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Matteo Gigante

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Matteo Gigante
Gigante at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports) Italy
Born (2002-01-04) 4 January 2002 (age 22)
Rome, Italy
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$324,953
Singles
Career record1–2
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 137 (20 May 2024)
Current rankingNo. 137 (20 May 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2024)
French OpenQ3 (2024)
WimbledonQ3 (2023)
US OpenQ1 (2023, 2024)
Doubles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 334 (6 February 2023)
Current rankingNo. 928 (15 April 2024)
Last updated on: 17 May 2024.

Matteo Gigante (born 4 January 2002) is an Italian tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 137, achieved on 20 May 2024. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 334 achieved on 6 February 2023.[1]

Professional career

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2019-21: ITF & Challenger debut

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In 2019, Gigante made his debut at the ITF tour. In 2020, he made his debut on Challenger level in Bergamo after receiving a wildcard.

2022: First ITF title, rise in the rankings

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In 2022, Gigante won his first ITF title in Sharm El Sheikh. Later during the year, he made two semifinals on the Challenger tour. He started the season ranked outside the top 800 and finished the year inside the top 250.

2023: First & second Challenger titles, top 200 debut

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In 2023, he won his first Challenger title in Tenerife as a lucky loser making him only the 16th player to accomplish this feat.[2] In July, he made his top 200 debut following his second career Challenger final in Milan. In August, he won his second Challenger title in Cordenons.

2024: Two more Challenger titles, Top 150

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He reached the top 150 at world No. 148 on 4 March 2024, following a Challenger title in Nonthaburi, Thailand and then another title and a final both in Tenerife, Spain.

Ranked No. 145, at the 2024 Grand Prix Hassan II he entered the main draw after qualifying but retired in the second set of the match against the defending champion and eventual runner-up Roberto Carballés Baena.

Grand Slam performance timeline

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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.

Current through the 2023 Wimbledon qualifying

Singles

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Tournament 2023 SR W–L Win %
Australian Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon Q3 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 

ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals

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Singles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner-ups)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (4–3)
ITF WTT (1–1)
Finals by Surface
Hard (4–3)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2022 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt WTT Hard Romania Nicholas David Ionel 3–6, 6–4, 1–6
Win 1–1 Mar 2022 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt WTT Hard Italy Samuel Vincent Ruggeri 6–2, 6–2
Win 2–1 Feb 2023 Tenerife, Spain Challenger Hard Italy Stefano Travaglia 6–3, 6–2
Loss 2–2 July 2023 Milan, Italy Challenger Clay Argentina Facundo Diaz Acosta 6–3, 6–3
Win 3–2 Aug 2023 Cordenons, Italy Challenger Clay Austria Lukas Neumayer 6–0, 6–2
Win 4–2 Jan 2024 Nonthaburi, Thailand Challenger Hard South Korea Seong Chan Hong 6–4, 6–1
Win 5–2 Feb 2024 Tenerife, Spain Challenger Hard Italy Stefano Travaglia 6–2, 6–4
Loss 5–3 Feb 2024 Tenerife, Spain Challenger Hard Kazakhstan Mikhail Kukushkin 2–6, 0–2 ret.
Loss 5–4 Aug 2024 Manacor, Spain Challenger Hard Croatia Duje Ajduković 6–4, 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 5 (5 runner-ups)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–3)
ITF WTT (0–2)
Finals by Surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2022 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt WTT Hard Italy Marco Miceli Italy Mattia Bellucci
Italy Federico Iannaccone
2–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Apr 2022 Sanremo, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Flavio Cobolli France Geoffrey Blancaneaux
France Alexandre Müller
6–4, 3–6, [9–11]
Loss 0–3 Apr 2022 M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy WTT Clay Italy Francesco Maestrelli Italy Omar Giacalone
Italy Alexander Weis
1–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Loss 0–4 May 2022 Vicenza, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Francesco Passaro Argentina Francisco Comesaña
Italy Luciano Darderi
3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 0–5 Feb 2023 Tenerife, Spain Challenger Hard Italy Francesco Passaro United States Christian Harrison
Japan Shintaro Mochizuki
4–6, 3–6

References

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  1. ^ "Matteo Gigante | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  2. ^ "#NextGenATP Gigante: From Lucky Loser to Challenger Champion | ATP Tour | Tennis".
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