19 Facts About Gianluigi Quinzi

Gianluigi Quinzi reached his career high ranking of No 1 in ITF Juniors rankings on 1 January 2013.

Gianluigi Quinzi was born in Cittadella on 1 February 1996 and grew up in Porto San Giorgio with his mother Carlotta, a ski racer and handball player, and his father Luca, the president of a local tennis club.

Gianluigi Quinzi participated at the Little Mo, tournament played in Florida which is reserved for Under-10 players, and triumphed printing his name in the Hall of Fame of a tournament won in the past by players such as Serena Williams and Andy Roddick.

Gianluigi Quinzi obtained his best result in Italy: in Milan he won the Trofeo Bonfiglio in 2012, beating Temur Ismailov in three sets.

Gianluigi Quinzi was eliminated in the third round by British tennis player Kyle Edmund.

In September 2012, Gianluigi Quinzi entered in the history of Italian tennis: he won the 2012 Junior Davis Cup with Filippo Baldi: the first time in sport history that Italy won the Junior Davis Cup.

On 1 January 2013, Gianluigi Quinzi reached his best ranking of No 1 in the world in the ITF Junior rankings: he is the first Italian player ever to obtain this result.

At 2013 Australian Open Gianluigi Quinzi, seeded No 2, reached the quarterfinals without losing a set, but there he was defeated by Thanasi Kokkinakis in three sets.

However, one month later, Gianluigi Quinzi, seeded sixth, soon reached the semifinals at 2013 Wimbledon, beating 10th seed Tatlot in the third round, and the same Nikola Milojevic who beat him on the French clay, prevailing in the quarterfinals.

Gianluigi Quinzi won the title without dropping a set in the entire tournament.

Gianluigi Quinzi was the second Italian in sport history to win here; Diego Nargiso was the first to win the title in 1987.

At 2013 US Open Gianluigi Quinzi reached the quarterfinals but lost to Thanasi Kokkinakis in three sets.

In September 2011, Gianluigi Quinzi obtained his first ATP point at the 2011 Mazatlan Open beating the Swiss tennis player Luca Margaroli in the first round.

In 2013 Gianluigi Quinzi obtained his first big professional result in March: in the first ITF Futures tournament he took part, in Bogota, he soon reached his second career final, beating high-ranked players than him.

Gianluigi Quinzi then received a wild card to enter the main draw of the 2013 Rai Open, the first clay court Challenger tournament of the season played in Italy, but he lost in the first round to former Top 100 player Frederico Gil in three sets.

Two weeks later, again in Egypt, Gianluigi Quinzi reached the semifinals of the F6 Futures tournament on clay court, but he lost to Kevin Krawietz.

Gianluigi Quinzi finished the season losing to Pavel Krainik in the semifinals of a Future tournament in Merida, Mexico.

Gianluigi Quinzi started the season in Zagreb where he obtained his first ATP World Tour victory beating Yannick Mertens in straight sets in the qualifying draw of the 2014 PBZ Zagreb Indoors.

Gianluigi Quinzi retired at 25 years old in July 2021 due to high expectations and competitive stress.