Simone Vagnozzi (; born 30 May 1983) is an Italian former professional tennis player. Alongside Darren Cahill, he is currently the coach of fellow Italian ATP player Jannik Sinner. Both received the Coach of the Year award at the 2023 ATP Awards.

Vagnozzi had a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 161 achieved on 7 November 2011. He also had a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 74 achieved on 4 April 2011.

Vagnozzi made his ATP Tour singles debut at the 2004 Grand Prix Hassan II on clay courts in Casablanca, Morocco when he successfully advanced through three qualifying rounds to reach his first career main draw. In qualifying he defeated Talal Ouahabi, followed by leading Thomas Shimada 6–0, 2–0 when he had to retire from the match, and finally Björn Rehnquist to gain a main draw birth. In the first round he would go on extend his winning streak to four matches by defeating Jean-René Lisnard in straight sets but would ultimately fall in the second round to Swiss player Ivo Heuberger. He made his ATP Tour doubles debut at the 2005 Croatia Open where he received a direct entry alongside Ladislav Švarc of Slovakia. They were defeated in the first round by an 18-year-old Novak Djokovic and Janko Tipsarević.

Vagnozzi reached 24 singles finals in his career, posting a record of 8 wins and 16 losses which includes a 1–3 record in ATP Challenger finals. Additionally, he reached 54 doubles finals across his career with a record of 28 wins and 26 losses which includes a 16–21 record in ATP Challenger finals. He reached 1 career doubles final on the ATP Tour at the 2010 Swedish Open alongside compatriot Andreas Seppi. They were defeated by Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecău in straight sets.

ATP Tour career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Swedish Open, Sweden250 SeriesClay Andreas Seppi Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău4–6, 5–7

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 24 (8–16) LegendATP Challenger (1–3)ITF Futures (7–13)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (8–16)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Chile F4, SantiagoFuturesClay Máximo González5–7, 6–1, 3–6Loss0–2Spain F3, LlucmajorFuturesClay Francesco Piccari6–7(3–7), 6–7(4–7)Loss0–3Bytom, PolandChallengerClay Peter Luczak3–6, 3–6Win1–3Italy F33, SardegnaFuturesClay Matteo Marrai3–6, 6–1, 6–0Win2–3Italy F34, SassariFuturesClay Ádám Kellner1–6, 6–1, 6–1Loss2–4Italy F10, PadovaFuturesClay Antonio Veić2–6, 7–6(7–4), 3–6Loss2–5Alessandria, ItalyChallengerClay Paolo Lorenzi6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7)Win3–5Croatia F10, DubrovnikFuturesClay Grega Žemlja6–3, 6–4Win4–5Egypt F2, CairoFuturesClay Daniele Giorgini7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–4Loss4–6Italy F10, PozzuoliFuturesClay Yannick Mertens2–6, 2–6Loss4–7Serbia F1, BelgradeFuturesClay Nikola Ćirić6–4, 6–7(5–7), 5–7Loss4–8Italy F19, PalazzoloFuturesClay Guillermo Hormazábal5–7, 0–6Loss4–9Cairo, EgyptChallengerClay Ivo Minář6–3, 2–6, 3–6Loss4–10Italy F8, PozzuoliFuturesClay Alessio di Mauro5–7, 4–6Win5–10Marburg, GermanyChallengerClay Ivo Minář2–6, 6–3, 7–5Loss5–11Spain F7, SabadellFuturesClay Evgeny Donskoy5–7, 5–7Win6–11Italy F22, AppianoFuturesClay Jorge Aguilar6–4, 7–6(7–5)Loss6–12Turkey F10, AntalyaFuturesClay Lorenzo Giustino0–6, 3–6Loss6–13Sweden F2, BåstadFuturesClay Roberto Marcora3–6, 5–7Loss6–14Slovenia F3, LitijaFuturesClay Axel Michon0–6, 4–6Win7–14Italy F13, Busto ArsizioFuturesClay Dušan Lojda4–6, 6–3, 6–0Loss7–15Italy F30, PalermoFuturesClay Alessio di Mauro3–6, 3–6Win8–15Italy F4, PalermoFuturesClay Maxime Chazal6–3, 6–2Loss8–16Croatia F5, UmagFuturesClay Lamine Ouahab0–6, 7–6(8–6), 3–6

Doubles: 53 (28–25) LegendATP Challenger (16–21)ITF Futures (12–4)Finals by surfaceHard (3–3)Clay (25–22)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1San Benedetto, ItalyChallengerClay Daniele Giorgini Todd Perry Thomas Shimada3–6, 4–6Win1–1France F20, Saint-DizierFuturesHard Flavio Cipolla Tobias Steinel-Hansson Aleksey Malajko4–6, 6–3, 6–2Win2–1Italy F9, TeramoFuturesClay Alessandro Motti Rodrigo Monte Márcio Torres3–0 ret.Loss2–2Reggio Emilia, ItalyChallengerClay Andreas Seppi Tomas Behrend Tomas Tenconi4–6, 2–6Loss2–3St. Petersburg, RussiaChallengerClay Daniele Giorgini Mikhail Elgin Andrei Mishin3–6, 7–5, 4–6Loss2–4Italy F3, SiracuseFuturesClay Cristian Brandi Alessandro Motti Flavio Cipolla5–7, 4–6Loss2–5Sassuolo, ItalyChallengerClay Paul Capdeville Juan Pablo Brzezicki Cristian Villagrán6–7(5–7), 2–6Win3–5Italy F18, CastelfrancoFuturesClay Flavio Cipolla Benjamin-David Rufer Stefan Kilchhofer7–6(7–1), 6–3Loss3–6Spain F3, LlucmajorFuturesClay Federico Torresi Gabriel Trujillo Soler M P Puigdomenech3–6, 3–6Win4–6Italy F2, TrentoFuturesHard Thomas Holzer Alberto Brizzi Leonardo Azzaro6–4, 6–3Win5–6Italy F3, RomeFuturesClay Alberto Brizzi Giancarlo Petrazzuolo Daniele Giorgini6–7(1–7), 6–1, 6–2Win6–6La Serena, ChileChallengerClay Marc López Carlos Berlocq Brian Dabul3–6, 6–3, [10–1]Loss6–7Barletta, ItalyChallengerClay Alessandro Motti David Marrero Albert Portas4–6, 4–6Win7–7Como, ItalyChallengerClay Máximo González Flavio Cipolla Marco Pedrini7–6(7–5), 6–4Win8–7Genoa, ItalyChallengerClay Daniele Giorgini Flavio Cipolla Simone Bolelli6–3, 6–1Win9–7New Caledonia ChallengerChallengerHard Flavio Cipolla Jan Mertl Martin Slanar6–4, 6–4Win10–7Italy F10, PadovaFuturesClay Caio Zampieri Alexandr Dolgopolov Denis Matsukevich7–5, 7–6(7–2)Win11–7Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Flavio Cipolla Paolo Lorenzi Giancarlo Petrazzuolo6–3, 6–3Win12–7Alessandria, ItalyChallengerClay Flavio Cipolla Melle van Gemerden Matwé Middelkoop3–6, 6–1, [10–4]Loss12–8Constanța, RomaniaChallengerClay Júlio Silva Florin Mergea Horia Tecău4–6, 2–6Win13–8Egypt F1, GizaFuturesClay Daniele Giorgini Rabie Chaki Talal Ouahabi2–6, 6–1, [10–3]Loss13–9Egypt F2, CairoFuturesClay Daniele Giorgini Sherif Sabry Karim Maamoun1–6, 4–6Loss13–10Tanger, MoroccoChallengerClay Giancarlo Petrazzuolo Augustin Gensse Éric Prodon1–6, 6–7(3–7)Loss13–11Caltanissetta, ItalyChallengerClay Daniele Bracciali Juan Pablo Brzezicki David Marrero6–7(5–7), 3–6Loss13–12Italy F19, PalazzoloFuturesClay Mattia Livraghi Claudio Grassi Guillermo Hormazábal5–7, 3–6Loss13–13Tampere, FinlandChallengerClay Uros Vico Peter Luczak Yuri Schukin1–6, 7–6(8–6), [4–10]Win14–13Manerbio, ItalyChallengerClay Alessio di Mauro Yves Allegro Jesse Huta Galung6–4, 3–6, [10–4]Loss14–14Brașov, RomaniaChallengerClay Uros Vico Pere Riba Pablo Santos González3–6, 2–6Loss14–15Seville, SpainChallengerClay Alberto Brizzi Treat Huey Harsh Mankad1–6, 5–7Loss14–16Banja Luka, Bosnia & HerzegovinaChallengerClay Ismar Gorčić Dustin Brown Rainer Eitzinger4–6, 3–6Loss14–17Ljubljana, SloveniaChallengerClay Stéphane Robert Jamie Delgado Jamie Murray3–6, 3–6Loss14–18New Caledonia ChallengerChallengerHard Flavio Cipolla Édouard Roger-Vasselin Nicolas Devilder7–5, 2–6, [6–10]Win15–18Morocco F1, CasablancaFuturesClay Alberto Brizzi Ádám Kellner Martin Kližan6–3, 6–2Win16–18Italy F3, FoggiaFuturesClay Alessio di Mauro Diego Álvarez Agustin Picco6–4, 6–0Loss16–19Blumenau, BrazilChallengerClay André Ghem André Sá Franco Ferreiro4–6, 3–6Win17–19Cairo, EgyptChallengerClay Martin Slanar Andre Begemann Dustin Brown6–3, 6–4Win18–19Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay Leonardo Tavares Yuri Schukin Igor Kunitsyn7–5, 7–6(7–4)Win19–19Napoli, ItalyChallengerClay Daniel Muñoz de la Nava Bastian Knittel Andreas Haider-Maurer1–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–6]Loss19–20Palermo, ItalyChallengerClay Alessandro Motti Philipp Oswald Martin Fischer6–4, 2–6, [6–10]Loss19–21New Caledonia ChallengerChallengerHard Flavio Cipolla Dominik Meffert Frederik Nielsen6–7(4–7), 7–5, [5–10]Win20–21Meknes, MoroccoChallengerClay Treat Huey Alessandro Motti Alessio di Mauro6–1, 6–2Loss20–22Casablanca, MoroccoChallengerClay Leonardo Tavares Guillermo Alcaide Adrián Menéndez Maceiras2–6, 1–6Win21–22Spain F7, SabadellFuturesClay Daniele Giorgini M A López Jaén Gabriel Trujillo Soler6–3, 6–2Win22–22Rabat, MoroccoChallengerClay Alessio di Mauro Evgeny Korolev Yuri Schukin6–4, 6–4Win23–22Caltanissetta, ItalyChallengerClay Daniele Bracciali Daniele Giorgini Adrian Ungur3–6, 7–6(7–2), [10–7]Win24–22Milan, ItalyChallengerClay Adrián Menéndez Maceiras Leonardo Tavares Andrea Arnaboldi0–6, 6–3, [10–5]Win25–22San Sebastián, SpainChallengerClay Stefano Ianni Israel Sevilla Daniel Gimeno Traver6–3, 6–4Loss25–23Orleans, FranceChallengerHard David Škoch Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Renavand5–7, 3–6Loss25–24Mersin, TurkeyChallengerClay Alessandro Motti Radu Albot Denys Molchanov0–6, 2–6Loss25–25Orbetello, ItalyChallengerClay Alessio di Mauro Stefano Ianni Dane Propoggia3–6, 2–6Win26–25Spain F1, MallorcaFuturesClay Alessio di Mauro M A López Jaén J Marse-Vidri6–0, 6–3Win27–25Orbetello, ItalyChallengerClay Marco Crugnola Renzo Olivo Guillermo Durán7–6(7–3), 6–7(5–7), [10–6]Win28–25Denmark F1, AarhusFuturesClay Matteo Donati Christian Lindell Robin Olin6–1, 6–0

Performance timelines

Singles Tournament200620072008200920102011201220132014SRW–LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAQ1Q2Q2Q1Q2Q1AQ10 / 00–0French OpenAQ2AAAQ1Q2AA0 / 00–0WimbledonQ1Q1AAQ1AQ2AA0 / 00–0US OpenQ1AAAQ3AAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0ATP Tour Masters 1000Miami OpenAAAAAAQ1AA0 / 00–0Italian OpenAAQ1AAAAAA0 / 00–0HamburgAAQ1Not Masters Series0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0

Doubles Tournament201020112012SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAA1R0 / 10–1French OpenA1RA0 / 10–1WimbledonQ11RA0 / 10–1US Open1RAA0 / 10–1Win–loss0–10–20–10 / 40–4

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