Stefano Cobolli (born 2 March 1977) is a former ATP professional player and an

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Tennis career

A right-handed player from

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, Cobolli turned professional in 1995 and reached a career-high singles ranking on the professional tour of number 236 in the world. His best performance on the

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came when he qualified for the main draw of the 1998 Croatia Open Umag and beat

Tomáš Čatár Tomáš Čatár (born 19 January 1977) is a Slovak former professional tennis player. Biography Čatár, who grew up in Bratislava, was a junior semi-finalist at the 1995 French Open and was ranked in the top 10 on the ITF junior world rankings. ...

from

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in the first round, in three sets. He lost the second round, where he took

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, No. 6 seed and an eventual finalist, who defeated

Ivan Ljubičić Ivan Ljubičić (; born 19 March 1979) is a Croatian former professional tennis player, coach and Tennis TV commentator. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 3 singles ranking on 1 May 2006. His career high ...

in the previous round, to three sets.

Coaching career

Cobolli now coaches at the Rome Tennis Academy. He is currently coaching his younger son,

Flavio Cobolli Flavio Cobolli (born 6 May 2002) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 24, achieved on 16 June 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 191, achieved on 19 Ma ...

, who is a top 20 player himself, with a career high singles ranking of No. 19, achieved on 14 July 2025.https://www.atptour.com/en/players/flavio-cobolli/c0e9/overview

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cobolli, Stefano 1977 births Living people Italian male tennis players Sportspeople from La Spezia