Stefano Napolitano
Italian tennis player
Stefano Napolitano Country (sports) Italy Residence Pollone , Italy Born (1995-04-11 ) 11 April 1995 (age 29) Biella , ItalyHeight 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Turned pro 2012 Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Prize money $ 708,845Career record 3–6 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 125 (15 April 2024) Current ranking No. 125 (6 May 2024) Australian Open Q3 (2024 ) French Open 2R (2017 ) Wimbledon Q3 (2018 ) US Open Q2 (2019 ) Career record 1–3 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 182 (3 April 2017) Current ranking No. 1301 (8 April 2024) Last updated on: 15 April 2024.
Stefano Napolitano (Italian pronunciation: [ˈstɛːfano napoliˈtaːno, ˈsteː-] ;[1] [2] born 11 April 1995) is an Italian professional tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour and Junior Grand Slam finalist. On 15 April 2024, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 125 and a doubles ranking of No. 182, achieved on 3 April 2017.
Career
2015–2017: Major debut and first win, Masters debut
Napolitano defeated Augusto Virgili in the qualifying of the 2015 Distal & ITR Group Tennis Cup 6–0, 6–3, winning the first set without dropping a single point, which is referred to as a golden set .[3] [4]
He made his Masters debut at the 2017 Italian Open as a wildcard.
He also made his Grand Slam debut at the 2017 French Open after qualifying and recorded his first win over 31st seed Mischa Zverev .
2023
Ranked No. 555, he entered the main draw of the 2023 Italian Open after qualifying, six years since his Masters debut at the same tournament in 2017, having received a wildcard for the qualifying competition.
He also qualified for the 2023 Rolex Shanghai Masters after Marc Polmans was disqualified in the last round of qualifications for hitting a ball at the umpire in frustration.[5]
2024: Top 125, first Masters wins
Following his third Challenger title at the 2024 Open Comunidad de Madrid , he reached the top 125 on 15 April 2024.
He received a wildcard for the 2024 Italian Open and reached the third round defeating two lucky losers JJ Wolf and Juncheng Shang , recording his first Masters wins.[6]
Challenger and Futures finals
Singles: 18 (6–12)
Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (3–5)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (3–7)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–6)
Clay (2–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
0–1
Feb 2014
Italy F2, Rovereto
Futures
Carpet (i)
Luca Vanni
3–6, 3–6
Loss
0–2
May 2014
Israel F4, Ashkelon
Futures
Hard
Robin Kern
4–6, 1–6
Loss
0–3
May 2014
Tunisia F2, Sousse
Futures
Hard
David Pérez Sanz
7–6(7–2) , 3–6, 4–6
Loss
0–4
Aug 2014
Romania F12, Mediaș
Futures
Clay
Filip Horanský
6–4, 6–7(4–7) , 2–6
Win
1–4
Mar 2015
Israel F2, Herzlia
Futures
Hard
Michal Konečný
4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss
1–5
Apr 2015
Italy F5, Santa Margherita di Pula
Futures
Clay
Federico Gaio
2–6, 4–6
Loss
1–6
Sep 2015
Israel F12, Meitar
Futures
Hard
Michael Geerts
6–7(10–12) , 2–6
Loss
1–7
Jul 2016
Todi , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Miljan Zekić
7–6(8–6) , 4–6, 3–6
Win
2–7
Nov 2016
Ortisei , Italy
Challenger
Hard (i)
Alessandro Giannessi
6–4, 6–1
Loss
2–8
Feb 2018
Bergamo , Italy
Challenger
Hard (i)
Matteo Berrettini
2–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss
2–9
Aug 2018
Lexington , USA
Challenger
Hard
Lloyd Harris
4–6, 3–6
Loss
2–10
Sep 2018
Biella , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Federico Delbonis
4–6, 3–6
Loss
2–11
Mar 2019
Shenzhen , China, P.R.
Challenger
Hard
Marcos Baghdatis
2–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss
2–12
Jun 2023
M15 Frascati , Italy
World Tour
Clay
Julian Ocleppo
4–6, 5–7
Win
3–12
Jul 2023
M25 Biella , Italy
World Tour
Clay
Lorenzo Carboni
6–4, 6–0
Win
4–12
Oct 2023
M15 Selva Gardena , Italy
World Tour
Hard
Adrian Oetzbach
7–5, 6–4
Win
5–12
Feb 2024
Bangalore , India
Challenger
Hard
Hong Seong-chan
4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Win
6–12
Apr 2024
Madrid , Spain
Challenger
Clay
Leandro Riedi
6–3, 6–3
Doubles: 10 (4–6)
Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (3–2)
ITF Futures Tour (1–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–3)
Clay (4–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
0–1
May 2012
Italy F9, Pozzuoli
Futures
Clay
Alessio di Mauro
Claudio Grassi Walter Trusendi
3–6, 2–6
Loss
0–2
Jul 2012
Italy F19, Fano
Futures
Clay
Marco Viola
Matteo Volante Miljan Zekić
3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win
1–2
Apr 2014
Italy F10, Santa Margherita di Pula
Futures
Clay
Marco Bortolotti
Emanuele Molina Riccardo Sinicropi
6–4, 6–4
Win
2–2
Apr 2014
Vercelli , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Matteo Donati
Pierre-Hugues Herbert Albano Olivetti
7–6(7–2) , 6–3
Loss
2–3
Sep 2015
Israel F12, Meitar
Futures
Hard
Michael Geerts
Jarryd Chaplin Ben McLachlan
6–7(5–7) , 3–6
Loss
2–4
Apr 2016
Napoli , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Matteo Donati
Gero Kretschmer Alexander Satschko
1–6, 3–6
Win
3–4
Jul 2016
San Benedetto , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Federico Gaio
Facundo Argüello Sergio Galdós
6–3, 6–4
Win
4–4
Oct 2016
Rome , Italy
Challenger
Clay
Federico Gaio
Marin Draganja Tomislav Draganja
6–7(5–7) , 6–2, [10–3]
Loss
4–5
Jan 2017
Nouméa , New Caledonia
Challenger
Hard
Adrián Menéndez Maceiras
Quentin Halys Tristan Lamasine
6–7(9–11) , 1–6
Loss
4–6
Jan 2021
M15+H Bressuire , France
World Tennis Tour
Hard
Kenny De Schepper
Roy Smith Alafia Ayeni
6–7(4-7) , 6-4, [5–10]
Singles performance timeline
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
P#
DNQ
A
Z#
PO
G
S
B
NMS
NTI
P
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record; .
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
References
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