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Italian tennis player
Roberto Marcora (Italian pronunciation: [roˈbɛrto marˈkɔːra] ;[ 1] [ 2] born 30 August 1989) is an Italian former tennis player.
Marcora has a career high ATP singles ranking of 150 achieved on 17 February 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 717 achieved on 8 July 2013.
Marcora made his ATP main draw debut at the 2017 Geneva Open as a qualifier, defeating Pere Riba and Marco Chiudinelli in qualifying. He was defeated by Mikhail Kukushkin in the first round.
At 2020 Maharashtra Open , he qualified for main draw where he earned his first ATP tour level win. In the second round, he upset top seed Benoit Paire to enter his first quarterfinal at an ATP tour event. He was defeated by Australian player James Duckworth .[ 3]
Although Marcora announced his retirement from professional tennis in February 2022, he changed his mind and returned four months later at the qualifying competition for the 2022 Wimbledon Championships .[ 4] [ 5] Marcora eventually retired again in March 2023, making his final professional appearance at the 2023 BNP Paribas Open .[ 6]
Challenger and Futures finals [ edit ]
Singles: 23 (11–12)[ edit ]
Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–5)
ITF Futures Tour (11–7)
Titles by surface
Hard (4–7)
Clay (7–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
0–1
Mar 2012
United Arab Emirates F1, Fujairah
Futures
Hard
Jules Marie
2–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss
0–2
Jun 2012
Slovenia F3, Litija
Futures
Clay
Riccardo Bellotti
1–6, 3–6
Loss
0–3
Jul 2012
Romania F6, Pitești
Futures
Clay
Petru-Alexandru Luncanu
1–6, 6–1, 6–7(3–7)
Win
1–3
Sep 2012
Spain F29, Madrid
Futures
Hard
Andrés Artuñedo Martínavarro
6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win
2–3
May 2013
Sweden F2, Båstad
Futures
Clay
Simone Vagnozzi
6–3, 7–5
Win
3–3
Jun 2013
Italy F14, Siena
Futures
Clay
Edoardo Eremin
7–2, 4–6, 6–3
Loss
3–4
Aug 2013
Switzerland F5, Sion
Futures
Clay
Richard Becker
7–6(7–5) , 6–7(1–7) , 2–6
Win
4–4
Oct 2013
Israel F14, Ramat HaSharon
Futures
Hard
Ivo Klec
7–6(7–4) , 6–4
Win
5–4
Apr 2014
Italy F11, Santa Margherita di Pula
Futures
Clay
Riccardo Sinicropi
6–1, 3–6, 6–2
Win
6–4
May 2014
Italy F14, Santa Margherita di Pula
Futures
Clay
Gianluca Naso
7–5, 6–4
Win
7–4
May 2014
Italy F15, Bergamo
Futures
Clay
Claudio Fortuna
5–7, 6–0, 6–1
Loss
7–5
Jun 2014
Italy F20, Busto Arsizio
Futures
Clay
Stefano Travaglia
2–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss
7–6
Mar 2015
Guangzhou , China, P.R.
Challenger
Hard
Kimmer Coppejans
6–7(6–8) , 7–5, 1–6
Win
8–6
Aug 2015
Switzerland F3, Geneva
Futures
Clay
Nikola Milojević
6–4, 6–2
Win
9–6
Sep 2015
Switzerland F5, Lausanne
Futures
Clay
Cristian Villagrán
7–6(7–5) , 6–7(2–7) , 6–4
Win
10–6
Oct 2015
Israel F14, Ramat HaSharon
Futures
Hard
Julien Dubail
7–5, 3–6, 7–6(7–4)
Loss
10–7
Jun 2016
Romania F5, Arad
Futures
Clay
Petru-Alexandru Luncanu
3–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss
10–8
Feb 2018
Tunisia F5, Jerba
Futures
Hard
Carlos Boluda-Purkiss
6–3, 6–7(1–7) , 5–7
Win
11–8
Mar 2018
Israel F3, Tel Aviv
Futures
Hard
Yannick Vandenbulcke
6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Loss
11–9
Feb 2019
Budapest , Hungary
Challenger
Hard (i)
Alexander Bublik
0–6, 3–6
Loss
11–10
Feb 2019
Bergamo , Italy
Challenger
Hard (i)
Jannik Sinner
3–6, 1–6
Loss
11–11
July 2019
Recanati , Italy
Challenger
Hard
Egor Gerasimov
2–6, 5–7
Loss
11–11
Feb 2020
Cherbourg , France
Challenger
Hard
Roman Safiullin
4–6, 2-6
Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (1–3)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
0–1
Jul 2012
Romania F5, Bucharest
Futures
Clay
Riccardo Maiga
Theodoros Angelinos Paris Gemouchidis
7–5, 6–7(1–7) , [3–10]
Loss
0–2
Nov 2012
Mexico F12, Cancún
Futures
Hard
Riccardo Maiga
Marvin Barker Christopher Díaz Figueroa
4–6, 2–6
Win
1–2
Nov 2012
Mexico F13, Mérida
Futures
Hard
Riccardo Maiga
Christopher Díaz Figueroa José Hernández-Fernández
6–1, 2–6, [10–7]
Loss
1–3
Jan 2018
Egypt F1, Sharm El Sheikh
Futures
Hard
Artem Smirnov
Thiemo de Bakker Yannick Mertens
5–7, 2–6