Tennis in Italy
Tennis in Italy is governed by the Italian Tennis and Padel Federation and in 2012 it was the 6th sport by number of practitioners, with 1,298,000 people.
History
One Italian player, Jannik Sinner, has been men's singles world No. 1.Five Italian players have won Grand Slam tournaments: Nicola Pietrangeli, Adriano Panatta, Francesca Schiavone, Flavia Pennetta and Jannik Sinner.
Four Italian players have won an Olympic medal: Uberto De Morpurgo and Lorenzo Musetti won a bronze medal in the men's singles, respectively in 1924 and 2024, and the Sara Errani–Jasmine Paolini duo won a gold medal in the women's doubles, again in 2024.
The men's national team won the Davis Cup four times and the women's national team won the Billie Jean King Cup six times.
Women's tennis in particular has seen tremendous successes in the 21st century, with the advent of Francesca Schiavone, Sara Errani, Flavia Pennetta and Roberta Vinci. All four of these women reached the top 10 of the WTA rankings in both singles and doubles, and reached Grand Slam finals in both disciplines. Schiavone and Pennetta won singles Grand Slam titles, while Pennetta, Errani and Vinci won doubles Grand Slam titles, with Errani and Vinci achieving the Career Grand Slam in doubles as a pair. They were also responsible for Italy's 4 Fed Cup victories as members of the national Fed Cup team.
Players best singles ranking
In this table only those who have reached the top 20 in the world singles ranking.Updated as of 12 January 2026. Data refer to the Open Era.
Grand slam best results
Men's singles
Eleven Italian tennis players played at least the semi-final in a Grand Slam tournament.Men's doubles
Eight Italian tennis players played at least the semi-final in a Grand Slam tournament.Women's singles
Nine Italian female tennis players have reached at least the semifinals of a Grand Slam singles tournament.Women's doubles
Nine Italian tennis players played at least the semi-final in a Grand Slam tournament.All tournament winners in Open Era
Men's singles
As of 16 November 2025, 109 tournaments have been won by 29 Italian tennis players in the major circuit.| Titles | Players |
| 2 | Omar Camporese |
| 2 | Francesco Cancellotti |
| 2 | Flavio Cobolli |
| 2 | Renzo Furlan |
| 2 | Lorenzo Musetti |
| 2 | Stefano Pescosolido |
| 2 | Davide Sanguinetti |
| 2 | Filippo Volandri |
| Titles | Players |
| 1 | Daniele Bracciali |
| 1 | Simone Colombo |
| 1 | Paolo Lorenzi |
| 1 | Massimiliano Narducci |
| 1 | Gianni Ocleppo |
| 1 | Claudio Panatta |
| 1 | Claudio Pistolesi |
| 1 | Gianluca Pozzi |
| 1 | Tonino Zugarelli |
Women's singles
As of 17 January 2026, 80 tournaments have been won by 21 Italian tennis players in the major circuit.| Titles | Players |
| 1 | Lucia Bronzetti |
| 1 | Federica Bonsignori |
| 1 | Alberta Brianti |
| 1 | Tathiana Garbin |
| 1 | Marzia Grossi |
| 1 | Katia Piccolini |
| 1 | Gloria Pizzichini |
| 1 | Mara Santangelo |
| 1 | Martina Trevisan |
Men's doubles
As of 11 January 2026, 89 tournaments have been won by 37 Italian tennis players in the major circuit.Women's doubles
As of 5 October 2025, 129 tournaments have been won by 21 Italian tennis players in the major circuit.| Titles | Players |
| 36 | Sara Errani |
| 25 | Roberta Vinci |
| 17 | Flavia Pennetta |
| 11 | Sandra Cecchini |
| 11 | Tathiana Garbin |
| 10 | Jasmine Paolini |
| 9 | Silvia Farina Elia |
| 9 | Mara Santangelo |
| 7 | Francesca Schiavone |
| 6 | Laura Golarsa |
| Titles | Players |
| 5 | Laura Garrone |
| 5 | Rita Grande |
| 4 | Raffaella Reggi |
| 3 | Maria Elena Camerin |
| 3 | Giulia Casoni |
| 3 | Adriana Serra Zanetti |
| 2 | Alberta Brianti |
| 2 | Antonella Serra Zanetti |
| 1 | Linda Ferrando |
| 1 | Lea Pericoli |
| 1 | Emily Stellato |
Italian wins against the Current World's Number 1
Male
Nine Italian tennis players managed to beat the current number 1 in the world.| # | Date | Player | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Current World's N.1 | Score | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 17 May 1974 | Corrado Barazzutti | Munich, West Germany | 250 series | Clay |  |1965FemaleFour Italian tennis players managed to beat the current number 1 in the world.
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