Federico Cinà

Federico Cinà
Country (sports) Italy
Born (2007-03-30) 30 March 2007
Palermo, Italy
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachFrancesco Cinà
Prize moneyUS $287,555
Singles
Career record2–4 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
1 Challenger
Highest rankingNo. 183 (2 March 2026)
Current rankingNo. 183 (2 March 2026)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2026)
US OpenQ2 (2025)
Doubles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 627 (26 August 2024)
Current rankingNo. 2,023 (23 February 2026)
Last updated on: 2 March 2026.

Federico Cinà (born 30 March 2007) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 183 achieved on 2 March 2026 and a doubles ranking of No. 627 achieved on 26 August 2024.[1][2]

Early life

Cinà was born in Palermo, Italy, to parents Susanna and Francesco Cinà.

Junior career

Cinà had good results on the ITF junior circuit, maintaining a 99–53 singles win-loss record. In 2021, he reached the final of the prestigious Petit As, where he lost to Czech Maxim Mrva.[3][4] In 2022, he represented Italy with Lorenzo Angelini and Lorenzo Carboni at European U-16 Championships, where they reached the final.[5]

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.[6][7] His best major jr. 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.[8][9]

He reached an ITF junior combined ranking of world No. 4 on 1 January 2024.[10]

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.[11]

2025: ATP 1000 debut and 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.[12] In the final he lost to Dimitar Kuzmanov in straight sets.[13][14]

In March 2025, Cinà was awarded a wildcard into the 2025 Miami Open for his ATP Tour and Masters 1000 debuts.[15] 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.[16][17] 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.[18]

2026: Maiden Challenger title, top 200

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.[19]

Personal life

Cinà's father, Francesco, is also his coach and was a tennis instructor of Italian tennis Grand Slam winner Roberta Vinci.[20]

Cinà is a member of CT Vela Messina and trains at the Cinà Tennis Institute.[21]

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 2025 2026 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Monte Carlo Masters A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open 2R 0 / 1 1-1 50%
Italian Open 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canadian Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Masters A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Shanghai Masters A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Paris Masters A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 2–3 0–0 0 / 3 2–3 40%

ATP Challenger Tour finals

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

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (–)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2025 Crete Challenger II, Greece Challenger Hard Dimitar Kuzmanov 4–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 May 2025 Mziuri Cup, Georgia Challenger Hard Saba Purtseladze 6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss 0–3 Oct 2025 Hamburg Ladies & Gents Cup, Germany Challenger Hard (i) Justin Engel 5–7, 6–7(4–7)
Win 1–3 Feb 2026 Pune Challenger, India Challenger Hard Felix Gill 6–3, 5–7, 7–6(7–1)

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

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

Legend
ITF WTT (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2024 M15 Monastir, Tunisia WTT Hard Matej Dodig 6–3, 3–6, 0–6
Win 1–1 Sep 2024 M15 Buzău, Romania WTT Clay Ioan Alexandru Chiriță 6–4, 6–0
Win 2–1 Feb 2025 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt WTT Hard Martin Damm Jr. 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–3)

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

Legend
ITF WTT (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2023 M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy WTT Clay Niccolò Baroni Roy Stepanov
Tennyson Whiting
6–1, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Apr 2023 M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy WTT Clay Gianmarco Ferrari Mikalai Haliak
Mathys Erhard
3–6, 6–4, [4–10]
Loss 1–2 Mar 2024 M15 Monastir, Tunisia WTT Hard Fabio De Michele Florian Broska
Gregor Ramskogler
5–7, 6–2, [8–10]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2024 French Open Clay Rei Sakamoto Nicolai Budkov Kjær
Joel Schwärzler
4–6, 6–7(3–7)

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