Andrea Vavassori | Bio | ATP Tour

Began playing tennis aged three on thesynthetic grass court at hisgrandfather's house.
Parents are Davide Vavassori and Dorina Fichera. His father, Davide, is his lifelong coach.
Has two siblings: a sister, Sara, and a brother, Matteo.
Andrea's nickname is 'Wave'. During tennis school people likened the sound of “Vava” from his last name to the English pronunciation of “wave", which stuck.
He speaks Italian, English and Spanish.
Has always been inspired by serve-and-volley players including Pat Rafter and Pete Sampras.
Favourite surface is grass and tournament is Wimbledon.
His tennis idol is Roger Federer, favourite athlete is LeBron James and hero is Kobe Bryant. His favourite sport outside of tennis is basketball and he is a Los Angeles Lakers fan.
Hobbies include cinema. His favourite movie is Good Will Hunting and actor is Leonardo DiCaprio. His favourite book is The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon.
Enjoys a hamburger with fries after a tournament and his guilty pleasure is coffee.
Says his best quality is being a hard worker.

(UPDATED 8 JUNE 2024)

Broke into Top 200 at the age of 26 in August 2022 before earning career-high No. 128 in June 2023 after defeating 2-time champion Murray for 1st ATP Masters 1000 win at Madrid.
Qualified to reach his 1st ATP Tour QF at 2023 Marrakech after making his ATP Tour singles main draw debut at 2021 Stockholm as a qualifier and notching first ATP Tour win in 1R over Kotov.
Has a 79-69 ATP Challenger Tour career record (51-40 on clay), reaching back-to-back finals on home soil at 2022 San Benedetto Del Tronto (l. to Brancaccio) and 2022 Cordenons (l. to Zhang).
In doubles, earned a career-high No. 20 in May 2024 after reaching the 2024 Australian Open final w/Bolelli earlier in the season.
Captured 4 ATP Tour titles with as many partners in his career: 2021 Cagliari w/Sonego, 2023 Santiago w/Pellegrino, 2023 Marrakech w/Demoliner and 2024 Buenos Aires w/Bolelli.