1 LEONARDO AZZARO Born in Florence, Italy, on May 30th 1978 Via del Romito, 74 Florence, Italy 50134 ITA cell: +39.3473380622 secco007 @hotmail.com WORK EXPERIENCE 2007-2011 International Coaching Worldwide • Andrey Golubev (UZK), best ranking 33 ATP single – Kazakhstan Davis Cup Team • Daniele Bracciali (ITA), best ranking 49 ATP single, 25 ATP doubles – Italian Davis Cup • Oliver Rochus (BEL),best ranking 24 ATP single,29 ATP doubles – Belgium Davis Cup Team • Adrian Ungur (ROU), best ranking 109 ATP single – Romanian Davis Cup Team 2008-present Florence Tennis School Italy Bagno a Ripoli / Italy (Season 2009-2011) - Assistant Pro (Director: Giovanni del Panta) - Taught private lessons, clinics, ladies & men’s day - Helped run some tennis tournaments Circolo di Tennis Firenze Florence / Italy (Season 2011 - present) - Men's Head Coach (director: Massimo Ardinghi) - Worked with juniors - Private lessons with adults - Worked in summer camps Italian Tennis Federation (Summer 2010, Summer 2011) Summer Camps in the national tennis center Sestola and Pieve Pelago - Teaching Pro for the best italian under 14 and under 16 category, both men and female tennis players (Director: Giancarlo Palumbo) 2002-Present Clubs Professional Tennis Circuit Worldwide Italian Club competition, Palermo tennis team - finalist (2004, 2005) Italian Club competition, Trento tennis team - finalist (2006) German Bundesliga, Reutlingen (2002-2011) French Club Competition, Grenoble (2006-2010) French Club Competition, Nancy (2011) Austrian Club Competition, Vienna (2009-2010) 2 1998-2009 ATP Professional Tennis Circuit Worldwide 180 ATP singles world ranking (01-11-2004) Best singles results / ATP Challenger victories: 06.09.2004 Aschaffenburg /Germany Best singles results / ITF Futures Tournaments victories and finals: 25.05.1999 Italy F9, finalist 29.11.1999 Chile F6, finalist 05.06.2000 Slovenia F1, victory 04.09.2000 Romania F1, victory 23.10.2000 Colombia F2, finalist 16.10.2000 Colombia F1, finalist 23.04.2001 Algeria F2, victory 30.04.2001 Algeria F2, finalist 20.05.2002 Portugal F1, Week 1 victory, Week 2 finalist, Week 3 victory, Week 4 victory 05.05.2003 Hungary F2, finalist 27.10.2003 Italy F7, finalist 04.04.2005 Italy F7, finalist 13.02.2006 Italy F1, finalist 02.10.2006 Italy F34, victory 14.05.2007 Italy F14, finalist 08.10.2007 Italy F35, victory 07.01.2008 El Salvador F1, victory 28.01.2008 Panama F1, victory 03.03.2008 Italy F3, victory 06.10.2008 Italy F34, finalist 09.02.2009 Italy F1, finalist 22.06.2009 Netherlands F3, finalist 94 ATP doubles world ranking (august 2006) Best doubles results / ATP Challenger victories: 0 6.08.2001 San Benedetto del Tronto 2 4.06.2002 Sassuolo 0 9.09.2002 Donetsk 26 .05.2003 Lubiana 14 .07. 2003 Budaors 24 .05. 2004 Torino 09.08. 2004 Cordenons 06.12. 2004 Ischgl 05.09. 2005 Genova 12 .09. 2005 Budapest 17 .04. 2006 Chiasso 13 .07. 2006 Trani 30 .07. 2007 Trani 06.08. 2007 Vigo 03.09. 2007 Alphen aan den Rijn 3 EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS 1996 bachelor's degree, Psycho-pedagogical Institute in Florence/Italy 2002 degree ATP University in Monte-Carlo/Principate de Monaco 2009 Italian Tennis Federation – certified instructor first level 2010 Italian Tennis Federation – certified instructor second level 2011 Italian Tennis Federation – national tennis master coach (highest degree in Italy) 2011 PTR Professional Certification in junior development– international tennis coach ACHIEVMENTS 2001 Italian Davis Cup Team against Finland italian runner-up (vice-champion) age under 14 italian runner-up (vice-champion) age under 18 silver medal in Mediterranean Games 2001 runner-up italian tennis championship second category in 2002 and 2010 runner-up italian tennis championship first category in 2003 italian runner-up team matches age under 16 and under 18 runner-up first tennis league (Italy) in 2006, 2007 and 2008 Winner in single in 11 futures ITF, winner in single in 1 ATP challengers , winner in double in 15 ATP challengers played 12 grand slams, 3 in main-draw (US Open, Wimbledon & Australian Open). In my career I bit many ATP top 50 and top 100 players, such as Richard Gasquet , Potito Starace, Philip Kohlschreiber, Werner Eschauer, Ruben Ramirez-Hidalgo, Jan Hernich, Lars Burgsmuller and more. OTHER SKILLS − Language skills: english and spanish fluently, italian (native speaker) − Strong leadership and public speaking skills − Proficient in Word, Excel and Power Point REFERENCES Oliver Rochus, Player Andrey Golubev, Player Daniele Bracciali, Player Adrian Ungur, Player Giovanni Delpanta, Director Academy Padovani Antonio ,Director Academy Barazzuti Corrado(Italian Davis Cup coach and Federation Cup Coach) Botti Luciano(vice president PTR) Kleibanova Alisa(WTA former top 20 player) Todero Nicolas(USTA junior davis captain for U.S.A.) Kegler Erika(ATP player development).