Tennis in Italy is governed by the Italian Tennis and Padel Federation and in 2012 it was the 6th sport by number of practitioners, with 1,298,000 people.
One Italian player, Jannik Sinner, has been men's singles world No. 1 (ATP ranking).
Five Italian players have won Grand Slam tournaments: Nicola Pietrangeli (1959 and 1960 French Championships), Adriano Panatta (1976 French Open), Francesca Schiavone (2010 French Open), Flavia Pennetta (2015 US Open) and Jannik Sinner (2024 Australian Open, 2024 US Open, 2025 Australian Open and 2025 Wimbledon).
Four Italian players have won an Olympic medal: Uberto De Morpurgo and Lorenzo Musetti won a bronze medal in the men's singles, respectively in 1924 and 2024, and the Sara ErraniâÂÂJasmine Paolini duo won a gold medal in the women's doubles, again in 2024.
The men's national team won the Davis Cup four times (1976, 2023, 2024 and 2025) and the women's national team won the Billie Jean King Cup six times (2006, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2024 and 2025).
Women's tennis in particular has seen tremendous successes in the 21st century, with the advent of Francesca Schiavone, Sara Errani, Flavia Pennetta and Roberta Vinci. All four of these women reached the top 10 of the WTA rankings in both singles and doubles (with Schiavone and Errani reaching the top 5 in singles and Pennetta, Errani and Vinci reaching No 1 in doubles), and reached Grand Slam finals in both disciplines. Schiavone and Pennetta won singles Grand Slam titles, while Pennetta, Errani and Vinci won doubles Grand Slam titles, with Errani and Vinci achieving the Career Grand Slam in doubles as a pair. They were also responsible for Italy's 4 Fed Cup victories as members of the national Fed Cup team.
In this table only those who have reached the top 20 in the world singles ranking. Updated as of 16 March 2026. Data refer to the Open Era (from 1968).
Eleven Italian tennis players played at least the semi-final in a Grand Slam tournament.
Eight Italian tennis players played at least the semi-final in a Grand Slam tournament.
Nine Italian female tennis players have reached at least the semifinals of a Grand Slam singles tournament.
Nine Italian tennis players played at least the semi-final in a Grand Slam tournament.
As of 30 March 2026, 113 tournaments have been won by 29 Italian tennis players in the major circuit.
As of 17 January 2026, 80 tournaments have been won by 21 Italian tennis players in the major circuit.
As of 28 March 2026, 91 tournaments have been won by 37 Italian tennis players in the major circuit.
As of 5 October 2025, 129 tournaments have been won by 21 Italian tennis players in the major circuit.
Nine Italian tennis players managed to beat the current number 1 in the world.
Four Italian tennis players managed to beat the current number 1 in the world.
There were seven all-Italian finals in Open Era in the ATP Tour.