Salvatore Caruso

Salvatore Caruso (Italian pronunciation: [salvaˈtoːre kaˈruːzo];[2][3] born 15 December 1992) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 76 achieved on 16 November 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 166 achieved on 18 January 2021. Caruso has won 5 ITF Futures singles and two ATP Challenger singles titles, and 4 ITF Futures and one ATP Challenger doubles titles in his career.

Salvatore Caruso
Caruso at the 2021 French Open
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceAvola, Italy
Born (1992-12-15) 15 December 1992
Avola, Italy
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2011
PlaysRight-handed
(two-handed backhand)
CoachPaolo Cannova
Prize moneyUS$ 1,719,306
Singles
Career record19–43 (30.6%) (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 76 (16 November 2020)[1]
Current rankingNo. 124 (20 September 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open2R (2021)
French Open3R (2019)
Wimbledon1R (2019, 2021)
US Open3R (2020)
Doubles
Career record5–9 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 166 (18 January 2021)
Current rankingNo. 175 (20 September 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open1R (2021)
French Open1R (2021)
Wimbledon1R (2021)
Last updated on: 21 September 2021.

Career

Caruso made his ATP and Masters 1000 main draw debut at the 2016 Italian Open, where he received a main draw wildcard.[4] He lost in the first round to Nick Kyrgios 6–1, 6–2.[5] Season of 2019, was a season of a progress. At the 2019 French Open, he marked his first Grand Slam win and later reached third round.[6] He then lost to world No. 1 Novak Djokovic.[7] A month later, he had successful participation on Umag Open. In the second round, he recorded his biggest win to date against world No. 14 Borna Ćorić and was advanced to his first ATP quarterfinal.[8] The following victory against Facundo Bagnis, provided him to get to his first ATP semifinal as well.[9] He lost to Dušan Lajović in the semifinal. In early October, he won Barcelona Challenger and secured his place in the top 100 for the first time.[4]

Despite not having impressive season of 2020, Caruso made a bit of a progress. At the 2020 US Open, he reached his another Grand Slam third round, recording his first two wins there. He then failed to reach fourth round, after losing to Andrey Rublev.[10] Right after that, he defeated Tennys Sandgren in the first round of Italian Open in order to reach his first Masters 1000 second round. However, he did not succeed to go further, losing then to world No. 1 Novak Djokovic.[11] End of the season was important for Caruso. After defeating world No. 21 Félix Auger-Aliassime in order to reach quarterfinal,[12] Caruso secured his singles highest-ranking on the following ranking. He get to the place of 76 that is his highest ranking to date.[4]

Performance timeline
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) Won; (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)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles
Tournament 2014 2015201620172018201920202021 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A Q1 A 1R Q1 1R 2R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
French Open A A A Q2 Q1 3R 1R 1R 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Wimbledon A A Q1 Q1 Q2 1R NH 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
US Open A A A Q1 Q1 Q2 3R 1R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 2–3 1–4 0 / 10 5–10 33%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A Q1 A A Q2 NH 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Miami Open A A A A A A NH 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Monte-Carlo Masters A A Q1 A A A NH 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Madrid Open A A A A A A NH A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open Q1 Q1 1R Q1 Q1 A 2R 1R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Canadian Masters A A A A A A NH A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Shanghai Masters A A A A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Paris Masters A A A A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 3–4 0 / 8 3–8 27%
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 0 1 1 3 6 13 19 Career total: 43
Overall W–L 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–3 6–6 7–13 5–19 0 / 43 19–43 31%
Year-end ranking 455 227 253 204 158 96 76 $1,719,306

Doubles
Tournament 2021 SR W–L Win %
Australian Open 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–Loss 0–3 0 / 3 0–3 0%

ATP Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 (0–1)
ATP Tour 250 (0–0)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (0–0)
Result    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss Feb 2020 Rio Open, Brazil 500 Series Clay Federico Gaio Marcel Granollers
Horacio Zeballos		 4–6, 7–5, [7–10]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 16 (7 titles, 9 runners–up)
Legend
ATP Challenger (2–2)
ITF Futures (5–7)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–4)
Clay (7–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2012 Italy F23, Este Futures Clay Jan-Lennard Struff 7–6(2), 2–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 May 2013 Italy F7, San Margherita di Pula Futures Clay Andres Molteni 7–5, 1–6, 2–6
Win 1–2 Jun 2013 Italy F12, Padova Futures Clay Enrico Burzi 7–6(3), 6–7(3), 6–0
Loss 1–3 Nov 2013 Croatia F16, Bol Futures Clay Tomislav Brkic 6–4, 5–7, 5–7
Loss 1–4 Sep 2014 USA F24, Claremont Futures Hard Dennis Nevolo 4–6, 2–6
Win 2–4 Oct 2014 Italy F37, San Margherita di Pula Futures Clay Gianluca Naso 6–4, 7–5
Loss 2–5 Jan 2015 Tunisia F2, Port El Kantaoui Futures Hard Danilo Petrovic 4–6, 4–6
Win 3–5 Aug 2015 Italy F21, Bolzano Futures Clay Marco Bortolotti 6–3, 6–4
Loss 3–6 Nov 2016 Italy F36, San Margherita di Pula Futures Clay Stefano Travaglia 6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Loss 3–7 Mar 2017 Italy F4, Sondrio Futures Hard Stefano Michnev 6–7(3), 4–6
Win 4–7 Apr 2017 Italy F7, San Margherita di Pula Futures Clay Andrea Collarini 7–5, 6–3
Win 5–7 Apr 2017 Italy F9, San Margherita di Pula Futures Clay Guilherme Clezar 6–3, 6–3
Loss 5–8 Aug 2017 Challenger Pulcra Lachiter Biella, Italy Challenger Hard Filip Krajinovic 3–6, 2–6
Win 6–8 Sep 2018 Città di Como Challenger, Italy Challenger Clay Christian Garín 7–5, 6–4
Win 7–8 Oct 2019 Sánchez-Casal Cup – Barcelona, Spain Challenger Clay Jozef Kovalík 6–4, 6–2
Loss 7–9 Oct 2020 Emilia-Romagna Open – Parma, Italy Challenger Clay Frances Tiafoe 3–6, 6–3, 4–6

Doubles: 11 (5 titles, 6 runners–up)
Legend
ATP Challenger (1–4)
ITF Futures (4–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (4–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2013 Greece F3, Heraklion Futures Hard Erik Chvojka Julien Cagnina
Germain Gigounon		 6–4, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Jun 2013 Italy F14, Siena Futures Clay Antonio Massara Claudio Grassi
Adelchi Virgili		 1–6, 4–6
Win 2–1 Mar 2014 Italy F4, Palermo Futures Clay Omar Giacalone Davide Melchiorre
Riccardo Sinicropi		 6–1, 6–3
Win 3–1 Mar 2014 Italy F7, San Margherita di Pula Futures Clay Filippo Baldi Francesco Borgo
Marco Speronello		 6–3, 6–2
Win 4–1 Oct 2014 Italy F36, San Margherita di Pula Futures Clay Gianluca Naso D. Della Tommasina
Walter Trusendi		 6–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss 4–2 Oct 2014 Italy F37, San Margherita di Pula Futures Clay Gianluca Naso Pietro Rondoni
Riccardo Bonadio		 5–7, 6–3, [3–10]
Loss 4–3 May 2015 Internazionali di Città di Vicenza, Italy Challenger Clay Federico Gaio Facundo Bagnis
Guido Pella		 2–6, 4–6
Loss 4–4 Jul 2016 Internazionali di Città di Todi, Italy Challenger Clay Alessandro Giannessi Marcelo Demoliner
Fabricio Neis		 1–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win 5–4 Jul 2017 Internazionali di Città di Perugia, Italy Challenger Clay Jonathan Eysseric Nicolas Kicker
Fabricio Neis		 6–3, 6–3
Loss 5–5 Oct 2018 Firenze Tennis Cup, Italy Challenger Clay Filippo Baldi Rameez Junaid
David Pel		 5–7, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss 5–6 Oct 2021 Brest Challenger, France Challenger Hard (i) Federico Gaio Sadio Doumbia
Fabien Reboul		 6-4, 3-6, [3-10]

Record against top 10 players

Caruso's match record against players who have been ranked in the top 10. Only ATP Tour main draw and Davis Cup matches are considered. Former no 1 players in bold, retired players in italics.

* As of 31 August 2021.

References
  1. ATP Profile
  2. Luciano Canepari. "salvatore". DiPI Online (in Italian). Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  3. Luciano Canepari. "Caruso". DiPI Online (in Italian). Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  4. "Salvatore Caruso Bio". ATP Tour. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  5. "Milos Raonic and Nick Kyrgios victorious at Rome Masters". sky sports. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  6. Lorenzo Ciotti (June 13, 2019). "Who is Salvatore Caruso, the player who challenged Djokovic in Paris?". tennis world. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  7. Tom Adams (1 June 2019). "French Open 2019 - Novak Djokovic coasts into last-16 after beating Salvatore Caruso". Eurosport. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  8. ATP Staff (July 18, 2019). "Caruso Stuns Coric In Umag". ATP Tour. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
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  10. ATP Staff (5 September 2020). "Berrettini Bulldozes To Rublev US Open Rematch". ATP Tour. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  11. Jovica Ilic (September 16, 2020). "ATP Rome: Novak Djokovic wins first match after US Open controversy". tennis world. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  12. ATP Staff (November 11, 2020). "Caruso Ends Felix's Season In Sofia". ATP Tour. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
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