Federico Gaio

Italian tennis player

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Federico Gaio
Singles
Gaio at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Full name	Federico Gaio
Country (sports)	Italy
Residence	Faenza, Italy
Born	(1992年03月05日) 5 March 1992 (age 32)^[1] Faenza, Italy^[2]
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	2009
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Coach	Fabio Filippo Colangelo
Prize money	1,054,832ドル^[1]
Career record	3–15
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 124 (3 February 2020)
Current ranking	No. 198 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2018, 2024)
French Open	Q2 (2016)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2021)
US Open	1R (2018, 2020)
Doubles
Career record	5–5^[1]
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 163 (2 November 2020)
Current ranking	No. 404 (15 January 2024)
Last updated on: 19 January 2024.

Federico Gaio (Italian pronunciation: [fedeˈriːkoˈɡaːjo] ;^[3]^[4] born 5 March 1992) is an Italian professional tennis player. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ITF circuit. He has won four Challenger titles and nine ITF futures singles titles. He reached his career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 124 in February 2020. He has won three Challenger and four ITF futures doubles titles in doubles.^[2] He reached a career high in doubles of World No. 163 on 2 November 2020 after his maiden ATP doubles final at the 2020 Rio Open partnering Salvatore Caruso.

Professional career

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2015: ATP debut

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He played his first ATP main draw match in the 2015 Rome Open after gaining entry as a wildcard.

2018: Grand Slam singles debut

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He made his Grand Slam debut at the 2018 US Open as a qualifier where he lost to tenth seed David Goffin.

2020: Maiden doubles ATP final

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He reached his first doubles final at the ATP 500 2020 Rio Open partnering Salvatore Caruso where they lost to Horacio Zeballos/Marcel Granollers

2023: First Challenger final since 2021

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At the 2023 Piemonte Open Challenger 175 he reached his first final since July 2021 as a qualifier with a win over top seed and world No. 40 Sebastian Baez.^[5] As a result, he moved more than 100 positions up into the top 250 on 22 May 2023.

ATP Tour career finals

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Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP 500 (0–1)
ATP 250 (0–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)

Finals by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2020	Rio Open, Brazil	ATP 500	Clay	Italy Salvatore Caruso	Spain Marcel Granollers Argentina Horacio Zeballos	4–6, 7–5, [7–10]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

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Singles: 28 (13 titles, 15 runner-ups)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (4–5)
ITF Futures/WTT (9–10)

Finals by surface
Hard (5–4)
Clay (8–11)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	May 2011	Kazakhstan F2, Taraz	Futures	Hard	Japan Takuto Niki	0–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win	2–0	May 2011	Kazakhstan F3, Almaty	Futures	Hard	Russia Ilia Starkov	6–0, 7–5
Loss	2–1	Jun 2011	Israel F6, Ashkelon	Futures	Hard	Israel Amir Weintraub	4–6, 2–6
Win	3–1	Jul 2012	Argentina F18, Bell Ville	Futures	Clay	Argentina Renzo Olivo	7–5, 7–5
Loss	3–2	Jul 2013	Austria F2, Seefeld	Futures	Clay	Austria Patrick Ofner	5–7, 6–3, 4–6
Win	4–2	Sep 2013	Turkey F36, Antalya	Futures	Hard	United Kingdom Richard Gabb	3–6, 7–6^(7–2), 6–1
Loss	4–3	Nov 2013	Greece F17, Heraklion	Futures	Hard	Austria Dennis Novak	4–6, 2–6
Loss	4–4	May 2014	France F9, Grasse	Futures	Clay	France Jonathan Eysseric	3–6, 4–6
Loss	4–5	Jul 2014	Italy F23, Modena	Futures	Clay	Italy Daniele Giorgini	3–6, 4–6
Loss	4–6	Aug 2014	Cortina, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Serbia Filip Krajinović	6–2, 6–7^(5–7), 5–7
Win	5–6	Oct 2014	Turkey F36, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Japan Hiroyasu Ehara	1–6, 6–0, 6–4
Loss	5–7	Apr 2015	Croatia F7, Vrsar	Futures	Clay	Italy Riccardo Bellotti	4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win	6–7	Apr 2015	Italy F5, Santa Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Italy Stefano Napolitano	6–2, 6–4
Loss	6–8	May 2015	Italy F10, Bergamo	Futures	Clay	Italy Matteo Trevisan	4–6, 4–6
Win	7–8	Aug 2015	Italy F22, Appiano	Futures	Clay	Italy Francisco Bahamonde	6–4, 6–3
Win	8–8	Jul 2016	San Benedetto, Italy	Challenger	Clay	France Constant Lestienne	6–2, 1–6, 6–3
Win	9–8	Jul 2016	Biella, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Brazil Thomaz Bellucci	7–6^(7–5), 6–2
Win	10–8	Sep 2017	Italy F29, Santa Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	United Kingdom Jay Clarke	6–2, 7–5
Win	11–8	Oct 2017	Italy F35, Santa Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Italy Lorenzo Sonego	7–6^(7–4), 2–6, 6–0
Loss	11–9	Jul 2018	Padova, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Spain Sergio Gutiérrez Ferrol	2–6, 6–3, 1–6
Loss	11–10	Jun 2019	Parma, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Spain Tommy Robredo	6–7^(10–12), 7–5, 6–7^(6–8)
Win	12–10	Aug 2019	Manerbio, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Italy Paolo Lorenzi	6–3, 6–1
Win	13–10	Jan 2020	Bangkok, Thailand	Challenger	Hard	Netherlands Robin Haase	6–1, 4–6, 4–2 ret.
Loss	13–11	Jul 2021	Todi, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Spain Mario Vilella Martínez	6–7^(3–7), 6–1, 3–6
Loss	13–12	Jan 2023	M25 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Italy Francesco Forti	3–6, 4–6
Loss	13–13	Feb 2023	M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio, Portugal	WTT	Hard	Portugal Henrique Rocha	3–6, 1–6
Loss	13–14	May 2023	Turin, Italy	Challenger	Clay^[a]	Germany Dominik Köpfer	7–6^(7–5), 2–6, 0–6
Loss	13–15	Jun 2024	M25 Grasse, France	WTT	Clay	France Maxime Chazal	6–4, 4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 18 (7 titles, 11 runner-ups)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (3–6)
ITF Futures/WTT (4–5)

Finals by surface
Hard (3–6)
Clay (4–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2008	Italy F34, Quartu Sant'Elena	Futures	Hard	Italy Alessandro Giannessi	Italy Fabio Colangelo Italy Matteo Volante	6–7^(7–9), 1–6
Win	1–1	Sep 2009	Italy F29, Alghero	Futures	Hard	Italy Alessandro Giannessi	Canada Vasek Pospisil United Kingdom Marcus Willis	6–2, 7–5
Loss	1–2	Mar 2010	Italy F1, Trento	Futures	Hard (i)	Italy Alessandro Giannessi	Belarus Nikolai Fidirko Austria Nikolaus Moser	4–6, 4–6
Loss	1–3	Jul 2011	Recanati, Italy	Challenger	Hard	India Purav Raja	Denmark Frederik Nielsen United Kingdom Ken Skupski	4–6, 5–7
Loss	1–4	Jun 2012	Italy F12, Parma	Futures	Clay	Italy Matteo Volante	Italy Edoardo Eremin Italy Claudio Grassi	5–7, 2–6
Win	2–4	Sep 2013	Turkey F36, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Lithuania Laurynas Grigelis	Israel Dekel Bar United Kingdom Richard Gabb	1–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win	3–4	Sep 2013	Turkey F37, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Lithuania Laurynas Grigelis	Russia Alexander Krasnorutskiy Russia Anton Manegin	6–3, 7–6^(7–5)
Loss	3–5	Mar 2015	Croatia F6, Rovinj	Futures	Clay	Italy Matteo Trevisan	Croatia Dino Marcan Croatia Antonio Šančić	3–6, 5–7
Loss	3–6	May 2015	Vicenza, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Italy Salvatore Caruso	Argentina Facundo Bagnis Argentina Guido Pella	2–6, 4–6
Loss	3–7	Jul 2015	Padova, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Italy Alessandro Giannessi	Russia Mikhail Elgin Russia Andrey Rublev	4–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Loss	3–8	Sep 2015	Szczecin, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Italy Alessandro Giannessi	France Tristan Lamasine France Fabrice Martin	3–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Win	4–8	Jul 2016	San Benedetto, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Italy Stefano Napolitano	Argentina Facundo Argüello Peru Sergio Galdós	6–3, 6–4
Win	5–8	Oct 2016	Rome, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Italy Stefano Napolitano	Croatia Marin Draganja Croatia Tomislav Draganja	6–7^(5–7), 6–2, [10–3]
Win	6–8	Sep 2017	Italy F30, Santa Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Italy Andrea Pellegrino	Austria Matthias Haim Germany Jakob Sude	7–6^(7–1), 6–1
Win	7–8	Jun 2018	Caltanissetta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Italy Andrea Pellegrino	Slovenia Blaž Rola Czech Republic Jiří Veselý	7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–5)
Loss	7–9	Oct 2018	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Spain Enrique López Pérez	Uzbekistan Sanjar Fayziev Uzbekistan Jurabek Karimov	2–6, 7–6^(7–3), [9–11]
Loss	7–10	Oct 2021	Brest Challenger, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Italy Salvatore Caruso	France Sadio Doumbia France Fabien Reboul	6-4, 3–6, [3-10]
Loss	7–11	Feb 2023	M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio, Portugal	WTT	Hard	Italy Jacopo Berrettini	Belgium Simon Beaupain Argentina Juan Bautista Otegui	2–6, 6–4, [8–10]