Stefano Galvani (; born 3 June 1977) is a professional male tennis player from San Marino. He is a professional from 1999 and was coached by Patricio Remondegui.
Professional career
He reached a career high of No. 99 ATP Ranking on April 2, 2007 and April 30 of the same year. During his career, he earned total prize money of $791,336.
He had three appearances in the Davis Cup, two wins and one defeat, in the ties against Portugal and Finland in 2002.
2002 Galvani defeated former #4 (and former #1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov) on his way to the Round of 16 in Barcelona.
Later that year, Galvani made his only appearance in an ATP Quarter-Final in Sopot,beating #64 Olivier Rochus and #98 Marc Rosset before losing to #16 (and former #1) Carlos Moya in three sets.
2007 On April 2, 2007, Galvani achieved his career-high singles ranking: World No. 99.
2008 In June, Galvani qualified in singles for the 2008 Wimbledon, beating #222 Yeu-Tzuoo Wang, #148 Andrey Golubev, and #197 Ilija Bozoljac. He was defeated in the second round by world No. 17 Mikhail Youzhny in five sets.
ATP Tour finals
LegendATP Challenger Tour (5–8)
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreRunner-up1.4 September 2000Sofia, BulgariaClay Stefano Tarallo1–6, 2–6Runner-up2.12 December 2001Mumbai, IndiaHard Federico Luzzi7–6(7–2), 5–7, 6–7(4–7)Winner1.3 September 2001Brașov, RomaniaClay Iván Navarro6–4, 6–1Runner-up3.10 September 2001Sofia, BulgariaClay Vasilis Mazarakis6–7(5–7), 4–6Winner2.17 September 2001Seville, SpainClay Todd Larkham6–2, 6–4Winner3.14 October 2002Cairo, EgyptClay Albert Portas2–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–1Runner-up4.30 June 2003Mantova, ItalyClay Vincenzo Santopadre3–6, 4–6Runner-up5.20 March 2006Barletta, ItalyClay Jan Hájek2–6, 1–6Runner-up6.15 May 2006San Remo, ItalyClay Olivier Patience2–6, 6–4, 6–7(8–10)Winner4.19 March 2007Rabat, MoroccoClay Olivier Patience6–1, 6–1Winner5.10 September 2007Todi, ItalyClay Adrian Ungur7–5, 6–2Runner-up7.23 February 2009Wolfsburg, GermanyCarpet (i) Ruben Bemelmans6–7(5–7), 6–3, 3–6Runner-up8.4 July 2011San Benedetto, ItalyClay Adrian Ungur5–7, 2–6
Grand Slam performance timeline
Tournament200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012Australian OpenA1RAAAAAQ2AAAA0 / 10–1French Open1R1RAAA2R1RQ1A1RAQ20 / 51–5WimbledonA1R2RAA2RQ32RQ1AAQ10 / 43–4US OpenQ1Q2Q3AQ3Q2AQ1AAQ2A0 / 00–0Win–loss0–10–31–10–00–02–20–11–10–00–10–10–00 / 114–11Year End Ranking140126181579199110171217252274175641
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