# Stefano Galvani

Stefano Galvani (Italian pronunciation:; born 3 June 1977) is a professional male tennis player from San Marino. He is a professional from 1999 and was coached by Patricio Remondegui.

## Professional career

He reached a career high of No. 99 ATP Ranking on April 2, 2007 and April 30 of the same year. During his career, he earned total prize money of $791,336.
He had three appearances in the Davis Cup, two wins and one defeat, in the ties against Portugal and Finland in 2002.

### 2002

Galvani defeated former #4 (and former #1 Yevgeny Kafelnikov on his way to the Round of 16 in Barcelona.
Later that year, Galvani made his only appearance in an ATP Quarter-Final in Sopot,beating #64 Olivier Rochus and #98 Marc Rosset before losing to #16 (and former #1) Carlos Moya in three sets.

### 2007

On April 2, 2007, Galvani achieved his career-high singles ranking: World No. 99.

### 2008

In June, Galvani qualified in singles for the 2008 Wimbledon, beating #222 Yeu-Tzuoo Wang, #148 Andrey Golubev, and #197 Ilija Bozoljac. He was defeated in the second round by world No. 17 Mikhail Youzhny in five sets.

## ATP Tour finals

* Legend
* ATP Challenger Tour (5–8)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | 4 September 2000 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Clay | Stefano Tarallo | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 12 December 2001 | Mumbai, India | Hard | Federico Luzzi | 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 5–7, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ |
| Winner | 1. | 3 September 2001 | Brașov, Romania | Clay | Iván Navarro | 6–4, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 10 September 2001 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Clay | Vasilis Mazarakis | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 4–6 |
| Winner | 2. | 17 September 2001 | Seville, Spain | Clay | Todd Larkham | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Winner | 3. | 14 October 2002 | Cairo, Egypt | Clay | Albert Portas | 2–6, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 30 June 2003 | Mantova, Italy | Clay | Vincenzo Santopadre | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 20 March 2006 | Barletta, Italy | Clay | Jan Hájek | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 15 May 2006 | San Remo, Italy | Clay | Olivier Patience | 2–6, 6–4, 6–7$^{(8–10)}$ |
| Winner | 4. | 19 March 2007 | Rabat, Morocco | Clay | Olivier Patience | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Winner | 5. | 10 September 2007 | Todi, Italy | Clay | Adrian Ungur | 7–5, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 23 February 2009 | Wolfsburg, Germany | Carpet (i) | Ruben Bemelmans | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–3, 3–6 |
| Runner-up | 8. | 4 July 2011 | San Benedetto, Italy | Clay | Adrian Ungur | 5–7, 2–6 |

## Grand Slam performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
| Tournament | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | SR | W–L |
| Australian Open | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| French Open | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | Q1 | A | 1R | A | Q2 | 0 / 5 | 1–5 |
| Wimbledon | A | 1R | 2R | A | A | 2R | Q3 | 2R | Q1 | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 4 | 3–4 |
| US Open | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | A | Q3 | Q2 | A | Q1 | A | A | Q2 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 11 | 4–11 |
| Year End Ranking | 140 | 126 | 181 | 579 | 199 | 110 | 171 | 217 | 252 | 274 | 175 | 641 | | |