Andrea Vavassori Explained

Andrea Vavassori (pronounced as /it/;^{[1] [2]} born 5 May 1995) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 6, achieved on 14 October 2024 and a singles ranking of world No. 128, achieved on 19 June 2023. Vavassori has won five ATP Tour and 16 ATP Challenger doubles titles. Partnering Sara Errani, he won the mixed doubles title at the 2024 US Open at their first participation in the competition. He was part of the team that won the 2024 Davis Cup.

Career

2021: Maiden doubles title

He won his maiden doubles title at the 2021 Sardegna Open partnering Lorenzo Sonego.

2022: Grand Slam debut in singles

He qualified at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships making his Grand Slam singles debut.^[3] He then got eliminated in the first round by the 23rd seed Frances Tiafoe in straight sets losing 6–4, 6–4, 6–4.

2023: ATP & Masters debuts, ATP quarterfinal, Davis Cup win

He qualified in singles for the 2023 Córdoba Open. He won his second doubles title with Andrea Pellegrino at the 2023 Chile Open.^[4] As a result, he reached the top 50 in the doubles rankings on 20 March 2023.

At the 2023 Grand Prix Hassan II he reached his first ATP singles quarterfinal as a qualifier defeating eight seed Nicolás Jarry and Jaume Munar. At the same tournament in doubles he won his third doubles title with Marcelo Demoliner.^[5]

Ranked No. 164 he qualified for his first Masters 1000 at the 2023 Mutua Madrid Open and defeated Andy Murray in the first round.^[6]

Following the 2023 Sardegna Open where he received a wildcard, he reached the top 150 at No. 145 on 8 May 2023.He made his debut for the second time at a Major, at the 2023 French Open after qualifying into the main draw.^[7] After saving five match points, he overcame world No. 37 and 31st seed Miomir Kecmanović in 5 hours and 10 minutes, the second longest match of the season after Kokkinakis against Murray at the Australian Open, for his first Grand Slam win.^{[8] [9] [10]} He lost to fellow first time Major qualifier Genaro Alberto Olivieri in the second round.

He made his ATP grass court debut at the 2023 Halle Open as a lucky loser after competing in qualifying as an alternate.

2024: Major mixed title & doubles finals, Olympics debut, world No. 6

Partnering with new partner, compatriot Simone Bolelli he reached his first Major final at the 2024 Australian Open. They overcame unseeded pair of Yannick Hanfmann and Dominik Koepfer in three sets.^[11] They lost to second seeded pair Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden in straight sets.^[12]

He qualified for the 2024 Argentina Open defeating Thiago Seyboth Wild and seventh seed Laslo Djere to reach his second ATP singles quarterfinal.^{[13] [14]} The win over Djere, the world No. 35, was his best career win ranking wise and biggest in his career thus far.^{[15] [16] [17]} He lost to world No. 2 Carlos Alcaraz in straight sets, in just his second match against a top-10 player.^[18]

At the 2024 Miami Open he also reached the singles main draw after qualifying, making his debut at this Masters and recorded his first round win over Pedro Cachin.

Ranked No. 156, he entered the main draw at the 2024 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell as a lucky loser directly into the second round replacing seventh seed Karen Khachanov after his late withdrawal.Following the Italian Open where he made the semifinals with Bolleli, he reached the top 20 in the doubles rankings on 20 May 2024. At the same tournament, he received a wildcard for the singles main draw. At the 2024 French Open, he reached his second Major final in doubles with Bolleli, defeating third seeds Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury, and then second seeds Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden. As a result, he reached the top 10 in the doubles rankings on 10 June 2024.^[19]

On his debut, he qualified for the Paris Olympics in singles and doubles. In singles, he recorded his first win at the Games, as an alternate, over Pedro Martinez.

Partnering Sara Errani, he won the mixed doubles title at the US Open, defeating Taylor Townsend and Donald Young in the final.^{[20] [21]}

Vavassori and Bolelli won the China Open in October, defeating third seeds Harri Heliövaara and Henry Patten in the final.^[22]

Grand Slam performance timeline

Singles

Tournament	2021	2022	2023	2024			Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	style=background:#f0f8ff	Q2	style=background:#f0f8ff	Q1	style=background:#f0f8ff	Q3	0 / 0	0–0
French Open	A	A	style=background:#afeeee	2R	style=background:#f0f8ff	Q3	0 / 1	1–1
Wimbledon	A	style=background:#afeeee	1R	style=background:#f0f8ff	Q1	style=background:#f0f8ff	Q1	0 / 1	0–1
US Open	A	style=background:#f0f8ff	Q1	style=background:#f0f8ff	Q2	style=background:#f0f8ff	Q1	0 / 0	0–0
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	style=background:#f0f8ff	Q2	0 / 0	0–0
Miami Open	A	A	A	style=background:#afeeee	2R	0 / 1	1–1
style=text-align:left	Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	style=background:#f0f8ff	Q2	A	0 / 0	0–0
Madrid Open	A	A	style=background:#afeeee	2R	style=background:#f0f8ff	Q1	0 / 1	1–1
style=text-align:left	Italian Open	A	A	style=background:#afeeee	1R	style=background:#afeeee	1R	0 / 2	0–2
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–2	0 / 4	2–4

Doubles

Tournament	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L	Win &
Grand Slam tournaments
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Australian Open	A	A	A	style=background:#afeeee	2R	style=background:#afeeee	1R	style=background:#afeeee	2R	style=background:thistle	F	0 / 4	7–4
bgcolor=efefef align=left	French Open	A	A	A	style=background:#afeeee	1R	style=background:#afeeee	2R	style=background:#afeeee	1R	style=background:thistle	F	0 / 4	6–4
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Wimbledon	A	A	style=color:#767676	NH	style=background:#afeeee	1R	style=background:#afeeee	2R	style=background:#afeeee	2R	style=background:#afeeee	1R	0 / 4	2–4
bgcolor=efefef align=left	US Open	A	A	A	A	style=background:#afeeee	3R	style=background:#afeeee	1R	style=background:#afeeee	3R	0 / 3	4–3
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–3	4–4	2–4	12–4	0 / 15	19–15
ATP Masters 1000
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Indian Wells Masters	A	A	style=color:#767676	NH	A	A	A	style=background:yellow	SF	0 / 1	2–1
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Miami Open	A	A	style=color:#767676	NH	A	A	A	style=background:#afeeee	1R	0 / 1	0–1
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	style=color:#767676	NH	A	A	A	style=background:#ffebcd	QF	0 / 1	2–1
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Madrid Open	A	A	style=color:#767676	NH	A	A	A	style=background:#ffebcd	QF	0 / 1	2–1
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Italian Open	style=background:#afeeee	1R	A	style=background:#ffebcd	QF	style=background:#afeeee	1R	A	style=background:#afeeee	2R	style=background:yellow	SF	0 / 5	6–5
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Canadian Open	A	A	style=color:#767676	NH	A	A	A	style=background:#ffebcd	QF	0 / 1	2–1
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	style=background:#afeeee	2R	0 / 1	1–1
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Shanghai Masters	A	A	NH	A	QF	0 / 1	2–1
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	bgcolor= afeeee	2R	0 / 1	0–1
Win–loss	0–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	14–9	0 / 13	17–13

Significant finals

Grand Slam tournaments

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	class=unsortable	Score
Loss	2024	Australian Open	Hard	Simone Bolelli	Rohan Bopanna Matthew Ebden	6–7(0–7), 5–7
Loss	2024	French Open	Clay	Simone Bolelli	Marcelo Arévalo Mate Pavić	5–7, 3–6

Mixed Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	class=unsortable	Score
Win	2024	US Open	Hard	Sara Errani	Donald Young Taylor Townsend	7–6(7–0), 7–5

ATP Tour finals

Doubles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam (0–2) ATP Finals (0–0) ATP Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP 500 (2–1) ATP 250 (4–2)

Finals by surface Hard (1–1) Clay (4–3) Grass (1–1)

Finals by setting Outdoor (6–5) Indoor (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	class=unsortable	Score
Win	1–0		Sardegna Open, Italy	ATP 250	Clay	Lorenzo Sonego	Simone Bolelli Andrés Molteni	6–3, 6–4
Loss	1–1		Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco	ATP 250	Clay	Jan Zieliński	Rafael Matos David Vega Hernández	1–6, 5–7
Win	2–1		Chile Open, Chile	ATP 250	Clay	Andrea Pellegrino	Thiago Seyboth Wild Matías Soto	6–4, 3–6, [12–10]
Win	3–1		Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco	ATP 250	Clay			6–4, 3–6, [12–10]
Loss	3–2		style=background:#d4f1c5	Halle Open, Germany	style=background:#d4f1c5	ATP 500	Grass		Marcelo Melo John Peers	6–7(3–7), 6–3, [6–10]
Loss	3–3		Croatia Open, Croatia	ATP 250	Clay	Simone Bolelli	Blaž Rola Nino Serdarušić	6–4, 6–7(2–7), [13–15]
Loss	3–4	Jan 2024	style=background:#f3e6d7	Australian Open, Australia	style=background:#f3e6d7	Grand Slam	Hard	Simone Bolelli	Rohan Bopanna Matthew Ebden	6–7(0–7), 5–7
Win	4–4	Feb 2024	Argentina Open, Argentina	ATP 250	Clay	Simone Bolelli	Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos	6–2, 7–6(8–6)
Loss	4–5		style=background:#f3e6d7	French Open, France	style=background:#f3e6d7	Grand Slam	Clay	Simone Bolelli	Marcelo Arévalo Mate Pavić	5–7, 3–6
Win	5–5		style=background:#d4f1c5	Halle Open, Germany	style=background:#d4f1c5	ATP 500	Grass	Simone Bolelli		7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–5)
Win	6–5		China Open, China	ATP 500	Hard	Simone Bolelli	Harri Heliövaara Henry Patten	4–6, 6–3, [10–5]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 6 (0–6)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (0–2) ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (0–4)

Finals by surface Hard (0–4) Clay (0–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1		Egypt F11, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Jaroslav Pospíšil	4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2		Egypt F17, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Lorenzo Frigerio	1–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss	0–3		Egypt F27, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Lloyd Harris	4–6, 2–6
Loss	0–4		M15 Te Anau, New Zealand	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Luke Saville	3–6, 1–6
Loss	0–5		San Benedetto, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Raúl Brancaccio	1–6, 1–6
Loss	0–6		Cordenons, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Zhang Zhizhen	6–2, 6–7(5–7), 3–6

Doubles: 56 (28–28)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (16–16) ITF Futures (12–12)

Finals by surface Hard (8–13) Clay (19–15) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1		Italy F18, Modena	Futures	Clay	Alessandro Luisi	Andrea Collarini Tomás Lipovšek Puches	5–7, 7–5, [7–10]
Loss	0–2		Italy F24, Piombino	Futures	Hard	Jacopo Stefanini	Mark Vervoort Ilija Vučić	6–7(6–8), 2–6
Win	1–2		Great Britain F2, Sunderland	Futures	Hard (i)	George von Massow	Lloyd Glasspool Joshua Ward-Hibbert	7–5, 6–3
Win	2–2		Italy F1, Trento	Futures	Carpet (i)	Riccardo Sinicropi	Jonathan Kanar Hugo Voljacques	6–2, 6–1
Win	3–2		Italy F11, Frascati	Futures	Clay	Riccardo Sinicropi	Tuna Altuna Adelchi Virgili	4–6, 6–3, [10–1]
Loss	3–3		Italy F12, Lecco	Futures	Clay	Matteo Volante	Tuna Altuna Andriej Kapaś	7–6(9–7), 2–6, [7–10]
Win	4–3		Zimbabwe F1, Harare	Futures	Hard	Hugo Nys	Benjamin Lock Courtney John Lock	6–3, 6–3
Loss	4–4		Egypt F17, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Lorenzo Frigerio	Marek Jaloviec Bradley Mousley	6–2, 3–6, [4–10]
Loss	4–5		Egypt F18, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Luca Pancaldi	Marek Jaloviec Bradley Mousley	1–6, 2–6
Win	5–5		Egypt F19, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Luca Pancaldi	Marek Jaloviec Tomáš Papik	6–7(5–7), 7–6(12–10), [10–6]
Win	6–5		Italy F26, Piombino	Futures	Hard	Jacopo Stefanini	Hugo Grenier Yannick Jankovits	6–3, 6–4
Loss	6–6		Italy F28, Reggio Emilia	Futures	Clay	Andrea Pellegrino	Matteo Berrettini Jacopo Stefani	3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	6–7		Egypt F27, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Antonio Massara	Piotr Matuszewski Kacper Żuk	3–6, 2–6
Loss	6–8		Egypt F28, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Antonio Massara	Kamil Gajewski Szymon Walków	6–7(6–8), 3–6
Loss	6–9		Great Britain F2, Tipton	Futures	Hard (i)	Andrea Pellegrino	Jannis Kahlke Oscar Otte	7–5, 2–6, [5–10]
Loss	6–10		Italy F14, Frascati	Futures	Clay	Federico Maccari	Alex Bolt Jason Kubler	1–6, 6–7(6–8)
Win	7–10		Italy F16, Padova	Futures	Clay	Julian Ocleppo	Franco Agamenone Facundo Mena	4–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Win	8–10		Italy F17, Bergamo	Futures	Clay	Walter Trusendi	Franco Agamenone Fernando Romboli	6–1, 3–6, [13–11]
Loss	8–11		Recanati, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Julian Ocleppo	Jonathan Eysseric Quentin Halys	7–6(7–3), 4–6, [10–12]
Win	9–11		Egypt F20, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Julian Ocleppo	Nathaniel Lammons Bernardo Saraiva	2–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss	9–12		Italy F29, Santa Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Cristian Carli	Fred Simonsson Corrado Summaria	1–6, 4–6
Win	10–12		Italy F32, Santa Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Walter Trusendi	Hunter Johnson Yates Johnson	7–6(7–3), 6–3
Loss	10–13		Italy F33, Santa Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Walter Trusendi	Omar Giacalone Jacopo Stefanini	5–7, 2–6
Win	11–13		Italy F36, Santa Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Alessandro Motti	Marc Fornell Mestres Fred Gil	3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win	12–13		Andria, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Lorenzo Sonego	Sander Arends Sander Gillé	6–3, 3–6, [10–7]
Win	13–13		Egypt F4, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Julian Ocleppo	Marek Gengel David Poljak	7–5, 6–4
Win	14–13		Francavilla, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Julian Ocleppo	Ariel Behar Máximo González	7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–3)
Loss	14–14		Poznań, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Attila Balázs	Mateusz Kowalczyk Szymon Walków	5–7, 7–6(10–8), [8–10]
Win	15–14		Milan, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Julian Ocleppo	Gonzalo Escobar Fernando Romboli	4–6, 6–1, [11–9]
Win	16–14		San Benedetto, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Julian Ocleppo	Sergio Galdós Federico Zeballos	6–3, 6–2
Loss	16–15		Padova, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Walter Trusendi	Tomislav Brkić Ante Pavić	2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	16–16		Orlando, USA	Challenger	Hard	Gonçalo Oliveira	Romain Arneodo Andrei Vasilevski	6–7(2–7), 6–2, [13–15]
Win	17–16		Poznań, Poland	Challenger	Clay	David Vega Hernández	Pedro Martínez Mark Vervoort	6–4, 6–7(4–7), [10–6]
Loss	17-17		Milan, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Andrei Vasilevski	Tomislav Brkić Ante Pavić	6–7(6–8), 2–6
Loss	17-18		Recanati, Italy	Challenger	Hard	David Vega Hernández	Gonçalo Oliveira Ramkumar Ramanathan	2–6, 4–6
Loss	17-19		Brest, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	David Vega Hernández	Denys Molchanov Andrei Vasilevski	3–6, 1–6
Loss	17-20		Nouméa, New Caledonia	Challenger	Hard	Luca Margaroli	Andrea Pellegrino Mario Vilella Martínez	6–7(1–7), 6–3, [10–12]
Loss	17-21		Burnie, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Luca Margaroli	Harri Heliövaara Sem Verbeek	6–7(5–7), 6-7(4–7)
Loss	17-22		Bergamo, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Luca Margaroli	Julian Ocleppo Zdeněk Kolář	4–6, 3–6
Loss	17-23		Forli, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Andrey Golubev	Tomislav Brkić Nikola Ćaćić	6–3, 5–7, [3–10]
Win	18-23		Maia, Portugal	Challenger	Clay (i)	Zdeněk Kolář	Lloyd Glasspool Harri Heliövaara	6–3, 6–4
Win	19-23		Lugano, Switzerland	Challenger	Hard (i)	Andre Begemann	Denys Molchanov Sergiy Stakhovsky	7–6(13–11), 4–6, [10–8]
Loss	19-24		Como, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Luis David Martínez	Rafael Matos Felipe Meligeni Alves	7–6(7–2), 4–6, [6–10]
Win	20-24		Tulln an der Donau, Austria	Challenger	Clay	Dustin Brown	Rafael Matos Felipe Meligeni Alves	7–6(7–5), 6–1
Win	21–24		Naples, Italy	bgcolor=moccasin	Challenger	Clay	Dustin Brown	Mirza Bašić Nino Serdarušić	7–5, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	21-25		Naples, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Dustin Brown	Marco Bortolotti Sergio Martos Gornés	4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss	21-26		Bari, Italy	Challenger	Hard	David Vega Hernández	Lloyd Glasspool Harri Heliövaara	3–6, 0–6
Win	22–26		Zadar, Croatia	bgcolor=moccasin	Challenger	Clay	Zdeněk Kolář	Franco Agamenone Manuel Guinard	3–6, 7–6(9–7), [10–6]
Win	23–26		Verona, Italy	bgcolor=moccasin	Challenger	Clay	Luis David Martínez	Juan Ignacio Galarza Tomás Lipovšek Puches	7–6(7–4), 3–6, [12–10]
Win	24–26		Cordenons, Italy	bgcolor=moccasin	Challenger	Clay	Dustin Brown	Ivan Sabanov Matej Sabanov	6–4, 7–5
Win	25–26		Szczecin, Poland	bgcolor=moccasin	Challenger	Clay	Dustin Brown	Roman Jebavý Adam Pavlásek	6–4, 5–7, [10–8]
Win	26–26		Genoa, Italy	bgcolor=moccasin	Challenger	Clay	Dustin Brown	Roman Jebavý Adam Pavlásek	6–2, 6–2
Loss	26-27		Viña del Mar, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Luciano Darderi	Diego Hidalgo Cristian Rodríguez	4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	26-28		Oeiras, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Marcelo Demoliner	Victor Vlad Cornea Franko Škugor	6–7(2–7), 6–7(4–7)
Win	27–28		Valencia, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Andrea Pellegrino	Daniel Rincón Oriol Roca Batalla	6–2, 6–4
Win	28–28		Maia, Portugal	Challenger	Clay (i)	Marco Bortolotti	Fernando Romboli Szymon Walkow	6–4, 3–6, [12–10]

References

1. Web site: Andrea. DiPI Online. Luciano Canepari. 27 October 2018. it.
2. Web site: Vavassori. DiPI Online. Luciano Canepari. 27 October 2018. it.
3. News: Kubler, Sock, 2012 Nadal Conqueror Rosol Among Wimbledon Qualifiers | ATP Tour | Tennis . Atp Tour .
4. Web site: Pellegrino/Vavassori Save MP to Win Santiago Doubles Title. ATP Tour .
5. Web site: Demoliner/Vavassori Save MP to Win First Team Title in Marrakech. ATP Tour .
6. Web site: China's Zhang Earns Maiden Masters 1000 Win, Murray Falls In Madrid . ATPTour.com . 27 April 2023.
7. Web site: Former Top 10 Star Lucas Pouille Qualifies for Roland Garros. ATP Tour .
8. Web site: 5 Hours, 5 MPS Saved & A Moment to Remember for Andrea Vavassori. ATP Tour .
9. Web site: Day 3 Diary: Murray, Jabeur put smile on Andreeva's face - Roland-Garros - the 2023 Roland-Garros Tournament official site .
10. Web site: Qualifier Vavassori Wins Five-hour 10-minute French Open Epic .
11. Web site: Rohan Bopanna & Matthew Ebden set Simone Bolelli & Andrea Vavassori Australian Open Final | ATP Tour | Tennis. ATP Tour. 19 February 2024.
12. Web site: Rohan Bopanna becomes oldest man to win major title at Australian Open . ATP Tour . 27 January 2024 . en.
13. Web site: Carlos Alcaraz makes winning clay return to start Buenos Aires title defence. ATP Tour. 19 February 2024.
14. Web site: 2024 Argentina Open: Alcaraz, Coria and Báez win, make it to quarterfinals. 15 February 2024 .
15. Web site: IEB+ ARGENTINA OPEN .
16. Web site: Vavassori ATP Tour singles activity.
17. marioboc17. 1758193231416713402. 2nd career main tour QF.
18. Web site: Defending champ Alcaraz seals Buenos Aires SF spot .
19. Web site: Bolelli/Vavassori reach Roland Garros final. 6 June 2024. 6 June 2024.
20. Web site: Errani/Vavassori deny Townsend/Young to win 2024 US Open mixed doubles title. US Open. 5 September 2024.
21. Web site: Errani & Vavassori win US Open mixed doubles title: 'Dream come true'. ATPTour. 5 September 2024.
22. Web site: Bolelli/Vavassori reign supreme in Beijing. ATPTour. 2 October 2024.