognini Julio Peralta
Horacio Zeballos
3–6, 4–6
Loss5–7St. Petersburg Open, Russia250 SeriesHard (i) Matteo Berrettini Divij Sharan
Igor Zelenay
3–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Loss5–8Kremlin Cup, Russia250 SeriesHard (i) Andrés Molteni Marcelo Demoliner
Matwé Middelkoop
1–6, 2–6
Win6–8Chile Open, Chile250 SeriesClay Máximo González Federico Delbonis
Jaume Munar
7–6(7–4), 6–4
Loss6–9Sardegna Open, Italy250 SeriesClay Andrés Molteni Lorenzo Sonego
Andrea Vavassori
3–6, 4–6
Loss6–10Geneva Open, Switzerland250 SeriesClay Máximo González John Peers
Michael Venus
2–6, 5–7
Win7–10Emilia-Romagna Open, Italy250 SeriesClay Máximo González Oliver Marach
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
6–3, 6–3
Win8–10Mallorca Open, Spain250 SeriesGrass Máximo González Novak Djokovic
Carlos Gómez-Herrera
Walkover
Loss8–11Sydney International, Australia250 SeriesHard Fabio Fognini John Peers
Filip Polášek
5-7, 5-7
Win9–11style=background:#D4F1C5Rio Open, Brazilstyle=background:#D4F1C5500 SeriesClay Fabio Fognini Jamie Murray
Bruno Soares
7–5, 6–7(2–7), [10–6]
Loss9–12Swedish Open, Sweden250 SeriesClay Fabio Fognini4–6, 6–3, [11–13]
Win10–12Croatia Open (2), Croatia250 SeriesClay Fabio Fognini Lloyd Glasspool
Harri Heliövaara
5–7, 7–6(8–6), [10–7]
Win11–12Argentina Open (2), Argentina250 SeriesClay Fabio Fognini Nicolás Barrientos
Ariel Behar
6–2, 6–4
Loss11–13Halle Open, Germany500 SeriesGrass Andrea Vavassori Marcelo Melo
John Peers
6–7(3–7), 6–3, [6–10]
Loss11–14Croatia Open, Croatia250 SeriesClay Andrea Vavassori Blaž Rola
Nino Serdarušić
6–4, 6–7(2–7), [13–15]
Loss11–15style=background:#f3e6d7Australian Open, Australia style=background:#f3e6d7Grand SlamHard Andrea Vavassori Rohan Bopanna
Matthew Ebden
6–7(0–7), 5–7
Win12–15Argentina Open (3), Argentina250 SeriesClay Andrea Vavassori Marcel Granollers
Horacio Zeballos
6–2, 7–6(8–6)
Loss12–16style=background:#f3e6d7French Open, Francestyle=background:#f3e6d7Grand SlamClay Andrea Vavassori Marcelo Arévalo
Mate Pavić
5–7, 3–6
Win13–16style=background:#d4f1c5Halle Open, Germanystyle=background:#d4f1c5500 SeriesGrass Andrea Vavassori7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–5)

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 24 (14–10)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (12–9)
ITF Futures Tour (2–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (10–8)
Clay (4–1)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Italy F8, VeronaFuturesClay Alex Vittur6–1, 7–6(7–4)
Win2–0Italy F15, BolognaFuturesClay Mattia Livraghi6–2, 6–3
Loss2–1Brașov, RomaniaChallengerClay Victor Ioniță1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss2–2Belgium F1, WaterlooFuturesCarpet (i) Dominique Coene2–6, 3–6
Loss2–3Trani, ItalyChallengerClay Lukáš Dlouhý4–6, 4–6
Loss2–4Bergamo, ItalyChallengerHard (i) Alex Bogdanovic1–6, 0–3 ret.
Win3–4Biella, ItalyChallengerClay Ivo Minář7–5, 3–6, 7–6(7–0)
Loss3–5Recanati, ItalyChallengerHard Davide Sanguinetti4–6, 0–3 ret.
Win4–5Como, ItalyChallengerClay Federico Luzzi4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss4–6Bergamo, ItalyChallengerHard (i) Fabrice Santoro2–6, 1–6
Loss4–7Casablanca, MoroccoChallengerClay Marin Čilić6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win5–7Tunis, TunisiaChallengerClay Andrei Pavel4–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–2
Win6–7Bratislava, SlovakiaChallengerHard (i) Alejandro Falla4–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–1
Loss6–8Biella, ItalyChallengerClay Björn Phau4–6, 2–6
Win7–8Turin, ItalyChallengerClay Potito Starace7–6(9–7), 6–2
Win8–8Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Eduardo Schwank2–6, 6–1, 6–3
Win9–8Florianópolis, BrazilChallengerClay Blaž Kavčič6–3, 6–4
Win10–8Recanati, ItalyChallengerHard Fabrice Martin6–3, 6–2
Loss10–9San Marino, San MarinoChallengerClay Martin Kližan3–6, 1–6
Win11–9Bergamo, ItalyChallengerHard (i) Jan-Lennard Struff7–6(8–6), 6–4
Win12–9Vercelli, ItalyChallengerClay Mate Delić6–2, 6–2
Win13–9Tunis, TunisiaChallengerClay Julian Reister6–4, 6–2
Win14–9Oberstaufen, GermanyChallengerClay Michael Berrer6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Loss14–10Punta del Este, UruguayChallengerClay Guido Andreozzi6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Loss14–11Barletta, ItalyChallengerClay Marco Trungelliti6–2, 6–7(4–7), 4–6

Doubles: 13 (7–6)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (4–6)
ITF Futures Tour (3–0)
Titles by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (4–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Italy F5, SelargiusFuturesHard Filippo Figliomeni Florian Allgauer
Stefano Mocci
w/o
Win2–0Italy F8, VeronaFuturesClay Alberto Brizzi Diego Álvarez
Juan Felipe Yáñez
6–3, 6–2
Win3–0Italy F15, BolognaFuturesClay Alberto Brizzi Ivan Dodig
Michael Staniak
7–6(7–4), 6–0
Loss3–1Napoli, ItalyChallengerClay Fabio Fognini Tomáš Cibulec
Łukasz Kubot
5–7, 6–4, [7–10]
Win4–1Recanati, ItalyChallengerHard Davide Sanguinetti Sebastian Rieschick
Viktor Troicki
6–1, 3–6, [10–4]
Loss4–2Genoa, ItalyChallengerClay Flavio Cipolla Daniele Giorgini
Simone Vagnozzi
3–6, 1–6
Win5–2Bergamo, ItalyChallengerHard (i) Andreas Seppi James Cerretani
Igor Zelenay
6–3, 6–0
Loss5–3Punta del Este, UruguayChallengerClay Alessandro Giannessi Facundo Bagnis
Ariel Behar
2–6, 6–7(7–9)
Loss5–4Pullach, GermanyChallengerClay Daniele Bracciali Sander Gillé
Joran Vliegen
2–6, 2–6
Loss5–5Lyon, FranceChallengerClay Andrea Pellegrino Philipp Oswald
Filip Polášek
4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win6–5Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay Guillermo Durán Antonio Šančić
Nathaniel Lammons
6–3, 6–2
Win7–5Barcelona, SpainChallengerClay David Vega Hernández Sergio Martos Gornés
Ramkumar Ramanathan
6–4, 7–5
Loss7–6Pau, FranceChallengerHard (i) Florin Mergea Benjamin Bonzi
Antoine Hoang
3–6, 2–6

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAQ2Q22R2R1RQ2Q31RA2R2RAAQ10 / 64–6
French OpenAQ22R3R2R1R2R1R1R2R3R1R2R1R1R0 / 139–13
WimbledonAQ32R3R2RA3R1R1R3R1RA2R2RQ10 / 1010–9
US OpenQ2Q12R1R1RQ1AAA2R1RAQ3Q2A0 / 52–5
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–03–35–43–30–23–20–20–34–33–41–22–21–20–10 / 3425–33
National representation
Summer OlympicsNot Held1RNot HeldANot HeldANot Held0 / 10–1
Davis CupAAZ1Z1POPOPOPOQFbgcolor=yellowSF1RQFQFQFQR0 / 67–9
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–01–11–20–12–11–12–10–00–10–20–00–00–00–00 / 77–10
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells MastersAQ2Q11R1RAAAAA2RAAAA0 / 31–3
Miami OpenAA3R3R1RAQ21R2RA2R1RAAA0 / 76–7
Monte-Carlo MastersAQ2A2R3R1RQ21RA1R1RAQ2AA0 / 63–6
Madrid OpenAAQ22R2RAAAAA3RAAAA0 / 34–3
Italian OpenA1R1R3R1R2R1RQ1A2R1RAAAA0 / 84–8
Canadian OpenAAA1RAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 10–1
Cincinnati MastersAAA2R1RAAAAAAAAAA0 / 21–2
Shanghai MastersNMSAAQ2AAA1RAAAA0 / 10–1
Paris MastersAAQ12RQ1AAAAAAAAAA0 / 11–1
German OpenAA1R2RNot Masters Series0 / 21–2
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–12–39–93–61–20–10–21–11–24–60–10–00–00–00 / 3421–34
Career statistics
style=text-align:leftTitles / Finals0 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 10 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 1
style=text-align:leftOverall win–loss0–00–49–1529–3015–237–125–98–116–86–928–262–72–45–41–3123–165
Year-end ranking250127674193107134842455558464171141334

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

Doubles

Current through the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Tournament20052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAAA1RQF3RA2Rbgcolor=yellowSF2Rbgcolor=limeW2RAA1R3R3RQF1Rbgcolor=thistleF1 / 1330–13
French OpenAA1R1R2RAA1RA2Rbgcolor=yellowSFA1R1RA2R3RA2Rbgcolor=thistleF0 / 1215–12
WimbledonAA1R1R1RAAAA2R1RAAAAstyle=color:#767676NHbgcolor=yellowSFA2R1R0 / 86–8
US OpenAA1R1R3RAbgcolor=yellowSFAA1R1RA3R2RA2R2R3R1R0 / 1213–11
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–00–30–46–42–14–11–24–13–410–31–12–11–20–14–39–45–22–410–31 / 4564–44
Year-end championship
ATP FinalsDid not qualifyRRDid not qualifyAltDid not qualify0 / 11–2
National representation
Summer OlympicsNot Held1RNot HeldANot HeldANot HeldANot Held1R0 / 20–2
Davis CupAAZ1Z1POPOPOPOQFbgcolor=yellowSF1RQFQFQFQRQFbgcolor=yellowSFbgcolor=limeW1 / 816–11
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–00–00–21–02–11–00–01–02–12–01–01–11–10–21–00–03–20–20–11 / 1016–13
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells MastersAAAAAAAAAAbgcolor=thistleFAAAAstyle=color:#767676NH2R1RQFSF0 / 510–5
Miami OpenAAAA1RAAAA1R2R1RAAAstyle=color:#767676NHAbgcolor=yellowSF1R1R0 / 74–7
Monte-Carlo MastersAQFAAAAA1RA2Rbgcolor=thistleFAAbgcolor=yellowSFAstyle=color:#767676NH1RA1RQF0 / 811–8
Madrid OpenAAA1R1RAAAAA1RAAAAstyle=color:#767676NHAQFQFQF0 / 66–6
Italian OpenA1R1R1R2RQFbgcolor=yellowSF1RA1R2RA1R1R1R1RAbgcolor=yellowSF2Rbgcolor=yellowSF0 / 1612–16
Canadian OpenAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAstyle=color:#767676NH2R2RA0 / 22–2
Cincinnati MastersAAA1RAAAAAA2RAAAAA1R1RA0 / 41–4
Shanghai MastersNMSAA2RAAAbgcolor=thistleFAAAANHA0 / 23–2
Paris MastersAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA1R2RA0 / 20–2
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–02–20–11–30–32–14–20–20–01–311–70–10–12–20–10–12–59–75–59–50 / 5248–52
Career statistics
style=text-align:leftTitles0000002010110000321213
style=text-align:leftFinals0000002120410120543429
style=text-align:leftOverall win–loss1–12–41–811–1813–157–722–64–1114–26–829–197–48–89–713–1210–1031–1839–2323–2229–11279–214
Year-end ranking59317142511368167392745514313123171978068255155

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Italian tennis federation bans Bolelli. 23 September 2008.
  2. Web site: Italy Bans Bolelli for Skipping Davis Cup. 22 May 2021. 22 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210522015608/https://www.theledger.com/article/LK/20080924/News/608124208/LL. dead.
  3. Web site: Bolelli/Fognini Capture Australian Open Doubles Crown.
  4. Web site: Simone Bolelli/Maximo Gonzalez Clinch Mallorca Crown.
  5. Web site: Simone Bolelli & Fabio Fognini do Double Duty for Rio de Janeiro Title. ATP Tour .
  6. Web site: 10 Years on, Bolelli/Fognini One Win from Second Buenos Aires Title. ATP Tour .
  7. Web site: Simone Bolelli & Fabio Fognini Return to Buenos Aires Winners' Circle. ATP Tour .
  8. Web site: Bopanna/Ebden set Bolelli/Vavassori AO final .
  9. Web site: Rohan Bopanna becomes oldest man to win major title at Australian Open . ATP Tour . 27 January 2024.
  10. Web site: Bolelli/Vavassori reach Roland Garros final. 6 June 2024. 6 June 2024.