Lorenzo Sonego

Sonego at the 2021 French Open
Country (sports)	Italy
Born	(1995-05-11) 11 May 1995 (age 29) Turin, Italy
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	2013
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Gipo Arbino
Prize money	$2,462,915
Singles
Career record	64–64
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 21 (4 October 2021)
Current ranking	No. 21 (4 October 2021)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2018, 2021)
French Open	4R (2020)
Wimbledon	4R (2021)
US Open	2R (2018, 2019)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (2021)
Doubles
Career record	9–19
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 132 (12 April 2021)
Current ranking	No. 166 (12 July 2021)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2021)
French Open	2R (2019)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (2021)
Last updated on: 9 August 2021.

Lorenzo Sonego (Template:IPA-it;^[1][2] born 11 May 1995) is an Italian professional tennis player. Sonego has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 23 achieved on 23 August 2021.^[3] He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 132 also achieved on 12 April 2021.^[4] Sonego made his ATP main-draw debut at the 2016 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, where he received a main-draw wildcard.

Sonego was born in Turin, Italy. He began playing tennis when he was 11 years old, encouraged by his father Giorgio and his coach Gipo Arbino. A fan of Italian football club Torino, he played for the Torino youth academy between the age of six and 13 before focusing on tennis.^[5]

He made his ATP Tour debut on May 2016 at the Italian Open, where he received a wild card and lost against João Sousa in the first round.

On 17 October 2017 he won his first Challenger title, defeating Tim Pütz at the 2017 Sparkassen ATP Challenger.

Sonego started his Grand Slam career with a win over Robin Haase at the 2018 Australian Open. He was then defeated in the second round by Richard Gasquet.

Sonego entered 2018 Wimbledon as a lucky loser after being defeated by Ernest Gulbis in the third round of qualifying. He was defeated by Taylor Fritz in the first round in straight sets.

Sonego, as a qualifier, reached the quarterfinals of Monte-Carlo, upsetting 8th seed Karen Khachanov on the way. He lost to eventual runner-up Dušan Lajović in straight sets.

Sonego won his first ATP title in Antalya, Turkey in June 2019, defeating Serbian Miomir Kecmanović in three sets in the final.

Sonego made a career-best 4th round appearance at the 2020 French Open, defeating Emilio Gómez, Alexander Bublik, and 27th seed Taylor Fritz before losing to 12th seed Diego Schwartzman in straight sets. His match against Fritz had the longest tiebreak in French Open history in the third set, finishing eventually with a 19-17 score in favor of Sonego.

At the 2020 Erste Bank Open, Sonego, as a Lucky Loser, shocked world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in straight sets 6-2 6-1. It was only Djokovic's third loss of the year. Sonego went on to make the final of the event, but lost to fifth seed Andrey Rublev 4-6, 4-6.

At the 2021 Sardegna Open in April, Sonego won both the singles and doubles titles. As a result he achieved career-high singles ranking of world No. 28 and doubles ranking of No. 132 on 12 April 2021.

In Rome, Sonego scored his second top-10 win over Dominic Thiem, beating him in 3 sets in a match lasting over 3 hours. As a result, he made his second Masters quarterfinal, where he beat 7th seed Andrey Rublev, his third top-10 win. In the semifinal, he once again faced World No. 1 and defending champion Novak Djokovic but lost in 3 sets.^[6] At the French Open, Sonego lost in the first round to Lloyd Harris in straight sets.

In June, he reached his fourth final in his career and second for 2021 at the 2021 Eastbourne International.^[7]

Following his fourth round showing at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships for the first time in his career, he reached a career-high of World No. 25 on 9 August 2021.

Current through the 2021 San Diego Open.

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2019	Antalya Open, Turkey	250 Series	Grass	Miomir Kecmanović	6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 6–1
Loss	1–1	Oct 2020	Vienna Open, Austria	500 Series	Hard (i)	Andrey Rublev	4–6, 4–6
Win	2–1	Apr 2021	Sardegna Open, Italy	250 Series	Clay	Laslo Đere	2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss	2–2	Jun 2021	Eastbourne International, United Kingdom	250 Series	Grass	Alex de Minaur	6–4, 4–6, 6–7(5–7)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2021	Sardegna Open, Italy	250 Series	Clay	Andrea Vavassori	Simone Bolelli Andrés Molteni	6–3, 6–4

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0-1	May 2015	Italy F11, Lecco	Futures	Clay	Tommy Paul	1–6, 4–6
Win	1-1	Sep 2015	Italy F26, Santa Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Daniel Altmaier	7–5, 6–4
Win	2-1	Oct 2015	Italy F32, Santa Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	George von Massow	6–4, 6–1
Loss	2-2	Nov 2015	Italy F33, Santa Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Gianluca Mager	3–6, 3–6
Win	3-2	Oct 2017	Italy F31, Santa Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Javier Marti	6–3, 3–1, ret.
Win	4-2	Oct 2017	Ortisei, Italy	Challenger	Carpet	Tim Pütz	6–4, 6–4
Loss	4-3	Oct 2017	Ismaning, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Yannick Hanfmann	4–6, 6–3, 5–7
Loss	4-4	Oct 2017	Italy F35, Santa Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Federico Gaio	6–7(4–7), 6–2, 0–6
Loss	4-5	Nov 2017	Italy F36, Santa Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Tomislav Brkić	5–7, 4–6
Win	5-5	Sep 2018	Genova, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Dustin Brown	6–2, 6–1
Win	6-5	Sep 2019	Genova, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Alejandro Davidovich Fokina	6–2, 4–6, 7–6(8–6)

• Sonego has a 3–7 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	LS Rank
2020
1.	Novak Djokovic	1	Vienna Open, Austria	Hard (i)	QF	6–2, 6–1	42
2021
2.	Dominic Thiem	4	Italian Open, Italy	Clay	3R	6–4, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5)	33
3.	Andrey Rublev	7	Italian Open, Italy	Clay	QF	3–6, 6–4, 6–3	33

Sonego's match record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who have been No. 1 in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered.

* As of 20 August 2021.

• Lorenzo Sonego at the Association of Tennis Professionals
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