Giovanni Fonio

Italian tennis player
Giovanni Fonio
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceNovara, Italy
Born (1998-05-07) 7 May 1998 (age 25)
Novara, Italy
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$67,445
Singles
Career record0–0
Career titles0 Challenger, 4 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 274 (4 December 2023)
Current rankingNo. 279 (15 January 2024)
Doubles
Career record0–0
Career titles2 Challenger, 4 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 406 (15 January 2024)
Current rankingNo. 406 (15 January 2024)
Last updated on: 22 January 2024.

Giovanni Fonio (born 7 May 1998) is an Italian tennis player. He took his first steps in tennis at the age of 5, at the Piazzano tennis club in Novara.

Fonio has a career high ATP singles ranking of 274 achieved on 4 Dicember 2023. He also has a career high doubles ranking of 406 achieved on 15 January 2024.[1]

Fonio has won 2 ATP Challenger doubles title: at the 2023 Internazionali di Tennis del Friuli Venezia Giulia with Francesco Forti and at the 2021 Antalya Challenger III with Riccardo Bonadio.

The greatest victory achieved by Giovanni was certainly during the Yokkaichi Challenger in Japan, on 30 November 2023, when he beat the then top 100 player Yosuke Watanuki in 3 sets (3-6 / 6-2 / 7-5).[2]

An important presence in high-level tournaments was certainly in May 2022 at the qualifiers at the Internazionali d’Italia, unfortunately he lost against Emil Ruusuvuori 2-1 (4-6 / 7-6 / 3-6).[3]

Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals

Singles:7 (4-3)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0-0)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (4-3)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (4-3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2018 Italy F29, Santa Margherita di Pula Futures Clay Switzerland Sandro Ehrat 5-7, 4-6
Loss 0–2 May 2019 M15, Bucharest, Romania World Tennis Tour Clay Spain Albert Alcaraz Ivorra 6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Win 1-2 Feb 2020 M15, Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Czech Republic Michael Vrbenský 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win 2-2 Feb 2021 M15, Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Argentina Juan Manuel Cerundolo W/0
Win 3-2 Mar 2021 M15, Opatija, Croatia World Tennis Tour Clay Italy Giacomo Dambrosi 6-2, 6-3
Loss 3-3 Jun 2021 M15, Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay United States Nicolas Moreno de Alboran 5-7, 4-6
Win 4-3 Jan 2022 M15, Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Romania Cezar Crețu 6-1, 6-4

Doubles: 2 (2-0)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–0)
ITF Futures (0-0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2-0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2-0 Aug 2023 2023 Internazionali di Tennis del Friuli Venezia Giulia, Turkey Challenger Clay Italy Francesco Forti India Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha
Australia Adam Taylor 		5–7, 6–1, [10–7]
Win 1-0 Dec 2021 2021 Antalya Challenger III, Turkey Challenger Clay Italy Riccardo Bonadio South Korea Hsu Yu-hsiou
South Korea Tseng Chun-hsin 		3–6, 6–2, [12–10]

References

  1. ^ "Giovanni Fonio | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
  2. ^ "Yokkaichi: Fonio batte Watanuki e vola ai quarti". Supertennis. 2023-11-30. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
  3. ^ Mastronuzzi, Andrea (2022-05-07). "ATP Roma, 1° turno qualificazioni: Dellien batte Rune, fuori Kokkinakis e l'azzurro Fonio". Ubitennis (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-01-23.

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