Salvatore Caruso
Caruso at the 2021 French Open
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceAvola, Italy
Born (1992-12-15) 15 December 1992 (age 31)
Avola, Italy
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2011
PlaysRight-handed
(two-handed backhand)
CoachPaolo Cannova
Prize moneyUS $1,922,256
Singles
Career record19–44 (30.2%) (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 76 (16 November 2020)[1]
Current rankingNo. 294 (19 December 2022)
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. 728 (19 September 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2021)
French Open1R (2021)
Wimbledon1R (2021)
Last updated on: 19 September 2022.

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.

Early life

Caruso grew up in Sicily, Italy.

Career

2016

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]

2019: Top 100 debut

The 2019 season was a season of a progress. At the 2019 French Open, he got his first Grand Slam win and later reached the third round.[6] He then lost to world No. 1 Novak Djokovic.[7] A month later, he successful participated in the Umag Open. In the second round, he recorded his biggest win to date against World No. 14 Borna Ćorić and advanced to his first ATP quarterfinal.[8] The quarterfinal win against Facundo Bagnis, allowed him to reach his first ATP semifinal as well.[9] He lost to Dušan Lajović in the semifinal. In early October, he won the Barcelona Challenger and secured his place in the top 100 for the first time.[4]

2020: Career-high ranking

Despite not having an impressive season in 2020, Caruso made a bit of a progress. At the 2020 US Open, he reached 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 lost to then world No. 1 Novak Djokovic.[11]

The end of the season was important for Caruso. At the 2020 Sofia Open he defeated world No. 21 Félix Auger-Aliassime in order to reach the quarterfinal,[12] and secured a career-high-ranking of World No. 76 on 16 November 2020.[4]

2022: Out of top 250

Caruso initially failed to qualify for the main draw of the 2022 Australian Open, losing in the final round of the qualifying stage, but earned a place in the main draw as a lucky loser after World No. 1 Novak Djokovic was deported from Australia due to COVID-19 visa issues related to the ban for unvaccinated visitors. Caruso took Djokovic's original slot at the top of the draw,[13] having been given the position as the schedule for the opening day had already been released.[14] He lost to another Serb, Miomir Kecmanović, in the first round.[15]

Performance timeline

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.
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 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A Q1 A 1R Q1 1R 2R 1R 0 / 4 1–4 20%
French Open A A A Q2 Q1 3R 1R 1R Q2 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Wimbledon A A Q1 Q1 Q2 1R NH 1R Q3 0 / 2 0–2 0%
US Open A A A Q1 Q1 Q2 3R 1R A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 2–3 1–4 0–1 0 / 11 5–11 31%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A Q1 A A Q2 NH 2R Q1 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Miami Open A A A A A A NH 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Monte-Carlo Masters A A Q1 A A A NH 2R A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Madrid Open A A A A A A NH A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open Q1 Q1 1R Q1 Q1 A 2R 1R A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Canadian Masters A A A A A A NH A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A 1R A 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 A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 3–4 0–0 0 / 8 3–8 27%
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 0 1 1 3 6 13 19 1 Career total: 44
Overall W–L 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–3 6–6 7–13 5–19 0–1 0 / 44 19–44 30%
Year-end ranking 455 227 253 204 158 96 76 157 $1,922,256

Doubles

Tournament 2021 2022 SR W–L Win %
Australian Open 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–3 0–0 0 / 3 0–3 0%

ATP Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP 500 (0–1)
ATP 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 Italy Federico Gaio Spain Marcel Granollers
Argentina Horacio Zeballos 		4–6, 7–5, [7–10]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 17 (8 titles, 9 runners–up)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–2)
ITF Futures (6–7)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–4)
Clay (8–5)
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 Germany Jan-Lennard Struff 7–6(2), 2–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 May 2013 Italy F7, San Margherita di Pula Futures Clay Argentina Andrés Molteni 7–5, 1–6, 2–6
Win 1–2 Jun 2013 Italy F12, Padova Futures Clay Italy Enrico Burzi 7–6(3), 6–7(3), 6–0
Loss 1–3 Nov 2013 Croatia F16, Bol Futures Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Tomislav Brkić 6–4, 5–7, 5–7
Loss 1–4 Sep 2014 USA F24, Claremont Futures Hard United States Dennis Nevolo 4–6, 2–6
Win 2–4 Oct 2014 Italy F37, San Margherita di Pula Futures Clay Italy Gianluca Naso 6–4, 7–5
Loss 2–5 Jan 2015 Tunisia F2, Port El Kantaoui Futures Hard Serbia Danilo Petrovic 4–6, 4–6
Win 3–5 Aug 2015 Italy F21, Bolzano Futures Clay Italy Marco Bortolotti 6–3, 6–4
Loss 3–6 Nov 2016 Italy F36, San Margherita di Pula Futures Clay Italy Stefano Travaglia 6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Loss 3–7 Mar 2017 Italy F4, Sondrio Futures Hard Czech Republic Stefano Michnev 6–7(3), 4–6
Win 4–7 Apr 2017 Italy F7, San Margherita di Pula Futures Clay Argentina Andrea Collarini 7–5, 6–3
Win 5–7 Apr 2017 Italy F9, San Margherita di Pula Futures Clay Brazil Guilherme Clezar 6–3, 6–3
Loss 5–8 Aug 2017 Challenger Pulcra Lachiter Biella, Italy Challenger Hard Serbia Filip Krajinović 3–6, 2–6
Win 6–8 Sep 2018 Città di Como Challenger, Italy Challenger Clay Chile Cristian Garín 7–5, 6–4
Win 7–8 Oct 2019 Sánchez-Casal Cup – Barcelona, Spain Challenger Clay Slovakia Jozef Kovalík 6–4, 6–2
Loss 7–9 Oct 2020 Emilia-Romagna Open – Parma, Italy Challenger Clay United States Frances Tiafoe 3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win 8–9 Oct 2023 Italy M25, San Margherita di Pula, Italy Futures Clay Italy Marcello Serafini 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 6–3

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 Canada Érik Chvojka Belgium Julien Cagnina
Belgium Germain Gigounon 		6–4, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Jun 2013 Italy F14, Siena Futures Clay Italy Antonio Massara Italy Claudio Grassi
Italy Adelchi Virgili 		1–6, 4–6
Win 2–1 Mar 2014 Italy F4, Palermo Futures Clay Italy Omar Giacalone Italy Davide Melchiorre
Italy Riccardo Sinicropi 		6–1, 6–3
Win 3–1 Mar 2014 Italy F7, San Margherita di Pula Futures Clay Italy Filippo Baldi Italy Francesco Borgo
Italy Marco Speronello 		6–3, 6–2
Win 4–1 Oct 2014 Italy F36, San Margherita di Pula Futures Clay Italy Gianluca Naso Italy D. Della Tommasina
Italy Walter Trusendi 		6–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss 4–2 Oct 2014 Italy F37, San Margherita di Pula Futures Clay Italy Gianluca Naso Italy Pietro Rondoni
Italy Riccardo Bonadio 		5–7, 6–3, [3–10]
Loss 4–3 May 2015 Internazionali di Città di Vicenza, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Federico Gaio Argentina Facundo Bagnis
Argentina Guido Pella 		2–6, 4–6
Loss 4–4 Jul 2016 Internazionali di Città di Todi, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Alessandro Giannessi Brazil Marcelo Demoliner
Brazil Fabrício Neis 		1–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win 5–4 Jul 2017 Internazionali di Città di Perugia, Italy Challenger Clay France Jonathan Eysseric Argentina Nicolás Kicker
Brazil Fabrício Neis 		6–3, 6–3
Loss 5–5 Oct 2018 Firenze Tennis Cup, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Filippo Baldi Australia Rameez Junaid
Netherlands David Pel 		5–7, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss 5–6 Oct 2021 Brest Challenger, France Challenger Hard (i) Italy Federico Gaio France Sadio Doumbia
France 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.
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Notes

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. ^ a b c "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.
  9. ^ Jovica Ilic (20 July 2019). "ATP Umag: Lajovic and Djere lead Serbian charge. Balazs and Caruso advance". tennis world. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  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.
  13. ^ Chadwick, Justin (16 January 2022). "Caruso earns Open call-up as lucky loser". Perth Now. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  14. ^ ‘Deeply regrettable’: ATP’s words of support for Djokovic as ‘lucky loser’ Caruso becomes de facto top seed The Sydney Morning Herald
  15. ^ Koziol, Michael; Walsh, Courtney (17 January 2022). "Kecmanovic looks to 'avenge' Djokovic after first round win". The Age. Australia. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

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