Daniele Bracciali

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**Daniele Bracciali**

Country	Italy
Residence	Arezzo, Italy
Date of birth	Jan 10, 1978
Place of birth	Arezzo, Italy
Height	180cm (5ft 11in)
Weight	78kg (172lb)
Turned pro	1995
Plays	Right-handed; two-handed backhand
Career prize money	$914,927
Singles
Career record:	32 - 47
Career titles:	1
Highest ranking:	No. 49 (May 8, 2006)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	2nd (2006)
French Open	1st (2005,2006)
Wimbledon	3rd (1998,2006)
US Open	1st (2005, 2006)
Doubles
Career record:	30 - 35
Career titles:	1
Highest ranking:	66 (Nov 14, 2005)

Daniele Bracciali (born January 10, 1978) is an Italian tennis player. His career-high ranking in singles is World No. 49, achieved on May 8, 2006.

1 Career
2 Betting scandal
3 Singles titles (6)
4 Playing style
5 External links

[edit] Career

Bracciali won his only ATP singles title so far in April 2006, at Casablanca, on clay. In the final he beat Nicolás Massú 6–1, 6–4.

In his career, Bracciali has won a total of seven matches at Grand Slam tournaments - six at Wimbledon and one at the Australian Open. In 1998 and 2006 he reached the third round of Wimbledon, his best Grand Slam results so far. In the first round of Wimbledon in 2005, he defeated Ivo Karlović in five sets after surviving 51 aces from the Croat. He then took Andy Roddick, the previous year's runner-up (and eventual runner-up that year as well), to five sets.

[edit] Betting scandal

Following Alessio di Mauro's 9 month ban in November 2007, Bracciali and Potito Starace were eached fined and given short suspensions from playing. Bracciali received a fine of £14,300 and a 3 months ban from January 1, 2008. All of the players were Italian. None of the bets pertained to matches they were involved in or had any stake in.

The Italian Tennis Federation criticised the ATP for singling out Italian players, and Bracciali chastised them for only concentrating on less well-known players, for what he considered nominal offences. Bracciali said, "We were the sacrificial lambs. [...] But I cannot believe that we Italians were the only ones that placed the odd little bet." Adding that he would not have bet in his own name if he wanted to by sly about his activities.

[edit] Singles titles (6)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (1)
Challengers (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	September 28, 1998	Olbia	Hard	Eyal Ran	7–6, 6–4
2.	July 21, 2003	Recanati	Hard	Massimo Dell’Acqua	7–6, 6–3
3.	July 5, 2004	San Benedetto	Clay	Cristian Villegran	7–6, 6–1
4.	May 30, 2005	Surbiton	Grass	Ivo Karlović	6–7, 7–6, 7–6
5.	July 11, 2005	Manchester	Grass	Igor Zelenay	6–4, 6–4
6.	April 24, 2006	Casablanca	Clay	Nicolás Massú	6–1, 6–4