- Daniele Bracciali
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Daniele Bracciali Country Italy
Residence Arezzo, Italy Born Jan 10, 1978
Arezzo, ItalyHeight 180cm (5ft 11in) Turned pro 1995 Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand) Career prize money $914,927 Singles Career record 32–47 Career titles 1 Highest ranking No. 49 (May 8, 2006) Grand Slam results Australian Open 2nd (2006) French Open 1st (2005,2006) Wimbledon 3rd (1998,2006) US Open 1st (2005, 2006) Doubles Career record 72–63 Career titles 5 Highest ranking 24 (September 26, 2011) Daniele Bracciali (born January 10, 1978) is an Italian tennis player. His career-high ranking in singles is World No. 49, achieved on May 8, 2006.
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Career
Bracciali won his only ATP singles title so far in April 2006, at Casablanca, on clay. In the final he beat Nicolás Massú 6–1, 6–4.
In his career, Bracciali has won a total of seven matches at Grand Slam tournaments - six at Wimbledon and one at the Australian Open. In 1998 and 2006 he reached the third round of Wimbledon, his best Grand Slam results so far. In the first round of Wimbledon in 2005, he defeated Ivo Karlović in five sets after surviving 51 aces from the Croat. He then took Andy Roddick, the previous year's runner-up (and eventual runner-up that year as well), to five sets.
In the last years Daniele Bracciali plays double. He won 5 ATP-titles and is now (2011) the best italien double player in the ATP-ranking.
Betting scandal
Following Alessio di Mauro's nine-month ban in November 2007, Bracciali and Potito Starace were each fined and given short suspensions from playing. Bracciali received a fine of £14,300 and a three-month ban from January 1, 2008.[1] All of the players were Italian. None of the bets pertained to matches they were involved in or had any stake in.
The Italian Tennis Federation criticized the ATP for singling out Italian players, and Bracciali chastised them for only concentrating on less well-known players, for what he considered nominal offenses. Bracciali said, "We were the sacrificial lambs. [...] But I cannot believe that we Italians were the only ones that placed the odd little bet", adding that he would not have bet in his own name if he wanted to be sly about his activities.[1]
ATP Career Fnals
Singles: 1 (1–0)
Legend (pre/post 2009) Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) Tennis Masters Cup /
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series /
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP International Series Gold /
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)ATP International Series /
ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–0)Finals by Surface Hard (0–0) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0) Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final Winner 1. April 24, 2006 Casablanca, Morocco
Clay Nicolás Massú
6–1, 6–4 Doubles: 7 (5–2)
Legend (pre/post 2009) Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) Tennis Masters Cup /
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series /
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP International Series Gold /
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)ATP International Series /
ATP World Tour 250 Series (5–2)Finals by Surface Hard (2–1) Clay (2–0) Grass (1–0) Carpet (0–1) Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final Runner-up 1. February 15, 2004 Milan, Italy
Hard (i) Giorgio Galimberti
Jared Palmer
Pavel Vizner
4–6, 4–6 Winner 1. February 31, 2005 Milan, Italy
Hard (i) Giorgio Galimberti
Jean-Francois Bachelot
Arnaud Clément
6–7(10), 7–6(6), 6–4 Winner 2. October 31, 2010 St. Petersburg, Russia
Hard (i) Potito Starace
Rohan Bopanna
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
7–6(6), 7–6(5) Runner-up 2. January 08, 2011 Doha, Qatar
Carpet Andreas Seppi
Rafael Nadal
Marc Lopez
3–6, 6–7(4) Winner 3. June 18, 2011 S-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Grass František Čermák
Robert Lindstedt
Horia Tecău
6–3, 2–6, [10–8] Winner 4. August 6, 2011 Kitzbühel, Austria
Clay Santiago González
Franco Ferreiro
André Sá
7–6(1), 4–6, [11–9] Winner 5. September 24, 2011 Bucarest, Romania
Clay Potito Starace
Julian Knowle
David Marrero
3–6, 6–4, [10–8] Playing style
Bracciali is known for his powerful serve. His groundstrokes are also reliable, especially his forehand.
References
- ^ a b "Italian duo hit with betting bans". BBC Sport. 2007-12-22. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7157309.stm. Retrieved 2009-04-06.
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Australian Open boys' doubles champions 1969 Neil Higgins / John James • 1970 Allan McDonald / Greg Perkins • 1971 John Marks / Michael Phillips • 1972 Bill Durham / Steve Myers • 1973 Terry Saunders / Graham Thoroughgood • 1974 David Carter / Trevor Little • 1975 Glenn Busby / Warren Maher • 1976 Peter McCarthy / Charlie Fancutt • 1977 (Jan) Phil Davies / Peter Smylie • 1977 (Dec) Ray Kelly / Geoffrey Thams • 1978 Michael Fancutt / Bill Gilmour, Jr. • 1979 Michael Fancutt / Greg Whitecross • 1980 Wally Masur / Craig Miller • 1981 David Lewis / Tony Withers • 1982 Brendan Burke / Mark Hartnett • 1983 Jamie Harty / Des Tyson • 1984 Mike Baroch / Mark Kratzmann • 1985 Brett Custer / David Macpherson • 1987 Jason Stoltenberg / Todd Woodbridge • 1988 Jason Stoltenberg / Todd Woodbridge • 1989 Johan Anderson / Todd Woodbridge • 1990 Roger Pettersson / Marten Renstroem • 1991 Grant Doyle / Joshua Eagle • 1992 Grant Doyle / Brad Sceney • 1993 Lars Rehmann / Christian Tambue • 1994 Ben Ellwood / Mark Philippoussis • 1995 Luke Bourgeois / Lee Jong-min • 1996 Daniele Bracciali / Jocelyn Robichaud • 1997 David Sherwood / James Trotman • 1998 Julien Jeanpierre / Jérôme Haehnel • 1999 Jürgen Melzer / Kristian Pless • 2000 Nicolas Mahut / Tommy Robredo • 2001 Ytai Abougzir / Luciano Vitullo • 2002 Todd Reid / Ryan Henry • 2003 Scott Oudsema / Phillip Simmonds • 2004 Brendan Evans / Scott Oudsema • 2005 Sun Yong-kim / Yi Chu-huan • 2006 Błażej Koniusz / Grzegorz Panfil • 2007 Graeme Dyce / Harri Heliövaara • 2008 Hsieh Cheng-peng / Yang Tsung-hua • 2009 Francis Alcantara / Hsieh Cheng-peng • 2010 Justin Eleveld / Jannick Lupescu 2011 Filip Horanský / Jiří Veselý
Wimbledon (Open Era) boys' doubles champions 1982 Pat Cash / John Frawley • 1983 Mark Kratzmann / Simon Youl • 1984 Richard Brown / Robbie Weiss • 1985 Agustín Moreno / Jaime Yzaga • 1986 Tomas Carbonell / Petr Korda • 1987 Jason Stoltenberg / Todd Woodbridge • 1988 Jason Stoltenberg / Todd Woodbridge • 1989 Jared Palmer / Jonathan Stark • 1990 Sébastien Lareau / Sébastien Leblanc • 1991 Karim Alami / Greg Rusedski • 1992 Steven Baldas / Scott Draper • 1993 Steven Downs / James Greenhalgh • 1994 Ben Ellwood / Mark Philippoussis • 1995 Martin Lee / James Trotman • 1996 Daniele Bracciali / Jocelyn Robichaud • 1997 Luis Horna / Nicolás Massú • 1998 Roger Federer / Olivier Rochus • 1999 Guillermo Coria / David Nalbandian • 2000 Dominique Coene / Kristof Vliegen • 2001 Frank Dancevic / Giovanni Lapentti • 2002 Florin Mergea / Horia Tecău • 2003 Florin Mergea / Horia Tecău • 2004 Brendan Evans / Scott Oudsema • 2005 Jesse Levine / Michael Shabaz • 2006 Kellen Damico / Nathaniel Schnugg • 2007 Daniel-Alejandro Lopez / Matteo Trevisan • 2008 Yang Tsung-hua / Hsieh Cheng-peng • 2009 Pierre-Hugues Herbert / Kevin Krawietz • 2010 Liam Broady / Tom Farquharson • 2011 George Morgan / Mate Pavić
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