Cristiano Caratti

Started playing tennis at age 9. His younger brother also plays tennis. He won the 1987 Orange Bowl doubles title (w/Koves) and reached the doubles final at the 1988 French Open Juniors (w/Goran Ivanišević), losing to Jason Stoltenberg–Todd Woodbridge. Also reached the semifinal at the Wimbledon Juniors (losing to the same duo).^[1]

Caratti turned professional in 1989. His highest achievement was reaching the quarter-finals at the 1991 Australian Open, defeating eventual Wimbledon champion Richard Kraijcek before losing to Patrick McEnroe.^[2] Thanks to this result, the right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 22 July 1991, when he became World No. 26. He then represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, but was defeated in the first round by then France's No.1 player Guy Forget.His last tournament win on the senior tour took place in 2000 at the Knoxville Challenger, where in the final he again defeated an up-and-coming Slam winner, Andy Roddick, who would also be ranked world No.1 three years later.

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 1991	Milan, Italy	World Series	Carpet	Alexander Volkov	1–6, 5–7

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 1990	Genoa, Italy	World Series	Clay	Federico Mordegan	Tomás Carbonell Udo Riglewski	6–7, 6–7

Singles: 19 (7–12)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 1989	Dublin, Ireland	Challenger	Carpet	Henrik Holm	0–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win	1–1	Aug 1990	Winnetka, United States	Challenger	Hard	Chris Garner	7–6, 6–1
Win	2–1	Dec 1990	Bossonnens, Switzerland	Challenger	Hard	Michiel Schapers	6–4, 3–6, 7–6
Win	3–1	Mar 1991	Indian Wells, United States	Challenger	Hard	Jimmy Arias	6–7, 6–4, 6–2
Win	4–1	Feb 1993	Wolfsburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Lars Koslowski	6–7, 6–1, 6–2
Loss	4–2	Jul 1993	Aptos, United States	Challenger	Hard	Patrick Rafter	2–6, 3–6
Win	5–2	Jul 1993	Montebello, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Steve Bryan	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Loss	5–3	Jan 1994	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Markus Zoecke	3–6, 4–6
Loss	5–4	Jul 1994	Winnetka, United States	Challenger	Hard	Vince Spadea	1–6, 6–4, 5–7
Loss	5–5	Dec 1994	Andorra la Vella, Andorra	Challenger	Hard	Paul Wekesa	4–6, 5–7
Loss	5–6	Jul 1997	Granby, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Wayne Black	1–6, 2–6
Win	6–6	Sep 1997	Azores, Portugal	Challenger	Hard	Óscar Burrieza	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	6–7	Oct 1998	Dallas, United States	Challenger	Hard	Daniel Nestor	1–6, 2–6
Loss	6–8	Jan 1999	USA F2, Miami	Futures	Hard	Kris Goossens	4–6, 6–7
Loss	6–9	Oct 1999	San Antonio, United States	Challenger	Hard	Mark Knowles	4–6, 6–3, 1–6
Loss	6–10	Nov 2000	Las Vegas, United States	Challenger	Hard	Neville Godwin	3–6, 3–6
Win	7–10	Nov 2000	Knoxville, United States	Challenger	Hard	Andy Roddick	3–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–4
Loss	7–11	Nov 2001	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Hard	Ota Fukárek	3–6, 3–6
Loss	7–12	Aug 2002	Córdoba, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Jean-François Bachelot	5–7, 6–3, 4–6

Doubles: 6 (1–5)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 1989	Furth, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Federico Mordegan	Vladimer Gabrichidze Dimitri Poliakov	4–6, 7–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Mar 1990	Jerusalem, Israel	Challenger	Hard	Cristian Brandi	Henrik Holm Peter Nyborg	1–6, 6–2, 3–6
Win	1–2	Mar 1993	Bergamo, Italy	Challenger	Carpet	Cristian Brandi	Sander Groen Arne Thoms	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Loss	1–3	Jul 1993	Aptos, United States	Challenger	Hard	Grant Doyle	Gilad Bloom Christian Saceanu	5–7, 3–6
Loss	1–4	Jan 1994	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Omar Camporese	Ģirts Dzelde Mathias Huning	4–6, 2–6
Loss	1–5	Jan 1999	USA F2, Miami	Futures	Hard	Manuel Jorquera	Scott Humphries Jim Thomas	4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partnet	Opponents	Score
Loss	1988	French Open	Clay	Goran Ivanišević	Todd Woodbridge Jason Stoltenberg	6–7, 5–7

Singles

• Cristiano Caratti at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Cristiano Caratti at the International Tennis Federation
• Cristiano Caratti at the Davis Cup