Flavio Cobolli is a Wimbledon performer who has yet to translate his form at the All England Club to the grass events around it. Back-to-back quarter-finals in 2025 and 2026 carry his profile, and he finished the season 12th in the GTC Grass Rankings with a GTC Grass Rating of 110.
Grass at a glance
- GTC Grass Rating: 110, 12th in the men’s rankings (11th before the season)
- Pillars: Lawn Form 66, Arsenal 67, Wimbledon 60, Nerve 48
- Nationality: Italy
- Best Wimbledon result: Quarter-final (2025, 2026)
- Grass titles: None yet
- Plays: Right-handed, two-handed backhand
- Coach: Stefano Cobolli, his father
How Flavio plays on grass
Cobolli is a baseliner by upbringing, but one who hits a heavy, fast forehand and likes to step inside the court. On grass he flattens the ball out and plays closer to the baseline than he does on clay, which lets him take time away from opponents. His Arsenal score of 67 reflects a solid rather than dominant serve, a forehand that hurts people on a quick court and movement that is quick off the mark, if not yet fully at ease on the turf.
He competes with energy and big hitting in tight moments, as he showed against Alex de Minaur in 2026 when he recovered from 2-5 down in the second set. The weakness is what happens when a match turns against him. His Nerve score of 48 is the lowest of his pillars, and his 2026 Wimbledon ended with a set in which he won no games. Sets slip away quickly once his first serve and forehand lose their edge, and he has less variety, such as slice or net approaches, to steady things.
Grass record
Before 2025 Cobolli had little to show on grass, with a second-round exit at Wimbledon in 2024 his best result. The breakthrough came at Wimbledon in 2025. Seeded 22nd, he reached the quarter-finals and took the first set from Novak Djokovic on a tie-break before losing 7-6(6), 2-6, 5-7, 4-6. That run set a 2025 baseline of 108.
He has no grass titles or finals at tour level, and the Wimbledon results stand largely on their own in his record on the surface.
The 2026 grass season
Cobolli reached the 2026 Roland Garros final, losing to Alexander Zverev in five sets, which left a short gap before the grass. His first match on the surface came at Halle, where Frances Tiafoe beat him 6-2, 7-6(4). Tiafoe went on to win the title, beating Taylor Fritz in the final. The rating slipped from 108 to 107.
He arrived at Wimbledon as the 9th seed and played the best grass tennis of his career. In the fourth round he beat 5th seed de Minaur 7-5, 7-6(4), 6-3 to reach the quarter-finals for a second year running. There he met British wildcard Arthur Fery on Centre Court and lost 4-6, 6-7(4), 0-6. A double fault and a missed forehand at 4-5 handed over the first set, and the third went by without a game. The run still lifted his rating from 107 to 110.
Looking ahead to 2027
Cobolli’s 2027 grass schedule will again depend on how far he goes at Roland Garros. A deep run there leaves room for one warm-up event at most, which partly explains a Lawn Form score that trails his ranking. The target is a first Wimbledon semi-final, and the realistic route is through the serve: more free points would protect him in the passages where his Nerve score suggests matches can turn quickly. A win or two at Halle or Queen’s would also give him the match practice that his two Wimbledon runs show he can use.
