Personal
Nickname is ‘El Face’. Speaks Italian, English and Spanish
Began playing tennis aged six in his hometown of Perugia. Has been with coach Roberto Tarpani since the age of 10
Was inspired by Juan Martin Del Potro and Roger Federer
Favourite shot is drop shot, surface is clay, tournament is Rome and city on Tour is New York
Tennis idol is Roger Federer and hero is Rambo
Outside of tennis, likes football. Favourite sports team is Internazionale FC and athlete is Lionel Messi
Favourite superhero is Batman, book is The Secret, TV show is Prison Break
Favourite music is reggaeton and hobby is playing cards
Favourite food is pizza and pasta. Cooking pizza and pasta is his best quality
Guilty pleasure is watching Netflix all day
Dream job is to own a big hotel
Career
In 2022, broke into Top 500 in March, Top 200 in July and qualified for 2022 Next Gen ATP Finals, before breaking into Top 100 in January 2025 and achieving career-high No. 89 in February
Made Grand Slam main draw debut at 2025 Australian Open as LL, defeating No. 10 Dimitrov in 1R via RET for biggest win of his career and defeated No. 15 Dimitrov en route to 2025 ATP Masters 1000 Rome 3R
Saved 2 MPs vs. Rinderknech en route to 3R of 2024 ATP Masters 1000 Rome and earned wins over countrymen Sonego and Musetti to capture his 2nd Challenger title in Turin in back-to-back weeks
Advanced to 8 of his 9 Challenger finals on Italian clay, including titles at 2022 Trieste, 2024 Turin and 2024 Genoa
Defeated Zhang for both 1st Challenger title at 2022 Trieste and 1st ATP Tour win at 2022 Florence
Peaked at No. 31 in juniors, posting 64-33 singles record with 3 titles and 37-22 doubles records with 4 titles