Gianluigi Quinzi
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Quinzi in 2013
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| Country (sports) |
 Italy |
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| Residence | Cittadella, Italy |
| Born |
1 February 1996 Cittadella, Italy |
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) |
| Turned pro | 2012 |
| Plays | Left handed (two handed backhand) |
| Coach(es) | Eduardo Medica (2010–2014; 2015–2016) Tomas Tenconi (2014) Marc Aurelio Gorriz (2014) Federico Torresi (2014) Mariano Monachesi (2014–2015) Giancarlo Petrazzuolo (2015) Ronnie Leitgeb (2016–) |
| Prize money | $77,211 USD |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 0-0 (ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | 292 (22 August 2016) No. 1 Junior |
| Current ranking | 292 (22 August 2016) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open Junior | QF (2013) |
| French Open Junior | QF (2013) |
| Wimbledon Junior | W (2013) |
| US Open Junior | QF (2012, 2013) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 0-0 (ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | 448 (5 October 2015) |
| Current ranking | 497 (15 August 2016) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| French Open Junior | SF (2012) |
| Wimbledon Junior | QF (2012) |
| US Open Junior | QF (2013) |
| Last updated on: February 16, 2015. | |
Gianluigi Quinzi (Italian pronunciation: [dʒanluˈiːdʒi ˈkwintsi]; born 1 February 1996), is a tennis player from Italy. On 22 August 2016 he reached a new career-high of no. 292 on the ATP World Tour rankings. He reached his high ranking of no. 1 in ITF Juniors rankings on 1 January 2013. He is a Junior Grand Slam champion as he won the 2013 Wimbledon Championships.
Gianluigi was born in Cittadella on February 1, 1996 and grew up in Porto San Giorgio with his mother Carlotta, a ski racer and handball player, and his father Luca, the president of a local tennis club. His parents, always get too nervous when their son is playing and as a result they are not present to his games, not even in the junior boy's final of 2013 Wimbledon.
Initially Quinzi applied himself to Alpine skiing, gaining a second place in the championships of the Trentino-Alto Adige; but at seven years old, after leaving other sports as well, he focused his efforts primarily on tennis.
At the age of 8 he was noticed by the talent scout Nick Bollettieri who offered him a scholarship to his academy. He participated at the Little Mo, tournament played in Florida which is reserved for Under-10 players, and triumphed printing his name in the Hall of Fame of a tournament won in the past by players such as Serena Williams and Andy Roddick. At thirteen years old, he became the youngest player in the ITF Junior rankings and the next year he triumphed in four tournaments in a row with a series of twenty victories.
He started to be known early in Junior ITF tournaments: at age of fourteen - in 2010 - he won the Honduras Junior Bowl, on clay court, by defeating in the final Walner Espinoza 6–0, 6–1, becoming the youngest Italian player to win an ITF Junior tournament. With the excellent results obtained in 2010, Quinzi was nominated Player of the Year, in the category Under-14, by the European Tennis Association; before him, years before, previous nominees for this award have included Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic, Marin Čilić, Gaël Monfils, Kim Clijsters, Justine Henin and Anna Kournikova.
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