Leonardo Azzaro

Leonardo Azzaro (Italian pronunciation: [leoˈnardo atˈtsaːro, – adˈdz-];^[1][2] born 30 May 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.

Leonardo Azzaro

Leonardo Azzaro at the 2006 Riviera di Rimini Challenger
Country (sports)	Italy
Born	(1978-05-30) 30 May 1978 (age 46) Florence, Italy
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	1997
Plays	Left-handed
Prize money	$320,082
Singles
Career record	0–3
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 180 (1 November 2004)
Doubles
Career record	3–10
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 94 (14 August 2006)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2007)
Wimbledon	1R (2006)
US Open	1R (2007)

Career

Azzaro won a silver medal for Italy at the 2001 Mediterranean Games in Tunisia. He defeated Slovenian Marko Tkalec in the semi-final, before losing the gold medal play-off to Konstantinos Economidis of Greece.

The left-handed player appeared in the main draw of three Grand Slams, all in the Men's Doubles, but never made it past the first round. At the 2007 US Open, Azzaro and his partner Filippo Volandri had to face the second seeds, Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor.^[3]

He retired in 2010, having won 20 ITF Futures titles, seven of them in singles, as well as winning 17 Challenger trophies for doubles.^[4]

Challenger titles

Singles: (1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	2004	Aschaffenburg, Germany	Clay	Tobias Summerer	6–4, 6–7(7–9), 7–6(7–2)

Doubles: (17)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	2001	San Benedetto, Italy	Clay	Stefano Galvani	Stephen Huss Lee Pearson	3–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–4
2.	2002	Sassuolo, Italy	Clay	Potito Starace	Manuel Jorquera Diego Moyano	6–3, 6–2
3.	2002	Donetsk, Ukraine	Clay	Federico Browne	Mikhail Elgin Dmitry Vlasov	6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–4), 7–5
4.	2003	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Clay	Gergely Kisgyörgy	Ivan Cerović Aleksander Slovic	7–6(7–3), 6–3
5.	2003	Budaors, Hungary	Clay	Gergely Kisgyörgy	Tomáš Berdych Michal Navrátil	6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–3)
6.	2004	Turin, Italy	Clay	Giorgio Galimberti	Hermes Gamonal Adrián García	6–1, 6–3
7.	2004	Cordenons, Italy	Clay	Kornél Bardóczky	Andrea Merati Christophe Rochus	6–2, 6–0
8.	2004	Ischgl, Austria	Carpet	Christopher Kas	Gianluca Bazzica Massimo Dell'Acqua	7–5, 6–3
9.	2005	Genoa, Italy	Clay	Sergio Roitman	Marco Pedrini Andrea Stoppini	6–1, 6–4
10.	2005	Budapest, Hungary	Clay	Sergio Roitman	Philipp Petzschner Lars Uebel	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
11.	2006	Chiasso, Switzerland	Clay	Lovro Zovko	Amir Hadad Roko Karanušić	6–2, 7–5
12.	2006	Trani, Italy	Clay	Daniele Giorgini	Alessandro Motti Daniel Muñoz de la Nava	6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
13.	2007	Trani, Italy	Clay	Daniele Giorgini	Fabio Colangelo Alessandro Motti	6–2, 7–5
14.	2007	Vigo, Spain	Clay	Lamine Ouahab	Pablo Santos Igor Sijsling	2–6, 6–4, [10–7]
15.	2007	Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands	Clay	Lovro Zovko	Jérémy Chardy Predrag Rusevski	6–3, 6–3
16.	2008	Rimini, Italy	Clay	Marco Crugnola	Cătălin-Ionuț Gârd Matwé Middelkoop	6–1, 6–1
17.	2008	Napoli, Italy	Clay	Alessandro Motti	Ismar Gorčić Antonio Maiorano	6–7(5–7), 6–3, [10–7]

References

1. Luciano Canepari. "Leonardo". DiPI Online (in Italian). Retrieved 26 October 2018.
2. Luciano Canepari. "Azzaro". DiPI Online (in Italian). Retrieved 26 October 2018.
3. ITF Tennis Profile
4. ATP World Tour Profile