Lorenzo Sonego is an Italian professional tennis player. At the age of 26, he has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 26 achieved on 14 June 2021. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 132 also achieved on 12 April 2021. His present ranking is No. 27 as of 21st June 2021 in singles and No. 160 as of 14th June 2021 in doubles. He made his ATP main-draw debut at the 2016 Internazionali BNL d’Italia, where he received a main-draw wildcard. His most memorable win was when he demolished the great Novak Djokovic (6-2 6-1) in Vienna in 2020. During the Wimbledon 2021, he faced one of the best players in the ATP at the moment, Roger Federer in the Round of 16 where he lost with the score of 5-4-2 against the score of 7-6-6 of Roger Federer. His present coach is Gipo Arbino.
Roger Federer goes past Lorenzo Sonego into record Wimbledon
Federer beats Sonego to reach the quarter-final in Wimbledon 2021. Eight-time champion at SW19, Roger Federer, came through without dropping a set in his fourth-round clash with Italian Lorenzo Sonego, but it was a far from the comfortable win with the 23rd seed having wowed the Centre Court fans with his attacking and unpredictable brand of tennis. Federer looked composed and secure throughout as he completed a straight-sets win, and he is into the quarter-finals. Roger Federer continued his Wimbledon comeback with a straight-sets, 7-5, 6-4, 6-2, win over Lorenzo Sonego on ‘Manic Monday’ to reach the quarter-finals. Federer became the oldest man to reach the quarter-finals of Wimbledon in the open era at the age of 39 – and he looked very impressive as he did so.
Famous For
- Being an Italian tennis player.
- For defeating world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in straight sets 6-2 6-1 at the 2020 Erste Bank Open.
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Where is Lorenzo Sonego from?
Lorenzo Sonego was brought into this world on 11th May 1995 in Turin, Italy which is his birthplace. As he was born to Italian parents, he holds the nationality of Italian. He belongs to the Italian-White ethnicity and his race is White. He celebrated his 26th birthday as of 2021. Taurus is his Zodiac sign and his religion is Christian. About his parents, he was born to his father, Giorgio Sonego and his mother’s name is unavailable yet. Information about his siblings is still a mystery. He began playing tennis when he was 11 years old, encouraged by his father Giorgio and his coach Gipo Arbino. He played for the Torino youth academy between the age of six and 13 before focusing on tennis.
How was the Tennis Career of Lorenzo Sonego?
- Lorenzo Sonego made his ATP Tour debut in May 2016 at the Italian Open losing to Joao Sousa in the first round.
- There, he obtained a wild card despite his loss.
- After that, he won his first Challenger title, defeating Tim Pütz at the 2017 Sparkassen ATP Challenger on 17th October 2017.
- He started his Grand Slam career with a win over Robin Haase at the 2018 Australian Open.
- After being defeated in the second round by Richard Gasquet, he entered 2018 Wimbledon as a lucky loser after being defeated by Ernest Gulbis in the third round of qualifying.
- Furthermore, he was defeated by Taylor Fritz in the first round in straight sets.
- Next, he reached the quarterfinals of Monte-Carlo, upsetting 8th seed Karen Khachanov on the way as a qualifier but lost to runner-up Dušan Lajović in straight sets.
- In June 2019, he won his first ATP title in Antalya where he defeated Serbian Miomir Kecmanović in three sets in the final.
- He made a career-best 4th round appearance at the 2020 French Open where he defeated Emilio Gómez, Alexander Bublik, and 27th seed Taylor Fritz before losing to 12th seed Diego Schwartzman in straight sets.
- Sonego, as a Lucky Loser at the 2020 Erste Bank Open shocked world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in straight sets 6-2 6-1.
- With the win, he went on to make the final of the event but lost to fifth seed Andrey Rublev 4-6, 4-6.
- He won both the singles and doubles titles at the 2021 Sardegna Open in April achieving a career-high singles ranking of world No. 28 and doubles ranking of No. 132 on 12 April 2021.
- He scored his second top-10 win over Dominic Thiem in Rome where he beat Thiem in 3 sets in a match lasting over 3 hours. Additionally, he made his second Masters quarterfinal, where he beat 7th seed Andrey Rublev, his third top-10 win.
- Again he faced World No. 1 and defending champion Novak Djokovic but lost in 3 sets. Sadly, he again lost in the first round to Lloyd Harris in straight sets at the French Open.
- In June, Lorenzo reached his fourth final in his career and second for 2021 at the 2021 Eastbourne International.
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Who is Lorenzo Sonego Girlfriend?
Lorenzo Sonego is not married yet but he is currently in a relationship. He is dating his beautiful girlfriend, Alice Petruccioli. The couple seems to have been dating for more than a year and it seems that they are planning to be husband and wife soon. They are enjoying their present life happily without any disturbances. His sexual orientation is straight and he is not gay.
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How much is Lorenzo Sonego Net Worth?
Lorenzo Sonego is a very talented tennis player who has pocketed the prize money of $2,462,915 till now. His current net worth is estimated to be around $1 million. Sonego is sponsored by Mizuno for the clothing, Wilson (racket), and other brands such as Pulsee, Capri Watch, Aceto Varvello, Valmora Acqua Minerale. His exact salary is still to get unfold yet. He is living a cool lifestyle as of today.
How tall is Lorenzo Sonego?
Lorenzo Sonego stands at a perfect height of 1.91 m or 6 ft 3 in and his balanced weight consists of 76 Kg or 167 lbs. His chest size is 39 in, waist size is 34 in and biceps size is 16 in. His shoe size is 12 US. His eye color is dark brown and his hair color is also the same. His body type is athletic.
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