Giovanni Fonio

Giovanni Fonio (born 7 May 1998) is an Italian tennis player. He took his first steps in tennis at the age of 5, at the Piazzano tennis club in Novara.

Giovanni Fonio

Country (sports)	Italy
Residence	Novara, Italy
Born	(1998-05-07) 7 May 1998 (age 26) Novara, Italy
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$67,445
Singles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0 Challenger, 4 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 274 (4 December 2023)
Current ranking	No. 279 (15 January 2024)
Doubles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	2 Challenger, 4 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 406 (15 January 2024)
Current ranking	No. 406 (15 January 2024)
Last updated on: 22 January 2024.

Fonio has a career high ATP singles ranking of 274 achieved on 4 Dicember 2023. He also has a career high doubles ranking of 406 achieved on 15 January 2024.^[1]

Fonio has won 2 ATP Challenger doubles title: at the 2023 Internazionali di Tennis del Friuli Venezia Giulia with Francesco Forti and at the 2021 Antalya Challenger III with Riccardo Bonadio.

The greatest victory achieved by Giovanni was certainly during the Yokkaichi Challenger in Japan, on 30 November 2023, when he beat the then top 100 player Yosuke Watanuki in 3 sets (3-6 / 6-2 / 7-5).^[2]

An important presence in high-level tournaments was certainly in May 2022 at the qualifiers at the Internazionali d’Italia, unfortunately he lost against Emil Ruusuvuori 2-1 (4-6 / 7-6 / 3-6).^[3]

Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals

Singles:7 (4-3)

Legend (singles) ATP Challenger Tour (0-0) ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (4-3)

Titles by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (4-3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2018	Italy F29, Santa Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Sandro Ehrat	5-7, 4-6
Loss	0–2	May 2019	M15, Bucharest, Romania	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Albert Alcaraz Ivorra	6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Win	1-2	Feb 2020	M15, Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Michael Vrbenský	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	2-2	Feb 2021	M15, Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Juan Manuel Cerundolo	W/0
Win	3-2	Mar 2021	M15, Opatija, Croatia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Giacomo Dambrosi	6-2, 6-3
Loss	3-3	Jun 2021	M15, Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Nicolas Moreno de Alboran	5-7, 4-6
Win	4-3	Jan 2022	M15, Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Cezar Crețu	6-1, 6-4

Doubles: 2 (2-0)

Legend ATP Challenger (2–0) ITF Futures (0-0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (2-0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2-0	Aug 2023	2023 Internazionali di Tennis del Friuli Venezia Giulia, Turkey	Challenger	Clay	Francesco Forti	Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha   Adam Taylor	5–7, 6–1, [10–7]
Win	1-0	Dec 2021	2021 Antalya Challenger III, Turkey	Challenger	Clay	Riccardo Bonadio	Hsu Yu-hsiou   Tseng Chun-hsin	3–6, 6–2, [12–10]

References

1. "Giovanni Fonio | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
2. "Yokkaichi: Fonio batte Watanuki e vola ai quarti". Supertennis. 2023-11-30. Retrieved 2024-01-23.
3. Mastronuzzi, Andrea (2022-05-07). "ATP Roma, 1° turno qualificazioni: Dellien batte Rune, fuori Kokkinakis e l'azzurro Fonio". Ubitennis (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-01-23.

External links

• Giovanni Fonio at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Giovanni Fonio at the International Tennis Federation