en Vincenzo Santopadre

Vincenzo Santopadre
	Santopadre in 2021
Country (sports)	Italy
Residence	Rome, Italy
Born	11 August 1971 (age 53); Rome, Italy
Turned pro	1991
Retired	2005
Plays	Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$619,300
Singles
Career record	17–29
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 100 (3 May 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2000)
French Open	Q3 (1998, 1999, 2000)
Wimbledon	1R (1999)
US Open	Q3 (1999, 2003)
Doubles
Career record	17–25
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 103 (24 August 1998)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	1R (1998)
Wimbledon	2R (2000)
US Open	1R (1996)

Vincenzo Santopadre (born 11 August 1971) is an Italian former professional tennis player and a coach.

Coaching career

Since 2011 till the end of 2023, he was the coach of Matteo Berrettini, who has been ranked number 6 ATP, runner-up at Wimbledon, semifinalist at the US Open and the third Italian tennis player in history to have qualified for the ATP Finals.^[1]

Tennis career

Santopadre reached a career high World No. 100 on 3 May 1999. He won one doubles title and achieved a career-high doubles ranking of world no. 103 on 24 August 1998. At the Rome Masters, Santopadre achieved victories over 10th seed Karol Kucera in 1998 and defending champion Magnus Norman in 2001.

He reached the semifinals of Bournemouth in 1998 and the quarterfinals of Chennai and Munich in 1999, defeating Gustavo Kuerten in the latter. He is the son-in-law of former Poland international footballer Zbigniew Boniek.^[2]

Career finals

Doubles (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	1997	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Vincent Spadea	Hicham Arazi Eyal Ran	6–4, 6–7, 6–0
Loss	1–1	1999	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Massimo Ardinghi	Fernando Meligeni Jaime Oncins	2–6, 3–6

References

^ "Santopadre: "Il rovescio lungolinea? Berrettini ha dovuto proprio impararlo!"" (in Italian). ubitennis.com. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
^ "Lazio defender lowered into well to rescue seven-year-old girl". Associated Press. January 21, 2013 – via www.theguardian.com.

External links

[1] "Santopadre: "Il rovescio lungolinea? Berrettini ha dovuto proprio impararlo!"" (in Italian). ubitennis.com. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2021.

[2] "Lazio defender lowered into well to rescue seven-year-old girl". Associated Press. January 21, 2013 – via www.theguardian.com.

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