Flavio Cobolli

Flavio Cobolli (born 6 May 2002) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 24, achieved on 16 June 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 191, achieved on 19 May 2025. He is currently the No. 3 player from Italy. Cobolli has won two ATP Tour singles titles, at the 2025 Romanian Open and at the 2025 Hamburg Open.

Career

Juniors

Cobolli won the 2020 French Open boys' doubles title with Dominic Stricker.

2021: ATP debut and first win, Two Challenger finals, Top 250 debut

He reached his maiden Challenger final at the 2021 Garden Open II in Rome, Italy where he lost to Juan Manuel Cerúndolo.

Cobolli won his first ATP match on his debut at the 2021 Emilia-Romagna Open in Parma as a wildcard defeating World No. 92 Marcos Giron. As a result, he reached a new career-high of World No. 386 on 31 May 2021.
In August he reached his second Challenger final in Barletta, Italy where he lost to compatriot Giulio Zeppieri. As a result, he entered the top 300 at No. 281 on 30 August 2021.

He reached the top 250 at No. 243 on 4 October 2021. He was named as alternate at the 2021 Next Generation ATP Finals.

2022: Maiden Challenger title, top 150 and Masters debuts

He reached a new career high in the top 200 on 10 January 2022 at No. 199.
In March, he won his maiden Challenger title at the 2022 Zadar Open in Croatia. As a result, he reached the top 150 on 4 April 2022 at World No. 147.

Cobolli made his Masters main draw debut at the 2022 Rome Masters after receiving a wildcard into the singles and doubles main draws.

2023: Major debut and Maiden ATP quarterfinal, top 100

Cobolli qualified for the 2023 BMW Open and defeated Jordan Thompson in the first round and Oscar Otte in the second to reach his first ATP quarterfinal.
Cobolli qualified for the main draw at the Rome Masters after receiving a wildcard into the singles qualifying draw but was defeated by Arthur Rinderknech in the first round.

He made his Major debut at the 2023 French Open, defeating Mathys Erhard, Lukas Klein and Laurent Lokoli in qualifying. In the first round he faced World No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz on Court Suzanne Lenglen and was defeated in straight sets.

He won his second Challenger title at the 2023 Lisboa Belém Open defeating Benjamin Hassan in the final.
He reached the top 100 after his fifth Challenger final in Olbia, Italy at world No. 95 on 23 October 2023. In November, he qualified for the 2023 Next Generation ATP Finals. There, he defeated Dominic Stricker but lost to Arthur Fils and Luca Nardi and failed to progress to the semifinals.

2024: First Major & two Masters third rounds, First ATP final, top 30

As the top qualifying seed at the 2024 Australian Open, he reached the main draw making his debut at this Major and recorded his first win with an upset over 18th seed Nicolás Jarry, his first top 20 and top 50 win, and Pavel Kotov to reach the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career.

In February, he reached his second ATP quarterfinal at the 2024 Open Sud de France with wins over two Frenchmen, eighth seed Gaël Monfils and Constant Lestienne.
He won his first round main draw match as a lucky loser at the 2024 Delray Beach Open defeating Taro Daniel, in the next round he defeated qualifier Zachary Svajda to reach back-to back-quarterfinals and the break into the top 70 in the rankings on 19 February 2024. In the quarterfinals he lost to second seed Frances Tiafoe. He qualified for the next tournament, the 2024 Los Cabos Open but lost to Yoshihito Nishioka in the first round. The following week he qualified for his first ATP 500 tournament, the 2024 Abierto Mexicano Telcel and defeated Félix Auger-Aliassime in the opening round, before falling to Stefanos Tsitsipas in the round of 16.

At the 2024 Mutua Madrid Open he reached the third round of a Masters for the first time defeating two Chileans, Alejandro Tabilo and again 22nd seed Nicolás Jarry. As a result he moved into the top 60 of the rankings for the first time on 6 May 2024. At his home tournament, the Italian Open, he reached the second round with a win over Maximilian Marterer before losing to Sebastian Korda despite leading with a break in the third set.
At the 2024 Geneva Open he reached his third ATP quarterfinal for the season with wins over Aslan Karatsev and fourth seed Ben Shelton in three sets. He defeated Alexander Shevchenko in straight sets in the quarterfinals to reach his first ATP semifinal, where he lost to second seed and eventual champion Casper Ruud despite having match point. Following the 2024 French Open where he lost in the second round to Holger Rune in a fifth set tiebreak, he reached the top 50 on 10 June 2024.

At the beginning of the American hardcourt season in Washington, he reached his first ATP final defeating David Goffin, eight seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, saving 5 match points, 15th seed Alex Michelsen and second seed Ben Shelton, before losing to Korda again in the final. As a result he reached a new career high ranking of No. 33 on 5 August 2024. The week after, he reached the second round at the 2024 National Bank Open in Montreal on his debut, with a win over 14th seed Félix Auger-Aliassime and moved to a new career-high ranking of world No. 31 on 12 August 2024. At his next tournament in Cincinnati Cobolli recorded the biggest win of his career thus far over 10th seed Tommy Paul, saving three match points. He reached a second Masters third round defeating compatriot Luciano Darderi by retirement. There, he was defeated by fifth seed Hubert Hurkacz in three sets.
At the US Open he reached the third round defeating James Duckworth and Zizou Bergs, before losing to fifth seed Daniil Medvedev in straight sets.

Following the US Open, Cobolli was chosen for Italy's Davis Cup team in Bologna. In his first match representing Italy, he lost to Bergs in a rematch of their US Open match. In his second match, he scored his first Davis Cup win, defeating Tallon Griekspoor in three tight sets.
He represented Team Europe at the Laver Cup as first alternate. Following his participation in the exhibition tournament, Cobolli reached the top 30 on 30 September 2024.

He began the Asian swing in Beijing where he played eight seed Alexander Bublik in the first round and won in a third set tiebreak, saving match point en route to victory. In the second round he faced Kotov for the third time this season and defeated him in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals. He lost to third seed Medvedev again, only managing to convert one of eleven break point opportunities. At the Shanghai Masters he was seeded 28th and thus received a bye to the second round. There, he faced Stan Wawrinka, winning in three sets to set up a match against his idol Novak Djokovic, where Cobolli was defeated in straight sets. His following tournament was in Vienna where he defeated Davidovich Fokina for the second time in the season, before suffering an injury in the second round against Alex de Minaur. This shoulder injury ended his season, as he did not play another match for the rest of the year.

2025: First ATP titles

Cobolli had a slow start to his 2025 season. Representing Italy at the 2025 United Cup he reached the Quarter-Finals, earning a comeback top 20 win over Ugo Humbert, saving match point. However, in the Quarter-Finals he was routinely defeated by Tomas Machac. At his next tournament in Auckland he retired in his opening match to Luca Nardi citing a thigh injury. In the first round of the Australian Open, he lost to Tomás Etcheverry in four sets, marking his first Grand Slam loss to a player ranked outside the top 20.

Cobolli's February didn't fare much better with opening round losses to de Jong in Montpellier, Hurkacz in Rotterdam and Shelton in Acapulco. At the BNP Paribas Open he was defeated in three sets by American qualifier Colton Smith.

This run of seven consecutive defeats marked Cobolli's longest losing streak as a professional. In an effort to turn his form around, Cobolli entered the Phoenix Challenger, as the 2nd seed. There, he earned his first win since December over Eliot Spizzirri in a tight three-set match, finally ending his losing streak. The following week, returning to the ATP Tour in Miami, he was defeated in the opening round by the Argentinian Thiago Agustín Tirante from a break up in the third set.

Lacking form and confidence, and with a win-loss record of 1–8 for the season, Cobolli arrived at the Țiriac Open in Bucharest as the third seed. There, with wins over Richard Gasquet, Filip Misolic and Damir Džumhur he reached his second ATP Final and first on clay. He then defeated first seed Sebastián Báez to win the first ATP title of his career in an epic performance. Following up on his success in Bucharest, he won his opening match at the Monte-Carlo Masters over veteran Dušan Lajović before falling to in-form Frenchman Arthur Fils.

Cobolli's next tournament was in Munich where he fell in the opening round to Kazakh Alexander Shevchenko. Next he played in Madrid, missing out on a seeding spot by one place. There, he earned a strong straight sets win over Fábián Marozsán before beating 8th seed Holger Rune who was forced to retire after losing the first set, to reach the third round. This win marked Cobolli's 50th on the ATP Tour and his first victory over a top 10 player. At his home tournament in Rome, Flavio was defeated in his first round match against fellow Italian Nardi. After the match he lamented not having had the chance to prove himself on the centre court, instead being scheduled to play on smaller, emptier courts

Again, lacking confidence and wins, Cobolli arrived in Hamburg for his final tournament before the French Open. After a slow start against Vitaliy Sachko in the opening round, he turned the match around to win in three sets. In the following round he defeated Alejandro Davidovich Fokina for the third time in three meetings to reach his second Quarter-Final of the season. With victories over Roberto Bautista Agut and Etcheverry, against the latter coming back from 2–6, 1–3 down to win, he reached his third career ATP Final and second at ATP 500 level. In the final he faced former world no.5 and former champion Andrey Rublev. He played the best match of his career, beating Rublev 6–2, 6–4 to win the biggest title of his career so far and reach a new career high ranking of no.26

Personal life

He is the son of former tennis player Stefano Cobolli.

In 2024, he stated that his tennis idol is Novak Djokovic.

In May 2024, Cobolli signed a deal with sneaker brand On. He had been sponsored by Lotto Sport Italia before On.

Performance timelines

Singles

''Current through the 2025 French Open.''

ATP Tour finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

ATP Challenger Tour Finals

Singles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

ITF World Tennis Tour Finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Wins over top 10 players

*Cobolli has a () record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

References

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2002 births
Living people
Italian male tennis players
French Open junior champions
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles
Tennis players from Florence
Tennis players from Rome
21st-century Italian sportsmen