Daniele Bracciali

Daniele Bracciali

Country (sports)	Italy
Residence	Arezzo, Italy
Born	(1978-01-10) 10 January 1978 Arezzo, Italy
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	1995
Retired	2015 (banned)
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,742,942
Singles
Career record	35–55
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 49 (May 8, 2006)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2006)
French Open	1R (2005, 2006, 2007)
Wimbledon	3R (1998, 2006)
US Open	1R (2005, 2006)
Doubles
Career record	144–145
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 21 (11 June 2012)
Current ranking	No. 59 (17 November 2014)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2013)
French Open	SF (2012)
Wimbledon	QF (2012)
US Open	3R (2011)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2012)
French Open	SF (2012)
Wimbledon	3R (2012)
US Open	2R (2012)

Daniele Bracciali (Italian pronunciation: [daˈnjɛːle bratˈtʃaːli]; born 10 January 1978) is a retired Italian tennis player. His career-high ATP singles ranking is world no. 49, achieved in May 2006. In doubles, he reached the quarterfinals of the 2013 Australian Open and the semifinals of the 2012 French Open. In mixed doubles, he reached the semifinals of the 2012 Australian and French Opens.

He was banned by the Italian Tennis Federation in 2015 for betting.

Career

Bracciali won his only ATP singles title in April 2006, at Casablanca, on clay. In the final he beat Nicolás Massú.

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. 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.

2012

Recently, Bracciali has played primarily doubles. He has won five ATP titles. In 2012, he reached the third round of the 2012 Australian Open partnering Potito Starace. They were beaten by Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor. Later that year at the French Open, they reached their first semifinal. They were defeated again by the eventual champions, Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor. At Wimbledon, Bracciali partnered the Austrian veteran Julian Knowle and met Mirnyi and Nestor again in the second round. This was the first time that Bracciali won against them. Bracciali and Knowle lost in the quarterfinals to Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecău.

Bracciali also partnered Roberta Vinci in mixed doubles at the 2012 Australian Open. Entering the draw as an alternate, they reached the semifinals. They lost to the fifth seeds Elena Vesnina and Leander Paes after they took the first set. At the French Open, Bracciali partnered Galina Voskoboeva. They reached the semifinals of the tournament, but lost to the eventual champions Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupathi. At Wimbledon, Bracciali teamed up again with Vinci and reached the third round. He played with Vinci at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and with Andreas Seppi in men's doubles at the same event.^[1]

2013

In 2013, he reached the quarterfinals of the Australian Open in men's doubles partnering Lukáš Dlouhý. They lost to the Bryan brothers in straight sets.

Betting scandal

Following Alessio di Mauro's nine-month ban for betting on matches 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.^[2]

July and November 2007 interceptions between a businessman, Manlio Bruni, and Bracciali were found and they were extensively talking about gaining 50,000 euros each for a set won or lost depending on the match Bracciali was playing. The interceptions were published by several Italian tennis magazines.^[3]

In 2015, the Italian Tennis Federation banned Bracciali and Starace lifelong.^[4]

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	April 24, 2006	Grand Prix Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Nicolás Massú	6–1, 6–4

Doubles: 11 (5 titles, 6 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	February 15, 2004	Milan Indoor, Milan, Italy	Hard (i)	Giorgio Galimberti	Jared Palmer Pavel Vizner	4–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	February 31, 2005	Milan Indoor, Milan, Italy	Hard (i)	Giorgio Galimberti	Jean-Francois Bachelot Arnaud Clément	6–7(10-12), 7–6(8-6), 6–4
Winner	2.	October 31, 2010	St. Petersburg Open, St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Potito Starace	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	7–6(8-6), 7–6(7-5)
Runner-up	2.	January 8, 2011	Qatar ExxonMobil Open, Doha, Qatar	Carpet	Andreas Seppi	Rafael Nadal Marc López	3–6, 6–7(4-7)
Winner	3.	June 18, 2011	UNICEF Open, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	František Čermák	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău	6–3, 2–6, [10–8]
Winner	4.	August 6, 2011	Bet-at-home Cup Kitzbühel, Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Santiago González	Franco Ferreiro André Sá	7–6(7-1), 4–6, [11–9]
Winner	5.	September 24, 2011	BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy, Bucarest, Romania	Clay	Potito Starace	Julian Knowle David Marrero	3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Runner-up	3.	April 14, 2012	Grand Prix Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Fabio Fognini	Dustin Brown Paul Hanley	5-7, 3-6
Runner-up	4.	October 20, 2012	Kremlin Cup, Moscow, Russia	Hard (i)	Simone Bolelli	František Čermák Michal Mertiňák	5-7, 3-6
Runner-up	5.	June 16, 2013	Gerry Weber Open, Halle, Germany	Grass	Jonathan Erlich	Santiago González Scott Lipsky	2-6, 6-7(3-7)
Runner-up	6.	August 2, 2014	Bet-at-home Cup Kitzbühel, Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Andrey Golubev	Henri Kontinen Jarkko Nieminen	1-6, 4-6

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

Playing style

Bracciali is known for his powerful serve. His groundstrokes are also reliable, especially his forehand.

References

External links

• Daniele Bracciali at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Daniele Bracciali at the International Tennis Federation
• Daniele Bracciali at the Davis Cup