Salvatore Caruso (; 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.

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. He lost in the first round to Nick Kyrgios 6–1, 6–2.

2019: Top 100 debut The 2019 season was a season of progress. At the 2019 French Open, he got his first Grand Slam win and later reached the third round. He then lost to world No. 1 Novak Djokovic. 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. The quarterfinal win against Facundo Bagnis, allowed him to reach his first ATP semifinal as well. 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.

2020: Career-high ranking Despite not having an impressive season in 2020, Caruso made a bit of 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. 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.

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, and secured a career-high-ranking of World No. 76 on 16 November 2020.

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, having been given the position as the schedule for the opening day had already been released.‘Deeply regrettable’: ATP’s words of support for Djokovic as ‘lucky loser’ Caruso becomes de facto top seed The Sydney Morning Herald He lost to another Serb, Miomir Kecmanović, in the first round.

2025: Retirement Caruso announced his retirement from professional tennis in May 2025.

Performance timeline

Singles Tournament201420152016201720182019202020212022Win %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAQ1A1RQ11R2R1R0 / 41–4French OpenAAAQ2Q13R1R1RQ20 / 32–3WimbledonAAQ1Q1Q21RNH1RQ30 / 20–2US OpenAAAQ1Q1Q23R1RA0 / 22–2Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–12–22–31–40–10 / 115–11ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersAAQ1AAQ2NH2RQ10 / 11–1Miami OpenAAAAAANH1RA0 / 10–1Monte-Carlo MastersAAQ1AAANH2RA0 / 11–1Madrid OpenAAAAAANHAA0 / 00–0Italian OpenQ1Q11RQ1Q1A2R1RA0 / 31–3Canadian MastersAAAAAANHAA0 / 00–0Cincinnati MastersAAAAAA1RAA0 / 10–1Shanghai MastersAAAAAANH0 / 00–0Paris MastersAAAAAA1RAA0 / 10–1Win–loss0–00–00–10–00–00–01–33–40–00 / 83–8Career statisticsTournaments00113613191Career total: 44Overall W–L0–00–00–10–11–36–67–135–190–10 / 4419–44Year-end ranking4552272532041589676157$1,922,256

Doubles Tournament20212022Win %Australian Open1RA0 / 10–1French Open1RA0 / 10–1Wimbledon1R0 / 10–1US OpenA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–30–00 / 30–3

ATP Tour finals Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam (0–0)ATP Finals (0–0)ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP 500 (0–1)ATP 250 (0–0)Titles by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Titles by settingOutdoor (0–1)Indoor (0–0)

ResultDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLossRio Open, Brazil500 SeriesClay Federico Gaio Marcel Granollers Horacio Zeballos4–6, 7–5, [7–10]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 17 (8 titles, 9 runners–up) LegendATP Challenger (2–2)ITF Futures (6–7)Finals by surfaceHard (0–4)Clay (8–5)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Italy F23, EsteFuturesClay Jan-Lennard Struff7–6(2), 2–6, 2–6 Loss0–2Italy F7, San Margherita di PulaFuturesClay Andrés Molteni7–5, 1–6, 2–6 Win1–2Italy F12, PadovaFuturesClay Enrico Burzi7–6(3), 6–7(3), 6–0Loss1–3Croatia F16, BolFuturesClay Tomislav Brkić6–4, 5–7, 5–7Loss1–4USA F24, ClaremontFuturesHard Dennis Nevolo4–6, 2–6Win2–4Italy F37, San Margherita di PulaFuturesClay Gianluca Naso6–4, 7–5Loss2–5Tunisia F2, Port El KantaouiFuturesHard Danilo Petrovic4–6, 4–6Win3–5Italy F21, BolzanoFuturesClay Marco Bortolotti6–3, 6–4Loss3–6Italy F36, San Margherita di PulaFuturesClay Stefano Travaglia6–4, 2–6, 3–6Loss3–7Italy F4, SondrioFuturesHard Stefano Michnev6–7(3), 4–6Win4–7Italy F7, San Margherita di PulaFuturesClay Andrea Collarini7–5, 6–3Win5–7Italy F9, San Margherita di PulaFuturesClay Guilherme Clezar6–3, 6–3Loss5–8Challenger Pulcra Lachiter Biella, ItalyChallengerHard Filip Krajinović3–6, 2–6Win6–8Città di Como Challenger, ItalyChallengerClay Cristian Garín7–5, 6–4Win7–8Sánchez-Casal Cup – Barcelona, SpainChallengerClay Jozef Kovalík6–4, 6–2Loss7–9Emilia-Romagna Open – Parma, ItalyChallengerClay Frances Tiafoe3–6, 6–3, 4–6Win8–9Italy M25, San Margherita di Pula, ItalyFuturesClay Marcello Serafini6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–4), 6–3

Doubles: 11 (5 titles, 6 runners–up) LegendATP Challenger (1–4)ITF Futures (4–2)Finals by surfaceHard (1–1)Clay (4–5)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Greece F3, HeraklionFuturesHard Érik Chvojka Julien Cagnina Germain Gigounon6–4, 6–2Loss1–1Italy F14, SienaFuturesClay Antonio Massara Claudio Grassi Adelchi Virgili1–6, 4–6Win2–1Italy F4, PalermoFuturesClay Omar Giacalone Davide Melchiorre Riccardo Sinicropi6–1, 6–3Win3–1Italy F7, San Margherita di PulaFuturesClay Filippo Baldi Francesco Borgo Marco Speronello6–3, 6–2Win4–1Italy F36, San Margherita di PulaFuturesClay Gianluca Naso D. Della Tommasina Walter Trusendi6–6, 6–3, [10–8]Loss4–2Italy F37, San Margherita di PulaFuturesClay Gianluca Naso Pietro Rondoni Riccardo Bonadio5–7, 6–3, [3–10]Loss4–3May 2015Internazionali di Città di Vicenza, ItalyChallengerClay Federico Gaio Facundo Bagnis Guido Pella2–6, 4–6Loss4–4Jul 2016Internazionali di Città di Todi, ItalyChallengerClay Alessandro Giannessi Marcelo Demoliner Fabrício Neis1–6, 6–3, [6–10]Win5–4Jul 2017Internazionali di Città di Perugia, ItalyChallengerClay Jonathan Eysseric Nicolás Kicker Fabrício Neis6–3, 6–3Loss5–5Oct 2018Firenze Tennis Cup, ItalyChallengerClay Filippo Baldi Rameez Junaid David Pel5–7, 6–3, [7–10]Loss5–6Oct 2021Brest Challenger, FranceChallengerHard (i) Federico Gaio Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul6–4, 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

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