Potito Starace
Po*o Starace (Italian pronunciation::; born 14 July 1981) is an Italian retired professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world no. 27 on October 15, 2007. He was a clay court specialist, and was coached by Umberto Rianna.
Starace was banned from tennis for life by the Italian Tennis Federation and by the Tennis Integrity Unit for betting offences.
Contents
- 1 Career
- 2 Betting scandal
- 3 ATP career finals
- 3.1 Singles: 4 (0–4)
- 3.2 Doubles: 9 (6–3)
- 4 Performance timelines
- 4.1 Singles
- 4.2 Doubles
- 5 Top 10 wins
- 6 References
- 7 External links
Career
One of the most memorable runs of Starace's career was when he made the men's doubles semifinals of the 2012 French Open, partnering Daniele Bracciali, before suc*bing to top seeds Daniel Nestor and Max Mirnyi.
In singles, he made four ATP finals but lost in all of them. On the Challenger tour, he won the San Marino CEPU Open three times, a record for the tournament, and the Tennis Napoli Cup four times, also a record. Its also noticed the match at the tennis club Napoli against the well known couple called "cugini di campagna",where po*o and his friend Volandri lost and after this retired from the professional career. In doubles, he won six ATP *les.
He represented Italy at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where he lost to eventual gold medallist Rafael Nadal in the first round.
Betting scandal
Following Alessio di Mauro's 9-month ban in November 2007, Starace and Daniele Bracciali were each fined and given short suspensions from playing. Starace received a fine of £21,400 and a 6-week ban from January 1, 2008.
Starace's case revolved around his final in Casablanca against the Spaniard Pablo Andújar, which the Italian lost. Starace had led their head-to-head 5-0 going into the match. Bookmaker M*imo Erodiani asked via Skype if Starace had received a certified cheque to lose the match and received an affirmative answer, explaining that all bets were safe on a Starace loss.
In 2015, the Italian Tennis Federation banned Bracciali and Starace for life. In 2019, he was banned by the Tennis Integrity Unit for life, subject to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
ATP career finals
Singles: 4 (0–4)
Doubles: 9 (6–3)
Performance timelines
(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.Singles
Current through 2015 French Open.
Doubles
Current through 2013 Wimbledon Championships.
Top 10 wins
- Starace has a 2–23 (.080) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
References
External links
- Po*o Starace at the *ociation of Tennis Professionals
- Po*o Starace at the International Tennis Federation
- Po*o Starace at the Davis Cup
- Po*o Starace at Olympedia