Stefano Pescosolido

Italian tennis player
Stefano Pescosolido
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceRome, Italy
Born (1971-06-13) 13 June 1971 (age 52)
Sora, Italy
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1989
Retired2006
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,657,671
Singles
Career record109–159
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 42 (2 March 1992)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (1995)
French Open3R (1993)
Wimbledon2R (1996, 1998, 2004)
US Open2R (1991, 1992, 1995)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (1996)
Doubles
Career record50–72
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 102 (11 January 1999)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (1992)
French Open2R (1996)
Wimbledon2R (1999, 2000)
US Open1R (1996)
Last updated on: 23 May 2022.

Stefano Pescosolido ([ˈsteːfano pɛskoˈsɔːlido, pe-] ; born 13 June 1971) is a former tennis player from Italy, who turned professional in 1989. Pescosolido was born in Sora.

He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he was defeated in the first round by Brazil's Fernando Meligeni. The right-hander won two career titles in singles, and reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 42 in March 1992.[1][2]

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

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 (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (2–0)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Mar 1992 Scottsdale, United States World Series Hard United States Brad Gilbert 6–0, 1–6, 6–4
Win 2–0 Oct 1993 Tel Aviv, Israel World Series Hard Israel Amos Mansdorf 7–6(7–5), 7–5

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–1)
ATP World Series (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–1)
Indoors (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 1997 Shanghai, China World Series Carpet Sweden Tomas Nydahl Belarus Max Mirnyi
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
6–7, 7–6, 5–7
Loss 0–1 Apr 1998 Tokyo, Japan Championship Series Hard France Olivier Delaître Canada Sébastien Lareau
Canada Daniel Nestor
3–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 Sep 1998 Tashkent, Uzbekistan World Series Hard Italy Laurence Tieleman Denmark Kenneth Carlsen
Netherlands Sjeng Schalken
7–5, 4–6, 7–5

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 20 (10–10)

Legend
ATP Challenger (7–8)
ITF Futures (3–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–4)
Clay (5–3)
Grass (1–2)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 May 1989 Parioli, Italy Challenger Clay Austria Oliver Fuchs 6–1, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Sep 1990 Messina, Italy Challenger Clay Argentina Guillermo Pérez Roldán 1–6, 3–6
Loss 1–2 Mar 1991 Le Gosier, Guadeloupe Challenger Hard France Olivier Delaître 2–6, 6–7
Win 2–2 Apr 1991 Parioli, Italy Challenger Clay Belgium Bart Wuyts 6–3, 6–4
Win 3–2 Apr 1991 Oporto, Portugal Challenger Clay Argentina Roberto Azar 6–1, 6–1
Loss 3–3 Oct 1991 Siracusa, Italy Challenger Clay Spain Carlos Costa 3–6, 6–7
Loss 3–4 Jul 1995 Braunschweig, Germany Challenger Clay Sweden Magnus Gustafsson 6–4, 0–6, 6–7
Win 4–4 Jul 1997 Bristol, United Kingdom Challenger Grass United Kingdom Mark Petchey 7–6, 7–6
Loss 4–5 Jul 1997 Manchester, United Kingdom Challenger Grass Spain Óscar Burrieza-Lopez 6–7, 6–2, 1–6
Loss 4–6 Jul 1998 Manchester, United Kingdom Challenger Grass United Kingdom Chris Wilkinson 3–6, 4–6
Win 5–6 Jul 1999 Olbia, Italy Challenger Hard Italy Giorgio Galimberti 6–7, 6–4, 7–6
Loss 5–7 Feb 2000 Amarillo, United States Challenger Hard United States Michael Russell 5–7, 2–6
Win 6–7 Sep 2001 Italy F11, Oristano Futures Hard France Rodolphe Cadart 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4)
Loss 6–8 Feb 2003 Great Britain F2, Nottingham Futures Carpet South Africa Wesley Moodie 6–3, 6–7(3–7), 4–6
Loss 6–9 Feb 2003 Great Britain F4, Redbridge Futures Hard United States Michael Joyce 4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss 6–10 Mar 2003 Wrexham, United Kingdom Challenger Hard South Africa Wesley Moodie 4–6, 3–6
Win 7–10 Mar 2003 France F6, Lille Futures Hard Spain Francisco Fogues-Domenech 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Win 8–10 Apr 2003 Italy F3, Viterbo Futures Clay Russia Igor Andreev 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win 9–10 Jul 2003 Córdoba, Spain Challenger Hard France Nicolas Mahut 6–4, 6–3
Win 10–10 Apr 2004 Olbia, Italy Challenger Clay Austria Daniel Köllerer 6–1, 6–2

Doubles: 19 (10–9)

Legend
ATP Challenger (7–9)
ITF Futures (3–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–4)
Clay (4–3)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (1–2)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 1990 Parioli, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Nicola Bruno Czechoslovakia Branislav Stankovic
Czechoslovakia Richard Vogel
5–7, 3–6
Win 1–1 Jan 1991 Heilbronn, Germany Challenger Carpet Italy Diego Nargiso Germany Christian Saceanu
Netherlands Michiel Schapers
6–2, 6–2
Win 2–1 Mar 1991 Marseille, France Challenger Clay Italy Massimo Boscatto Netherlands Tom Kempers
Netherlands Tom Nijssen
6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Win 3–1 Apr 1991 Zaragoza, Spain Challenger Clay Italy Massimo Cierro Spain Juan-Carlos Baguena
Spain David De Miguel-Lapiedra
6–2, 6–4
Loss 3–2 Oct 1991 Siracusa, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Diego Nargiso Italy Cristian Brandi
Italy Massimo Cierro
6–3, 6–7, 6–7
Loss 3–3 Sep 1993 Budapest, Hungary Challenger Clay Italy Massimo Valeri Belgium Filip Dewulf
Belgium Tom Vanhoudt
5–7, 3–6
Win 4–3 Sep 1995 Napoli, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Vincenzo Santopadre United States Kent Kinnear
United States Jack Waite
6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 4–4 Feb 1997 Cherbourg, France Challenger Hard Italy Vincenzo Santopadre Belarus Max Mirnyi
South Africa Kevin Ullyett
3–6, 7–6, 4–6
Loss 4–5 Aug 1997 Olbia, Italy Challenger Hard Italy Mosé Navarra United States Geoff Grant
Venezuela Maurice Ruah
6–3, 2–6, 5–7
Loss 4–6 Feb 1998 Heilbronn, Germany Challenger Carpet Italy Vincenzo Santopadre United States Geoff Grant
United States Mark Merklein
3–6, 6–7
Win 5–6 Jul 1998 Manchester, United Kingdom Challenger Grass Italy Mosé Navarra Australia Wayne Arthurs
Australia Ben Ellwood
6–1, 6–7, 7–6
Loss 5–7 Aug 1999 Madrid, Spain Challenger Hard United States David Di Lucia Japan Thomas Shimada
South Africa Myles Wakefield
3–6, 6–7
Win 6–7 Sep 1999 France F12, Plaisir Futures Hard Russia Andrei Stoliarov Japan Yaoki Ishii
France Arnaud L'Official
3–6, 6–3, 7–5
Loss 6–8 Feb 2000 Hull, United Kingdom Challenger Carpet Austria Julian Knowle United Kingdom Barry Cowan
South Africa Neville Godwin
3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 6–9 Mar 2000 Besançon, France Challenger Hard Italy Vincenzo Santopadre France Julien Boutter
France Michaël Llodra
4–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–7(5–7)
Win 7–9 Feb 2001 Great Britain F2, Glasgow Futures Hard Italy Daniele Bracciali Poland Tomasz Bonieck
Peru Juan-Carlos Parker
1–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win 8–9 Jul 2002 Hilversum, Netherlands Challenger Clay Pakistan Aisam Qureshi Hong Kong John Hui
Australia Anthony Ross
7–6(7–4), 6–0
Win 9–9 Aug 2002 Wrexham, United Kingdom Challenger Hard Italy Gianluca Pozzi Italy Daniele Bracciali
Pakistan Aisam Qureshi
6–4, 6–4
Win 10–9 Jul 2006 Italy F24, Modena Futures Clay Italy Matteo Fago New Zealand Mikal Statham
New Zealand José Statham
6–7(5–7), 6–1, 6–4

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1988 US Open Hard Italy Massimo Boscatto United States Jonathan Stark
United States John Yancey
6–7, 5–7

Performance timelines

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

Tournament 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 2R A 2R A 2R 3R 1R A A A Q1 A A Q1 Q2 0 / 5 5–5 50%
French Open A A A 1R 3R 2R Q2 1R Q1 Q2 Q1 Q1 Q1 A Q1 Q1 0 / 4 3–4 43%
Wimbledon A A 1R 1R A 1R A 2R Q1 2R Q2 Q1 Q1 Q2 Q3 2R 0 / 6 3–6 33%
US Open A A 2R 2R Q1 1R 2R 1R A Q3 Q3 A Q1 Q1 Q3 A 0 / 5 3–5 38%
Win–loss 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–4 2–1 2–4 3–2 1–4 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0 / 20 14–20 41%
National Representation
Summer Olympics Not Held A Not Held 1R Not Held A Not Held A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A 1R 1R 1R A Q1 A A A A A A A A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Miami A A 1R 1R 1R 1R A 3R A A A A A A A A 0 / 5 2–5 29%
Monte Carlo A A A 2R A 2R A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Hamburg A A A 3R A 2R A 2R A A A A A A A Q2 0 / 3 4–3 57%
Rome 1R 2R 2R 2R 1R 3R 1R 1R 1R A A A A A Q1 1R 0 / 10 5–10 33%
Canada A A 3R A A 2R A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Cincinnati A A 1R 1R Q2 1R A 1R A A A A A A Q1 A 0 / 4 0–4 0%
Paris A A A 1R A A A Q3 A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–1 1–1 3–4 4–7 0–3 5–7 0–1 3–4 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0 / 30 16–30 35%

Doubles

Tournament 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 1R A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open A A A A A A A 2R A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Wimbledon A A 1R A A A A A A Q1 2R 2R Q1 A A A 0 / 3 2–3 40%
US Open A A A A A A A 1R A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 6 3–6 33%
ATP Masters Series
Miami A A A 1R A A A Q1 A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Monte Carlo A A A A A Q1 A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Rome 1R 1R A 1R 1R 1R 1R A Q1 A A 1R A A A 1R 0 / 8 0–8 0%
Canada A A 2R A A 1R A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Cincinnati A A A 1R A Q1 A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–3 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0 / 12 1–12 8%

References

  1. ^ "Stefano Pescosolido". Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  2. ^ "QUELLA VOLTA A MADRID…". Retrieved 23 August 2018.

External links