Elisabetta Cocciaretto
Elisabetta Cocciaretto is an Italian professional tennis player.
She has been ranked by the WTA as high as No. 29 in singles, achieved on 21 August 2023, and No. 107 in doubles, which she attained on 27 January 2025.
Cocciaretto has won two singles titles, at the 2023 Ladies Open Lausanne and at the 2026 Hobart International.
Cocciaretto made her debut for the senior Italy Fed Cup team in 2018 at 17 years old. She was a member of the Italian squad which won the Billie Jean King Cup in 2024 and 2025 editions.
Early life and background
Cocciaretto was born in Ancona to Piero Cocciaretto and Jessica Marcozzi. Her father played amateur tennis in his youth. She began playing tennis at the age of five, attending free classes at the Circolo Tennis in Porto San Giorgio. Her tennis idols were Roger Federer and Caroline Wozniacki.Junior years
Cocciaretto reached the semifinals of the 2018 Australian Open girls' singles tournament, but lost to eventual champion Liang En-shuo. On 5 February 2018, she achieved a career-high ITF junior combined ranking of No. 17.At the [Tennis at the 2018 Fed Cup|2018 Summer Youth Olympics|2018 Summer Youth Olympics], she reached the second round in singles.
Professional
2019: WTA Tour debut
In May 2019, Cocciaretto made her WTA Tour debut as a wildcard at the Italian Open, where she lost to Amanda Anisimova in the first round. In July, she qualified for her first WTA 250 at the [2019 Internazionali Femminili di 2020 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo|Palermo – Singles|Palermo Ladies Open], but lost again in the first round, to third seed Viktória Hrunčáková.2020: Major debut, WTA Tour quarterfinal & WTA 125 final
In January, Cocciaretto qualified for her first major main draw at the Australian Open, defeating Bibiane Schoofs, Francesca Di Lorenzo, and Tereza Martincová in qualifying,but lost to 17th-seeded Angelique Kerber in the first round.
She reached her first WTA Tour quarterfinal in August in Palermo, defeating Polona Hercog and sixth seed Donna Vekić, before losing to fourth seed Anett Kontaveit. She also reached the doubles final in Palermo with compatriot Martina Trevisan, but they lost to Arantxa Rus and Tamara Zidanšek.
Cocciaretto reached her first WTA 125 final, seeded second, at the Sparta Prague Open, defeating Dalila Jakupović, Daniela Seguel, Bibiane Schoofs, Georgina García Pérez, Anna Karolína Schmiedlová and Nadia Podoroska, before losing to Kristína Kučová.
2021: First WTA Tour semifinal, injury hiatus
In January 2021, Cocciaretto once again qualified for the Australian Open, but lost to Mona Barthel in the first round. After qualifying for the Abierto Zapopan, Cocciaretto advanced to her first tour semifinal, defeating Wang Xiyu, Nadia Podoroska, and Lauren Davis, before losing to wildcard Eugenie Bouchard. In May, she entered her first French Open as a lucky loser, but lost to Ana Bogdan in the first round. Following her first-round exit at the Budapest Grand Prix, Cocciaretto's season ended was cut short by a knee injury, for which she underwent surgery.2022: WTA 125 title, Wimbledon, US Open & top 100 debuts
In May, Cocciaretto made her second WTA 125 final at the Makarska International Championships, defeating Magdalena Fręch, Julia Grabher, Clara Burel, and Anna Karolína Schmiedlová, before losing to Jule Niemeier in the final.On her debut, using her protected ranking, she recorded her first major win at Wimbledon, defeating compatriot and 22nd seed Martina Trevisan.
Cocciaretto qualified for her first US Open in August, but lost to Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the first round.
Seeded fifth at the Bari, she reached the quarterfinals. Partnering Olga Danilović, she won the doubles title at the same tournament, defeating Andrea Gámiz and Eva Vedder in the final.
In October, she recorded her first WTA 1000 win in Guadalajara by defeating Anastasia Potapova, before losing to fifth seed Coco Gauff. The following week, she won her maiden WTA 125 singles title at the Abierto Tampico, beating Carol Zhao, second seed Marie Bouzková, seventh seed Camila Osorio and sixth seed Zhu Lin to reach the final, where she overcame fifth seed Magda Linette in three sets.
2023: Maiden WTA Tour title, Italian number one
In January, Cocciaretto reached her first WTA Tour final at the Hobart International, defeating third seed Alizé Cornet, Jasmine Paolini, sixth seed Bernarda Pera and Sofia Kenin, but ultimately losing to qualifier Lauren Davis. As a result, she reached the top 50 on 16 January 2023 at world No. 48, becoming the Italian No. 2 female player in the WTA rankings. The following month, she reached quarterfinals at the Mérida Open, defeating Viktorija Golubic and Wang Xinyu, before losing to fourth seed Kateřina Siniaková. The following week at the Monterrey Open, she reached back-to-back quarterfinals, defeating Marina Bassols Ribera and Tatjana Maria. Her run was ended by fourth seed Elise Mertens.In April, she won her second WTA 125 title as the top seed in San Luis Potosí, defeating Marcela Zacarías, Nadia Podoroska, Tamara Zidanšek, Elina Avanesyan and seventh seed Sara Errani.
At the French Open, Cocciaretto defeated 10th seed Petra Kvitová and qualifier Simona Waltert before losing to Bernarda Pera in the third round. As a result, she reached a career-high ranking of No. 41 on 12 June 2023, and became the No. 1 women's singles player in Italy. At Wimbledon, she again reached the third round at a major, defeating Camila Osorio and Rebeka Masarova, before falling to fourth seed Jessica Pegula.
Seeded second at the Ladies Open Lausanne, Cocciaretto won her maiden tour title, defeating wildcard entrant Céline Naef, Julia Riera, eighth seed Elina Avanesyan, Anna Bondár and Clara Burel.
2024: French Open fourth round, BJK Cup champion
At the Australian Open, Cocciaretto defeated qualifier Lulu Sun in the first round, but lost to 27th seed Emma Navarro in the second.As a lucky loser in Dubai, she overcame Elise Mertens in the first round, before falling to third seed Coco Gauff.
She won her third WTA 125 title seeded fourth at Charleston, defeating Arina Rodionova, Marina Bassols Ribera, McCartney Kessler, Greet Minnen and seventh seed Diana Shnaider. Seeded seventh in Rabat, Cocciaretto reached the quarterfinals defeating Yasmine Kabbaj and Bai Zhuoxuan, before losing to Kamilla Rakhimova. At the French Open, she defeated 13th seed Beatriz Haddad Maia, Cristina Bucșa and 17th seed Liudmila Samsonova to reach her first Grand Slam tournament fourth round. Cocciaretto had her run ended by third seed Coco Gauff.
Wins over top seed Jelena Ostapenko, Sloane Stephens and Diana Shnaider, saw her make it through to her first grass-court semifinal at the Birmingham Classic, before losing to eventual champion Yulia Putintseva. In November, Cocciaretto was part of the Italy squad which won the Billie Jean King Cup, although she lost the only match she was selected for, going down in three sets to Ena Shibahara in the quarterfinal tie against Japan.
2025: WTA Tour semifinal, Wimbledon third round, second BJK Cup win
Seeded seventh at the Transylvania Open, Cocciaretto defeated Irina-Camelia Begu and wildcard entrant Ana Bogdan to reach the quarterfinals, where she lost to compatriot Lucia Bronzetti.In June at the Rosmalen Open in 's-Hertogenbosch, she overcame wildcard entrant Arianne Hartono, Bernarda Pera and Suzan Lamens to make it through to the semifinals, where she lost to qualifier Elena-Gabriela Ruse.
At Wimbledon, Cocciaretto defeated third seed Jessica Pegula in straight sets in a first-round match lasting just 58 minutes for her second win against a top-10 ranked opponent. Next she overcame Katie Volynets to make it through to the third round, at which point she lost to Belinda Bencic.
A week after her elimination from Wimbledon, Cocciaretto won the clay court WTA 125 Swedish Open, defeating Katarzyna Kawa in the final. As a result, she returned to the top 100, rising 40 places to No. 76 on 14 July 2025.
In September, she helped Italy retain the BJK Cup, defeating Yuan Yue in their quarterfinal against China and Emma Navarro as they swept the United States 2–0 in the final.
At the Guangzhou Open in October, Cocciaretto recorded three sets wins over Diane Parry and wildcard entrant Wang Xiyu, before losing in the quarterfinals to second seed Ann Li.
2026: Second WTA Tour title
Having qualified for the main-draw at the Hobart International, Cocciaretto won her second WTA title, defeating third seed Iva Jovic in the final, after recording victories over fellow qualifier Ayano Shimizu, fourth seed Ann Li, Anna Bondár and Antonia Ružić on her way to the championship match.Performance timelines
''Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.''Singles
''Current through the 2024 French Open.''Doubles
''Current through the 2024 Australian Open.''WTA Tour finals
Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Loss | 0–1 | [2023 Hobart International – Singles|] | Hobart International, Australia | WTA 250 | Hard |  dts|Jul 2023Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
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