By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday July 9, 2025
Fabio Fognini has elected to name it a profession sooner than anticipated. The Italian, who misplaced to Carlos Alcaraz in 5 units at Wimbledon final week, introduced that he’ll grasp up his racquet – efficient instantly.
“In the present day is one thing official. I say goodbye to all people,” Fognini stated, based on the ATP, throughout a press convention held in London.
A ultimate match to be remembered ✨Good luck with every part, Fabio 🇮🇹@fabiofogna pic.twitter.com/B5PqoHrxll
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) July 9, 2025
The wildly entertaining Italian ends his profession with a 426-396 file. Throughout his profession, Fognini rose to a career-high No. 9 within the PIF ATP Rankings and received 9 ATP Tour titles, together with his lone ATP Masters 1000 triumph in Monte-Carlo in 2019.
Fognini additionally earned 17 High 10 wins, together with a dramatic comeback from two units down in opposition to Rafael Nadal on the 2015 US Open. Fognini notched 4 wins over Nadal together with – remarkably – three on clay. He additionally had 5 wins over Andy Murray together with a masterful victory over the Scot at Davis Cup in 2014 at Napoli.
A farewell we’ll all bear in mind 💚🤍❤️Congratulations on a superb profession, @fabiofogna 👏#Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/2Uup17QA0i
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 9, 2025
Fognini, who married 2015 US Open champion Flavia Pennetta, has three kids, Federico, Farah and Flaminia.
He was charismatic, brusque, controversial and entertaining throughout his two-decade skilled profession, typically drawing the ire of his opponents with a flippant perspective. He was additionally extremely gifted, with the power to intersperse delicate contact with shocking bursts of energy. On the clay, the floor he grew up on, he was at his finest, and in his prime he performed like one of many 5 finest clay-courters on the earth.
