Federico Gaio (;
born 5 March 1992) is an Italian professional tennis player. He competes mainly on the
ATP Challenger Tour
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and the
ITF circuit. He has won four Challenger titles and nine ITF futures singles titles. He reached his career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 124 in February 2020. He has won three Challenger and four ITF futures doubles titles in doubles.
He reached a career high in doubles of World No. 163 on 2 November 2020 after his maiden ATP doubles final at the
2020 Rio Open partnering
Salvatore Caruso
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.
Professional career
2015: ATP debut
He played his first ATP main draw match in the
2015 Rome Open after gaining entry as a wildcard.
2018: Grand Slam singles debut
He made his Grand Slam debut at the
2018 US Open as a qualifier where he lost to tenth seed
David Goffin
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.
2020: Maiden doubles ATP final
He reached his first doubles final at the ATP 500
2020 Rio Open partnering
Salvatore Caruso
Salvatore Caruso (; born 15 December 1992) is an Italian former professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 76 achieved on 16 November 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 166 achieved on 18 ...
where they lost to
Horacio Zeballos
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Marcel Granollers
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2023: First Challenger final since 2021
At the
2023 Piemonte Open Challenger 175 he reached his first final since July 2021 as a qualifier with a win over top seed and world No. 40
Sebastian Baez.
As a result, he moved more than 100 positions up into the top 250 on 22 May 2023.
ATP Tour career finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 28 (13 titles, 15 runner-ups)
Doubles: 18 (7 titles, 11 runner-ups)
Notes
References
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Living people
1992 births
Italian male tennis players
Sportspeople from Faenza
21st-century Italian sportsmen