Salvatore Caruso

Salvatore Caruso (; born 15 December 1992) is an Italian former professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 76, achieved on 16 November 2020. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 166, achieved on 18 January 2021. Caruso has won 5 ITF Futures singles and two ATP Challenger singles titles, and 4 ITF Futures and one ATP Challenger doubles titles in his career.

Early life Caruso grew up in Sicily, Italy.

Career 2016 Caruso made his ATP and Masters 1000 main draw debut at the 2016 Italian Open, where he received a main draw wildcard. He lost in the first round to Nick Kyrgios 6–1, 6–2.

2019: Top 100 debut The 2019 season was a season of progress. At the 2019 French Open, he got his first Grand Slam win and later reached the third round. He then lost to world No. 1 Novak Djokovic. A month later, he successful participated in the Umag Open. In the second round, he recorded his biggest win to date against World No. 14 Borna Ćorić and advanced to his first ATP quarterfinal. The quarterfinal win against Facundo Bagnis, allowed him to reach his first ATP semifinal as well. He lost to Dušan Lajović in the semifinal. In early October, he won the Barcelona Challenger and secured his place in the top 100 for the first time. Right after that, he defeated Tennys Sandgren in the first round of Italian Open in order to reach his first Masters 1000 second round. However, he lost to then world No. 1 Novak Djokovic.

The end of the season was important for Caruso. At the 2020 Sofia Open he defeated world No. 21 Félix Auger-Aliassime in order to reach the quarterfinal, and secured a career-high-ranking of World No. 76 on 16 November 2020. having been given the position as the schedule for the opening day had already been released. He lost to another Serb, Miomir Kecmanović, in the first round.

2025: Retirement Caruso announced his retirement from professional tennis in May 2025.

Performance timeline

Singles

Doubles

ATP Tour finals Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam (0–0)ATP Finals (0–0)ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP 500 (0–1)ATP 250 (0–0)Titles by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Titles by settingOutdoor (0–1)Indoor (0–0)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 17 (8 titles, 9 runners–up) LegendATP Challenger (2–2)ITF Futures (6–7)Finals by surfaceHard (0–4)Clay (8–5)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

Doubles: 11 (5 titles, 6 runners–up) LegendATP Challenger (1–4)ITF Futures (4–2)Finals by surfaceHard (1–1)Clay (4–5)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

Record against top 10 players Caruso's match record against players who have been ranked in the top 10. Only ATP Tour main draw and Davis Cup matches are considered. Former No. 1 players in bold, retired players in italics.

Gilles Simon 1–1 Kevin Anderson 0–1 Marcos Baghdatis 0–1 Fabio Fognini 0–1 Richard Gasquet 0–1 David Goffin 0–1 John Isner 0–1 Kei Nishikori 0–1 Stefanos Tsitsipas 0–1 Novak Djokovic 0–2 Andrey Rublev 0–2 .