Alessandro Bega Explained

Alessandro Bega (born 11 January 1991) is an Italian former tennis player. He predominantly played on the ITF Futures and ATP Challenger Tour.

Bega has a career-high singles ranking by the ATP of 259, achieved on 25 July 2016. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 369, achieved on 8 August 2016.

Bega has reached 34 career singles finals, consisting of 17 wins and 17 losses, all coming at the ITF Futures level. Additionally, he has a reached 23 career doubles finals, consisting of 9 wins and 14 losses, all coming at the ITF Futures level.

Bega made his ATP Tour main-draw debut at the 2017 Citi Open after the qualifying rounds by defeating Danny Thomas 7–6⁽³⁾, 6–3 and João Pedro Sorgi 6–4, 6–4. He was defeated in the first round by Tunisia's Malek Jaziri in straight sets 7–5, 7–5. To date, this is the only main-draw appearance he has made in either singles or doubles matches.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 34 (17–17)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0		Kuwait F1, Meshref	Futures	Hard	Sean Berman	7–5, 6–4
Loss	1–1		Burundi F1, Bujumbura	Futures	Clay	Gerald Melzer	2–6, 3–6
Loss	1–2		Turkey F22, Konya	Futures	Hard	Maximiliano Estévez	6–7(2-7), 2–6
Win	2–2		Greece F10, Filippiada	Futures	Hard	Alexandros Jakupovic	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss	2–3		Egypt F28, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Aldin Šetkić	1–6, 4–6
Win	3–3		Tunisia F6, Sousse	Futures	Hard	Germain Gigounon	6–1, 6–2
Loss	3–4		Tunisia F10, Sousse	Futures	Hard	Omar Giacalone	5–7, 4–6
Loss	3–5		Greece F6, Heraklion	Futures	Hard	Erik Crepaldi	2–6, 2–6
Win	4–5		Turkey F22, Bursa	Futures	Hard	Denys Mylokostov	6–3, 6–9
Win	5–5		Egypt F24, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Riccardo Bonadio	6–2, 7–5
Loss	5–7		Egypt F29, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Libor Salaba	2–6, 6–1, 3–6
Win	6–7		Kuwait F2, Meshref	Futures	Hard	Peter Heller	6–3, 6–4
Loss	6–8		Egypt F43, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Marko Tepavac	3–6, 4–6
Win	7–8		Italy F4, San Carlo Canavese	Futures	Hard	Rémi Boutillier	6–4, 1–6, 6–4
Loss	7–9		Egypt F13, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Aldin Šetkić	5–7, 4–6
Loss	7–10		South Africa F1, Stellenbosch	Futures	Hard	Lloyd Harris	4–6, 4–6
Win	8–10		Italy F3, Basiglio	Futures	Hard	Viktor Galović	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	9–10		Turkey F30, Istanbul	Futures	Clay	Yang Tsung-hua	7–6(7-3), 3–6, 7–5
Loss	9–11		Kuwait F1, Meshref	Futures	Hard	Maximilian Neuchrist	6–7(4-7), 3–6
Win	10–11		France F3, Veigy-Foncenex	Futures	Carpet	Antal van der Duim	4–6, 6–4, 7–6(9-7)
Loss	10–12		Israel F1, Ramat Gan	Futures	Hard	David Poljak	5–7, 4–6
Win	11–12		Egypt F14, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	David Poljak	6–4, 6–3
Win	12–12		Israel F4, Ramat HaSharon	Futures	Hard	Marat Deviatiarov	6–3, 6–1
Loss	12–13		Israel F9, Netanya	Futures	Hard	Edan Leshem	2–6, 1–6
Loss	12–14		Egypt F21, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	David Pérez Sanz	3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Loss	12–15		Tunisia F36, Monastir	Futures	Hard	Jonathan Gray	6–7(4–7), 4–6
Win	13–15		Israel M15, Kiryat Shmona	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Marat Deviatiarov	6–2, 1–6, 6–4
Loss	13–16		Egypt M15, Sharm El Sheikh	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Marek Gengel	2–6, 7–5, 1–6
Win	14–16		Mexico M15, Cancún	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Mateus Alves	6–4, 6–2
Win	15–16		Egypt M15, Sharm El Sheikh	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Marek Gengel	6–4, 6–2
Win	16–16		Egypt M15, Sharm El Sheikh	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Marek Gengel	6–4, 7–5
Loss	16–17		Switzerland M15, Caslano	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Sandro Ehrat	4–6, 2–6
Win	17–17		Egypt M15, Sharm El Sheikh	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Petros Chrysochos	6–4, 6–2

Doubles: 23 (9–14)

Result	class=unsortable	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	class=unsortable	Score
Loss	0–1		style=background:#cffcff	Italy F29, Napoli	style=background:#cffcff	Futures	Hard	Riccardo Sinicropi	Erik Crepaldi Claudio Grassi	4–6, 4–6
Win	1–1		style=background:#cffcff	Italy F30, Napoli	style=background:#cffcff	Futures	Carpet	Riccardo Sinicropi	Matteo Volante Marco Crugnola	7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)
Win	2–1		style=background:#cffcff	Burundi F1, Bujumbura	style=background:#cffcff	Futures	Clay	Riccardo Sinicropi	Emanuele Molina D. Della Tommasina	6–1, 6–2
Win	3–1		style=background:#cffcff	Turkey F31, İzmir	style=background:#cffcff	Futures	Clay	Riccardo Sinicropi	Vladyslav Manafov Vitali Reshetnikov	6–4, 7–5
Loss	3–2		style=background:#cffcff	Turkey F32, İzmir	style=background:#cffcff	Futures	Clay	Riccardo Sinicropi	Vladyslav Manafov A. Jakupovic	4–6, 6–7(4–7), [10–12]
Loss	3–3		style=background:#cffcff	Kuwait F1, Meshref	style=background:#cffcff	Futures	Hard	Jan Blecha	Mohammad Ghareeb Mikhail Vasiliev	6–3, 6–7(5–7), [7–10]
Loss	3–4		style=background:#cffcff	Nigeria F1, Lagos	style=background:#cffcff	Futures	Hard	Enrique Lopez-Perez	Kamil Čapkovič Ruan Roelofse	4–6, 2–6
Loss	3–5		style=background:#cffcff	Nigeria F2, Lagos	style=background:#cffcff	Futures	Hard	Enrique Lopez-Perez	Kamil Čapkovič Ruan Roelofse	1–6, 2–6
Loss	3–6		style=background:#cffcff	Burundi F1, Bujumbura	style=background:#cffcff	Futures	Clay	Riccardo Sinicropi	Lukas Jastraunig Mark Vervoort	4–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Loss	3–7		style=background:#cffcff	Italy F19, La Spezia	style=background:#cffcff	Futures	Clay	Riccardo Sinicropi	Daniele Giorgini Walter Trusendi	5–7, 2–6
Loss	3–8		style=background:#cffcff	Italy F29, Piombino	style=background:#cffcff	Futures	Hard	D. Della Tommasina	Francesco Borgo Claudio Grassi	6–3, 3–6, [6–10]
Win	4–8		style=background:#cffcff	Tunisia F10, Sousse	style=background:#cffcff	Futures	Hard	Francesco Vilardo	Andrew Bettles Evan Hoyt	7–6(7–2), 6–3
Win	5–8		style=background:#cffcff	Turkey F22, Bursa	style=background:#cffcff	Futures	Hard	Davide Melchiorre	Altuğ Çelikbilek Sefa Suluogl	4–6, 7–5, [10–3]
Win	6–8		style=background:#cffcff	Turkey F28, Ankara	style=background:#cffcff	Futures	Clay	Francesco Vilardo	Altuğ Çelikbilek Tuna Altuna	6–4, 6–3
Loss	6–9		style=background:#cffcff	Egypt F25, Sharm El Sheikh	style=background:#cffcff	Futures	Hard	Francesco Vilardo	Riccardo Bonadio Tommaso Lago	6–4, 4–6, [7–10]
Loss	6–10		style=background:#cffcff	Kuwait F1, Meshref	style=background:#cffcff	Futures	Hard	Francesco Vilardo	S. Martos-Gornes Pol Toledo Bagué	3–6, 0–6
Loss	6–11		style=background:#cffcff	Turkey F17, Antalya	style=background:#cffcff	Futures	Hard	Lorenzo Frigerio	Marc Sieber Christoph Negritu	4–6, 7–6(7–1), [10–12]
Loss	6–12		style=background:#cffcff	Egypt F13, Sharm El Sheikh	style=background:#cffcff	Futures	Hard	Francesco Vilardo	Jarmere Jenkins Anderson Reed	3–6, 3–6
Win	7–12		style=background:#cffcff	South Africa F1, Stellenbosch	style=background:#cffcff	Futures	Hard	Luca Margaroli	Nicolaas Scholtz Chris Haggard	7–5, 6–2
Loss	7–13		style=background:#cffcff	Nigeria F1, Abuja	style=background:#cffcff	Futures	Hard	Viktor Durasovic	Fabiano de Paula Fernando Romboli	4–6, 7–6(7–5), [7–10]
Win	8–13		style=background:#cffcff	Nigeria F2, Abuja	style=background:#cffcff	Futures	Hard	Viktor Durasovic	Sylvester Emmanuel Calvin Hemery	6–4, 6–0
Win	9–13		style=background:#cffcff	Egypt M15, Sharm El Sheikh	style=background:#cffcff	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Jacopo Berrettini	Boris Pokotilov Arthur Bernabe	7–6(7-5), 6–2
Loss	9–14		style=background:#cffcff	Egypt M15, Sharm El Sheikh	style=background:#cffcff	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Petros Chrysochos	Miljan Zekić Marko Miladinović	4–6, 3–2

Coaching career

He is currently the coach of fellow countryman Matteo Berrettini.^{[1] [2]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chi è Alessandro Bega, il giramondo: l'altro coach di Berrettini. 21 March 2024.
2. Web site: Australian Open, Berrettini: "Il team è consolidato". 15 January 2025.