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Francesco Cancellotti

ITA Age 63 183 cm / 6'0" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1981–1991

Francesco Cancellotti represented Italy on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 21. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 111–112 and 2 singles titles.

Peak singles rank

21 (Apr 15, 1985)

Elo peak

1859 (78th percentile)

Singles record

111–112 (49.8%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$464,876

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's ATP event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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ATP Matches full match log →

Francesco Cancellotti's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Eduardo Masso #81	2-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 20, 1991*	R32	Genova	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Clay
Jan Gunnarsson #132	2-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 24, 1991*	R16	Bologna	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Clay
Tarik Benhabiles #124	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	May 23, 1991*	R32	Bologna	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Clay
Nuno Marques #102	6-3 3-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 16, 1991*	R32	Croatia Open Umag	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Clay
Franco Davin #52	6-0 5-7 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 23, 1990*	R32	San Marino	ATP World Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Clay

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Francesco Cancellotti's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Thierry Tulasne	3	6	9	May 24, 1990	H2H
Guillermo Vilas	1	4	5	Apr 27, 1988	H2H
Claudio Panatta	2	3	5	May 21, 1987	H2H
Raul Antonio Viver	2	2	4	Aug 24, 1989	H2H
Juan Aguilera	1	3	4	Jun 22, 1989	H2H

Singles Titles (2)

Francesco Cancellotti singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles titles	GS	Masters 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	ATP Finals	Tournaments
1984	21	2	—	—	—	2	—	Florence, Palermo
Total		2	—	—	—	2	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Career Results

Francesco Cancellotti career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1981	18	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—
1982	19	1	4	5	20.0%	—	—
1983	20	14	9	23	60.9%	267	69
1984	21	25	12	37	67.6%	72	26
1985	22	18	15	33	54.6%	26	58
1986	23	7	16	23	30.4%	58	242
1987	24	16	13	29	55.2%	242	74
1988	25	11	16	27	40.7%	74	107
1989	26	16	17	33	48.5%	106	114
1990	27	1	5	6	16.7%	101	258
1991	28	1	3	4	25.0%	257	280
Career		111	112	223	49.8%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Francesco Cancellotti career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1981	18	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
1982	19	—	—	—	—	1	4	5	20.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	4	5	20.0%
1983	20	—	—	—	—	14	8	22	63.6%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	14	9	23	60.9%
1984	21	0	1	1	0.0%	25	10	35	71.4%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	25	12	37	67.6%
1985	22	0	1	1	0.0%	18	14	32	56.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	18	15	33	54.5%
1986	23	1	1	2	50.0%	6	14	20	30.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	7	16	23	30.4%
1987	24	2	2	4	50.0%	14	11	25	56.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	16	13	29	55.2%
1988	25	1	2	3	33.3%	10	12	22	45.5%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	11	16	27	40.7%
1989	26	1	2	3	33.3%	15	14	29	51.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	16	17	33	48.5%
1990	27	0	1	1	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	5	6	16.7%
1991	28	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%
Career	—	5	10	15	33.3%	106	96	202	52.5%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	111	112	223	49.8%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Francesco Cancellotti career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1981	18	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
1983	20	0	3	3	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	0	0	—	—	4	6	10	40.0%
1984	21	1	1	2	50.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	6	6	12	50.0%	7	1	8	87.5%	17	11	28	60.7%
1985	22	0	3	3	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	6	4	10	60.0%	8	4	12	66.7%	15	14	29	51.7%
1986	23	0	2	2	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	4	7	11	36.4%	6	15	21	28.6%
1987	24	1	0	1	100.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	5	4	9	55.6%	7	5	12	58.3%	15	13	28	53.6%
1988	25	0	1	1	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	4	8	12	33.3%	7	3	10	70.0%	11	16	27	40.7%
1989	26	1	0	1	100.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	11	9	20	55.0%	15	16	31	48.4%
1990	27	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	5	5	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	5	5	0.0%
1991	28	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	1	3	4	25.0%
Career		3	10	13	23.1%	8	24	32	25.0%	28	36	64	43.8%	45	31	76	59.2%	84	101	185	45.4%

Opponent ranking data available for 185/223 (83.0%) of Francesco Cancellotti's ATP main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Francesco Cancellotti performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
1991	28	3/4	1.0	1.3	66.7%	63.0%	42.8%	50.0%	52.8%	57.0%	43.0%
Career		3/223	1.0	1.3	66.7%	63.0%	42.8%	50.0%	52.8%	57.0%	43.0%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 3/223 (1.3%) of Francesco Cancellotti's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Francesco Cancellotti advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1981	18	1505	109.3	—	—	—	—	—	+30	—	33.3%	-1.50	—	2–1 (67%)	—	+0.12
1982	19	1464	100.3	—	—	—	—	—	+26	—	33.3%	-1.08	0–2	0–2	—	+0.92
1983	20	1624	134.7	—	—	—	—	—	+59	—	56.0%	+0.16	6–2 (75%)	4–1 (80%)	107.4	+1.58
1984	21	1797	145.8	—	—	—	—	—	+71	—	65.5%	+0.96	3–4 (43%)	9–4 (69%)	102.6	+1.23
1985	22	1749	140.3	—	—	—	—	—	+44	—	53.1%	+0.20	5–3 (63%)	5–6 (45%)	98.7	-1.37
1986	23	1576	123.9	—	—	—	—	-82	+55	—	39.0%	-0.88	3–8 (27%)	2–3 (40%)	92.4	+0.39
1987	24	1633	133.0	—	—	—	—	-109	+35	—	53.8%	+0.35	4–7 (36%)	3–2 (60%)	100.2	+1.47
1988	25	1582	125.7	—	—	—	—	-58	+35	—	47.1%	-0.12	1–6 (14%)	1–3 (25%)	93.2	+0.52
1989	26	1585	122.6	—	—	—	—	-71	+22	—	50.0%	-0.12	5–6 (45%)	4–5 (44%)	98.7	+1.26
1990	27	1554	101.9	—	—	—	—	—	+21	—	29.4%	-1.29	0–1	1–2 (33%)	—	-0.05
1991	28	1528	101.1	-1.83	-2.46	0.998	49.8%	—	+31	—	33.3%	-1.33	0–1	—	—	+0.40
Career		1859	137.7	-1.83	-2.46	0.998	49.8%	-81	+45	—	50.8%	0.00	27–40 (40%)	31–29 (52%)	95.0	+2.93

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Francesco Cancellotti Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	RG	W	W-L Win %
1984	21	R16	—	3–1 (75%)
1985	22	R16	—	3–1 (75%)
1986	23	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
1988	25	R64	R128	1–2 (33%)
1989	26	R32	R128	2–2 (50%)
1990	27	R64	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		10–6 (62%)	0–2 (0%)	10–8 (56%)

Masters 1000

Francesco Cancellotti Masters 1000 results by season
Season	Age	MIA	W-L Win %
1990	27	R128	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)

ATP 500

Francesco Cancellotti ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	ITA	MIA	MIA	W-L Win %
1981	18	R64	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1982	19	R64	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1983	20	R32	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1984	21	QF	—	—	3–1 (75%)
1985	22	R16	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1986	23	R64	R64	—	1–2 (33%)
1987	24	R64	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1988	25	R64	—	R64	1–2 (33%)
1989	26	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
W-L		6–8 (43%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	8–11 (42%)

ATP 250

Francesco Cancellotti ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	SWE	BAR	BAS	FLR	HAM	AUS	MC	U.S	STO	STU	TKY	UMA	WAS	AIX	ATH	BAR	BOL	BOR	FER	FOR	GEN	MAR	MIL	NIC	NOR	PAL	QUI	SAN	SOU	ST.	U.S	VEN	WEM	W-L Win %
1981	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1982	19	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
1983	20	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R64	SF	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	13–8 (62%)
1984	21	—	R32	—	W	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	R32	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	19–10 (66%)
1985	22	—	R16	R32	R32	R16	R64	QF	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	13–13 (50%)
1986	23	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R16	R32	R32	R32	—	R64	—	—	R32	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	6–13 (32%)
1987	24	R32	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	R64	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R16	F	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	F	R16	—	—	16–12 (57%)
1988	25	F	R64	—	R16	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	—	9–12 (43%)
1989	26	—	R32	—	R16	—	R32	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	SF	—	R32	—	R32	R16	R16	—	—	—	14–14 (50%)
1990	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	0–3 (0%)
1991	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
W-L		5–2 (71%)	4–4 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	14–7 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	4–4 (50%)	3–3 (50%)	5–5 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	5–4 (56%)	0–1 (0%)	4–3 (57%)	5–6 (45%)	2–7 (22%)	4–3 (57%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	4–3 (57%)	3–2 (60%)	10–7 (59%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	7–3 (70%)	4–4 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	93–92 (50%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

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Career high

Career-high date

Apr 15, 1985

First Top 100

May 23, 1983

First Top 50

May 21, 1984

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Francesco Cancellotti ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1983	20	267	—	—	—	100	—	94	91	70	63	70	69
1984	21	74	70	70	81	47	35	39	37	22	23	25	26
1985	22	24	28	28	22	33	39	33	41	75	77	65	58
1986	23	58	64	67	105	109	137	180	179	237	241	242	242
1987	24	246	248	219	149	156	135	117	82	73	77	75	74
1988	25	76	83	83	107	116	112	71	73	85	84	112	107
1989	26	109	106	112	93	80	79	107	140	127	126	115	114
1990	27	108	116	120	144	181	187	189	189	216	223	256	258
1991	28	255	254	258	293	246	233	253	260	275	278	278	280
1992	29	280	275	276	338	430	713	715	708	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Francesco Cancellotti's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Libor Pimek	BEL	#21	1,860	243	124	119	51.0%	$1,509,018	1	1983–1992	Rivalries	Match log
Eduardo Bengoechea	ARG	#21	1,805	213	101	112	47.4%	$476,094	0	1980–1991	Rivalries	Match log
Eric Jelen	GER	#23	1,804	252	124	128	49.2%	$1,094,272	1	1983–1991	Rivalries	Match log
Milan Srejber	CZE	#23	1,814	233	115	118	49.4%	$897,886	1	1985–1991	Rivalries	Match log
Robert Seguso	USA	#22	1,886	179	88	91	49.2%	$1,888,353	0	1983–1991	Rivalries	Match log
Greg Holmes	USA	#22	1,849	174	82	92	47.1%	$366,815	0	1982–1989	Rivalries	Match log
Mel Purcell	USA	#21	1,992	354	190	164	53.7%	$796,760	3	1978–1989	Rivalries	Match log
Shlomo Glickstein	ISR	#22	1,864	306	159	147	52.0%	$588,443	2	1979–1987	Rivalries	Match log
David Pate	USA	#18	1,875	349	181	168	51.9%	$2,028,823	2	1981–1995	Rivalries	Match log
Matt Anger	USA	#23	1,818	188	82	106	43.6%	$484,631	1	1981–1989	Rivalries	Match log
Darren Cahill	AUS	#22	1,889	248	132	116	53.2%	$1,349,247	2	1984–1994	Rivalries	Match log
Tim Wilkison	USA	#23	1,897	592	294	298	49.7%	$1,278,210	6	1977–1993	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Francesco Cancellotti?: Francesco Cancellotti is 63 years old, born on February 27, 1963.
Which country does Francesco Cancellotti represent?: Francesco Cancellotti represents Italy in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Francesco Cancellotti?: Francesco Cancellotti is 183 cm / 6'0".
Is Francesco Cancellotti left-handed or right-handed?: Francesco Cancellotti plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Francesco Cancellotti won?: Francesco Cancellotti has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Francesco Cancellotti won?: TennisDB does not group any of Francesco Cancellotti's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
How many ATP titles has Francesco Cancellotti won?: Francesco Cancellotti has won 2 ATP singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Palermo in 1984.
What is Francesco Cancellotti's highest ATP ranking?: Francesco Cancellotti's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 21, first achieved on April 15, 1985.
What is Francesco Cancellotti's career win-loss record?: Francesco Cancellotti has a career ATP singles record of 111 wins and 112 losses (49.8%).
How much career prize money has Francesco Cancellotti earned?: Francesco Cancellotti has earned at least $464,876 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Francesco Cancellotti's career appear in TennisDB?: Francesco Cancellotti appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1981 through 1991.
On which surface does Francesco Cancellotti have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Francesco Cancellotti's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on clay: 52.5% (106–96).
Who has Francesco Cancellotti faced most often?: Francesco Cancellotti's most frequent opponent is Thierry Tulasne, with a head-to-head record of 3–6 across 9 meetings.