Salvatore Caruso
Salvatore Caruso (Italian pronunciation: [salvaˈtoːre kaˈruːzo];[2][3] born 15 December 1992) is an Italian professional tennis player.
Country (sports) | Italy |
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Residence | Avola, Italy |
Born | Avola, Italy | 15 December 1992
Turned pro | 2011 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Coach | Paolo Cannova |
Prize money | US$ 877,118 |
Singles | |
Career record | 9–16 (36.0%) (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 76 (16 November 2020)[1] |
Current ranking | No. 78 (8 February 2021) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2021) |
French Open | 3R (2019) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2019) |
US Open | 3R (2020) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 3–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 167 (9 March 2020) |
Current ranking | No. 167 (16 March 2020) |
Last updated on: 22 March 2020. |
Career
Caruso has a career high ATP singles ranking of 93 achieved on 6 January 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 167 achieved on 9 March 2020. Caruso has won 5 ITF Futures singles titles and 4 ITF Futures and one ATP Challenger doubles titles in his career.
Caruso made his ATP main draw debut at the 2016 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, where he received a main draw wildcard. He lost in the first round to Nick Kyrgios 6–1, 6–2.
ATP Tour finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2020 | Rio Open, Brazil | 500 Series | Clay | Federico Gaio | Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos |
4–6, 7–5, [7–10] |
ATP Challengers and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner–up)
ATP Challengers (2–2) |
ITF Futures |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | 5 May 2013 | Biella, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Filip Krajinović | 3–6, 2–6 |
Win | 1–1 | 2 September 2018 | Como, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Christian Garín | 7–5, 6–4 |
Win | 2–1 | 6 October 2019 | Barcelona, Spain | Challenger | Clay | Jozef Kovalík | 6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 2–2 | 12 October 2020 | Parma, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Frances Tiafoe | 3–6, 6–3, 4–6 |
Record against top 10 players
Caruso's match record against players who have been ranked in the top 10. Only ATP Tour main draw and Davis Cup matches are considered. Former no 1 players in bold, retired players in italics.
- Gilles Simon 1–1
- Kevin Anderson 0–1
- Marcos Baghdatis 0–1
- Richard Gasquet 0–1
- Andrey Rublev 0–1
- Stefanos Tsitsipas 0–1
- Novak Djokovic 0–2
- * As of 2 February 2021.
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References
- ATP Profile
- Luciano Canepari. "salvatore". DiPI Online (in Italian). Retrieved 27 October 2018.
- Luciano Canepari. "Caruso". DiPI Online (in Italian). Retrieved 27 October 2018.