The 21st century
Italy · born Florence, 2002 · right-handed · Wimbledon quarter-finalist 2025 and 2026
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Wimbledon quarter-finals, 2025 and 2026
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Grass match record, 2024 to 2026
7-6
First set taken from Djokovic, 2025
9
His Wimbledon seeding in 2026
Born in Florence on 6 May 2002, Cobolli grew up in Subiaco, near Rome, and played as a right-back in AS Roma's youth academy before choosing tennis at 14. His father, Stefano, a former player, coaches him. With Dominic Stricker he won the French Open boys' doubles in 2020. His first ATP titles came on clay in 2025, in Bucharest and Hamburg, and that November he was part of the Italian team that won the Davis Cup. In 2026 he won Acapulco, reached the Roland Garros final, which Alexander Zverev won in five sets, entered the top 10 in June and reached No. 6 in August. His 2026 grass season began with a first-round defeat by Frances Tiafoe at Halle and ended in a second Wimbledon quarter-final, lost to the British wildcard Arthur Fery.
| Wimbledon singles | Quarter-finals 2025 and 2026; second round 2024 |
|---|---|
| Wimbledon 2025 | Seeded 22nd. Beat Jakub MenÅ¡Ãk 6-3, 7-6, 6-1 in the third round; in his first major quarter-final, and his first match on Centre Court, he lost to Novak Djokovic 7-6, 2-6, 5-7, 4-6 |
| Wimbledon 2026 | Seeded 9th. Beat the 5th seed, Alex de Minaur, 7-5, 7-6, 6-3 in the fourth round after trailing 2-5 in the second set; lost to Arthur Fery 4-6, 6-7, 0-6 on Centre Court |
| Other grass events | Halle 2026: lost in the first round to Frances Tiafoe 6-2, 7-6; Tiafoe went on to win the title. No grass titles or finals |
"Novak Djokovic, he has been my idol since I was young. I started playing tennis because of him and I grew up watching him on TV."
The person behind the player.
Rome, to 2016
Before tennis, Cobolli spent five years in AS Roma's youth academy at Trigoria, playing at right-back, and chose tennis at 14. He still goes to Roma matches, follows football more than tennis, keeps in touch with former academy teammates Riccardo Calafiori and Edoardo Bove, and has a tattoo in tribute to the club and to Daniele De Rossi.
Source: Gulf NewsWimbledon 2025 · Third round
The day before he beat Jakub MenÅ¡Ãk 6-3, 7-6, 6-1, Cobolli practised for an hour with Novak Djokovic, the player he calls his biggest idol. He described the session as relaxed but emotional. "Yesterday I practiced with Nole and I think this help a lot for the match of today," he said.
Source: TennisheadWimbledon 2025 · Quarter-final
Playing on Centre Court for the first time, he took the first set from Djokovic in a tie-break before losing in four. "I believe I deserved a fifth set," he said. At the net Djokovic told him he would become a top 10 player and stay there. Eleven months later Cobolli reached the top 10 after the Roland Garros final.
Source: ATP TourWimbledon 2026 · Fourth round
After beating Alex de Minaur in straight sets on a hot afternoon, recovering from 2-5 down in the second set, Cobolli was asked whether he would watch Arthur Fery play Grigor Dimitrov. He said he would skip it, cool off with an ice cream and then eat the pasta his father would cook. "I'm so happy and proud of myself," he said.
Source: The StarWimbledon 2026 · Quarter-final
As the 9th seed he met the unseeded Fery on Centre Court and lost 6-4, 7-6, 6-0. Fery won 22 of 29 points at the net, and Cobolli made 41 unforced errors to Fery's 15. In the third set Fery won all eight points he returned against Cobolli's second serve.
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