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Potito Starace (born July 14, 1981 in Cervinara) is a retired Italian professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of world no. 27 on October 15, 2007 and preferred to play on red clay. Umberto Rianna was his coach. Starace was banned from tennis by the Italian Tennis Federation for betting. ==Career== One of the most memorable moments of Starace's career was when he made the men's doubles semifinals of the 2012 French Open with Daniele Bracciali. They lost to top seeds Daniel Nestor and Max Mirnyi. In singles, he has played four ATP finals and lost all of them. On the Challenger tour, he won the San Marino CEPU Open three times, a record for that tournament, and the Tennis Napoli Cup four times, also a record. In doubles, he won six ATP titles. He represented Italy at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where he lost to eventual gold medallist Rafael Nadal in the first round.〔(Olympic results )〕 ==Betting scandal== Following Alessio di Mauro's 9-month ban in November 2007, Starace and Daniele Bracciali were each fined and given short suspensions from playing. Starace received a fine of £21,400 and a 6-week ban from January 1, 2008. Starace's case revolves around his final in Casablanca against Pablo Andújar, where the Italian lost. Starace before the match led their head-to-head 5-0. Bookmaker Massimo Erodiani asked a certain "Corradino" via Skype if Starace had gotten a certified check for the money and received an affirmative answer, explaining that all the bets were safe on Starace's loss.〔http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2014/10/15/scommesse-dopo-il-calcio-tocca-al-tennis-ombre-su-bracciali-e-starace/1155949/〕 In 2015, the Italian Tennis Federation banned Bracciali and Starace lifelong.〔(Italian tennis players Daniele Bracciali, Potito Starace banned for fixing )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Potito Starace」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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