Genaro Alberto Olivieri

Argentine tennis player
Genaro Alberto Olivieri
Olivieri at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Argentina
ResidenceBragado, Argentina
Born (1998-08-04) 4 August 1998 (age 25)
Bragado, Argentina
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$421,240
Singles
Career record2–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 131 (2 October 2023)
Current rankingNo. 175 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2023)
French Open3R (2023)
WimbledonQ1 (2022, 2023)
US OpenQ1 (2022, 2023)
Doubles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 304 (29 August 2022)
Current rankingNo. 1064 (15 January 2024)
Last updated on: 20 January 2024.

Genaro Alberto Olivieri (born 4 August 1998) is an Argentine professional tennis player.

Olivieri has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 131 achieved on 2 October 2023. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 304 achieved on 29 August 2022.[1]

Career

2023: Grand Slam debut, first ATP & Major wins & third round, top 150

Ranked No. 231, he made his Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2023 French Open defeating Adrian Andreev in the last round of qualifying. Next he defeated wildcard Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in five sets to reach the second round.[2] As a result he moved 40 positions up a couple of spots shy of his career-high ranking of No. 190 reached on 21 November 2022. Next he defeated fellow qualifier Andrea Vavassori to reach the third round having never recorded an ATP win previously in his career. He lost to Holger Rune in straight sets.[3] As a result he moved another 20 positions into the top 175 in the rankings on 12 June 2023.

Personal life

Olivieri started playing tennis at the age of 6, splitting practice time with association football. He is a supporter of Boca Juniors.[4]

Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 12 (4–8)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
ITF Futures Tour / World Tennis Tour (3–8)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (4–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 2016 Chile F6 Santiago Futures Clay Chile Alejandro Tabilo 4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 2017 USA F26 Decatur Futures Hard Italy Liam Caruana 6–7(4–7), 1–6
Loss 0–3 Mar 2018 Turkey F11 Antalya Futures Clay Russia Ivan Nedelko 4–6, 1–6
Loss 0–4 Jul 2018 Italy F19 Gubbio Futures Clay Argentina Camilo Ugo Carabelli 7–6(7–1), 1–6, 2–6
Loss 0–5 May 2019 M15 Buenos Aires World Tennis Tour Clay Argentina Francisco Cerúndolo 6–7(2–7), 6–7(8–10)
Loss 0–6 Jun 2019 M15 Tabarka World Tennis Tour Clay Argentina Mateo Nicolás Martínez 2–6, 2–6
Loss 0–7 Jun 2019 M15 Tabarka World Tennis Tour Clay Spain Nikolás Sánchez Izquierdo 6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Win 1–7 Jul 2019 M15 Buenos Aires World Tennis Tour Clay Argentina Juan Pablo Ficovich 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–4)
Win 2–7 Nov 2019 M25 Naples World Tennis Tour Clay Colombia Cristian Rodríguez 7–5, 6–3
Loss 2–8 Jun 2021 M25 Tulsa World Tennis Tour Hard Argentina Nicolás Kicker 4–6, 0–6
Win 3–8 Nov 2022 Montevideo, Uruguay Challenger Clay Argentina Tomás Martín Etcheverry 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win 4–8 Feb 2023 M15 Tucumán, Argentina World Tennis Tour Clay Argentina Franco Emanuel Egea 3–6, 6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 9 (4–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
ITF Futures Tour / World Tennis Tour (4–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (4–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2018 Italy F18 Casinalbo Futures Clay Argentina Camilo Ugo Carabelli Russia Ivan Gakhov
Argentina Matías Zukas
6–4, 3–6, [12–10]
Win 2–0 Jul 2018 Italy F20 Pontedera Futures Clay Argentina Camilo Ugo Carabelli Argentina Tomás Martín Etcheverry
Argentina Matías Zukas
7–6(7–2), 6–7(7–9), [10–3]
Loss 2–1 Oct 2018 Peru F3 Lima Futures Clay Argentina Manuel Peña López United States Junior Alexander Ore
Peru Jorge Panta
3–6, 3–6
Loss 2–2 Apr 2019 M15 Pinamar World Tennis Tour Clay Argentina Camilo Ugo Carabelli Argentina Tomás Lipovšek Puches
Argentina Matías Zukas
1–6, 6–4, [2–10]
Loss 2–3 Jun 2019 M15 Tabarka World Tennis Tour Clay Argentina Matías Zukas Argentina Mariano Kestelboim
Argentina Mateo Nicolás Martínez
2–6, 2–6
Win 3–3 June 2019 M15 Tabarka World Tennis Tour Clay Argentina Nicolás Bianchi Argentina Sebastián Báez
Spain Nikolás Sánchez Izquierdo
6–4, 5–7, [10–4]
Loss 3–4 Aug 2019 M15 Eupen World Tennis Tour Clay Argentina Gonzalo Villanueva Belgium Michael Geerts
Dominican Republic Nick Hardt
7–6(12–10), 2–6, [3–10]
Win 4–4 Feb 2021 M15 Antalya World Tennis Tour Clay Argentina Pedro Cachin Colombia Nicolás Mejía
Spain Pedro Vives Marcos
5–7, 6–1, [14–12]
Loss 4–5 Nov 2021 Brasília Challenger Clay Italy Luciano Darderi Brazil Mateus Alves
Brazil Gustavo Heide
3–6, 3–6

References

  1. ^ "Genaro Alberto Olivieri | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  2. ^ "Genaro Alberto Olivieri Enjoying Dream Run, Paying Tribute to His Late Father | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  3. ^ ""My father died during the pandemic, I hope he is watching and he has an even bigger smile than I do" - Genaro Alberto Olivieri takes strength from tragedy to make an impact at French Open". 3 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Diario Democracia". Diario Democracia.

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