Leonardo Azzaro (; born 30 May 1978) is a former professional tennis player from Italy.
Career Azzaro won a silver medal for Italy at the 2001 Mediterranean Games in Tunisia. He defeated Slovenian Marko Tkalec in the semi-final, before losing the gold medal play-off to Konstantinos Economidis of Greece.
The left-handed player appeared in the main draw of three Grand Slams, all in the Men's Doubles, but never made it past the first round. At the 2007 US Open, Azzaro and his partner Filippo Volandri had to face the second seeds, Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor.ITF Tennis Profile
He retired in 2010, having won 20 ITF Futures titles, seven of them in singles, as well as winning 17 Challenger trophies for doubles.ATP World Tour Profile
Challenger titles
Singles: (1) No.YearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore1.2004Aschaffenburg, GermanyClay Tobias Summerer6–4, 6–7(7–9), 7–6(7–2)
Doubles: (17) No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponents Score1.2001San Benedetto, ItalyClay Stefano Galvani Stephen Huss Lee Pearson3–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–42.2002Sassuolo, ItalyClay Potito Starace Manuel Jorquera Diego Moyano6–3, 6–23.2002Donetsk, UkraineClay Federico Browne Mikhail Elgin Dmitry Vlasov6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–4), 7–54.2003Ljubljana, SloveniaClay Gergely Kisgyörgy Ivan Cerović Aleksander Slovic7–6(7–3), 6–35.2003Budaors, HungaryClay Gergely Kisgyörgy Tomáš Berdych Michal Navrátil6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–3)6.2004Turin, ItalyClay Giorgio Galimberti Hermes Gamonal Adrián García6–1, 6–37.2004Cordenons, ItalyClay Kornél Bardóczky Andrea Merati Christophe Rochus6–2, 6–08.2004Ischgl, AustriaCarpet Christopher Kas Gianluca Bazzica Massimo Dell'Acqua7–5, 6–39.2005Genoa, ItalyClay Sergio Roitman Marco Pedrini Andrea Stoppini 6–1, 6–410.2005Budapest, HungaryClay Sergio Roitman Philipp Petzschner Lars Uebel6–3, 5–7, 6–311.2006Chiasso, SwitzerlandClay Lovro Zovko Amir Hadad Roko Karanušić6–2, 7–512.2006Trani, ItalyClay Daniele Giorgini Alessandro Motti Daniel Muñoz de la Nava6–4, 3–6, [10–6]13.2007Trani, ItalyClay Daniele Giorgini Fabio Colangelo Alessandro Motti6–2, 7–514.2007Vigo, SpainClay Lamine Ouahab Pablo Santos Igor Sijsling2–6, 6–4, [10–7]15.2007Alphen aan den Rijn, NetherlandsClay Lovro Zovko Jérémy Chardy Predrag Rusevski6–3, 6–316.2008Rimini, ItalyClay Marco Crugnola Cătălin-Ionuț Gârd Matwé Middelkoop6–1, 6–117.2008Napoli, ItalyClay Alessandro Motti Ismar Gorčić Antonio Maiorano6–7(5–7), 6–3, [10–7]
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