His grandfather founded a tennis club, his uncle was the fifth highest ranked player in Italy and his father also played.

[3] Gaudenzi graduated in law from University of Bologna and obtained an MBA with Honors at IUM.

He represented Italy at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he was defeated in the third round by the eventual champion Andre Agassi,[6] and reached the Davis Cup Final in 1998,[7] semifinals in 1995 and 1996, playing both singles and doubles.

He won three ATP Tour titles and six finals, and he reached the semifinals in the Monte Carlo Master Series in 1995, losing to Thomas Muster.

Previously he was Chief Revenues Officer at Musixmatch[12] and was the co-founder and CMO at Soldo.