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 9 NOVEMBER 2025)

Broke into Top 200 at the age of 26 in August 2022 before earning career-high No. 128 in June 2023 after defeating former-World No. 1 Murray for 1st ATP Masters 1000 win in Madrid.
Defeated Kotov in ATP Tour debut at 2021 Stockholm as Q and qualified en route to ATP Tour QFs at 2023 Marrakech and 2024 Buenos Aires.
Owns 85-72 ATP Challenger Tour record, 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. 6 in October 2024 and with Bolelli became first Italian team to qualify for Nitto ATP Finals since the event moved to Turin in 2021.
Captured 10 ATP Tour titles, including ATP 500 championships at 2024 Halle, 2024 Beijing, 2025 Rotterdam, 2025 Hamburg, 2025 Washington.
Three-time Grand Slam finalist in men's doubles w/Bolelli at 2024 and 2025 Australian Open and 2024 Roland Garros and teamed up with countrywoman Errani to win mixed doubles titles at 2024 and 2025 US Open and 2025 Roland Garros.