Began playing tennis at age 9 with father Quirino, a tennis coach who still works with him...Trains at the Forum club in Rome...Favourite surface is clay, best shot is the forehand...Tennis idol was Pete Sampras...Likes reading, watching movies and soccer (supports AS Roma)
2003 -- Won two Futures doubles titles in four finals…
2004 -- Reached final at Serbia #5 Futures (l. to Djokovic)…Enjoyed doubles success with four Futures titles in nine finals…Also reached final at Mantova Challenger (w/Motti)…
2005 -- Captured one Futures title in two finals, titling at Italy #25 (d. Poch-Gradin)…Also reached back-to-back Challenger finals at Freudenstadt (l. to Roitman) and Genova (l. to Starace)…In doubles, won five Futures titles in six finals…Continued success on Challenger circuit with three titles in six finals, winning at Mantova (w/Motti), Saransk (w/Stadler) and Banja Luka (w/Eitzinger)…
2006 -- Appeared in two Challengers finals on home soil…Followed runner-up at Monza (l. to Devlider) with title in Turin (d. Granollers-Pujol)…Made ATP debut as qualifier in Umag (l. to Hernych)…In doubles, advanced to five Challenger finals with titles at Bratislava (w/Granollers-Pujol) and Barcelona (w/Behrend).
2007
The Italian made one ATP-level appearance (1-1 record) as a qualifier at Roland Garros, reaching 2nd RD, beating Gabashvili (l. to Nadal)…On Challenger circuit, captured two titles in Trani (d. Andujar) and Genova (d. Naso)…In doubles competition, won two crowns in Napoli and Rome (w/Granollers-Pujol)…Also reached Kosice (w/Azzaro), Genova (w/Bolelli), Poznan (w/Klec) and Como (w/Pedrini) finals…Started the season at No. 205 in ATP Rankings.