Roberto Marcora (; born 30 August 1989) is an Italian former
tennis
Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...
player.
Marcora has a career high
ATP singles ranking of 150 achieved on 17 February 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 717 achieved on 8 July 2013.
Career
Marcora made his ATP main draw debut at the
2017 Geneva Open as a qualifier, defeating
Pere Riba and
Marco Chiudinelli
Marco Chiudinelli (born 10 September 1981) is a retired tennis player from Switzerland. A member of Switzerland's winning 2014 Davis Cup squad, he reached his highest singles ranking of 52 in February 2010 during a career that was often hindered ...
in qualifying. He was defeated by
Mikhail Kukushkin
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Kukushkin (; born 26 December 1987) is a Russian-born Kazakhstani professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 39, achieved on 25 February 2019.
Career
2006–10: Turned pro, Masters ...
in the first round.
At
2020 Maharashtra Open, he qualified for main draw where he earned his first ATP tour level win. In the second round, he upset top seed
Benoit Paire to enter his first quarterfinal at an ATP tour event. He was defeated by Australian player
James Duckworth.
Although Marcora announced his retirement from professional tennis in February 2022, he changed his mind and returned four months later at the qualifying competition for the
2022 Wimbledon Championships
The 2022 Wimbledon Championships was a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam tier tennis tournament that took place at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. Novak Djokovic successfully defended his gentleme ...
. Marcora eventually retired again in March 2023, making his final professional appearance at the
2023 BNP Paribas Open.
Challenger and Futures finals
Singles: 23 (11–12)
Doubles: 4 (1–3)
References
External links
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1989 births
Italian male tennis players
Living people
Sportspeople from Busto Arsizio
21st-century Italian sportsmen
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