By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Wednesday July 9, 2025
Fabio Fognini has elected to call it a career earlier than expected. The Italian, who lost to Carlos Alcaraz in five sets at Wimbledon last week, announced that he will hang up his racquet – effective immediately.
“Today is something official. I say goodbye to everybody,” Fognini said, according to the ATP, during a press conference held in London.
A final match to be remembered ✨Good luck with everything, Fabio 🇮🇹@fabiofogna pic.twitter.com/B5PqoHrxll
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) July 9, 2025
The wildly entertaining Italian ends his career with a 426-396 record. During his career, Fognini rose to a career-high No. 9 in the PIF ATP Rankings and won nine ATP Tour titles, including his lone ATP Masters 1000 triumph in Monte-Carlo in 2019.
Fognini also earned 17 Top 10 wins, including a dramatic comeback from two sets down against Rafael Nadal at the 2015 US Open. Fognini notched four wins over Nadal including – remarkably – three on clay. He also had five wins over Andy Murray including a masterful victory over the Scot at Davis Cup in 2014 at Napoli.
A farewell we’ll all remember 💚🤍❤️Congratulations on a brilliant career, @fabiofogna 👏#Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/2Uup17QA0i
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 9, 2025
Fognini, who married 2015 US Open champion Flavia Pennetta, has three children, Federico, Farah and Flaminia.
He was charismatic, brusque, controversial and entertaining during his two-decade professional career, often drawing the ire of his opponents with a flippant attitude. He was also incredibly gifted, with the ability to intersperse delicate touch with surprising bursts of power. On the clay, the surface he grew up on, he was at his best, and in his prime he played like one of the five best clay-courters in the world.
