Salvatore Caruso

Salvatore Caruso (Italian pronunciation: [salvaˈtoːre kaˈruːzo];^[2][3] born 15 December 1992) is an Italian former 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.

Salvatore Caruso

Caruso at the 2021 French Open
Country (sports)	Italy
Residence	Avola, Italy
Born	(1992-12-15) 15 December 1992 (age 32) Avola, Italy
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2011
Retired	2025
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Paolo Cannova
Prize money	US $1,922,256
Singles
Career record	19–44 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 76 (16 November 2020)[1]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2021)
French Open	3R (2019)
Wimbledon	1R (2019, 2021)
US Open	3R (2020)
Doubles
Career record	5–9 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 166 (18 January 2021)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2021)
French Open	1R (2021)
Wimbledon	1R (2021)
Last updated on: 19 September 2022.

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]

2025: Retirement

Caruso announced his retirement from professional tennis in May 2025.^[16]

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	Federico Gaio	Marcel Granollers 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	Jan-Lennard Struff	7–6(2), 2–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	May 2013	Italy F7, San Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Andrés Molteni	7–5, 1–6, 2–6
Win	1–2	Jun 2013	Italy F12, Padova	Futures	Clay	Enrico Burzi	7–6(3), 6–7(3), 6–0
Loss	1–3	Nov 2013	Croatia F16, Bol	Futures	Clay	Tomislav Brkić	6–4, 5–7, 5–7
Loss	1–4	Sep 2014	USA F24, Claremont	Futures	Hard	Dennis Nevolo	4–6, 2–6
Win	2–4	Oct 2014	Italy F37, San Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Gianluca Naso	6–4, 7–5
Loss	2–5	Jan 2015	Tunisia F2, Port El Kantaoui	Futures	Hard	Danilo Petrovic	4–6, 4–6
Win	3–5	Aug 2015	Italy F21, Bolzano	Futures	Clay	Marco Bortolotti	6–3, 6–4
Loss	3–6	Nov 2016	Italy F36, San Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Stefano Travaglia	6–4, 2–6, 3–6
Loss	3–7	Mar 2017	Italy F4, Sondrio	Futures	Hard	Stefano Michnev	6–7(3), 4–6
Win	4–7	Apr 2017	Italy F7, San Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Andrea Collarini	7–5, 6–3
Win	5–7	Apr 2017	Italy F9, San Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Guilherme Clezar	6–3, 6–3
Loss	5–8	Aug 2017	Challenger Pulcra Lachiter Biella, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Filip Krajinović	3–6, 2–6
Win	6–8	Sep 2018	Città di Como Challenger, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Cristian Garín	7–5, 6–4
Win	7–8	Oct 2019	Sánchez-Casal Cup – Barcelona, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Jozef Kovalík	6–4, 6–2
Loss	7–9	Oct 2020	Emilia-Romagna Open – Parma, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Frances Tiafoe	3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win	8–9	Oct 2023	Italy M25, San Margherita di Pula, Italy	Futures	Clay	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	Érik Chvojka	Julien Cagnina Germain Gigounon	6–4, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Jun 2013	Italy F14, Siena	Futures	Clay	Antonio Massara	Claudio Grassi Adelchi Virgili	1–6, 4–6
Win	2–1	Mar 2014	Italy F4, Palermo	Futures	Clay	Omar Giacalone	Davide Melchiorre Riccardo Sinicropi	6–1, 6–3
Win	3–1	Mar 2014	Italy F7, San Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Filippo Baldi	Francesco Borgo Marco Speronello	6–3, 6–2
Win	4–1	Oct 2014	Italy F36, San Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Gianluca Naso	D. Della Tommasina Walter Trusendi	6–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss	4–2	Oct 2014	Italy F37, San Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Gianluca Naso	Pietro Rondoni Riccardo Bonadio	5–7, 6–3, [3–10]
Loss	4–3	May 2015	Internazionali di Città di Vicenza, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Federico Gaio	Facundo Bagnis Guido Pella	2–6, 4–6
Loss	4–4	Jul 2016	Internazionali di Città di Todi, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Alessandro Giannessi	Marcelo Demoliner Fabrício Neis	1–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Win	5–4	Jul 2017	Internazionali di Città di Perugia, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Jonathan Eysseric	Nicolás Kicker Fabrício Neis	6–3, 6–3
Loss	5–5	Oct 2018	Firenze Tennis Cup, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Filippo Baldi	Rameez Junaid David Pel	5–7, 6–3, [7–10]
Loss	5–6	Oct 2021	Brest Challenger, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Federico Gaio	Sadio Doumbia 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.

• Gilles Simon 1–1
• Kevin Anderson 0–1
• Marcos Baghdatis 0–1
• Fabio Fognini 0–1
• Richard Gasquet 0–1
• David Goffin 0–1
• John Isner 0–1
• Kei Nishikori 0–1
• Stefanos Tsitsipas 0–1
• Novak Djokovic 0–2
• Andrey Rublev 0–2

* As of 31 August 2021^[update].

Notes