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Potito Starace (Italian pronunciation: [poˈtiːto staˈraːtʃe];[1][2] born 14 July 1981) is an Italian retired professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world no. 27 on October 15, 2007. He was a clay court specialist, and was coached by Umberto Rianna.

Potito Starace
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceCervinara, Italy
Born (1981-07-14) 14 July 1981 (age 41)
Cervinara, Italy
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2001
Retired2015
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$3,784,550
Singles
Career record162–193
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 27 (15 October 2007)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
French Open3R (2004, 2007)
Wimbledon2R (2009)
US Open2R (2004, 2011)
Doubles
Career record110-114
Career titles6
Highest rankingNo. 40 (18 June 2012)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2011, 2012)
French OpenSF (2012)
Wimbledon2R (2006)
US Open3R (2011)
Last updated on: 15 March 2016.
Starace at the 2008 Pilot Pen Tennis tournament.
Starace at the 2008 Pilot Pen Tennis tournament.

Starace was banned from tennis for life by the Italian Tennis Federation and by the Tennis Integrity Unit for betting offences.


Career


One of the most memorable runs of Starace's career was when he made the men's doubles semifinals of the 2012 French Open, partnering Daniele Bracciali, before succumbing to top seeds Daniel Nestor and Max Mirnyi.

In singles, he made four ATP finals but lost in all of them. On the Challenger tour, he won the San Marino CEPU Open three times, a record for the tournament, and the Tennis Napoli Cup four times, also a record. Its also noticed the match at the tennis club Napoli against the well known couple called "cugini di campagna",where potito and his friend Volandri lost and after this retired from the professional career. In doubles, he won six ATP titles.

He represented Italy at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where he lost to eventual gold medallist Rafael Nadal in the first round.[3]


Betting scandal


Following Alessio di Mauro's 9-month ban in November 2007, Starace and Daniele Bracciali were each fined and given short suspensions from playing. Starace received a fine of £21,400 and a 6-week ban from January 1, 2008.

Starace's case revolved around his final in Casablanca against the Spaniard Pablo Andújar, which the Italian lost. Starace had led their head-to-head 5-0 going into the match. Bookmaker Massimo Erodiani asked via Skype if Starace had received a certified cheque to lose the match and received an affirmative answer, explaining that all bets were safe on a Starace loss.[4]

In 2015, the Italian Tennis Federation banned Bracciali and Starace for life.[5] In 2019, he was banned by the Tennis Integrity Unit for life, subject to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.[6]


ATP career finals



Singles: 4 (0–4)


Winner – Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–1)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–3)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2007 Valencia, Spain Clay Nicolás Almagro 6–4, 2–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Jul 2007 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Juan Mónaco 7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 0–3 Aug 2010 Umag, Croatia Clay Juan Carlos Ferrero 4–6, 4–6
Loss 0–4 Apr 2011 Casablanca, Morocco Clay Pablo Andújar 1–6, 2–6

Doubles: 9 (6–3)


Winner – Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (2–2)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (4–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (4–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2006 Acapulco, Mexico Clay Filippo Volandri František Čermák
Leoš Friedl
5–7, 2–6
Win 1–1 Mar 2007 Acapulco, Mexico Clay Martín Vassallo Argüello Lukáš Dlouhý
Pavel Vízner
6–0, 6–2
Win 2–1 Jul 2007 Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Luis Horna Tomas Behrend
Christopher Kas
7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
Win 3–1 Oct 2008 Moscow, Russia Hard (i) Sergiy Stakhovsky Stephen Huss
Ross Hutchins
7–6(7–4), 2–6, [10–6]
Loss 3–2 Feb 2010 Santiago, Chile Clay Horacio Zeballos Łukasz Kubot
Oliver Marach
4–6, 0–6
Loss 3–3 Feb 2010 Acapulco, Mexico Clay Fabio Fognini Łukasz Kubot
Oliver Marach
0–6, 0–6
Win 4–3 Oct 2010 St. Petersburg, Russia Hard (i) Daniele Bracciali Rohan Bopanna
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–5)
Win 5–3 Sep 2011 Bucarest, Romania Clay Daniele Bracciali Julian Knowle
David Marrero
3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win 6–3 Feb 2013 Viña del Mar, Chile Clay Paolo Lorenzi Juan Mónaco
Rafael Nadal
6–2, 6–4

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


Current through 2015 French Open.

Tournament200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 1R 1R A 1R 1R 1R 1R Q1 Q3 A 0–7
French Open 3R A 1R 3R 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R A 1R Q1 6–9
Wimbledon 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R A A A 1–9
US Open 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R A A A A 2–8
Win–loss 3–3 0–3 0–4 2–4 0–3 2–4 1–4 1–4 0–3 0–0 0–1 0–0 9–33
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics A Not Held 1R Not Held A Not Held 0–1
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells Masters A 1R A Q1 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R A A A 1–6
Miami Masters A 1R A 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R A A A 1–7
Monte Carlo Masters A 1R 2R A 1R Q1 A 1R 2R A Q2 A 2–5
Rome Masters A 2R 2R 3R 2R 1R 2R 3R 1R 2R A A 9–9
Madrid Masters A A A 1R A A A 1R Q1 A A A 0–2
Canada Masters A A A A A A A A A A A 0–0
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A A A A A A 0–0
Shanghai Masters Not Masters Series A A A A A A 0–0
Paris Masters A A A 1R A A 1R A A A A 0–2
Hamburg Masters A A A A 2R Not Masters Series 1–1
Win–loss 0–0 1–4 2–2 3–4 2–5 1–3 1–5 2–4 1–4 1–1 0–0 0–0 14–32
Career statistics
Titles–Finals 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–4
Year-end ranking 76 105 83 31 72 62 47 58 164 152 163

Doubles


Current through 2013 Wimbledon Championships.

Tournament20062007200820092010201120122013W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R 2R A 1R 2R 3R 3R 2R 7–7
French Open QF 1R 1R A 3R QF SF 2R 13–7
Wimbledon 2R 1R A 1R 1R 1R A 1R 1–6
US Open 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R 3R A A 4–6
Win–loss 4–4 1–4 1–2 0–3 4–4 7–4 6–2 2–3 26–26

Top 10 wins


Season20042005Total
Wins112
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score
2004
1. Sébastien Grosjean 10 Roland Garros, Paris, France Clay 2R 7–6(8–6), 6–3, 6–4
2005
2. Carlos Moyá 8 Rome, Italy Clay 1R 6–4, 7–6(9–7)

References


  1. Luciano Canepari. "Potito". DiPI Online (in Italian). Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  2. Luciano Canepari. "Starace". DiPI Online (in Italian). Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Potito Starace". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  4. "Scommesse, dopo il calcio tocca al tennis: Sotto inchiesta le gare di Bracciali e Starace". 15 October 2014.
  5. Italian tennis players Daniele Bracciali, Potito Starace banned for fixing
  6. "Bracciali gets life ban for match-fixing". BBC Sport.



На других языках


- [en] Potito Starace

[es] Potito Starace

Potito Starace es un exjugador profesional de tenis, nacido el 14 de julio de 1981 en Benevento, Italia, y que reside en Cervinara. En 2015 fue suspendido de por vida por la Federación Italiana de Tenis (FIT) al estar acusado de haber amañado partidos con el objetivo de ganar dinero con las apuestas deportivas.

[ru] Стараче, Потито

Потито Стараче (итал. Potito Starace; род. 14 июля 1981 года в Беневенто, Италия) — итальянский профессиональный теннисист; полуфиналист одного турнира Большого шлема в парном разряде (Открытый чемпионат Франции-2012); победитель 6 турниров ATP в парном разряде.



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