Elisabetta Cocciaretto

Cocciaretto at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports)	Italy
Born	(2001-01-25) 25 January 2001 (age 23) Ancona, Italy
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Fausto Scolari
Prize money	US$ 2,372,851
Singles
Career record	186–122
Career titles	1 WTA, 3 WTA Challengers
Highest ranking	No. 29 (21 August 2023)
Current ranking	No. 53 (18 November 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2024)
French Open	4R (2024)
Wimbledon	3R (2023)
US Open	2R (2024)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2024)
Doubles
Career record	27–46
Career titles	1 WTA Challenger
Highest ranking	No. 131 (14 October 2020)
Current ranking	No. 132 (18 November 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2023, 2024)
French Open	1R (2023)
Wimbledon	2R (2022)
US Open	1R (2023, 2024)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2024)
Team competitions
BJK Cup	W (2024)
Last updated on: 20 November 2024.

Elisabetta Cocciaretto (Italian pronunciation: [elizaˈbɛtta kottʃaˈretto];^[1] born 25 January 2001) 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. 141 in doubles, which she attained on 14 October 2024. Cocciaretto made her debut for the Italy Fed Cup team in 2018. She was a member of the Italian squad which won the 2024 Billie Jean King Cup.

Cocciaretto was born in Ancona to Piero Cocciaretto and Jessica Marcozzi. Her father played amateur tennis in his youth.^[2] She began playing tennis at the age of five, attending free classes at the Circolo Tennis in Porto San Giorgio.^[3][4] Her tennis idols were Roger Federer and Caroline Wozniacki.^[5]

Cocciaretto reached the semifinals of the 2018 Australian Open girls' singles tournament, but lost to eventual champion Liang En-shuo.^[6][7] On 5 February 2018, she achieved a career-high ITF junior combined ranking of No. 17.

At the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, she reached the second round in singles.^[8]

In May 2019, Cocciaretto made her WTA debut as a wildcard at the Italian Open, but lost to Amanda Anisimova in the first round.^[9] In July, she qualified for her first WTA 250 at the Palermo Ladies Open, but lost to third seed Viktória Hrunčáková in the first round.^[10]

In January, Cocciaretto qualified for her first Grand Slam main draw at the Australian Open, after defeating Bibiane Schoofs, Francesca Di Lorenzo, and Tereza Martincová in qualifying,^[11][12] but lost to 17th-seeded Angelique Kerber in the first round.^[13]

She reached her first WTA Tour quarterfinal in August in Palermo, defeating Polona Hercog^[14] and sixth seed Donna Vekić,^[15] before losing to fourth seed Anett Kontaveit.^[16] She also reached the doubles final in Palermo with compatriot Martina Trevisan, but they lost to Arantxa Rus and Tamara Zidanšek.^[17]

Cocciaretto reached her first WTA 125 final, seeded second, at the Sparta Prague Open, defeating Dalila Jakupović,^[18] Daniela Seguel, Bibiane Schoofs, Georgina García Pérez,^[19] Anna Karolína Schmiedlová^[20] and Nadia Podoroska,^[21] before losing to Kristína Kučová.^[22]

In January 2021, Cocciaretto once again qualified for the Australian Open, but lost to Mona Barthel in the first round.^[23] After qualifying for the Abierto Zapopan, Cocciaretto reached her first tour semifinal, defeating Wang Xiyu, Nadia Podoroska, and Lauren Davis, before losing to wildcard Eugenie Bouchard.^[24][25] In May, she entered her first French Open as a lucky loser, but lost to Ana Bogdan in the first round.^[26] 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.^[27][28]

In May 2022, Cocciaretto reached 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.^[29][30] On her debut, using her protected ranking, she recorded her first major win at Wimbledon, upsetting compatriot and 22nd seed Martina Trevisan.^[31] Following the Vancouver Open, Cocciaretto reached the top 100 on 22 August 2022. She qualified for her first US Open in August, but lost to Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the first round.^[32] Seeded fifth at the Open delle Puglie in Bari, she reached the quarterfinals.^[33]

In October, she recorded her first WTA 1000 win in Guadalajara by defeating Anastasia Potapova in the first round.^[34] The following week, she won her maiden WTA 125 title at the Abierto Tampico, defeating Carol Zhao, Marie Bouzková, Camila Osorio, Zhu Lin, and Magda Linette.^[35] She ended the year ranked No. 64.

In January, Cocciaretto reached her first WTA Tour final at the Hobart International, defeating Alizé Cornet, Jasmine Paolini, Bernarda Pera, and Sofia Kenin, but ultimately losing to qualifier Lauren Davis.^[36][37] 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. The following week at the Monterrey Open, she reached back-to-back quarterfinals, defeating Marina Bassols Ribera and Tatjana Maria.^[38][39]

In April, she won her second WTA 125 title as the top seed in San Luis Potosi, defeating Marcela Zacarías, Nadia Podoroska, Tamara Zidanšek, Elina Avanesyan, and compatriot Sara Errani.^[40] At the French Open, Cocciaretto upset tenth seed Petra Kvitová in the first round for her first top 10 win.^[41] She defeated qualifier Simona Waltert in the second round before losing to Bernarda Pera in the third.^[42] As a result, she reached a career-high ranking of No. 41 on 12 June 2023, and surpassed Jasmine Paolini as the No. 1 women's singles player in Italy.^[43][44] At Wimbledon, she again reached the third round at a major, defeating Camila Osorio and Rebeka Masarova, before falling to fourth seed Jessica Pegula.^[45]

Seeded second at the Ladies Open Lausanne, Cocciaretto won her maiden career title, defeating Céline Naef, Julia Riera, Elina Avanesyan, Anna Bondár, and Clara Burel.^[46][47] She reached a new career-high ranking of No. 29 on 21 August 2023.^[48]

At the 2024 Australian Open, Cocciaretto defeated qualifier Lulu Sun in the first round, but lost to 27th seed Emma Navarro in the second.^[49] As a lucky loser in Dubai, she upset Elise Mertens in the first round, before falling to third seed Coco Gauff in the second.^[50][51] At the Indian Wells Open, she lost to another American, Peyton Stearns.^[52]

She won her third WTA 125 title seeded fourth at Charleston, defeating Arina Rodionova, Marina Bassols Ribera, McCartney Kessler, Greet Minnen, and Diana Shnaider.^[53] In Miami, she lost to Naomi Osaka in the first round.^[54][55]

Seeded seventh in Rabat, Cocciaretto reached the quarterfinals defeating Yasmine Kabbaj and Bai Zhuoxuan, before losing to Kamilla Rakhimova.^[56] At the French Open, she upset 13th seed Beatriz Haddad Maia,^[57] defeated Cristina Bucșa,^[58] and 17th seed Liudmila Samsonova to reach her first Grand Slam fourth round.^[59][60] As a result, she returned to the top 50 in the rankings on 10 June 2024, at world No. 43. But she dropped out of the top 60 again two months later, on 29 July 2024, following her debut at the Summer Olympics in Paris.

On 20 November 2024, she won the Billie Jean King Cup with the Italian team.

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.

Current through the 2024 French Open.

Current through the 2024 Australian Open.

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 2023	Hobart International, Australia	WTA 250	Hard	Lauren Davis	6–7(0–7), 2–6
Win	1–1	Jul 2023	Ladies Open Lausanne, Switzerland	WTA 250	Clay	Clara Burel	7–5, 4–6, 6–4

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2020	Palermo Ladies Open, Italy	International[e]	Clay	Martina Trevisan	Arantxa Rus Tamara Zidanšek	5–7, 5–7

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2020	Sparta Prague Open, Czech Republic	Clay	Kristína Kučová	4–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Jun 2022	Makarska International, Croatia	Clay	Jule Niemeier	5–7, 1–6
Win	1–2	Oct 2022	Abierto Tampico, Mexico	Hard	Magda Linette	7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–1
Win	2–2	Apr 2023	San Luis Open, Mexico	Clay	Sara Errani	5–7, 6–4, 7–5
Win	3–2	Mar 2024	Charleston Pro, United States	Hard	Diana Shnaider	6–3, 6–2

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2022	Bari Open, Italy	Clay	Olga Danilović	Andrea Gámiz Eva Vedder	6–2, 6–3

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2018	ITF Nules, Spain	15,000	Clay	Cristina Bucșa	6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Loss	1–1	Jul 2019	ITF Turin, Italy	25,000	Clay	Yuki Naito	3–6, 4–6
Win	2–1	Sep 2019	ITF Trieste, Italy	25,000	Clay	Susan Bandecchi	6–3, 6–1
Loss	2–2	Sep 2019	ITF Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Arantxa Rus	3–6, 7–6(7–5), 4–6
Win	3–2	Nov 2019	Asunción Open, Paraguay	60,000	Clay	Sara Errani	6–1, 4–6, 6–0
Win	4–2	Nov 2019	Copa Colina, Chile	60,000	Clay	Victoria Bosio	6–3, 6–4
Loss	4–3	Mar 2022	ITF Antalya, Turkey	25,000	Clay	Petra Marčinko	6–1, 4–6, 4–6
Win	5–3	Apr 2022	Oeiras Ladies Open, Portugal	80,000	Clay	Viktoriya Tomova	7–6(7–5), 2–6, 7–5
Win	6–3	May 2022	Grado Tennis Cup, Italy	60,000	Clay	Ylena In-Albon	6–2, 6–2

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2019	Internazionale di Roma, Italy	60,000+H	Clay	Nicoleta Dascălu	Carolina Alves Elena Bogdan	6–1, 6–4

• She has a 1–4 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

Result	W–L	Opponent	Rank	Event	Surface	Round	Score	Rank	H2H
2023
Win	1–2	Petra Kvitová	No. 10	French Open, France	Clay	1R	6–3, 6–4	No. 44	1–0

• Elisabetta Cocciaretto at the Women's Tennis Association
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto at the International Tennis Federation
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto at the Billie Jean King Cup
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto at Wimbledon
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto at ESPN.com
• Elisabetta Cocciaretto at Olympedia (archive)