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Gianluca Pozzi (born 17 June 1965) is a former tennis player from Italy, who turned professional in 1984.

Gianluca Pozzi
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceBari, Italy
Born (1965-06-17) 17 June 1965 (age 59)
Bari, Italy
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1984
Retired2004
PlaysLeft-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$2,272,035
Singles
Career record175–259
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 40 (29 January 2001)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (1999)
French Open2R (1992, 1998)
Wimbledon4R (2000)
US Open4R (1994)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games2R (2000)
Doubles
Career record39–71
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 107 (16 September 1991)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (1990)
French Open1R (1992)
Wimbledon2R (1992)
US Open2R (1992)
Last updated on: 12 December 2021.

Pozzi won one singles title (1991, Brisbane) and one doubles title (1991, Newport) during his career. The left-hander reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on 29 January 2001, when he became World No. 40.

During his career, Pozzi notably defeated Grand Slam champions Andre Agassi, Ivan Lendl, Marat Safin, Sergi Bruguera and Roger Federer. And in 2000 Pozzi, at the age of 35, memorably reached the Round of 16 on grass at Wimbledon, prompting Italian tennis journalist Dr. Giovanni Clerici to write that "Nonno" Gianluca ("Grandfather" Gianluca) had won a great victory there.

ATP career finals

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Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–0)
Indoors (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 1991 Brisbane, Australia World Series Hard United States  Aaron Krickstein 6–3, 7–6
Loss 1–1 Oct 1992 Vienna, Austria World Series Carpet Czech Republic  Petr Korda 3–6, 2–6, 7–5, 1–6

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 1991 Newport, United States World Series Grass New Zealand  Brett Steven Argentina  Javier Frana
United States  Bruce Steel
6–4, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Aug 1992 Long Island, United States World Series Hard Finland  Olli Rahnasto United States  Francisco Montana
United States  Greg Van Emburgh
4–6, 2–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

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Singles: 19 (10–9)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (10–9)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (8–6)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (1–3)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 1989 Munich, Germany Challenger Carpet United States  Bryan Shelton 4–6, 5–7
Win 1–1 May 1993 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Challenger Hard Sweden  Jonas Björkman 3–5 ret.
Win 2–1 May 1994 Taipei, Taiwan Challenger Hard South Africa  Mark Kaplan 6–4, 6–0
Loss 2–2 Jul 1994 Aptos, United States Challenger Hard Japan  Shuzo Matsuoka 5–7, 3–6
Win 3–2 Feb 1995 Cherbourg, France Challenger Hard Denmark  Kenneth Carlsen 1–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss 3–3 Jan 1996 Heilbronn, Germany Challenger Carpet United States  Chris Woodruff 3–6, 3–6
Win 4–3 Feb 1996 Wolfsburg, Germany Challenger Carpet Sweden  Thomas Johansson 4–6, 7–6, 7–6
Win 5–3 Nov 1996 Portorož, Slovenia Challenger Hard Slovakia  Ján Krošlák 7–6, 6–7, 6–2
Win 6–3 Jul 1997 Flushing Meadows, United States Challenger Hard United States  Tommy Ho 6–1, 6–4
Win 7–3 Jul 1997 Winnetka, United States Challenger Hard Zimbabwe  Wayne Black 6–4, 6–2
Loss 7–4 Aug 1997 Lexington, United States Challenger Hard Zimbabwe  Wayne Black 4–6, 1–6
Loss 7–5 Aug 1997 Bronx, United States Challenger Hard United States  Michael Sell 6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Win 8–5 Nov 1997 Andorra la Vella, Andorra Challenger Hard France  Nicolas Escudé 7–6, 4–6, 6–2
Loss 8–6 Feb 1998 Heilbronn, Germany Challenger Carpet Germany  Martin Sinner 0–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 8–7 Mar 1998 Cherbourg, France Challenger Hard France  Jérôme Golmard 6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Win 9–7 Jun 1998 Surbiton, United Kingdom Challenger Grass Zimbabwe  Kevin Ullyett 6–4, 6–3
Win 10–7 Oct 1998 Tel Aviv, Israel Challenger Hard Israel  Lior Mor 6–1, 6–7, 6–3
Loss 10–8 Feb 2000 Wrocław, Poland Challenger Hard Czech Republic  Martin Damm 6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Loss 10–9 May 2000 Jerusalem, Israel Challenger Hard South Africa  Kevin Ullyett 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 6 (2–4)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (2–4)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (1–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 1989 Munich, Germany Challenger Carpet Czech Republic  Jaroslav Bulant Sweden  Peter Nyborg
Sweden  Tomas Nydahl
2–6, 6–1, 6–7
Loss 0–2 Sep 1991 Istanbul, Turkey Challenger Hard Finland  Olli Rahnasto Sweden  Henrik Holm
Sweden  Nils Holm
7–5, 5–7, 4–6
Win 1–2 Dec 2001 Milan, Italy Challenger Carpet Italy  Nicola Bruno Italy  Daniele Bracciali
Italy  Federico Luzzi
2–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–3
Loss 1–3 Feb 2002 Wolfsburg, Germany Challenger Carpet Italy  Filippo Messori Czech Republic  Jan Hernych
South Africa  Federico Luzzi
6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–3), 3–6
Loss 1–4 Jul 2002 Bristol, United Kingdom Challenger Grass Italy  Daniele Bracciali Australia  Dejan Petrovic
Pakistan  Aisam Qureshi
3–6, 2–6
Win 2–4 Aug 2002 Wrexham, United Kingdom Challenger Hard Italy  Stefano Pescosolido Italy  Daniele Bracciali
Pakistan  Aisam Qureshi
6–4, 6–4

Performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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Tournament 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 2R 2R 1R Q2 2R 1R 1R 1R A A 2R 3R 2R 2R A 0 / 11 8–11 42%
French Open A A A A A A A A 2R 1R A 1R A Q1 2R 1R 1R 1R Q1 0 / 7 2–7 22%
Wimbledon Q2 A A A Q2 A Q2 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R 2R Q2 1R 2R 4R 1R Q3 0 / 10 7–10 41%
US Open A A A 2R 2R 1R A A 2R 1R 4R 1R 1R Q1 1R 2R 2R 1R Q1 0 / 12 8–12 40%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 3–4 0–4 3–3 1–4 1–2 0–0 2–4 4–4 5–4 1–4 0–0 0 / 40 25–40 38%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics A Not Held A Not Held A Not Held A Not Held 2R NH 0 / 1 1–1 50%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 2R A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Miami A A A A A A A A 2R 2R A A 1R A 2R 1R 4R 2R A 0 / 7 7–7 50%
Monte Carlo A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Hamburg A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 1R A 1R A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Rome A A A 1R A A 1R A 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R A 1R 1R A 1R A 0 / 10 0–10 0%
Canada A A A A A A 1R 1R 1R 1R A 1R A A 2R 1R A A A 0 / 7 1–7 13%
Cincinnati A A 1R A A A 1R 3R 2R 1R A A A A 1R A 2R A A 0 / 7 4–7 36%
Stuttgart NH A A A A A A A A Q3 A 2R 1R A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Paris A A A A A A A A Q2 A A Q1 A A 2R A 3R A A 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–3 2–2 2–4 1–4 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–0 4–6 0–5 6–3 2–5 0–0 0 / 39 17–39 30%

Doubles

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Tournament 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 2R 1R 3R 2R 1R A A A 0 / 5 4–5 44%
French Open A A A A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon Q1 A 1R Q3 2R A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
US Open A A 1R A 2R A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Win–loss 1–1 0–1 2–3 1–1 2–4 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 10 6–10 38%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Miami A A A A A A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Rome 1R A A A 1R A 1R A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Canada A A A 1R Q1 1R A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Cincinnati A A A A 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 0 / 7 1–7 13%
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