Giorgio Galimberti

Giorgio Galimberti

Country (sports)	Italy
Residence	Lissone, Italy
Born	(1976-09-05) 5 September 1976 Milan, Italy
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	1995
Retired	2007
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Coach	Maurizio Riva
Prize money	US$619,170
Singles
Career record	9–21
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 115 (5 May 2003)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2006)
French Open	2R (2003)
Wimbledon	Q2 (1997, 2000)
US Open	2R (1998, 2005)
Doubles
Career record	30–37
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 65 (6 June 2005)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2005)
French Open	3R (2005)
Wimbledon	1R (2004, 2005)
US Open	1R (2005)
Last updated on: 20 December 2022.

Giorgio Galimberti (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒordʒo ɡalimˈbɛrti, ˈdʒɔr-]; born 5 September 1976) is a former Italian professional tennis player.

Born in Milan, Galimberti turned professional in 1995. His career-high rankings were World No. 115 (May 2003) in singles and No. 65 (June 2005) in doubles.

Tennis career

As a junior, Galimberti reached the final of the 1994 French Open, losing to Jacobo Díaz. En route, he defeated future top pros Stefan Koubek, Gustavo Kuerten, Mariano Zabaleta and Nicolás Lapentti. On the pro tour, Galimberti played singles mostly at Challenger level, while in doubles he won the 2005 ATP title in Milan, teaming up with Daniele Bracciali, and reached two other ATP finals.

On February 18, 2008, Galimberti was suspended for 100 days and fined $35,000 (£17,808) after being found guilty of betting on tennis games between June 2003 and January 2006. It is not known whether Galimberti had bet on his own matches. Investigations into Galimberti's activities took place in August 2007, and were reviewed by an "independent anti-corruption hearing officer". Galimberti was the fourth Italian tennis player to be suspended after betting on other players' matches.

Performance Timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	Q2	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
French Open	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	Q3	A	1R	2R	Q2	Q1	Q1	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	Q2	Q1	A	A	Q1	Q1	A	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	A	A	A	Q1	2R	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q1	1R	A	2R	Q1	A	0 / 3	2–3	40%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0 / 5	3–5	38%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q2	Q1	A	A	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Rome	Q1	Q1	Q3	Q2	1R	Q1	A	A	2R	2R	Q2	A	Q2	A	0 / 3	2–3	40%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 3	2–3	40%

ATP career finals

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (0–0) ATP World Series (1–2)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (1–1)

Finals by setting Outdoors (0–1) Indoors (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 1998	Bologna, Italy	International Series	Clay	Massimo Valeri	Brandon Coupe Paul Rosner	6–7, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Feb 2004	Milan, Italy	International Series	Carpet	Daniele Bracciali	Jared Palmer Pavel Vízner	4–6, 4–6
Win	1–2	Feb 2005	Milan, Italy	International Series	Carpet	Daniele Bracciali	Arnaud Clément Jean-François Bachelot	6–7(8–10), 7–6(8–6), 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 12 (5–7)

Legend ATP Challenger (3–4) ITF Futures (2–3)

Finals by surface Hard (1–3) Clay (4–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 1998	Italy F5, Frascati	Futures	Clay	Agustín Calleri	1–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Jun 1998	Italy F8, Bressanone	Futures	Clay	Radovan Svetlik	1–6, ret.
Loss	0–3	Jul 1999	Olbia, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Stefano Pescosolido	7–6, 4–6, 6–7
Win	1–3	May 2001	Budapest, Hungary	Challenger	Clay	Jarkko Nieminen	6–4, 5–7, 6–1
Win	2–3	Jun 2001	Italy F5, Pavia	Futures	Clay	Thomas Schiessling	6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	2–4	Jul 2001	Sassuolo, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Attila Sávolt	4–6, 5–7
Loss	2–5	Jan 2002	USA F2, Delray Beach	Futures	Hard	Igor Kunitsyn	4–6, 2–6
Loss	2–6	Jun 2002	Lugano, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Guillermo Coria	3–6, 0–6
Win	3–6	May 2003	Rome, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Victor Hănescu	6–2, 6–4
Win	4–6	Feb 2005	Italy F1, Trento	Futures	Hard	Lado Chikhladze	7–5, 7–6(9–7)
Win	5–6	Jul 2005	Mantova, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Francesco Aldi	6–3, 6–3
Loss	5–7	Jul 2006	Mantova, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Cristian Villagrán	2–6, 7–5, 4–6

Doubles: 39 (28–11)

Legend ATP Challenger (24–7) ITF Futures (4–4)

Finals by surface Hard (3–3) Clay (22–7) Grass (0–0) Carpet (3–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 1995	Merano, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Federico Rovai	Cristian Brandi Igor Gaudi	6–7, 3–6
Win	1–1	Jul 1997	Venice, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Massimo Valeri	David Roditi Martín Rodríguez	6–4, 0–6, 7–6
Loss	1–2	Mar 1998	Italy F1, Cagliari	Futures	Clay	Massimo Valeri	Radek Štěpánek Michal Tabara	5–7, 7–6, 4–6
Loss	1–3	Apr 1998	Italy F4, Rome	Futures	Clay	Massimo Valeri	Agustín Calleri Igor Saric	3–6, 4–6
Win	2–3	May 1998	Italy F5, Frascati	Futures	Clay	Massimo Valeri	Omar Camporese Ivan Ljubičić	7–6, 6–1
Win	3–3	May 1998	Italy F7, Parma	Futures	Clay	Massimo Valeri	Yahiya Doumbia Alexandre Simoni	7–5, 3–6, 7–5
Loss	3–4	Jul 1998	Merano, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Massimo Valeri	Pablo Albano Nicolás Lapentti	1–6, 1–6
Loss	3–5	Mar 1999	Kyoto, Japan	Challenger	Carpet	Lee Hyung-taik	Julian Knowle Lorenzo Manta	1–6, 7–6, 2–6
Win	4–5	May 1999	Italy F5, Rome	Futures	Clay	Filippo Messori	Gianluca Luddi Stefano Tarallo	6–1, 6–3
Win	5–5	Jul 1999	Olbia, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Omar Camporese	Filippo Messori Massimo Valeri	6–4, 6–1
Win	6–5	Feb 2000	Lübeck, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Diego Nargiso	Karsten Braasch Dirk Dier	6–4, 6–4
Win	6–5	Sep 2000	USA F22B, East Setauket	Futures	Clay	Fazaluddin Syed	Joel McGregor Nenad Toroman	6–7(5–7), 7–5, 6–4
Win	7–5	Dec 2000	Milan, Italy	Challenger	Carpet	George Bastl	Filippo Messori Vincenzo Santopadre	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	7–6	Jan 2001	USA F3, Hallandale Beach	Futures	Hard	Noam Behr	Frédéric Niemeyer Jocelyn Robichaud	6–7(4–7), 3–6
Loss	7–7	Feb 2001	Chandigarh, India	Challenger	Hard	Nir Welgreen	František Čermák Radek Štěpánek	4–6, 2–6
Win	8–7	Sep 2001	Brindisi, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Daniele Bracciali	Cristian Brandi Uros Vico	2–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–3)
Loss	8–8	Jan 2002	USA F1, Aventura	Futures	Hard	Yves Allegro	Thomas Blake Kristian Capalik	3–6, 7–6(7–2), 1–6
Win	9–8	Feb 2002	Dallas, United States	Challenger	Hard	Frédéric Niemeyer	Huntley Montgomery Brian Vahaly	7–6(7–1), 6–4
Win	10–8	Apr 2002	Sanremo, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Daniele Bracciali	Cristian Brandi Renzo Furlan	6–3, 6–4
Win	11–8	Jun 2002	Biella, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Dominik Hrbatý	Ashley Fisher Nathan Healey	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win	12–8	Jun 2002	Lugano, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Emilio Benfele Álvarez	Cristian Kordasz Kim Tiilikainen	4–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win	13–8	Jul 2002	Mantova, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Massimo Bertolini	Jose Arnedo Joseph Sirianni	5–7, 6–2, 7–6(9–7)
Win	14–8	Dec 2002	Milan, Italy	Challenger	Carpet	Massimo Bertolini	Jonathan Erlich Aleksandar Kitinov	7–6(7–4), 2–6, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	14–9	Mar 2003	Barletta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Massimo Bertolini	Sebastián Prieto Sergio Roitman	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	15–9	Apr 2003	Naples, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Massimo Bertolini	Amir Hadad Christophe Rochus	2–6, 7–5, 6–4
Win	16–9	Mar 2004	Cagliari, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Tomas Behrend	Werner Eschauer Daniel Köllerer	6–2, 6–1
Win	17–9	Apr 2004	Olbia, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Daniele Bracciali	Hermes Gamonal Ignacio Gonzalez-King	6–3, 6–4
Win	18–9	Apr 2004	Naples, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Tomas Behrend	Michal Tabara Jiří Vaněk	6–1, 6–3
Win	19–9	May 2004	Sanremo, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Daniele Bracciali	Manuel Jorquera Diego Moyano	4–6, 7–6(8–6), 6–2
Win	20–9	May 2004	Turin, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Leonardo Azzaro	Hermes Gamonal Adrián García	6–1, 6–3
Win	21–9	Jun 2004	Lugano, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Emilio Benfele Álvarez	Enzo Artoni Ignacio González King	6–4, 6–3
Win	22–9	Jul 2004	Mantova, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Daniele Bracciali	Flavio Cipolla Alessandro Motti	6–0, 6–4
Win	23–9	Jul 2004	San Benedetto Del Tronto, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Daniele Bracciali	Andres Dellatorre Nicolás Todero	6–4, 7–5
Win	24–9	Jul 2004	Rimini, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Daniele Bracciali	Stefano Cobolli Vincenzo Santopadre	walkover
Loss	24–10	Aug 2005	Trani, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Irakli Labadze	Carlos Berlocq Cristian Villagrán	6–4, 2–6, 4–6
Win	25–19	Feb 2006	Bergamo, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Daniele Bracciali	Christopher Kas Vincenzo Santopadre	7–5, 0–6, [13–11]
Win	26–10	Jun 2006	Lugano, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Oliver Marach	Leonardo Azzaro Sergio Roitman	7–5, 6–3
Win	27–10	Jun 2006	Milan, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Harel Levy	Fred Gil Juan-Albert Viloca-Puig	6–3, 6–3
Loss	27–11	Jul 2006	Reggio Emilia, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Alessandro Motti	Fabio Colangelo Giancarlo Petrazzuolo	3–6, 4–6
Win	28–11	Jun 2007	Sassuolo, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Márcio Torres	Daniele Giorgini Andrea Stoppini	6–3, 6–7(2–7), [10–6]

Junior Grand Slam Finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1994	French Open	Clay	Jacobo Díaz	3–6, 6–7

External links

• Giorgio Galimberti at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Giorgio Galimberti at the International Tennis Federation
• Giorgio Galimberti at the Davis Cup