Paolo Lorenzi (; born 15 December 1981) is an Italian former professional tennis player and former Italian number 1. He was coached by Claudio Galoppini. At the age of 34 years and seven months, Lorenzi became the oldest first-time champion in ATP Tour history when he won the title at the 2016 Generali Open Kitzbühel.
On 22 May 2015, after defeating Matthew Ebden in the quarterfinals of the Eskişehir Cup, Lorenzi became the third player ever to win 300 matches in the ATP Challenger Tour tournaments.
At age 34, on 24 July 2016, Lorenzi won his maiden ATP title, defeating Nikoloz Basilashvili in the final at the Generali Open Kitzbühel and becoming the oldest first-time champion in ATP Tour history. On August 1, 2016 he overtook Fabio Fognini becoming the new Italian No. 1 in the Association of Tennis Professionals ATP rankings at the age of 34 years old and 8 months at No. 40.
He was the 32nd seed in the 2017 Miami Open but lost in the 2nd round. He also entered 2017 Wimbledon Championships as the 32nd seed where he recorded his first win by beating Horacio Zeballos in four sets, he then advanced to the 2nd round where he lost to Jared Donaldson in 4 sets.
Lorenzi recorded the best grand slam singles performance of his career, reaching the round of 16 at the 2017 US Open. He lost to eventual runner-up Kevin Anderson in four sets.
Lorenzi lost in the third round of qualifying of the 2019 US Open, but received an invitation to compete in the main draw as a lucky loser upon the withdrawal of Kevin Anderson due to injury. In the first round, he came from two sets down to win in five against Zachary Svajda. In the second round he defeated Miomir Kecmanović in five sets to advance to the third round of the US Open for the second time in his career. He was defeated by Stan Wawrinka in the third round.
At age 39, on 26 August 2021, Lorenzi retired from professional tennis. His final match was a loss to Maxime Janvier in the second round of the 2021 US Open Qualifying Tournament.
{class="wikitable" !Legend |
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) |
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) |
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) |
ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–3) |
Hard (0–0) |
Clay (1–3) |
Grass (0–0) |
Outdoor (1–2) |
Indoor (0–1) |
Loss | 0–1 | Brasil Open, Brazil | 250 Series | Clay (i) | Federico Delbonis | 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 | |
Win | 1–1 | Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria | 250 Series | Clay | Nikoloz Basilashvili | 6–3, 6–4 | |
Loss | 1–2 | Ecuador Open, Ecuador | 250 Series | Clay | Víctor Estrella Burgos | 7–6(7–2), 5–7, 6–7(6–8) | |
Loss | 1–3 | Croatia Open, Croatia | 250 Series | Clay | Andrey Rublev | 4–6, 2–6 |
{class="wikitable" !Legend |
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) |
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) |
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) |
ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–2) |
Hard (0–0) |
Clay (1–2) |
Grass (0–0) |
Outdoor (1–1) |
Indoor (0–1) |
Win | 1–0 | Chile Open, Chile | 250 Series | Clay | Potito Starace | Juan Mónaco Rafael Nadal | 6–2, 6–4 | |
Loss | 1–1 | Brasil Open, Brazil | 250 Series | Clay (i) | Diego Schwartzman | Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah | 4–6, 2–6 | |
Loss | 1–2 | Argentina Open, Argentina | 250 Series | Clay | Íñigo Cervantes Huegun | Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah | 3–6, 0–6 |
{class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !Legend (singles) |
ATP Challenger Tour (21–18) |
ITF Futures Tour (4–1) |
Hard (4–3) |
Clay (21–16) |
Grass (0–0) |
Carpet (0–0) |
Loss | 0–1 | Italy F5, Selargius | Futures | Hard | Rodolphe Cadart | 0–6, 3–6 | |
Win | 1–1 | Croatia F3, Našice | Futures | Clay | Sebő Kiss | 4–6, 6–0, 6–0 | |
Win | 2–1 | Australia F4, Frankston | Futures | Clay | Vasilis Mazarakis | 6–4, 7–6(7–4) | |
Loss | 2–2 | San Luis Potosí, Mexico | Challenger | Clay | Rainer Eitzinger | 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 5–7 | |
Win | 3–2 | Tarragona, Spain | Challenger | Clay | Younes El Aynaoui | 6–4, 7–6(7–4) | |
Win | 4–2 | Italy F2, Trento | Futures | Hard (i) | Philipp Oswald | 7–6(9–7), 7–6(9–7) | |
Win | 5–2 | Alessandria, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Simone Vagnozzi | 4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4) | |
Win | 6–2 | Ivory Coast F1, Abidjan | Futures | Hard | Valentin Sanon | 6–3, 6–4 | |
Loss | 6–3 | San Luis Potosí, Mexico | Challenger | Clay | Santiago Giraldo | 2–6, 7–6(7–3), 2–6 | |
Loss | 6–4 | Tenerife, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Marco Chiudinelli | 3–6, 4–6 | |
Win | 7–4 | Reggio Emilia, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Jean-René Lisnard | 7–5, 1–6, 6–2 | |
Win | 8–4 | Rijeka Open, Croatia | Challenger | Clay | Blaž Kavčič | 6–3, 7–6(7–2) | |
Win | 9–4 | Ljubljana, Slovenia | Challenger | Clay | Grega Žemlja | 1–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–2 | |
Loss | 9–5 | Tarragona, Spain | Challenger | Clay | Daniel Gimeno Traver | 4–6, 0–6 | |
Loss | 9–6 | Pereira, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | Santiago Giraldo | 3–6, 3–6 | |
Win | 10–6 | Rimini, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Federico Delbonis | 6–2, 6–0 | |
Win | 11–6 | Pereira, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | Rogério Dutra Silva | 7–5, 6–2 | |
Win | 12–6 | Ljubljana, Slovenia | Challenger | Clay | Grega Žemlja | 6–2, 6–4 | |
Loss | 12–7 | Salinas, Ecuador | Challenger | Clay | Guido Pella | 6–1, 5–7, 3–6 | |
Loss | 12–8 | Jalisco Open, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | Thiago Alves | 3–6, 6–7(4–7) | |
Loss | 12–9 | San Luis Potosí, Mexico | Challenger | Clay | Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo | 6–3, 3–6, 4–6 | |
Loss | 12–10 | Sarasota Open, USA | Challenger | Clay | Sam Querrey | 1–6, 7–6(7–3), 3–6 | |
Win | 13–10 | Cordenons, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Daniel Gimeno Traver | 7–6(7–5), 6–3 | |
Loss | 13–11 | Todi, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Andrey Kuznetsov | 3–6, 0–2 ret. | |
Win | 14–11 | Medellín, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | Leonardo Mayer | 7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), 6–4 | |
Loss | 14–12 | Guayaquil, Ecuador | Challenger | Clay | Leonardo Mayer | 2–6, 4–6 | |
Loss | 14–13 | Bucaramanga, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | Alejandro Falla | 5–7, 1–6 | |
Win | 15–13 | San Luis Potosí, Mexico | Challenger | Clay | Adrián Menéndez Maceiras | 6–1, 6–3 | |
Win | 16–13 | Cali, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | Víctor Estrella Burgos | 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 | |
Loss | 16–14 | Guayaquil, Ecuador | Challenger | Clay | Pablo Cuevas | w/o | |
Win | 17–14 | Eskişehir, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | Íñigo Cervantes Huegun | 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5) | |
Win | 18–14 | Cortina, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Máximo González | 6–3, 7–5 | |
Win | 19–14 | Pereira, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | Alejandro González | 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 | |
Win | 20–14 | Medellín, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | Gonzalo Lama | 7–6(7–3), 2–0 ret. | |
Loss | 20–15 | Bogotá, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | Eduardo Struvay | 3–6, 6–4, 4–6 | |
Win | 21–15 | Canberra, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Ivan Dodig | 6–2, 6–4 | |
Loss | 21–16 | Bucaramanga, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | Gerald Melzer | 3–6, 1–6 | |
Win | 22–16 | Caltanissetta, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Matteo Donati | 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(9–7) | |
Win | 23–16 | Caltanissetta, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Alessandro Giannessi | 6–4, 6–2 | |
Loss | 23–17 | L'Aquila, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Facundo Bagnis | 6–2, 3–6, 4–6 | |
Win | 24–17 | Sopot Open, Poland | Challenger | Clay | Daniel Gimeno Traver | 7–6(7–2), 6–7(5–7), 6–3 | |
Win | 25–17 | Cordenons, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Máté Valkusz | 6–3, 3–6, 6–4 | |
Loss | 25–18 | Savannah, USA | Challenger | Clay | Federico Coria | 3–6, 6–4, 2–6 | |
Loss | 25–19 | Manerbio, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Federico Gaio | 3–6, 1–6 |
{class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !Legend (doubles) |
ATP Challenger Tour (7–4) |
ITF Futures Tour (2–1) |
Hard (2–2) |
Clay (7–3) |
Grass (0–0) |
Carpet (0–0) |
Loss | 0–1 | China F1, Shenzhen | Futures | Hard | Giancarlo Petrazzuolo | Yu Xinyuan Zeng Shaoxuan | 6–7(1–7), 6–7(3–7) | |
Win | 1–1 | China F2, Dongguan | Futures | Hard | Giancarlo Petrazzuolo | Frederik Nielsen Rasmus Nørby | 6–4, 7–6(7–1) | |
Win | 2–1 | Italy F2, Trento | Futures | Hard (i) | Giancarlo Petrazzuolo | Xavier Audouy Ludovic Walter | 6–3, 4–6, 10–8 | |
Loss | 2–2 | Garden Open, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Giancarlo Petrazzuolo | Flavio Cipolla Simone Vagnozzi | 3–6, 3–6 | |
Win | 3–2 | San Benedetto, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Júlio Silva | Cătălin-Ionuț Gârd Max Raditschnigg | 6–3, 7–5 | |
Win | 4–2 | Orbetello, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Giancarlo Petrazzuolo | Alessio di Mauro Manuel Jorquera | 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 10–6 | |
Win | 5–2 | Asunción, Paraguay | Challenger | Clay | Fabio Fognini | Carlos Berlocq Brian Dabul | 6–3, 6–4 | |
Win | 6–2 | Barranquilla, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | Flavio Cipolla | Alejandro Falla Eduardo Struvay | 6–3, 6–4 | |
Win | 7–2 | Rijeka Open, Croatia | Challenger | Clay | Júlio Silva | Lovro Zovko Dino Marcan | 6–3, 6–2 | |
Loss | 7–3 | Bucaramanga, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | Miguel Ángel López Jaén | Ariel Behar Horacio Zeballos | 4–6, 6–7(5–7) | |
Win | 8–3 | Cortina, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Matteo Viola | Lee Hsin-han Alessandro Motti | 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 10–3 | |
Loss | 8–4 | Monterrey, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | Fernando Romboli | Thiemo de Bakker Mark Vervoort | w/o | |
Win | 9–4 | Sarasota Open, USA | Challenger | Clay | Martín Cuevas | Luke Bambridge Jonny O'Mara | 7–6(7–5), 7–6(8–6) | |
Loss | 9–5 | Garden Open, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Juan Pablo Varillas | Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul | 6-7(5-7), 5-7 |
Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | 1R | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 | 2–7 |
French Open | Q3 | Q2 | Q3 | 1R | Q2 | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | 1–7 |
Wimbledon | Q2 | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | NH | Q1 | 2–9 |
US Open | Q1 | Q2 | Q1 | A | Q2 | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 4R | 2R | 3R | 1R | Q2 | 9–9 |
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||
Year-end ranking | 294 | 207 | 84 | 143 | 108 | 64 | 109 | 64 | 68 | 40 | 43 | 109 | 115 | 146 | 260 ! |
Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | 1R | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1–6 | |||||||
French Open | 2R | A | 1R | 2R | A | A | 1R | QF | 1R | 4–6 | |||||||
Wimbledon | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 0–7 | |||||||
US Open | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | 2R | A | 1–3 | |||||||
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