Federico Cinà

Federico Cinà (born 30 March 2007) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 174 achieved on 29 June 2026, and a doubles ranking of No. 627 reached on 26 August 2024.

Early life Cinà was born in Palermo, Italy, to parents Susanna Attili and Francesco Cinà. He has a sister, named Giulia.

Junior career In 2021, Cinà reached the final of the prestigious Petit As, where he lost to Czech Maxim Mrva. In 2022, he represented Italy with Lorenzo Angelini and Lorenzo Carboni at European U-16 Championships, where they reached the final.

In January 2023, Cinà won the J300 Traralgon International. Later that season, he reached the semifinals in the boys’ singles category at the 2023 US Open, where he lost to eventual champion João Fonseca. His best Grand Slam Junior result came at the 2024 French Open, where he was a runner-up in doubles, with Japanese Rei Sakamoto. The pair lost to top seeds Nicolai Budkov Kjær and Joel Schwärzler in the final.

Cinà had good results in Junior circuit, maintaining a 99–53 singles win-loss record. He reached an ITF junior combined ranking of world No. 4 in January 2024.

Professional career

2022: ITF debut Cinà won his first ATP point at the age of fifteen years-old, competing in Italy, when he defeated Raffael Schaer at the 2022 M15 Aprilia.

2025: Masters 1000 debut & first win In March 2025, Cinà reached his first Challenger final at the 2025 Crete Challenger II after defeating Aslan Karatsev in straight sets and became the first tennis player born in 2007 to reach a Challenger final. In the final he lost to Dimitar Kuzmanov in straight sets.

In March 2025, Cinà was awarded a wildcard into the 2025 Miami Open for his ATP Tour and Masters 1000 debuts. Ranked No. 441, he recorded his first ATP Tour win in straight sets over qualifier and also Masters debutant Francisco Comesaña, becoming the first player born since 2007 to win a Masters 1000 main draw match. As a result he moved 70 positions up in the singles rankings at world No. 371 on 31 March 2025. In April 2025, he received a wildcard into the 2025 Mutua Madrid Open where he defeated Coleman Wong in straight sets for his second win at the Masters 1000 level.

2026: Challenger title, Major debut & top 200 debut In February, Cinà won his maiden Challenger title at the Pune Challenger, defeating Felix Gill in the final. He reached the top 200 as a result.

In May, Cinà made his Grand Slam debut at the French Open having qualified for the main draw with wins over Yosuke Watanuki, Bernard Tomic and Alexis Galarneau. In the first round of the main draw he recorded his first Major win with a five set victory against American Reilly Opelka. In doing so, he became the first man born in 2007 to record a win in a Grand Slam singles match. In the second round he was defeated by Jesper de Jong of the Netherlands.

He made his professional grass-court debut in qualifying for the Wimbledon Championships, where he defeated compatriot Gianluca Cadenasso before being eliminated in the second round by Hugo Gaston.

He advanced through qualifying in Gstaad, but was eliminated in the first round by Quentin Halys, after having a match point in the deciding tie-break. He also advanced through qualifying in Kitzbühel, but was defeated in the first round by Facundo Díaz Acosta.

He then took part in the Challenger 75 in Lexington, but was eliminated in the second round by qualifier Abedallah Shelbayh. He fared no better in Brownsburg, where he was defeated in his debut match by Tristan Schoolkate.

At the 2026 US Open Cinà was able to win all three qualifying matches needed to make it to his first main draw at the US Open with victories over the likes of Luca Nardi, Hugo Dellien and 11th seed Yunchaokete Bu. In the first round of the tournament Cinà was eliminated by American Alex Michelsen in straight sets (6-4 6-1 6-0)

Personal life "Palli" is Cinà's nickname. His father, Francesco, is also his coach and was a tennis instructor of Italian tennis Grand Slam winner Roberta Vinci. Cinà is a member of CT Vela Messina and trains at the Cinà Tennis Institute.

Cinà enjoys football, and has Cristiano Ronaldo as his favorite athlete.

Performance timeline

Singles Current through the 2026 Wimbledon Championships.

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

Finals by surfaceHard (1–3)Clay (–)

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Finals by surfaceHard (1–1)Clay (1–0)

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (1–1)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)