# Gianluca Mager

Gianluca Mager (born 1 December 1994) is an Italian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 62 achieved on 22 November 2021. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 310 achieved on 10 June 2019.

## Personal Info

Born in Liguria, from a family of German origins.
In 2010, Mager was disqualified for failing a doping test after smoking marijuana at a party.

## Professional career

Mager made his ATP main draw debut at the 2017 Internazionali BNL d'Italia after earning a wildcard in the pre-qualifying wildcard tournament. He was defeated by Aljaž Bedene in the first round.
He got his first singles ATP main-draw win in the first round in Stockholm in October 2019 against Spaniard Pablo Andújar.
At the 2020 Rio Open in Brazil, an ATP 500 level tournament on clay courts, he beat world No. 34 Casper Ruud in the first round, and world No. 4 Dominic Thiem in the quarterfinals to reach the semifinal as a qualifier. Mager reached his first ATP Tour final, defeating lucky loser Attila Balázs in the semifinals before losing to Chilean Cristian Garín, 6–7$^{3–7}$, 5–7. Mager started the tournament No. 114 in the world and qualified into the main draw. After this good performance, Mager reached a singles ranking of World No. 77.
At the 2021 Sofia Open Mager reached his fourth quarterfinal of the season at the ATP 250 level (after Delray Beach, Belgrade and Kitzbühel) defeating sixth seed Adrian Mannarino and Miomir Kecmanović. He lost in the quarterfinals to Gaël Monfils in straight sets 6–2, 6–2 in 50 minutes. He was aiming to reach his second tour-level semifinal and first since 2020 in Rio de Janeiro.

## ATP career finals
### Singles: 1 (1 runner–up)

* Legend
* Grand Slam (0–0)
* ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
* ATP 500 (0–1)
* ATP 250 (0–0)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (0–1)
* Grass (0–0)
* Titles by setting
* Outdoor (0–1)
* Indoor (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2020 | Rio Open, Brazil | 500 Series | Clay | Cristian Garín | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 5–7 |

## Challenger and Futures finals
### Singles: 17 (10–7)

* Legend (singles)
* ATP Challenger Tour (6–1)
* ITF Futures Tour (4–6)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (1–0)
* Clay (9–7)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2014 | Georgia F2, Telavi | Futures | Clay | Daniil Medvedev | 6–3, 2–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Aug 2014 | Georgia F3, Telavi | Futures | Clay | Cristóbal Saavedra Corvalán | 2–4 ret. |
| Loss | 1–2 | Sep 2014 | Italy F31, Santa Margherita di Pula | Futures | Clay | Florian Fallert | 1–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Sep 2014 | Italy F33, Santa Margherita di Pula | Futures | Clay | Omar Giacalone | 6–2, 2–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 1–4 | Nov 2014 | Italy F39, Santa Margherita di Pula | Futures | Clay | Gianluca Naso | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 1–5 | Aug 2015 | Italy F20, Pontedera | Futures | Clay | Lorenzo Giustino | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 3–6 |
| Win | 2–5 | Sep 2015 | Italy F27, Santa Margherita di Pula | Futures | Clay | Yannick Maden | 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 2–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–5 | Oct 2015 | Italy F33, Santa Margherita di Pula | Futures | Clay | Lorenzo Sonego | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 4–5 | Jul 2017 | Italy F21, Casinalbo | Futures | Clay | Andrea Collarini | 4–6, 7–6$^{(7–0)}$, 6–2 |
| Loss | 4–6 | Apr 2018 | Italy F7, Santa Margherita di Pula | Futures | Clay | Lorenzo Giustino | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 4–7 | Jul 2018 | Milan, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Laslo Đere | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 5–7 | Jan 2019 | Koblenz, Germany | Challenger | Hard (i) | Roberto Ortega Olmedo | 2–6, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 6–2 |
| Win | 6–7 | Apr 2019 | Barletta, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Nikola Milojević | 7–6$^{(9–7)}$, 5–7, 3–2 ret. |
| Win | 7–7 | Sep 2019 | Biella, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Paolo Lorenzi | 6-0, 6-7$^{(4–7)}$, 7-5 |
| Win | 8–7 | Apr 2021 | Marbella, Spain | Challenger | Clay | Jaume Munar | 2–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 9–7 | Feb 2022 | Las Palmas, Spain | Challenger | Clay | Roberto Carballés Baena | 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 6–2 |
| Win | 10–7 | Jan 2024 | Punta del Este, Uruguay | Challenger | Clay | Thiago Agustín Tirante | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–2, 6–0 |

### Doubles: 6 (2–4)

* Legend (doubles)
* ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
* ITF Futures Tour (1–4)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (1–1)
* Clay (1–3)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2014 | Georgia F2, Telavi | Futures | Clay | Riccardo Bonadio | Grégoire Barrère Luca Margaroli | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$ |
| Win | 1–1 | Sep 2014 | Italy F31, Santa Margherita di Pula | Futures | Clay | Federico Maccari | Marcos Giraldi Requena Gonçalo Oliveira | 3–6, 6–4, [10–6] |
| Loss | 1–2 | Sep 2014 | Italy F33, Santa Margherita di Pula | Futures | Clay | Gonçalo Oliveira | Omar Giacalone Pietro Rondoni | 5–7, 1–6 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Mar 2015 | France F7, Saint Raphaël | Futures | Hard (i) | Erik Crepaldi | Yannick Jankovits Alexandre Sidorenko | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 1–4 | Apr 2018 | Italy F6, Santa Margherita di Pula | Futures | Clay | Walter Trusendi | Juan Ignacio Galarza Mariano Kestelboim | 6–1, 4–6, [6–10] |
| Win | 2–4 | Jan 2019 | Chennai, India | Challenger | Hard | Andrea Pellegrino | Matt Reid Luke Saville | 6–4, 7–6$^{(9–7)}$ |

## Record against top 10 players

Mager's match record against those who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches and Davis Cup matches are considered:
| Player | Record | Win % | Hard | Clay | Grass | Last match |
| Number 2 ranked players | | | | | | |
| Casper Ruud | 1–1 | 50% | – | 1–1 | – | Lost (3–6, 2–6) at 2021 Marbella |
| Number 3 ranked players | | | | | | |
| Dominic Thiem | 1–0 | 100% | – | 1–0 | – | Won (7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 7–5) at 2020 Rio de Janeiro |
| Grigor Dimitrov | 0–1 | 0% | – | 0–1 | – | Lost (5–7, 1–6) at 2020 Rome |
| Number 4 ranked players | | | | | | |
| Jannik Sinner | 0–1 | 0% | – | 0–1 | – | Lost (1–6, 5–7, 6–3, 3–6) at 2021 French Open |
| Number 5 ranked players | | | | | | |
| Andrey Rublev | 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (3–6, 2–6, 2–6) at 2022 Australian Open |
| Number 6 ranked players | | | | | | |
| Félix Auger-Aliassime | 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (6–4, 4–6, 1–6) at 2021 Paris |
| Gaël Monfils | 0–2 | 0% | 0–2 | – | – | Lost (4–6, 2–6) at 2021 Indian Wells |
| Number 8 ranked players | | | | | | |
| Karen Khachanov | 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (5–7, 3–6) at 2022 Adelaide 2 |
| Number 10 ranked players | | | | | | |
| Pablo Carreño Busta | 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (3–6, 6–7$^{(2–7)}$) at 2019 Stockholm |
| Total | 2–9 | 18% | 0–6 (0%) | 2–3 (40%) | 0–0 ( – ) | * Statistics correct as of 18 October 2023. |

### Wins over top 10 players

* He has a 1–1 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10
| Season | 2020 | Total |
| Wins | 1 | 1 |
| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | GMR |
| 2020 ||||||||
| 1. | Dominic Thiem | No. 4 | Rio Open, Brazil | Clay | QF | 7–6$^{7–4}$, 7–5 | 128 |
    * As of 26 September 2020