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Gianluca Mager

Gianluca Mager (born 1 December 1994) is an Italian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 66 achieved on 13 September 2021. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 310 achieved on 10 June 2019.

Gianluca Mager
Mager at the 2019 French Open
Country (sports) Italy
Born (1994-12-01) 1 December 1994 (age 29)
Sanremo
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2013
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachMatteo Civarolo
Flavio Cipolla
Prize moneyUS$1,596,525
Singles
Career record25–35 (41.7% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 62 (22 November 2021)
Current rankingNo. 263 (29 January 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2021, 2022)
French Open2R (2021)
Wimbledon2R (2021)
US Open1R (2020, 2021)
Doubles
Career record1–11 (8.3% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 310 (10 June 2019)
Current rankingNo. 1025 (29 January 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2021, 2022)
French Open1R (2020)
Wimbledon1R (2021)
US Open1R (2021)
Last updated on: 29 January 2024.

Personal Info edit

Born in Liguria, from a family of German origins.[1]

In 2010, Mager was disqualified for failing a doping test after smoking marijuana at a party.[2]

Professional career edit

Mager made his ATP main draw debut at the 2017 Internazionali BNL d'Italia after earning a wildcard in the pre-qualifying wildcard tournament.[3] He was defeated by Aljaž Bedene in the first round.

He got his first singles ATP main-draw win in the first round in Stockholm in October 2019 against Spaniard Pablo Andújar.

At the 2020 Rio Open in Brazil, an ATP 500 level tournament on clay courts, he beat world No. 34 Casper Ruud in the first round, and world No. 4 Dominic Thiem in the quarterfinals to reach the semifinal as a qualifier.[4] Mager reached his first ATP Tour final, defeating lucky loser Attila Balázs in the semifinals before losing to Chilean Cristian Garín, 6–73–7, 5–7. Mager started the tournament No. 114 in the world and qualified into the main draw. After this good performance, Mager reached a singles ranking of World No. 77.

At the 2021 Sofia Open Mager reached his fourth quarterfinal of the season at the ATP 250 level (after Delray Beach, Belgrade and Kitzbühel) defeating sixth seed Adrian Mannarino and Miomir Kecmanović.[5] He lost in the quarterfinals to Gaël Monfils in straight sets 6–2, 6–2 in 50 minutes. He was aiming to reach his second tour-level semifinal and first since 2020 in Rio de Janeiro.[6][7]

ATP career finals edit

Singles: 1 (1 runner–up) edit

Legend
Grand Slam (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 W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2020 Rio Open, Brazil 500 Series Clay   Cristian Garín 6–7(3–7), 5–7

Challenger and Futures finals edit

Singles: 17 (10–7) edit

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (6–1)
ITF Futures Tour (4–6)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (9–7)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2014 Georgia F2, Telavi Futures Clay   Daniil Medvedev 6–3, 2–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Aug 2014 Georgia F3, Telavi Futures Clay   Cristóbal Saavedra Corvalán 2–4 ret.
Loss 1–2 Sep 2014 Italy F31, Santa Margherita di Pula Futures Clay   Florian Fallert 1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 1–3 Sep 2014 Italy F33, Santa Margherita di Pula Futures Clay   Omar Giacalone 6–2, 2–6, 5–7
Loss 1–4 Nov 2014 Italy F39, Santa Margherita di Pula Futures Clay   Gianluca Naso 4–6, 3–6
Loss 1–5 Aug 2015 Italy F20, Pontedera Futures Clay   Lorenzo Giustino 6–7(3–7), 3–6
Win 2–5 Sep 2015 Italy F27, Santa Margherita di Pula Futures Clay   Yannick Maden 7–6(8–6), 2–6, 6–3
Win 3–5 Oct 2015 Italy F33, Santa Margherita di Pula Futures Clay   Lorenzo Sonego 6–3, 6–3
Win 4–5 Jul 2017 Italy F21, Casinalbo Futures Clay   Andrea Collarini 4–6, 7–6(7–0), 6–2
Loss 4–6 Apr 2018 Italy F7, Santa Margherita di Pula Futures Clay   Lorenzo Giustino 4–6, 1–6
Loss 4–7 Jul 2018 Milan, Italy Challenger Clay   Laslo Đere 2–6, 1–6
Win 5–7 Jan 2019 Koblenz, Germany Challenger Hard (i)   Roberto Ortega Olmedo 2–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–2
Win 6–7 Apr 2019 Barletta, Italy Challenger Clay   Nikola Milojević 7–6(9–7), 5–7, 3–2 ret.
Win 7–7 Sep 2019 Biella, Italy Challenger Clay   Paolo Lorenzi 6-0, 6-7(4–7), 7-5
Win 8–7 Apr 2021 Marbella, Spain Challenger Clay   Jaume Munar 2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win 9–7 Feb 2022 Las Palmas, Spain Challenger Clay   Roberto Carballés Baena 7–6(8–6), 6–2
Win 10–7 Jan 2024 Punta del Este, Uruguay Challenger Clay   Thiago Agustín Tirante 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–0


Doubles: 6 (2–4) edit

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
ITF Futures Tour (1–4)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (1–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2014 Georgia F2, Telavi Futures Clay   Riccardo Bonadio   Grégoire Barrère
  Luca Margaroli 		6–7(5–7), 6–7(5–7)
Win 1–1 Sep 2014 Italy F31, Santa Margherita di Pula Futures Clay   Federico Maccari   Marcos Giraldi Requena
  Gonçalo Oliveira 		3–6, 6–4, [10–6]
Loss 1–2 Sep 2014 Italy F33, Santa Margherita di Pula Futures Clay   Gonçalo Oliveira   Omar Giacalone
  Pietro Rondoni 		5–7, 1–6
Loss 1–3 Mar 2015 France F7, Saint Raphaël Futures Hard (i)   Erik Crepaldi   Yannick Jankovits
  Alexandre Sidorenko 		1–6, 4–6
Loss 1–4 Apr 2018 Italy F6, Santa Margherita di Pula Futures Clay   Walter Trusendi   Juan Ignacio Galarza
  Mariano Kestelboim 		6–1, 4–6, [6–10]
Win 2–4 Jan 2019 Chennai, India Challenger Hard   Andrea Pellegrino   Matt Reid
  Luke Saville 		6–4, 7–6(9–7)

Record against top 10 players edit

Mager's match record against those who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches and Davis Cup matches are considered:

Player Record Win % Hard Clay Grass Last match
Number 2 ranked players
  Casper Ruud 1–1 50% – 1–1 – Lost (3–6, 2–6) at 2021 Marbella
Number 3 ranked players
  Dominic Thiem 1–0 100% – 1–0 – Won (7–6(7–4), 7–5) at 2020 Rio de Janeiro
  Grigor Dimitrov 0–1 0% – 0–1 – Lost (5–7, 1–6) at 2020 Rome
Number 4 ranked players
  Jannik Sinner 0–1 0% – 0–1 – Lost (1–6, 5–7, 6–3, 3–6) at 2021 French Open
Number 5 ranked players
  Andrey Rublev 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (3–6, 2–6, 2–6) at 2022 Australian Open
Number 6 ranked players
  Félix Auger-Aliassime 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (6–4, 4–6, 1–6) at 2021 Paris
  Gaël Monfils 0–2 0% 0–2 – – Lost (4–6, 2–6) at 2021 Indian Wells
Number 8 ranked players
  Karen Khachanov 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (5–7, 3–6) at 2022 Adelaide 2
Number 10 ranked players
  Pablo Carreño Busta 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (3–6, 6–7(2–7)) at 2019 Stockholm
Total 2–9 18% 0–6
(0%) 		2–3
(40%) 		0–0
( – ) 		* Statistics correct as of 18 October 2023.

Wins over top 10 players edit

  • He has a 1–1 (50.0%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10
Season 2020 Total
Wins 1 1
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score GMR
2020
1.   Dominic Thiem No. 4 Rio Open, Brazil Clay QF 7–67–4, 7–5 128
* As of 26 September 2020

References edit

  1. ^ "Sport, tennis, resilienza e amore: la vera storia di Gianluca Mager". www.tennisfever.it. 23 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Il primo non si scorda mai..." www.tennisitaliano.it.
  3. ^ "ATP/WTA ROMA – Prequalificazioni: Berrettini e Chiesa nel main draw!". www.tennisworlditalia.com.
  4. ^ "Gianluca Mager Stuns Dominic Thiem in Rio". ATP Tour.
  5. ^ "Ilya Ivashka Downs Pablo Andújar in Sofia Opener". ATP Tour.
  6. ^ "Gael Monfils Moves into Sofia SFS". ATP Tour.
  7. ^ "À Sofia, Gaël Monfils corrige Gianluca Mager".

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