Stefano Pescosolido (Italian pronunciation: [ˈsteːfano ˌpɛskoˈsɔːlido, - pes-] ; born 13 June 1971) is a former tennis player from Italy, who turned professional in 1989. Pescosolido was born in Sora.

Stefano Pescosolido
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceRome, Italy
Born (1971-06-13) 13 June 1971 (age 53)
Sora, Italy
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1989
Retired2006
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,657,671
Singles
Career record109–159
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 42 (2 March 1992)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (1995)
French Open3R (1993)
Wimbledon2R (1996, 1998, 2004)
US Open2R (1991, 1992, 1995)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (1996)
Doubles
Career record50–72
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 102 (11 January 1999)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (1992)
French Open2R (1996)
Wimbledon2R (1999, 2000)
US Open1R (1996)
Last updated on: 23 May 2022.

He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he was defeated in the first round by Brazil's Fernando Meligeni. The right-hander won two career titles in singles, and reached his career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 42 in March 1992.[1][2]

ATP career finals

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Singles: 2 (2 titles)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (2–0)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Mar 1992 Scottsdale, United States World Series Hard   Brad Gilbert 6–0, 1–6, 6–4
Win 2–0 Oct 1993 Tel Aviv, Israel World Series Hard   Amos Mansdorf 7–6(7–5), 7–5

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–1)
ATP World Series (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–1)
Indoors (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 1997 Shanghai, China World Series Carpet   Tomas Nydahl   Max Mirnyi
  Kevin Ullyett
6–7, 7–6, 5–7
Loss 0–1 Apr 1998 Tokyo, Japan Championship Series Hard   Olivier Delaître   Sébastien Lareau
  Daniel Nestor
3–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 Sep 1998 Tashkent, Uzbekistan World Series Hard   Laurence Tieleman   Kenneth Carlsen
  Sjeng Schalken
7–5, 4–6, 7–5

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 20 (10–10)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (7–8)
ITF Futures (3–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–4)
Clay (5–3)
Grass (1–2)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 May 1989 Parioli, Italy Challenger Clay   Oliver Fuchs 6–1, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Sep 1990 Messina, Italy Challenger Clay   Guillermo Pérez Roldán 1–6, 3–6
Loss 1–2 Mar 1991 Le Gosier, Guadeloupe Challenger Hard   Olivier Delaître 2–6, 6–7
Win 2–2 Apr 1991 Parioli, Italy Challenger Clay   Bart Wuyts 6–3, 6–4
Win 3–2 Apr 1991 Oporto, Portugal Challenger Clay   Roberto Azar 6–1, 6–1
Loss 3–3 Oct 1991 Siracusa, Italy Challenger Clay   Carlos Costa 3–6, 6–7
Loss 3–4 Jul 1995 Braunschweig, Germany Challenger Clay   Magnus Gustafsson 6–4, 0–6, 6–7
Win 4–4 Jul 1997 Bristol, United Kingdom Challenger Grass   Mark Petchey 7–6, 7–6
Loss 4–5 Jul 1997 Manchester, United Kingdom Challenger Grass   Óscar Burrieza-Lopez 6–7, 6–2, 1–6
Loss 4–6 Jul 1998 Manchester, United Kingdom Challenger Grass   Chris Wilkinson 3–6, 4–6
Win 5–6 Jul 1999 Olbia, Italy Challenger Hard   Giorgio Galimberti 6–7, 6–4, 7–6
Loss 5–7 Feb 2000 Amarillo, United States Challenger Hard   Michael Russell 5–7, 2–6
Win 6–7 Sep 2001 Italy F11, Oristano Futures Hard   Rodolphe Cadart 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4)
Loss 6–8 Feb 2003 Great Britain F2, Nottingham Futures Carpet   Wesley Moodie 6–3, 6–7(3–7), 4–6
Loss 6–9 Feb 2003 Great Britain F4, Redbridge Futures Hard   Michael Joyce 4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss 6–10 Mar 2003 Wrexham, United Kingdom Challenger Hard   Wesley Moodie 4–6, 3–6
Win 7–10 Mar 2003 France F6, Lille Futures Hard   Francisco Fogues-Domenech 6–3, 3–6, 6–4
Win 8–10 Apr 2003 Italy F3, Viterbo Futures Clay   Igor Andreev 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win 9–10 Jul 2003 Córdoba, Spain Challenger Hard   Nicolas Mahut 6–4, 6–3
Win 10–10 Apr 2004 Olbia, Italy Challenger Clay   Daniel Köllerer 6–1, 6–2

Doubles: 19 (10–9)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (7–9)
ITF Futures (3–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–4)
Clay (4–3)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (1–2)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 1990 Parioli, Italy Challenger Clay   Nicola Bruno   Branislav Stankovic
  Richard Vogel
5–7, 3–6
Win 1–1 Jan 1991 Heilbronn, Germany Challenger Carpet   Diego Nargiso   Christian Saceanu
  Michiel Schapers
6–2, 6–2
Win 2–1 Mar 1991 Marseille, France Challenger Clay   Massimo Boscatto   Tom Kempers
  Tom Nijssen
6–2, 2–6, 6–3
Win 3–1 Apr 1991 Zaragoza, Spain Challenger Clay   Massimo Cierro   Juan-Carlos Baguena
  David De Miguel-Lapiedra
6–2, 6–4
Loss 3–2 Oct 1991 Siracusa, Italy Challenger Clay   Diego Nargiso   Cristian Brandi
  Massimo Cierro
6–3, 6–7, 6–7
Loss 3–3 Sep 1993 Budapest, Hungary Challenger Clay   Massimo Valeri   Filip Dewulf
  Tom Vanhoudt
5–7, 3–6
Win 4–3 Sep 1995 Napoli, Italy Challenger Clay   Vincenzo Santopadre   Kent Kinnear
  Jack Waite
6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Loss 4–4 Feb 1997 Cherbourg, France Challenger Hard   Vincenzo Santopadre   Max Mirnyi
  Kevin Ullyett
3–6, 7–6, 4–6
Loss 4–5 Aug 1997 Olbia, Italy Challenger Hard   Mosé Navarra   Geoff Grant
  Maurice Ruah
6–3, 2–6, 5–7
Loss 4–6 Feb 1998 Heilbronn, Germany Challenger Carpet   Vincenzo Santopadre   Geoff Grant
  Mark Merklein
3–6, 6–7
Win 5–6 Jul 1998 Manchester, United Kingdom Challenger Grass   Mosé Navarra   Wayne Arthurs
  Ben Ellwood
6–1, 6–7, 7–6
Loss 5–7 Aug 1999 Madrid, Spain Challenger Hard   David Di Lucia   Thomas Shimada
  Myles Wakefield
3–6, 6–7
Win 6–7 Sep 1999 France F12, Plaisir Futures Hard   Andrei Stoliarov   Yaoki Ishii
  Arnaud L'Official
3–6, 6–3, 7–5
Loss 6–8 Feb 2000 Hull, United Kingdom Challenger Carpet   Julian Knowle   Barry Cowan
  Neville Godwin
3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 6–9 Mar 2000 Besançon, France Challenger Hard   Vincenzo Santopadre   Julien Boutter
  Michaël Llodra
4–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–7(5–7)
Win 7–9 Feb 2001 Great Britain F2, Glasgow Futures Hard   Daniele Bracciali   Tomasz Bonieck
  Juan-Carlos Parker
1–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win 8–9 Jul 2002 Hilversum, Netherlands Challenger Clay   Aisam Qureshi   John Hui
  Anthony Ross
7–6(7–4), 6–0
Win 9–9 Aug 2002 Wrexham, United Kingdom Challenger Hard   Gianluca Pozzi   Daniele Bracciali
  Aisam Qureshi
6–4, 6–4
Win 10–9 Jul 2006 Italy F24, Modena Futures Clay   Matteo Fago   Mikal Statham
  José Statham
6–7(5–7), 6–1, 6–4

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1988 US Open Hard   Massimo Boscatto   Jonathan Stark
  John Yancey
6–7, 5–7

Performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (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); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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Tournament 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 2R A 2R A 2R 3R 1R A A A Q1 A A Q1 Q2 0 / 5 5–5 50%
French Open A A A 1R 3R 2R Q2 1R Q1 Q2 Q1 Q1 Q1 A Q1 Q1 0 / 4 3–4 43%
Wimbledon A A 1R 1R A 1R A 2R Q1 2R Q2 Q1 Q1 Q2 Q3 2R 0 / 6 3–6 33%
US Open A A 2R 2R Q1 1R 2R 1R A Q3 Q3 A Q1 Q1 Q3 A 0 / 5 3–5 38%
Win–loss 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–4 2–1 2–4 3–2 1–4 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0 / 20 14–20 41%
National Representation
Summer Olympics Not Held A Not Held 1R Not Held A Not Held A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells A A A 1R 1R 1R A Q1 A A A A A A A A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Miami A A 1R 1R 1R 1R A 3R A A A A A A A A 0 / 5 2–5 29%
Monte Carlo A A A 2R A 2R A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Hamburg A A A 3R A 2R A 2R A A A A A A A Q2 0 / 3 4–3 57%
Rome 1R 2R 2R 2R 1R 3R 1R 1R 1R A A A A A Q1 1R 0 / 10 5–10 33%
Canada A A 3R A A 2R A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Cincinnati A A 1R 1R Q2 1R A 1R A A A A A A Q1 A 0 / 4 0–4 0%
Paris A A A 1R A A A Q3 A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–1 1–1 3–4 4–7 0–3 5–7 0–1 3–4 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0 / 30 16–30 35%

Doubles

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Tournament 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 1R A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open A A A A A A A 2R A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Wimbledon A A 1R A A A A A A Q1 2R 2R Q1 A A A 0 / 3 2–3 40%
US Open A A A A A A A 1R A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 6 3–6 33%
ATP Masters Series
Miami A A A 1R A A A Q1 A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Monte Carlo A A A A A Q1 A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Rome 1R 1R A 1R 1R 1R 1R A Q1 A A 1R A A A 1R 0 / 8 0–8 0%
Canada A A 2R A A 1R A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Cincinnati A A A 1R A Q1 A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–3 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0 / 12 1–12 8%

References

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  1. ^ "Stefano Pescosolido". Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  2. ^ "QUELLA VOLTA A MADRID…". Retrieved 23 August 2018.
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