Federico Gaio

Federico Gaio (Italian pronunciation: [fedeˈriːko ˈɡaːjo];^[3][4] born 5 March 1992) is an Italian professional tennis player. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ITF circuit. He has won four Challenger titles and nine ITF futures singles titles. He reached his career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 124 in February 2020. He has won three Challenger and four ITF futures doubles titles in doubles.^[2] He reached a career high in doubles of World No. 163 on 2 November 2020 after his maiden ATP doubles final at the 2020 Rio Open partnering Salvatore Caruso. In July 2025 he began coaching top 10 player Jasmine Paolini.

Federico Gaio

Gaio at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Full name	Federico Gaio
Country (sports)	Italy
Residence	Faenza, Italy
Born	(1992-03-05) 5 March 1992 (age 33)[1] Faenza, Italy[2]
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	2009
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Coach	Fabio Filippo Colangelo
Prize money	$1,054,832[1]
Singles
Career record	3–15
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 124 (3 February 2020)
Current ranking	No. 198 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2018, 2024)
French Open	Q2 (2016)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2021)
US Open	1R (2018, 2020)
Doubles
Career record	5–5[1]
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 163 (2 November 2020)
Current ranking	No. 404 (15 January 2024)
Last updated on: 19 January 2024.

Professional career

2015: ATP debut

He played his first ATP main draw match in the 2015 Rome Open after gaining entry as a wildcard.

2018: Grand Slam singles debut

He made his Grand Slam debut at the 2018 US Open as a qualifier where he lost to tenth seed David Goffin.

2020: Maiden doubles ATP final

He reached his first doubles final at the ATP 500 2020 Rio Open partnering Salvatore Caruso where they lost to Horacio Zeballos/Marcel Granollers

2023: First Challenger final since 2021

At the 2023 Piemonte Open Challenger 175 he reached his first final since July 2021 as a qualifier with a win over top seed and world No. 40 Sebastian Baez.^[5] As a result, he moved more than 100 positions up into the top 250 on 22 May 2023.

ATP Tour career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP Finals (0–0) ATP Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP 500 (0–1) ATP 250 (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoor (0–1) Indoor (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2020	Rio Open, Brazil	ATP 500	Clay	Salvatore Caruso	Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos	4–6, 7–5, [7–10]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 28 (13 titles, 15 runner-ups)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (4–5) ITF Futures/WTT (9–10)

Finals by surface Hard (5–4) Clay (8–11) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	May 2011	Kazakhstan F2, Taraz	Futures	Hard	Takuto Niki	0–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win	2–0	May 2011	Kazakhstan F3, Almaty	Futures	Hard	Ilia Starkov	6–0, 7–5
Loss	2–1	Jun 2011	Israel F6, Ashkelon	Futures	Hard	Amir Weintraub	4–6, 2–6
Win	3–1	Jul 2012	Argentina F18, Bell Ville	Futures	Clay	Renzo Olivo	7–5, 7–5
Loss	3–2	Jul 2013	Austria F2, Seefeld	Futures	Clay	Patrick Ofner	5–7, 6–3, 4–6
Win	4–2	Sep 2013	Turkey F36, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Richard Gabb	3–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–1
Loss	4–3	Nov 2013	Greece F17, Heraklion	Futures	Hard	Dennis Novak	4–6, 2–6
Loss	4–4	May 2014	France F9, Grasse	Futures	Clay	Jonathan Eysseric	3–6, 4–6
Loss	4–5	Jul 2014	Italy F23, Modena	Futures	Clay	Daniele Giorgini	3–6, 4–6
Loss	4–6	Aug 2014	Cortina, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Filip Krajinović	6–2, 6–7(5–7), 5–7
Win	5–6	Oct 2014	Turkey F36, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Hiroyasu Ehara	1–6, 6–0, 6–4
Loss	5–7	Apr 2015	Croatia F7, Vrsar	Futures	Clay	Riccardo Bellotti	4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win	6–7	Apr 2015	Italy F5, Santa Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Stefano Napolitano	6–2, 6–4
Loss	6–8	May 2015	Italy F10, Bergamo	Futures	Clay	Matteo Trevisan	4–6, 4–6
Win	7–8	Aug 2015	Italy F22, Appiano	Futures	Clay	Francisco Bahamonde	6–4, 6–3
Win	8–8	Jul 2016	San Benedetto, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Constant Lestienne	6–2, 1–6, 6–3
Win	9–8	Jul 2016	Biella, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Thomaz Bellucci	7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win	10–8	Sep 2017	Italy F29, Santa Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Jay Clarke	6–2, 7–5
Win	11–8	Oct 2017	Italy F35, Santa Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Lorenzo Sonego	7–6(7–4), 2–6, 6–0
Loss	11–9	Jul 2018	Padova, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Sergio Gutiérrez Ferrol	2–6, 6–3, 1–6
Loss	11–10	Jun 2019	Parma, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Tommy Robredo	6–7(10–12), 7–5, 6–7(6–8)
Win	12–10	Aug 2019	Manerbio, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Paolo Lorenzi	6–3, 6–1
Win	13–10	Jan 2020	Bangkok, Thailand	Challenger	Hard	Robin Haase	6–1, 4–6, 4–2 ret.
Loss	13–11	Jul 2021	Todi, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Mario Vilella Martínez	6–7(3–7), 6–1, 3–6
Loss	13–12	Jan 2023	M25 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Francesco Forti	3–6, 4–6
Loss	13–13	Feb 2023	M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio, Portugal	WTT	Hard	Henrique Rocha	3–6, 1–6
Loss	13–14	May 2023	Turin, Italy	Challenger	Clay[a]	Dominik Köpfer	7–6(7–5), 2–6, 0–6
Loss	13–15	Jun 2024	M25 Grasse, France	WTT	Clay	Maxime Chazal	6–4, 4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 18 (7 titles, 11 runner-ups)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (3–6) ITF Futures/WTT (4–5)

Finals by surface Hard (3–6) Clay (4–5) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2008	Italy F34, Quartu Sant'Elena	Futures	Hard	Alessandro Giannessi	Fabio Colangelo Matteo Volante	6–7(7–9), 1–6
Win	1–1	Sep 2009	Italy F29, Alghero	Futures	Hard	Alessandro Giannessi	Vasek Pospisil Marcus Willis	6–2, 7–5
Loss	1–2	Mar 2010	Italy F1, Trento	Futures	Hard (i)	Alessandro Giannessi	Nikolai Fidirko Nikolaus Moser	4–6, 4–6
Loss	1–3	Jul 2011	Recanati, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Purav Raja	Frederik Nielsen Ken Skupski	4–6, 5–7
Loss	1–4	Jun 2012	Italy F12, Parma	Futures	Clay	Matteo Volante	Edoardo Eremin Claudio Grassi	5–7, 2–6
Win	2–4	Sep 2013	Turkey F36, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Laurynas Grigelis	Dekel Bar Richard Gabb	1–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Win	3–4	Sep 2013	Turkey F37, Antalya	Futures	Hard	Laurynas Grigelis	Alexander Krasnorutskiy Anton Manegin	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	3–5	Mar 2015	Croatia F6, Rovinj	Futures	Clay	Matteo Trevisan	Dino Marcan Antonio Šančić	3–6, 5–7
Loss	3–6	May 2015	Vicenza, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Salvatore Caruso	Facundo Bagnis Guido Pella	2–6, 4–6
Loss	3–7	Jul 2015	Padova, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Alessandro Giannessi	Mikhail Elgin Andrey Rublev	4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss	3–8	Sep 2015	Szczecin, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Alessandro Giannessi	Tristan Lamasine Fabrice Martin	3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win	4–8	Jul 2016	San Benedetto, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Stefano Napolitano	Facundo Argüello Sergio Galdós	6–3, 6–4
Win	5–8	Oct 2016	Rome, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Stefano Napolitano	Marin Draganja Tomislav Draganja	6–7(5–7), 6–2, [10–3]
Win	6–8	Sep 2017	Italy F30, Santa Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Andrea Pellegrino	Matthias Haim Jakob Sude	7–6(7–1), 6–1
Win	7–8	Jun 2018	Caltanissetta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Andrea Pellegrino	Blaž Rola Jiří Veselý	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
Loss	7–9	Oct 2018	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Enrique López Pérez	Sanjar Fayziev Jurabek Karimov	2–6, 7–6(7–3), [9–11]
Loss	7–10	Oct 2021	Brest Challenger, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Salvatore Caruso	Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul	6-4, 3–6, [3-10]
Loss	7–11	Feb 2023	M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio, Portugal	WTT	Hard	Jacopo Berrettini	Simon Beaupain Juan Bautista Otegui	2–6, 6–4, [8–10]

Notes

1. The final itself was played on indoor hard due to rain.^[5]