Simone Vagnozzi (; born 30 May 1983) is an Italian former professional

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player. Vagnozzi had a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 161 achieved on 7 November 2011. He also had a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 74 achieved on 4 April 2011. Vagnozzi made his

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singles debut at the 2004 Grand Prix Hassan II on clay courts in Casablanca, Morocco when he successfully advanced through three qualifying rounds to reach his first career main draw. In qualifying he defeated Talal Ouahabi, followed by leading

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''6–0, 2–0'' when he had to retire from the match, and finally Bjorn Rehnquist to gain a main draw birth. In the first round he would go on extend his winning streak to four matches by defeating

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in straight sets but would ultimately fall in the second round to Swiss player Ivo Heuberger. He made his

doubles debut at the 2005 Croatia Open where he received a direct entry alongside

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n player Ladislav Svarc. They were defeated in the first round by an 18-year-old

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and Janko Tipsarevic. Vagnozzi reached 24 singles finals in his career, posting a record of 8 wins and 16 losses which includes a 1–3 record in ATP Challenger finals. Additionally, he reached 54 doubles finals across his career with a record of 28 wins and 26 losses which includes a 16–21 record in ATP Challenger finals. He reached 1 career doubles final on the

at the 2010 Swedish Open alongside compatriot

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. They were defeated by

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and

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in straight sets . Vagnozzi is currently the coach of fellow

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ATP player

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ATP Tour career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 24 (8–16)

Doubles: 53 (28–25)

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

References

External links

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