Leonardo Azzaro

Leonardo Azzaro (Italian pronunciation: [leoˈnardo atˈtsaːro, - adˈdz-];[1][2] born 30 May 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.

Leonardo Azzaro
Leonardo Azzaro at the 2006 Riviera di Rimini Challenger
Country (sports) Italy
Born (1978-05-30) 30 May 1978
Florence, Italy
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro1997
PlaysLeft-handed
Prize money$320,082
Singles
Career record0–3
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 180 (1 November 2004)
Doubles
Career record3–10
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 94 (14 August 2006)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open1R (2007)
Wimbledon1R (2006)
US Open1R (2007)

Career

Azzaro won a silver medal for Italy at the 2001 Mediterranean Games in Tunisia. He defeated Slovenian Marko Tkalec in the semi-final, before losing the gold medal play-off to Konstantinos Economidis of Greece.

The left-handed player appeared in the main draw of three Grand Slams, all in the Men's Doubles, but never made it past the first round. At the 2007 US Open, Azzaro and his partner Filippo Volandri had to face the second seeds, Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor.[3]

He retired in 2010, having won 20 ITF Futures titles, seven of them in singles, as well as winning 17 Challenger trophies for doubles.[4]

Challenger titles

Singles: (1)
No. Year Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
1. 2004 Aschaffenburg, Germany Clay Tobias Summerer 6–4, 6–7(7–9), 7–6(7–2)

Doubles: (17)
No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
1. 2001 San Benedetto, Italy Clay Stefano Galvani Stephen Huss
Lee Pearson		 3–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–4
2. 2002 Sassuolo, Italy Clay Potito Starace Manuel Jorquera
Diego Moyano		 6–3, 6–2
3. 2002 Donetsk, Ukraine Clay Federico Browne Mikhail Elgin
Dmitry Vlasov		 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–4), 7–5
4. 2003 Ljubljana, Slovenia Clay Gergely Kisgyörgy Ivan Cerović
Aleksander Slovic		 7–6(7–3), 6–3
5. 2003 Budaors, Hungary Clay Gergely Kisgyörgy Tomáš Berdych
Michal Navrátil		 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–3)
6. 2004 Turin, Italy Clay Giorgio Galimberti Hermes Gamonal
Adrián García		 6–1, 6–3
7. 2004 Cordenons, Italy Clay Kornél Bardóczky Andrea Merati
Christophe Rochus		 6–2, 6–0
8. 2004 Ischgl, Austria Carpet Christopher Kas Gianluca Bazzica
Massimo Dell'Acqua		 7–5, 6–3
9. 2005 Genoa, Italy Clay Sergio Roitman Marco Pedrini
Andrea Stoppini		 6–1, 6–4
10. 2005 Budapest, Hungary Clay Sergio Roitman Philipp Petzschner
Lars Übel		 6–3, 5–7, 6–3
11. 2006 Chiasso, Switzerland Clay Lovro Zovko Amir Hadad
Roko Karanušić		 6–2, 7–5
12. 2006 Trani, Italy Clay Daniele Giorgini Alessandro Motti
Daniel Muñoz-de la Nava		 6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
13. 2007 Trani, Italy Clay Daniele Giorgini Fabio Colangelo
Alessandro Motti		 6–2, 7–5
14. 2007 Vigo, Spain Clay Lamine Ouahab Pablo Santos
Igor Sijsling		 2–6, 6–4, [10–7]
15. 2007 Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands Clay Lovro Zovko Jérémy Chardy
Predrag Rusevski		 6–3, 6–3
16. 2008 Rimini, Italy Clay Marco Crugnola Cătălin-Ionuț Gârd
Matwe Middelkoop		 6–1, 6–1
17. 2008 Napoli, Italy Clay Alessandro Motti Ismar Gorčić
Antonio Maiorano		 6–7(5–7), 6–3, [10–7]

References
  1. Luciano Canepari. "Leonardo". DiPI Online (in Italian). Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  2. Luciano Canepari. "Azzaro". DiPI Online (in Italian). Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  3. ITF Tennis Profile
  4. ATP World Tour Profile
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