Carlo Alberto Caniato

Caniato was born in Verona, the second of four children of father Riccardo and mother Laura.^[1][2] His father, uncle, and grandfather were all tennis players; he himself began playing tennis at the age of four.^[1] He grew up in Ferrara, and in his youth trained at Tennis Club Marfisa and CUS Ferrara [it].^[2][3] At the age of 15, he moved to Forlì to train at the Accademia Villa Carpena.^[2][4]

In May 2022, Caniato won his first ITF Junior title at the Grade 5 Tennis Club de Kairouan event in Sousse, defeating Yessine Kerouat in the final.^[5][6] That July, he reached the semifinals of the Grade 4 Felbermayr Junior Open in Gunskirchen.^[7][8] He also reached the final of the Grade 4 Bavarian Junior Championships in Fürth as a qualifier, but lost to Keegan Rice.^[9][10] In August, he reached the final of the J4 Slovenian Junior Open in Domžale, but lost to compatriot Lorenzo Angelini.^[11][12]

In May 2023, he won the J200 Città di Prato International Tournament, defeating Nicolai Budkov Kjær in the final.^[13][14] In July, he qualified for his first Junior Grand Slam at Wimbledon, but lost to Rei Sakamoto in the first round of singles.^[15][16] Later that month, he and Gabriele Vulpitta reached the doubles final of the U18 European Junior Championships in Klosters.^[1][17] At the US Open in September, he reached the third round in singles before losing to Learner Tien.^[18][19]

In November 2024, Caniato and Fabio De Michele won the doubles title at the M15 event in San Gregorio di Catania, defeating compatriots Niccolò Catini and Giuseppe La Vela in the final.^[20]

In February 2025, he won back-to-back M15 doubles titles in Sharm El Sheikh, partnering Federico Bondioli.^[21][22] That May, after winning the pre-qualifying tournament, he and Bondioli received a wildcard into the doubles main draw of the Italian Open.^[2] In the first round, they upset the fifth-seeded team of Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori.^[23][24]