Albano Olivetti (born 24 November 1991) is a French professional

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player. He is a doubles specialist and has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 40 achieved on 22 July 2024. Although not officially recognised by the ATP, Olivetti did hit the second fastest serve on record at 160 mph or 257.5 km/h during the first round of the 2012 Internazionali Trofeo Lame Perrel–Faip.

Career

2012: ATP singles debut

Albano qualified for the main draw of an ATP event for the first time in his career in

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, coming through qualifying and shocking World No. 8

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on his way to reaching the quarterfinals, where he lost to

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in two close sets.

2021–2022: Maiden ATP final, Top 100 debut

He reached the top 100 in the doubles rankings at World No. 97 on 25 April 2022.

2023: Second ATP final, Major quarterfinal, top 50

At the 2023 Open Sud de France he reached his second final in doubles partnering American Maxime Cressy as a wildcard pair defeating second seeded pair of Santiago González /

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and Sander Arends / David Pel en route. He reached his first Grand Slam quarterfinal partnering Robert Galloway (tennis) at the

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. As a result, he reached the top 50 in the rankings at world No. 49 on 11 September 2023.

2024: BMW Open doubles title

Partnering with

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, Olivetti won the doubles title at the 2024 BMW Open in

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, defeating

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and

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in the final. The pair reached the final at the

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in September, losing to

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and

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. Playing with

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, Olivetti was runner-up at the 2024 Moselle Open, losing to Sander Arends and Luke Johnson in the final.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 8 (2 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 18 (6–12)

Doubles: 75 (52–23)

Record against top 10 players

Olivetti has a record against players who were ranked in the top 10 at the time the match was played.

References

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