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Italian tennis player (born 1978)
Leonardo Azzaro
Leonardo Azzaro at the 2006 Riviera di Rimini Challenger |
Country (sports) |
Italy |
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Born | (1978-05-30) 30 May 1978 (age 45)
Florence, Italy |
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Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
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Turned pro | 1997 |
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Plays | Left-handed |
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Prize money | $320,082 |
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Career record | 0–3 |
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Career titles | 0 |
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Highest ranking | No. 180 (1 November 2004) |
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Career record | 3–10 |
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Career titles | 0 |
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Highest ranking | No. 94 (14 August 2006) |
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Australian Open | 1R (
2007) |
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Wimbledon | 1R (
2006) |
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US Open | 1R (
2007) |
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Leonardo Azzaro (Italian pronunciation:
[leoˈnardo atˈtsaːro, – adˈdz-];
[1]
[2] born 30 May 1978) is a former professional
tennis player from Italy.
Career
Azzaro won a silver medal for Italy at the
2001 Mediterranean Games in Tunisia. He defeated Slovenian
Marko Tkalec in the semi-final, before losing the gold medal play-off to
Konstantinos Economidis of Greece.
The left-handed player appeared in the main draw of three
Grand Slams, all in the Men's Doubles, but never made it past the first round. At the
2007 US Open, Azzaro and his partner
Filippo Volandri had to face the second seeds,
Mark Knowles and
Daniel Nestor.
[3]
He retired in 2010, having won 20
ITF Futures titles, seven of them in singles, as well as winning 17
Challenger trophies for doubles.
[4]
Challenger titles
Singles: (1)
Doubles: (17)
No.
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Year
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Tournament
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Surface
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Partner
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Opponents
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Score
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1.
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2001
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San Benedetto, Italy
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Clay
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Stefano Galvani
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Stephen Huss
Lee Pearson
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3–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–4
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2.
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2002
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Sassuolo, Italy
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Clay
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Potito Starace
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Manuel Jorquera
Diego Moyano
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6–3, 6–2
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3.
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2002
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Donetsk, Ukraine
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Clay
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Federico Browne
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Mikhail Elgin
Dmitry Vlasov
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6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–4), 7–5
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4.
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2003
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Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Clay
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Gergely Kisgyörgy
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Ivan Cerović
Aleksander Slovic
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7–6(7–3), 6–3
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5.
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2003
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Budaors, Hungary
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Clay
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Gergely Kisgyörgy
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Tomáš Berdych
Michal Navrátil
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6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–3)
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6.
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2004
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Turin, Italy
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Clay
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Giorgio Galimberti
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Hermes Gamonal
Adrián García
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6–1, 6–3
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7.
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2004
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Cordenons, Italy
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Clay
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Kornél Bardóczky
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Andrea Merati
Christophe Rochus
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6–2, 6–0
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8.
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2004
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Ischgl, Austria
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Carpet
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Christopher Kas
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Gianluca Bazzica
Massimo Dell'Acqua
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7–5, 6–3
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9.
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2005
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Genoa, Italy
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Clay
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Sergio Roitman
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Marco Pedrini
Andrea Stoppini
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6–1, 6–4
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10.
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2005
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Budapest, Hungary
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Clay
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Sergio Roitman
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Philipp Petzschner
Lars Uebel
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6–3, 5–7, 6–3
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11.
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2006
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Chiasso, Switzerland
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Clay
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Lovro Zovko
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Amir Hadad
Roko Karanušić
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6–2, 7–5
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12.
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2006
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Trani, Italy
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Clay
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Daniele Giorgini
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Alessandro Motti
Daniel Muñoz de la Nava
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6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
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13.
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2007
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Trani, Italy
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Clay
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Daniele Giorgini
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Fabio Colangelo
Alessandro Motti
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6–2, 7–5
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14.
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2007
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Vigo, Spain
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Clay
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Lamine Ouahab
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Pablo Santos
Igor Sijsling
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2–6, 6–4, [10–7]
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15.
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2007
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Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands
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Clay
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Lovro Zovko
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Jérémy Chardy
Predrag Rusevski
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6–3, 6–3
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16.
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2008
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Rimini, Italy
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Clay
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Marco Crugnola
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Cătălin-Ionuț Gârd
Matwé Middelkoop
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6–1, 6–1
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17.
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2008
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Napoli, Italy
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Clay
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Alessandro Motti
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Ismar Gorčić
Antonio Maiorano
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6–7(5–7), 6–3, [10–7]
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References