Junior tennis career
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Started playing tennis at age 9. His younger brother also plays tennis. He won the 1987 Orange Bowl doubles title (w/Koves) and reached the doubles final at the 1988 French Open Juniors (w/Goran Ivanišević ), losing to Jason Stoltenberg –Todd Woodbridge . Also reached the semifinal at the Wimbledon Juniors (losing to the same duo).[ 1]
Senior tennis career
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Caratti turned professional in 1989. His highest achievement was reaching the quarter-finals at the 1991 Australian Open , defeating eventual Wimbledon champion Richard Kraijcek before losing to Patrick McEnroe .[ 2] Thanks to this result, the right-hander reached his highest singles ATP -ranking on 22 July 1991, when he became World No. 26. He then represented his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona , but was defeated in the first round by then France's No.1 player Guy Forget .
His last tournament win on the senior tour took place in 2000 at the Knoxville Challenger , where in the final he again defeated an up-and-coming Slam winner, Andy Roddick , who would also be ranked world No.1 three years later.
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–0)
Indoors (0–1)
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
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Legend
ATP Challenger (7–11)
ITF Futures (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–10)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–2)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
0–1
Jul 1989
Dublin , Ireland
Challenger
Carpet
Henrik Holm
0–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win
1–1
Aug 1990
Winnetka , United States
Challenger
Hard
Chris Garner
7–6, 6–1
Win
2–1
Dec 1990
Bossonnens , Switzerland
Challenger
Hard
Michiel Schapers
6–4, 3–6, 7–6
Win
3–1
Mar 1991
Indian Wells , United States
Challenger
Hard
Jimmy Arias
6–7, 6–4, 6–2
Win
4–1
Feb 1993
Wolfsburg , Germany
Challenger
Carpet
Lars Koslowski
6–7, 6–1, 6–2
Loss
4–2
Jul 1993
Aptos , United States
Challenger
Hard
Patrick Rafter
2–6, 3–6
Win
5–2
Jul 1993
Montebello , Canada
Challenger
Hard
Steve Bryan
4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Loss
5–3
Jan 1994
Heilbronn , Germany
Challenger
Carpet
Markus Zoecke
3–6, 4–6
Loss
5–4
Jul 1994
Winnetka , United States
Challenger
Hard
Vince Spadea
1–6, 6–4, 5–7
Loss
5–5
Dec 1994
Andorra la Vella , Andorra
Challenger
Hard
Paul Wekesa
4–6, 5–7
Loss
5–6
Jul 1997
Granby , Canada
Challenger
Hard
Wayne Black
1–6, 2–6
Win
6–6
Sep 1997
Azores , Portugal
Challenger
Hard
Óscar Burrieza
3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss
6–7
Oct 1998
Dallas , United States
Challenger
Hard
Daniel Nestor
1–6, 2–6
Loss
6–8
Jan 1999
USA F2, Miami
Futures
Hard
Kris Goossens
4–6, 6–7
Loss
6–9
Oct 1999
San Antonio , United States
Challenger
Hard
Mark Knowles
4–6, 6–3, 1–6
Loss
6–10
Nov 2000
Las Vegas , United States
Challenger
Hard
Neville Godwin
3–6, 3–6
Win
7–10
Nov 2000
Knoxville , United States
Challenger
Hard
Andy Roddick
3–6, 7–6(7–1) , 6–4
Loss
7–11
Nov 2001
Prague , Czech Republic
Challenger
Hard
Ota Fukárek
3–6, 3–6
Loss
7–12
Aug 2002
Córdoba , Spain
Challenger
Hard
Jean-François Bachelot
5–7, 6–3, 4–6
Legend
ATP Challenger (1–4)
ITF Futures (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–3)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–1)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
0–1
Jul 1989
Furth , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Federico Mordegan
Vladimer Gabrichidze Dimitri Poliakov
4–6, 7–6, 4–6
Loss
0–2
Mar 1990
Jerusalem , Israel
Challenger
Hard
Cristian Brandi
Henrik Holm Peter Nyborg
1–6, 6–2, 3–6
Win
1–2
Mar 1993
Bergamo , Italy
Challenger
Carpet
Cristian Brandi
Sander Groen Arne Thoms
4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Loss
1–3
Jul 1993
Aptos , United States
Challenger
Hard
Grant Doyle
Gilad Bloom Christian Saceanu
5–7, 3–6
Loss
1–4
Jan 1994
Heilbronn , Germany
Challenger
Carpet
Omar Camporese
Ģirts Dzelde Mathias Huning
4–6, 2–6
Loss
1–5
Jan 1999
USA F2, Miami
Futures
Hard
Manuel Jorquera
Scott Humphries Jim Thomas
4–6, 3–6
Junior Grand Slam finals
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Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
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Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
DNQ
A
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.