Davide Sanguinetti (; born 25 August 1972) is an Italian tennis coach and former professional player.
Personal life Born in Viareggio in Tuscany, he attended the Harry Hopman academy in Florida and then UCLA. He now resides in Monte Carlo.
Tennis career Sanguinetti has won two ATP singles titles in 2002, defeating Roger Federer (Milan Indoor) and Andy Roddick (Delray Beach) in the finals, and one doubles titles (Umag 1997). His career-high singles ranking was World No. 42 (31 December 2005), and he has represented Italy in the Davis Cup since 1998.
In 1998, Sanguinetti made a run to the Wimbledon quarterfinals, defeating Johan Van Herck, Franco Squillari, Vladimir Voltchkov and Francisco Clavet before losing to Richard Krajicek in straight sets. At the 2005 US Open, Sanguinetti achieved one of the most memorable runs of his career, reaching the fourth round. He defeated Carlos Moyá and Paradorn Srichaphan – the latter in a four-and-a-half-hour match – before losing to David Nalbandian. However, he gained a bit of redemption when he upset Nalbandian in the first round of the Rogers Cup in Toronto on 7 August 2006.
Sanguinetti has a .500 record in Davis Cup matches, last playing against Zimbabwe in 2003, defeating Nigel Badza and losing to Wayne Black.
Coaching career He was the coach of Vince Spadea 2008–11, and subsequently coached Go Soeda and Dinara Safina. Starting in October 2023, he became the coach of Brandon Nakashima and Elena Rybakina for six months in 2025. He currently coaches Mark Lajal since December 2025.
ATP career finals
Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–1)ATP International Series (2–3)Finals by surfaceHard (1–3)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (1–2)Indoors (1–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Coral Springs, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Andrew Ilie5–7, 4–6Loss0–2Tashkent, UzbekistanInternational SeriesHard Marat Safin3–6, 4–6Loss0–3Memphis, United StatesChampionship SeriesHard Mark Philippoussis3–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6Win1–3Milan, ItalyInternational SeriesCarpet Roger Federer7–6(7–2), 4–6, 6–1Win2–3Delray Beach, United StatesInternational SeriesHard Andy Roddick6–4, 4–6, 6–4Loss2–4San Jose, United StatesInternational SeriesHard Andre Agassi3–6, 1–6
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP International Series (1–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (1–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–1)Finals by settingOutdoors (1–0)Indoors (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Umag, CroatiaWorld SeriesClay Dinu Pescariu Dominik Hrbatý Karol Kučera7–6, 6–4Loss1–1Zagreb, CroatiaInternational SeriesCarpet Andreas Seppi Jaroslav Levinský Michal Mertiňák6–7(7–9), 1–6
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 16 (10–6) LegendATP Challenger (10–6)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (6–2)Clay (4–4)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Barletta, ItalyChallengerClay Carlos Costa3–6, 2–6Win1–1Fürth, GermanyChallengerClay Tomas Nydahl6–4, 6–2Loss1–2Eisenach, GermanyChallengerClay Tomas Nydahl3–6, 1–6Win2–2Oberstaufen, GermanyChallengerClay Andrea Gaudenzi4–6, 7–6, 6–3Win3–2Napoli, ItalyChallengerClay Marat Safin6–4, 6–4Loss3–3Budapest, HungaryChallengerClay Marcos Ondruska6–4, 5–7, 6–7(2–7)Win4–3Prague, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Petr Kralert7–5, 2–6, 6–3Win5–3Salinas, EcuadorChallengerHard Luis Horna6–2, 6–2Win6–3Bratislava, SlovakiaChallengerHard Rainer Schüttler7–5, 6–1Win7–3Wrocław, PolandChallengerHard Antony Dupuis6–3, 6–2Win8–3Helsinki, FinlandChallengerHard Robin Söderling6–4, 7–6(7–4)Loss8–4Granby, CanadaChallengerHard Michael Russell3–6, 2–6Loss8–5Mönchengladbach, GermanyChallengerClay Tobias Summerer6–7(4–7), 1–6Loss8–6Sunrise, United StatesChallengerHard Karol Beck2–6, 2–6Win9–6Recanati, ItalyChallengerHard Daniele Bracciali6–4, 4–6, 6–3Win10–6Recanati, ItalyChallengerHard Simone Bolelli6–4, 3–0 ret.
Doubles: 7 (5–2) LegendATP Challenger (5–2)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–1)Clay (3–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Ahmedabad, IndiaChallengerClay Pietro Pennisi Ivan Baron João Cunha-Silva7–6, 6–4Loss1–1Barcelona, SpainChallengerClay Dinu-Mihai Pescariu Tamer El Sawy Nuno Marques1–6, 2–6Win2–1Poznań, PolandChallengerClay Massimo Ardinghi Hugo Armando Andrei Cherkasov6–4, 6–4Win3–1Sofia, BulgariaChallengerClay Massimo Ardinghi Nebojsa Djordjevic Dušan Vemić6–4, 6–2Win4–1Milan, ItalyChallengerCarpet Takao Suzuki Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski6–4, 7–5Loss4–2Granby, CanadaChallengerHard Harel Levy Brian Baker Frank Dancevic2–6, 6–7(5–7)Win5–2Recanati, ItalyChallengerHard Simone Bolelli Sebastian Rieschick Viktor Troicki6–1, 3–6, [10–4]
Performance timelines
Singles Tournament19941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAA2R2R1R1R1R1R1R1R2RQ10 / 93–9French OpenAAAQ11R3R1R1R2R1RQ12R2RQ10 / 85–8WimbledonAAQ2AQF1R1R2R1R1R1R2R2R1R0 / 107–10US OpenQ1Q1A1R3RA1R2R1R2R1R4R1RA0 / 97–9Win–loss0–00–00–00–17–43–30–42–41–41–40–35–43–40–10 / 3622–36ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian WellsQ11RAAA1RA1RA1R2R1R2RA0 / 72–7MiamiAAAAA2RQ21R2R3R1R2R1RQ10 / 75–7Monte CarloAQ1A1RA1RA2R1R1R1RA1RA0 / 71–7HamburgAAQ3AA1RA1R1RAQ2Q21RA0 / 40–4RomeAQ3Q11R3R2R1R1R1R1R1R3R1RQ10 / 105–10CanadaAAAAAAAA1RAA1R3RA0 / 32–3CincinnatiAAAAAAQ1A2RQ1AQ12RA0 / 22–2ParisAAAAAAAQ11RA2R1RAA0 / 30–3MadridNot HeldAA1RAAA0 / 10–1Win–loss0–00–10–00–22–12–50–11–52–72–41–63–54–70–00 / 4417–44
Doubles Tournament1995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAAAAA1R1RA1R1R0 / 40–4French OpenAAAAaaaa3RA1R1RA0 / 32–3WimbledonAQ1AAAAAAAQ11R1RA0 / 20–2US OpenAA2RAAAAAAA1R1RA0 / 31–3Win–loss0–00–01–10–00–00–00–00–02–20–10–30–40–10 / 123–12ATP World Tour Masters 1000Monte CarloAAAAQ1A1RAAAAAA0 / 10–1HamburgAQ2AAQFAAAAAAAA0 / 12–1RomeQ1A1R2R1RQ2A1RAAAAA0 / 41–4Win–loss0–00–00–11–12–20–00–10–10–00–00–00–00–00 / 63–6
References
External links
Sanguinetti's World Ranking history