Giorgio Galimberti (; born 5 September 1976) is a former Italian professional tennis player.
Born in Milan, Galimberti turned professional in 1995. His career-high rankings were World No. 115 (May 2003) in singles and No. 65 (June 2005) in doubles.
Tennis career As a junior, Galimberti reached the final of the 1994 French Open, losing to Jacobo Díaz. En route, he defeated future top pros Stefan Koubek, Gustavo Kuerten, Mariano Zabaleta and Nicolás Lapentti. On the pro tour, Galimberti played singles mostly at Challenger level, while in doubles he won the 2005 ATP title in Milan, teaming up with Daniele Bracciali, and reached two other ATP finals.
Performance Timeline
Singles Tournament19941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAAQ1Q1AAAQ1Q1Q2A0 / 00–0French OpenAAAAQ1AQ3A1R2RQ2Q1Q1A0 / 21–2WimbledonAAAQ2AAQ2Q1AAQ1Q1AQ10 / 00–0US OpenAAAQ12RQ2Q2Q2Q11RA2RQ1A0 / 32–3Win–loss0–00–00–00–01–10–00–00–00–11–20–01–10–00–00 / 53–5ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian WellsAAAAAAAAAAQ2AAA0 / 00–0Monte CarloAAAAAAAAQ2Q1AAQ1A0 / 00–0RomeQ1Q1Q3Q21RQ1AA2R2RQ2AQ2A0 / 32–3Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–10–00–00–01–11–10–00–00–00–00 / 32–3
ATP career finals
Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP World Series (1–2)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–1)Finals by settingOutdoors (0–1)Indoors (1–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Bologna, ItalyInternational SeriesClay Massimo Valeri Brandon Coupe Paul Rosner6–7, 3–6Loss0–2Milan, ItalyInternational SeriesCarpet Daniele Bracciali Jared Palmer Pavel Vízner4–6, 4–6Win1–2Milan, ItalyInternational SeriesCarpet Daniele Bracciali Arnaud Clément Jean-François Bachelot6–7(8–10), 7–6(8–6), 6–4
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 12 (5–7) LegendATP Challenger (3–4)ITF Futures (2–3)Finals by surfaceHard (1–3)Clay (4–4)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Italy F5, FrascatiFuturesClay Agustín Calleri1–6, 2–6Loss0–2Italy F8, BressanoneFuturesClay Radovan Svetlik1–6, ret.Loss0–3Olbia, ItalyChallengerHard Stefano Pescosolido7–6, 4–6, 6–7Win1–3Budapest, HungaryChallengerClay Jarkko Nieminen6–4, 5–7, 6–1Win2–3Italy F5, PaviaFuturesClay Thomas Schiessling6–2, 7–6(7–4)Loss2–4Sassuolo, ItalyChallengerHard Attila Sávolt4–6, 5–7Loss2–5USA F2, Delray BeachFuturesHard Igor Kunitsyn4–6, 2–6Loss2–6Lugano, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Guillermo Coria3–6, 0–6Win3–6Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Victor Hănescu6–2, 6–4Win4–6Italy F1, TrentoFuturesHard Lado Chikhladze7–5, 7–6(9–7)Win5–6Mantova, ItalyChallengerClay Francesco Aldi6–3, 6–3Loss5–7Mantova, ItalyChallengerClay Cristian Villagrán2–6, 7–5, 4–6
Doubles: 39 (28–11) LegendATP Challenger (24–7)ITF Futures (4–4)Finals by surfaceHard (3–3)Clay (22–7)Grass (0–0)Carpet (3–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Merano, ItalyChallengerClay Federico Rovai Cristian Brandi Igor Gaudi6–7, 3–6Win1–1Venice, ItalyChallengerClay Massimo Valeri David Roditi Martín Rodríguez6–4, 0–6, 7–6Loss1–2Italy F1, CagliariFuturesClay Massimo Valeri Radek Štěpánek Michal Tabara5–7, 7–6, 4–6Loss1–3Italy F4, RomeFuturesClay Massimo Valeri Agustín Calleri Igor Saric3–6, 4–6Win2–3Italy F5, FrascatiFuturesClay Massimo Valeri Omar Camporese Ivan Ljubičić7–6, 6–1Win3–3Italy F7, ParmaFuturesClay Massimo Valeri Yahiya Doumbia Alexandre Simoni7–5, 3–6, 7–5Loss3–4Merano, ItalyChallengerClay Massimo Valeri Pablo Albano Nicolás Lapentti1–6, 1–6Loss3–5Kyoto, JapanChallengerCarpet Lee Hyung-taik Julian Knowle Lorenzo Manta1–6, 7–6, 2–6Win4–5Italy F5, RomeFuturesClay Filippo Messori Gianluca Luddi Stefano Tarallo6–1, 6–3Win5–5Olbia, ItalyChallengerHard Omar Camporese Filippo Messori Massimo Valeri6–4, 6–1Win6–5Lübeck, GermanyChallengerCarpet Diego Nargiso Karsten Braasch Dirk Dier6–4, 6–4Win6–5USA F22B, East SetauketFuturesClay Fazaluddin Syed Joel McGregor Nenad Toroman6–7(5–7), 7–5, 6–4Win7–5Milan, ItalyChallengerCarpet George Bastl Filippo Messori Vincenzo Santopadre6–4, 7–6(7–4)Loss7–6USA F3, Hallandale BeachFuturesHard Noam Behr Frédéric Niemeyer Jocelyn Robichaud6–7(4–7), 3–6Loss7–7Chandigarh, IndiaChallengerHard Nir Welgreen František Čermák Radek Štěpánek4–6, 2–6Win8–7Brindisi, ItalyChallengerClay Daniele Bracciali Cristian Brandi Uros Vico2–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–3)Loss8–8USA F1, AventuraFuturesHard Yves Allegro Thomas Blake Kristian Capalik3–6, 7–6(7–2), 1–6Win9–8Dallas, United StatesChallengerHard Frédéric Niemeyer Huntley Montgomery Brian Vahaly7–6(7–1), 6–4Win10–8Sanremo, ItalyChallengerClay Daniele Bracciali Cristian Brandi Renzo Furlan6–3, 6–4Win11–8Biella, ItalyChallengerClay Dominik Hrbatý Ashley Fisher Nathan Healey3–6, 6–3, 7–5Win12–8Lugano, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Emilio Benfele Álvarez Cristian Kordasz Kim Tiilikainen4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–3Win13–8Mantova, ItalyChallengerClay Massimo Bertolini Jose Arnedo Joseph Sirianni5–7, 6–2, 7–6(9–7) Win14–8Milan, ItalyChallengerCarpet Massimo Bertolini Jonathan Erlich Aleksandar Kitinov7–6(7–4), 2–6, 7–6(7–4) Loss14–9Barletta, ItalyChallengerClay Massimo Bertolini Sebastián Prieto Sergio Roitman3–6, 6–3, 3–6Win15–9Naples, ItalyChallengerClay Massimo Bertolini Amir Hadad Christophe Rochus2–6, 7–5, 6–4Win16–9Cagliari, ItalyChallengerClay Tomas Behrend Werner Eschauer Daniel Köllerer6–2, 6–1Win17–9Olbia, ItalyChallengerClay Daniele Bracciali Hermes Gamonal Ignacio Gonzalez-King6–3, 6–4Win18–9Naples, ItalyChallengerClay Tomas Behrend Michal Tabara Jiří Vaněk6–1, 6–3Win19–9Sanremo, ItalyChallengerClay Daniele Bracciali Manuel Jorquera Diego Moyano4–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–2Win20–9Turin, ItalyChallengerClay Leonardo Azzaro Hermes Gamonal Adrián García6–1, 6–3Win21–9Lugano, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Emilio Benfele Álvarez Enzo Artoni Ignacio González King6–4, 6–3Win22–9Mantova, ItalyChallengerClay Daniele Bracciali Flavio Cipolla Alessandro Motti6–0, 6–4Win23–9San Benedetto Del Tronto, ItalyChallengerClay Daniele Bracciali Andres Dellatorre Nicolás Todero6–4, 7–5Win24–9Rimini, ItalyChallengerClay Daniele Bracciali Stefano Cobolli Vincenzo SantopadrewalkoverLoss24–10Trani, ItalyChallengerClay Irakli Labadze Carlos Berlocq Cristian Villagrán6–4, 2–6, 4–6Win25–19Bergamo, ItalyChallengerHard Daniele Bracciali Christopher Kas Vincenzo Santopadre7–5, 0–6, [13–11]Win26–10Lugano, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Oliver Marach Leonardo Azzaro Sergio Roitman7–5, 6–3Win27–10Milan, ItalyChallengerClay Harel Levy Fred Gil Juan-Albert Viloca-Puig6–3, 6–3Loss27–11Reggio Emilia, ItalyChallengerClay Alessandro Motti Fabio Colangelo Giancarlo Petrazzuolo3–6, 4–6Win28–11Sassuolo, ItalyChallengerClay Márcio Torres Daniele Giorgini Andrea Stoppini6–3, 6–7(2–7), [10–6]
Junior Grand Slam Finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss1994French OpenClay Jacobo Díaz3–6, 6–7
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