Fabio Fognini

Tennis Player

Fabio Fognini was born in Sanremo, Liguria, Italy on May 24th, 1987 and is the Tennis Player. At the age of 36, Fabio Fognini biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

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Other Names / Nick Names
Fogna
Date of Birth
May 24, 1987
Nationality
Italy
Place of Birth
Sanremo, Liguria, Italy
Age
36 years old
Zodiac Sign
Gemini
Profession
Tennis Player
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Fabio Fognini Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 36 years old, Fabio Fognini has this physical status:

Height
178cm
Weight
79kg
Hair Color
Dark Brown
Eye Color
Green
Build
Athletic
Measurements
Not Available
Fabio Fognini Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
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Hobbies
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Education
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Fabio Fognini Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Flavia Pennetta
Children
Not Available
Dating / Affair
Flavia Pennetta (2014-Present)
Parents
Fulvio Fognini, Silvana Fognini
Siblings
Fulvia Fognini (Younger Sister)
Other Family
Oronzo Pennetta (Father-in-Law), Concetta Pennetta (née Intiglietta) (Mother-in-Law), Giorgia Pennetta (Sister-in-Law)
Fabio Fognini Career

Career

Fognini set a singles win-loss record of 72-36 as a juvenile. He ranked No. 1 in the entire world. In May 2004, the Australian Open and French Open quarterfinals were the top ten countries in the world.

Fognini began his career as a competitive footballer, winning his first Futures and Challenger tournament in 2005, where he defeated Spain No. 0 in 2005. No. 1 and another in Italy No. 1. 9. He was also runner-up at Italy's No. 2 in 2005. At Palermo, 3 players registered for his first ATP Challenger tournament. Fognini had modest success at Challengers in 2006, and after qualifying, he made his ATP World Tour debut at Buenos Aires, he earned a few points. Former World No. 6 defeated him in the first round. 1 Carlos Moyá, the eventual champion.

When Fognini qualified for the 2007 French Open to make his first appearance in a Grand Slam event, he made some real strides on the ATP Tour. He was disqualified in the first round to World No. 1 in the United States. In five sets, 35 Juan Mónaco defeated Mexico 35 times. In addition, he had a fantastic tournament at the 2007 Rogers Masters in Montreal, Canada. He qualified for the tournament and defeated Peter Polansky in the first round before knocking out 13th seed Andy Murray in straight sets. By World No. 1, recognition of Fognini had been suspended. In the third round, Roger Federer meets Fener in the third round.

Fognini reached the finals in Santiago, San Antonio, and Forth, losing in three-set tournaments each time. Frederico Gil, the man who competed in the Fürth Challenger's doubles final, also lost. For the first time, he was ranked in the top 100 for the first time in the year. 94.

In the 2008 Australian Open, Fognini lost in a five-set first-round match against Michael Russell.

He reached the quarterfinals of Viel Mar (defeating second seed clay-court specialist Juan Ignacio Chela in the first round) and Costa Do Sauipe's semi-finals.

Fognini advanced to the semi-finals of both Warsaw and Umag after missing the 2008 French Open due to injuries, and finally defeated former World No. 1 David Fogel. Carlos Moyá, the French Open champion, has won the Turin and Genova Challenges, as well as improving his clay pedigree.

Fognini competed in the third round of the 2009 Monte-Carlo Masters as a qualifier, defeating Tomá Berdych (after losing the first set 1–6) and 14th seed Marin ili in April 2009). With World No. 7, Fognini secured a classic topsy-turvy match. After being up 5–0 in the first set, 4 Andy Murray is losing in two tight sets. Fognini defeated San Benedetto Challenger in the final in July, defeating Cristian Villagran in the final.

In a match that spanned two days, Gail Monfils, the 13th seed in the 2010 French Open, had a dramatic win over the two days. In June 2010, Fognini continued his good form by defeating Fernando Verdasco, the 8th seed, in the first round of Wimbledon, without losing the entire match.

In 2011, Fognini made a string of breakthroughs. For the first time at the 2011 French Open, he reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam event. In the first round and qualifier Stéphane Robert, he defeated Denis Istomin in the second round and qualifier Stéphane Robert. Fognini defeated Guillermo Garca-López, the 30th seed, in four sets in the third round of the Grand Slam in the third round. Here, he reached the quarterfinals in a game spanning 4 hours and 22 minutes. Fognini, despite being unable to walk at the end, won and clinched the grand match 11–9 in the fifth set. He referred to his participation in the French Open as a "little dream," adding that "even if I'm only at 5 percent." He was supposed to face World No. 1. Novak Djokovic is in the quarterfinals, but the player revealed that he had made the "difficult" decision to abandon on doctors' advice that it would be "dangerous" to play. Despite that, Fognini became the first Italian man to reach the French Open quarterfinals since 1995, and the first Italian man to reach the Grand Slam since 1998. His work helped him earn his first-ever solos ranking as a result of his rise to the top singles ranking on the planet No. 1. 32.

Fognini's Simone Bolelli reached the semi-finals of the 2011 US Open men's doubles.

Fognini made his first appearance at ATP Semi-finals in Bucharest in April 2012, ousting fifth seed Marcos Baghdatis and sixth seed Andreas Seppi along the way. He came in second place behind top seed Gilles Simon.

He was again the subject of a lot of drama at the 2012 French Open, saving two match points while battling past the seeded Viktor Troicki in five sets to advance to the third round for the third year in a row. He then dropped to World No. 144. In a match with a lot of shot-making flair and variety, 5 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga takes the field. In the second round of the Croatia Open, Fabio lost to defending champion Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine.

Fognini began his grass season by reaching the quarterfinals of Eastbourne, defeating fourth seed Bernard Tomic along the way and losing to eventual tournament champion Andy Roddick in a close three-set match. He beat former grass-courter Michail Llodra in the first round of the first round and then lost to eventual tournament champion Roger Federer in the second round at Wimbledon. In the first round of the London 2012 Olympics, Fognini was paired against Novak Djokovic. He fought off his first set after being down 3–5 and saving three set points before succumbing in three sets.

Fognini's career-best result in the third round of the US Open begin-season by qualifying for both the Toronto and Cincinnati Masters. He beat Édouard Roger-Vasselin in a thrilling five-setter in the first round, coming back from two sets down. Over Guillermo Garca-López in the second round, a straight-sets win. In a thrilling match (in which he notably defeated the American) in four sets, Fognini's run ended in another hands of crowd favorite Andy Roddick. Roddick had revealed after his first-round victory that he was resigning at the end of the tournament, adding to the drama.

Fognini reached his second final of the year at St. Petersburg on Wednesday, finishing runner-up to Martin Klinn.

In the first round of the 2013 Australian Open, Roberto Bautista-Agut defeated Fognini in five sets. He and Bolelli launched their second deep Grand Slam appearance in the doubles, winning the semi-finals after losing to the World No. 1 in the World No. 1. Bob and Mike Bryan, a one-man team.

He lost in straight sets to top seed David Ferrer in the first singles quarterfinal of the season (though also winning the doubles with Bolelli). With a semi-finals appearance in Acapulco next week, Fognini recorded a career-best showing at ATP 500 events, defeating Stanislas Wawrinka along the way and losing to Ferrer for the second time (this time taking a set). Fognini announced a match against World No. 2 just over a week after. Novak Djokovic, the second time in three weeks, has advanced to the second round of the Indian Wells Masters after defeating Aljambede for the second time in three weeks. After being beaten in the first round, Fognini ecstatically celebrated his first game in the second, taking the game from 2–4 down. He then lost the third time. For the first time in his career, Fognini was seeded in a Masters tournament in Miami, winning a bye to the second round. In the third round, he defeated Michal Llodra and lost to Ferrer again.

Fognini won another top-20 match against Andreas Seppi in the first round of the Monte Carlo Masters, a tumultuous affair with a dramatic lack of energy at the start of the European clay season. Both Albert Ramos and No. 1 set in a straight-set for the first time in his rich vein of form. Tomá Berdych, a 4 seed, qualified for his first appearance in a Masters tournament after defeating the Czech in Monte Carlo. For the second time in a row, Fognini defeated Richard Gasquet in straight sets to advance to the semi-finals of a Masters, bringing his ranking to a new career-high of World No. 79. 24 people were arrested. He struggled to find any real rhythm in the semi-finals, losing to World No. 96. Djokovic, one of the Djokovic's. Fognini was in another thrilling match in Madrid, losing in a final set tiebreak to Mikhail Youzhny in the first round. In the third set and three match points, he was involved in the match. Fognini then lost nine points in a row, only to save two match points himself. In the tiebreak, he went up a minibreak, lost five points in a row, won four in a row, and lost. Rafael Nadal, the eventual champion of the French Open, lost in the third round to eventual champion Rafael Nadal.

Fognini started his grass-court season at the 2013 Aegon International Exhibition in Eastbourne, where he was seeded eighth. He defeated Grega Zemlja and Martin Klizan, both from a set down, before losing to Ivan Dodig in the quarterfinals. Fognini lost in the first round to Jürgen Melzer after leading by a set and a break at Wimbledon.

Fognini reached his third final appearance at the 2013 MercedesCup in Stuttgart, defeating top seed and home favorite Tommy Haas. He claimed his maiden title by defeating second seed Philipp Kohlschreiber in three sets. Following an excellent showing at the 2013 International German Open, Fognini extended his winning streak to ten wins in a row, regaining the Italian No.. (In the 1st position) – a first-place winner. For the second time in two weeks, he defeated Albert Ramos, Marcel Granollers, and hometown hero Tommy Haas. Here, Fognini defeated Nicolas Almagro in straight sets for his second ATP World Tour final in a row, and the first one in an ATP 500 tournament. He lifted the championship by beating qualifier Federico Delbonis in three sets, bouncing from 1–4 down in the second set and saving three match points in the second set tiebreak. He reached his third tour final in as many weeks at Umag, defeating Thiemo de Bakker, Martin Klinan, and Gaul Monfils en route. After winning the first five games and then losing six straight games and then winning in a tiebreak, Fognini was back for the match. Tommy Robredo's 13-match winning streak came to an end in the final, though his ranking climbed to a new career record of World No. 10. 16.

Seeded No. 1 is no. In Cincinnati, Fognini, was down a set and four games to Radek Stepanek. He started a comeback to four-all and continued to play, but earned two double points for ball abuse before failing to love and losing the game in a series of foot fouls.

Fognini reached the quarterfinals of Beijing, defeating resurgent veterans Tommy Robredo and Lleyton Hewitt (the latter for the loss of only 2 games). He was dominating World No. 3 in the quarters. Rafael Nadal defeated in three sets by a set and three passions before losing in three sets. He defeated Robbie again in the third round of the Shanghai Masters in the en route to the quarterfinals of Vienna and Valencia in the following weeks.

Fognini was seeded 15th at the Australian Open. He had a career-best showing in the fourth round, defeating Alex Bogomolov Jr., Jarkko Nieminen, and Sam Query before falling to third-time defending champion Novak Djokovic.

He reached his first singles final of the season (and fourth in a row in clay tournaments) beating Alja, Jérémy Chardy, and 3rd seed Nicolás Almagro en route. The former was a classically unorthodox affair, with Fognini leading 5–2 in the final set, squandering two match points and eventually winning in a tiebreak, with Fognini leading 5–2. In the final, he defeated Leonardo Mayer, converting his fifth match point for his third title in his career. He then won the Davis Cup rubber for Italy against Great Britain, defeating Andy Murray in straight sets on clay on clay. This brought Fabio's clay record to 19–1 since the French Open, resulting in yet another climb in the rankings, to a new career high of World No. 19. 14.

During a first-round match, Fognini was fined a whopping $27,500 (£21,600) at Wimbledon for a string of offences.

Fognini debuted at the Hopman Cup in 2015, teaming Flavia Pennetta. Italy did not progress to the final, finishing last in their group. He appeared in the Apia International Sydney as the top seed for the next week, but he was unlucky to meet defending champion Juan Martn del Potro in his first match after recovering from an eleven-month injury layoff. In three sets, he lost in three sets. With a straight-sets victory over Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut in the final, Fognini won his first Grand Slam at the 2015 Australian Open doubles with Simone Bolelli and Simone Bolelli. In the Rio Open Semi-finals, he defeated Rafael Nadal before losing in the final to David Ferrer. He beat Rafael Nadal in the third round of the Barcelona Open in April, but lost in the next round to Pablo Andujar. In May, after beating Steve Johnson and Grigor Dimitrov, Tom Berdych lost to Tom Berdych in the third round of the Rome Masters. Fognini reached the final at the German Open in Hamburg, but Rafael Nadal defeated 5–7, 5–7, 7-7 in a match that lasted 2 hours and 34 minutes and saw 12 breaks of service in the 24 games played. In both the third and fourth sets, Fognini defeated Steve Johnson and Pablo Cuevas to advance to the third round, where he caused a major surprise by defeating Rafael Nadal in five sets and a break of serve down. Nadal won the first two sets in the first two sets of a grand Slam competition in which he had previously led two sets to none, beating him 151–0. Fognini defeated Nadal in five sets after being one of the top winners in seven years. He then lost his fourth round match against Feliciano López.

At Umag's 2016 Croatia Open in July, Fognini captured his fourth ATP title. He also advanced to the third round of the 2016 Rio Olympics, where he defeated the then world no. 128. Andy Murray, the defending Olympic champion, and 2nd defending champions, who have fought it out in three sets.

Fognini advanced to the semi-finals of Miami before losing in straight sets to Rafael Nadal. He had a good showing in the clay-court season, including a victory over world No. 2 Joe in the finals. Andy Murray. Fognini reached the third round at Wimbledon, where he met Murray for the third time. Murray defeated in four sets this season, despite Fognini's 5–1 lead in the fourth set. In Gstaad, Fognini defeated German qualifier Yannick Hanfmann to win the trophy.

Fognini was immediately suspended from the tournament after losing in the first round to Stefano Travaglia, specifically for using misogynistic words toward the female umpire at the US Open. This led him to miss his third round doubles match with partner Simone Bolelli. Fognini was suspended for two majors and fined US$96,000 for a "Major Offence of Aggravated Behaviour" on October 11th, according to a "Major Offence of Aggravated Behaviour." If good conduct is maintained through 2019, the fine will be reduced and the ban on two majors will be lifted.

Fognini advanced to the final by defeating top seed Roberto Bautista Agut in the semi-finals at the St. Petersburg Open. In the final to Damir Dumhur in three sets, he lost in three sets.

Despite being up a set and a break, Fognini started his 2018 season at the Sydney International, where he advanced to the semi-finals and was defeated by eventual champion Daniil Medvedev in three sets. He reached the fourth round of the 2018 Australian Open, losing in straight sets to Tomas Berdych.

Fognini won the first round of the South American Clay Court swing, defeating Leonardo Mayer in the first round. He then beat three 3-setters in Rio Open before losing in the semi-finals to Fernando Verdasco. Fognini reached the final of the Brasil Open in Só Paulo beating Domingues, Garcia-Lopez, and Cuevas. He came from one set down to defeat Nicolas Jarry and win his first title in 2018. Fognini soared to No. 1 in South America thanks to his good results. The ATP tops the 19th best in more than three years, placing him 19th in the ATP rankings.

Fognini won the first set against 7-time champion Rafael Nadal after losing in three sets in Rome after defeating 6th seed Dominic Thiem. In the fourth round of the French Open by 3rd seed Marin ili in 5 sets, he was defeated in the fourth round of the French Open by 3rd seed Marin ili.

At the Swedish Open in Bstad, Fognini won his second title of the year. Fognini dropped out early in the tournament this week as the top seed at the Swiss Open. He then headed to Mexico to compete in the Los Cabos Open. Despite having no knowledge of hard courts leading up to the tournament, Fognini was able to win the title after beating world number 4 Juan Martn del Potro in the final. Fognini's unique hairstyle, which he wore throughout the tournament, attracted frogs, with some referring to it as a "luck charm."

During the fall, the Italian reached the final of the Chengdu Open, where he defeated world number 123 Bernard Tomic in four championship points. In a third set tiebreaker, Fognini was unable to convert and lost the final. In his next tournament, he reached Beijing's semi-finals, but he was forced to cancel due to an ankle injury. He later withdrew from the Shanghai Masters due to the same injury.

Fognini's year ended with his highest ranking of No.13 in the country's most decorated season in terms of titles won.

Fognini entered the Monte Carlo Masters on a five-match losing streak. Because of his poor form, he was hesitant to try surgery for recurring ankle and elbow injuries. During a Gazzetta dello Sport interview, the Italian was quoted as saying, "I am not confident and I am sad about the lack of results." Fognini took five break points down a set and a half against Andrey Rublev in the first round before returning to win the match. Fognini defeated world number 3 Alexander Zverev, world number 13 (once more, after being down a set and a break), and world No. 141 in his next three matches. Rafael Nadal, the former champion of the Masters 1000 final, will qualify for his second time in the tournament. Following his victories in Rio de Janeiro and Barcelona in 2015, Fognini became only the fourth player to beat the Spaniard three times on a clay court after defeating Nadal and Barcelona. In the final, he defeated Dujovia in straight sets, his first victory of his career and making him the first Italian to win a Masters 1000 title.

Before losing to Dominic Thiem in the third round, Fognini extended his winning streak to seven matches at the Madrid Masters. Fognini reached the fourth round of the French Open, losing in 4 sets to Zverev. For the first time in his career, Fognini made it into the world's top 10 for singles. He became the first player to crack the top ten after the introduction of ATP rankings in 1973.

Following his third-round loss at Wimbledon to Tennys Sandgren, Fognini was fined $3,000 (£2,396) after he said, during an on-court protest, that Wimbledon should be bombed.

Fognini advanced to the fourth round of the Australian Open, defeating Reilly Opelka after coming back from 2 sets to love down, Jordan Thompson, again in 5 sets, and Guido Pella. He lost in the fourth round to Tennys Sandgren.

Fognini and new coach Alberto Mancini joined forces in November 2020.

Fognini advanced to the fourth round of the 2021 Australian Open for the fourth time, this time defeating Pierre-Hugues Herbert in straight sets, Salvatore Caruso in a narrow fifth set tiebreak, and home favorite and 21st seed Alex de Minaur. In straight sets, he lost to Rafael Nadal. The Caruso match was notable for an argument made by the pair, in which Fognini accused Caruso of being lucky.

In Monte Carlo, Fognini failed to defend his title, but he did advance to the quarterfinals by defeating Miomir Kecmanovi, Jordan Thompson, and Filip Krajinovi before losing in straight sets to Casper Ruud.

After being ruled out of a foot fault, Fognini was disqualified in his second round match against Bernabé Zapata Miralles for verbal assault against a line judge.

Fognini reached the third round of the 2021 French Open for the ninth time, where Federico Delbonis defeated him in straight sets. He also reached the third round of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships, defeating 5th seed Andre Rublev in the third round.

He defeated Alexei Popyrin in the 2022 French Open, taking him one win away from his 400th victory. He advanced to the second round of the Hamburg European Open 2022, defeating Aljaz Bedene for his fourth straight victory. He became the 14th active player to win 400 matches and the first Italian man in the Open Era, with 492 victories, Adriano Panatta's 392 wins, and Andreas Seppi with 386 wins, ranking second among active Italians.

Fognini led Italy into the quarterfinals of the 2013 Davis Cup World Group, defeating Ivan Dodig in the fifth and decisive rubber against Croatia. It was the first time Italy had reached the stage since 1998. He also led Italy past Argentina to the quarterfinals the following year, winning both singles rubbers against Juan Mónaco and Carlos Berlocq, as well as the doubles rubber (partnering Simone Bolelli). Fognini equalized the match in Naples against Great Britain in the quarterfinals with a 2–2 victory over reigning Wimbledon champion Andy Murray (after beating James Ward two days earlier), proving vital to Italy's eventual 3–2 triumph. Murray lost a single rubber in the Davis Cup for the second time ever (since his first appearance in 2005). He lost both his singles rubbers against Switzerland in the semi-finals against Switzerland against Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka.

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With a victory over Felix Auger-Aliassime ahead of the French Open, Alex Popyrin continues his epic slaying run

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 13, 2023
Alexei Popyrin's stellar year has continued with a brilliant win on Italian clay against Felix Auger-Aliassime

In the Italian Open, Andy Murray suffers a humiliating loss to Fabio Fognini

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 10, 2023
Andy Murray suffered a setback in his hopes of securing a seeded spot for Wimbledon on Wednesday night, losing to Fabio Fognini. The Scotsman was unable to follow his title triumph in Aix-en-Provence and fell out of the Italian Open to his old adversary. Both 35 players have a rivalry dating back to their early days on the circuit, and the Italian won 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.

Fabio Fognini shows off his TENNIS COURT themed toilet - minus the net

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 27, 2023
Fabio Fognini posted a wry snapshot of his newly repaired toilet on Instagram. Despite falling out of the Australian Open in the first round of the men's doubles with countryman Simone Bolelli last week, Fognini has maintained his spirits by making some home improvements. Fognini pictured a toilet with the markings of a tennis court on his preferred red clay surface while posting a tale on Instagram.
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