Giulio Zeppieri (born 7 December 2001) is an Italian professional

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player. Zeppieri has a career high

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singles ranking of No. 136 achieved on 1 August 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 242 achieved on 4 April 2022.

Professional career

2019

Zeppieri was one of the alternates for the

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2020-2021: ATP debut, First Challenger title, Top 250 debut

Zeppieri made his ATP main draw debut at the

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after receiving a wildcard for the singles main draw. In August 2021, he won his first Challenger in Barletta, Italy defeating compatriot

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. As a result he reached a new career-high inside the top 300 at No. 251 on 30 August 2021 and later inside the top 250 at No. 245 on 20 September 2021.

2022: Grand Slam & Masters 1000 debut, first ATP semifinal & top 150 debut

He qualified into the main draw for his first Masters 1000 at the

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on his second attempt defeating 14th seeded

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in the qualifying competition. He made his Grand Slam debut at the

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after qualifying for the main draw with a win over wildcard Frenchman

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. He recorded his first ATP win as a qualifier at the

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over Pedro Cachin. Next he defeated Daniel Elahi Galan to reach the quarterfinals. As a result he moved into the top 150 in the rankings. Next he defeated Bernabe Zapata Miralles in straight sets to reach his first semifinal of his career.

Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour Finals

Singles 3 (2-1)

Doubles

References

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* * 2001 births Living people Italian male tennis players Tennis players from Rome People from Latina, Lazio Sportspeople from the Province of Latina 21st-century Italian people {{Italy-tennis-bio-stub