Potito Starace (Italian pronunciation: [po'ti?to sta'ra?t?e]; born 14 July 1981) is an Italian retired professional tennis player on the ATP Tour.
He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world no.
27 on October 15, 2007.
He was a clay court specialist, and was coached by Umberto Rianna.
Starace was banned from tennis for life by the Italian Tennis Federation and by the Tennis Integrity Unit for betting offences.