Matteo Arnaldi

Matteo Arnaldi

Arnaldi at the 2022 Internationaux de Tennis de Blois
Country (sports)	Italy
Born	(2001-02-22) 22 February 2001 Sanremo, Italy
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2019
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Alessandro Petrone
Prize money	$2,719,763
Singles
Career record	48–44
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 30 (12 August 2024)
Current ranking	No. 30 (12 August 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2024)
French Open	4R (2024)
Wimbledon	1R (2023, 2024)
US Open	4R (2023)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (2024)
Doubles
Career record	1–5
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 286 (8 August 2022)
Current ranking	No. 541 (26 August 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2024)
US Open	2R (2023)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	W (2023) Record: 3–2
Medal record Mediterranean Games 2022 Oran Men's Doubles
Last updated on: 26 August 2024.

Matteo Arnaldi (born 22 February 2001) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 30, achieved on 12 August 2024, and a career high doubles ranking of world No. 286, achieved on 8 August 2022. He is currently the No. 3 Italian.

Career

2022: ATP and Masters debuts, Maiden Challenger title

Arnaldi made his ATP main draw debut at the 2022 Rome Masters after receiving a wildcard into the singles and doubles main draws. He received these wildcards by winning the pre-qualification wildcard tournaments in both singles and doubles. He won his maiden Challenger title at the 2022 Internazionali di Tennis d'Abruzzo as a wildcard defeating Francesco Maestrelli.

Following Holger Rune's withdrawal to be first alternate at the 2022 ATP Finals, Arnaldi gained entry to participate in the 2022 Next Generation ATP Finals.

2023: Major & top 100 debuts, Maiden Major & Masters & top 10 wins, top 50

Following his third Challenger win at the 2023 Murcia Open, he reached a career-high ranking of No. 102 on 10 April 2023.

Ranked No. 105, he qualified for the ATP 500 2023 Barcelona Open and won his first round match against Jaume Munar.

Next he qualified for the 2023 Madrid Open for his first Masters of the season and only the second overall and won his first Masters 1000 match over fellow qualifier Benoit Paire. Next, he upset world No. 4 and third seed Casper Ruud in straight sets for his first career top-10 win, to reach the third round of a Masters for the first time. As a result he made his debut into the top 100 at No. 99 in the rankings on 8 May 2023.

He received a wildcard for the main draw at the Italian Open, where he defeated Diego Schwartzman in the first round.

On his Grand Slam debut he qualified for the 2023 French Open and recorded his first win against Daniel Elahi Galán. As a result, he reached a new career high ranking of No. 72 on 12 June 2023. He also made his debut at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.

In Umag, Arnaldi beat qualifier Jesper de Jong, qualifier Flavio Cobolli and top seed Jiří Lehečka to reach his first ATP semifinal, only losing to the eventual champion Alexei Popyrin in more than 3 hours of play.

In Toronto, Arnaldi qualified and recorded his first ever Masters 1000 win on hard courts beating local wildcard Vasek Pospisil in the first round, then fell to World No. 3 Daniil Medvedev in the second. As a result, he reached a new career-high ranking of No. 61 on 14 August 2023. He reached the top 50 at No. 47 on 11 September 2023, following a fourth round showing at the US Open with wins over Jason Kubler, Arthur Fils in five sets and an upset over 16th seed Cameron Norrie in the third round.

At the start of his first Asian swing he qualified for the ATP 500 China Open and reached the second round defeating fellow qualifier JJ Wolf. At the 2023 Rolex Shanghai Masters he defeated Alexei Popyrin and upset 21st seed Jan-Lennard Struff to reach the third round.

He won the 2023 Davis Cup with team Italy.

2024: Major fourth round, First Masters semifinal, top 30

He recorded his first win at the 2024 Australian Open defeating wildcard Adam Walton. He reached the top 40 at No. 38 on 29 January 2024.

Ranked No. 43 at the 2024 Delray Beach Open he defeated Yoshihito Nishioka firing 21 aces and recording 50 winners. At the 2024 BNP Paribas Open he reached the second round defeating Luca Van Assche. At the 2024 Miami Open he reached the third round for the first time at this Masters and only for the third time at this level, defeating Arthur Fils and 17th seed Alexander Bublik. He defeated Denis Shapovalov to reach the fourth round of a Masters for the first time in his career. As a result he reached the top 35 in the rankings on 1 April 2024.

At the beginning of the clay season, at the 2024 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, he reached the quarterfinals with a defeat of Arthur Cazaux by retirement, and of two Argentines, eight seed Sebastian Baez and qualifier Marco Trungelliti.

In May, at the 2024 French Open he upset sixth seed Andrey Rublev to reach the fourth round for the first time at this Major.

At the 2024 National Bank Open he reached the semifinals for the first time at a Masters level, having never get past the fourth round, defeating qualifier Mackenzie McDonald and upsetting 16th seed Karen Khachanov, previous year semifinalist Alejandro Davidovich Fokina by retirement and Kei Nishikori. As a result he reached to the top 30 in the singles rankings on 12 August 2024. He lost to Andrey Rublev in straight sets.

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.

Current through 2024 US Open.

Tournament	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	Q3	2R	0 / 1	1–1	50%
French Open	A	A	A	2R	4R	0 / 2	4–2	67%
Wimbledon	NH	A	Q1	1R	1R	0 / 2	0–2	0%
US Open	A	A	Q3	4R	3R	0 / 2	5–2	71%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	4–3	6–4	0 / 7	10–7	59%
National representation
Summer Olympics	NH	A	NH		2R	0 / 1	1–1	50%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	NH	A	A	Q2	2R	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Miami Open	NH	A	A	Q1	4R	0 / 1	3–1	75%
Monte-Carlo Masters	NH	A	A	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Madrid Open	NH	A	A	3R	2R	0 / 2	3–2	60%
Italian Open	A	A	1R	2R	2R	0 / 3	2–3	40%
Canadian Open	NH	A	A	2R	SF	0 / 2	5–2	71%
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	Q1	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Shanghai Masters	NH			3R		0 / 1	2–1	67%
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	6–4	10–7	0 / 12	16–12	57%
Career statistics
Tournaments	0	0	2	14	21	37
Overall win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–4	20–15	26–21	46–40
Year-end ranking	998	363	134	44		53%

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles 10 (6–4)

Legend ATP Challenger (4–2) ITF Futures (2–2)

Finals by surface Hard (1–1) Clay (5–3) Grass (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2021	Futures	M25 Casinalbo, Italy	Clay	Franco Agamenone	4–6, 5–7
Win	1–1	Aug 2021	Futures	M25 Bolzano, Italy	Clay	Alexander Weis	6–0, 6–1
Loss	1–2	Sep 2021	Futures	M25 Eupen, Belgium	Clay	Facundo Diaz Acosta	6–7(6–8), 2–6
Win	2–2	Oct 2021	Futures	M25 Skopje, North Macedonia	Clay	Louis Wessels	6–1, 6–0
Win	3–2	May 2022	Challenger	Francavilla al Mare, Italy	Clay	Francesco Maestrelli	6–3, 6–7(7–9), 6–4
Loss	3–3	Aug 2022	Challenger	San Marino, Italy	Clay	Pavel Kotov	6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss	3–4	Oct 2022	Challenger	Saint-Tropez, France	Hard	Mattia Bellucci	3–6, 3–6
Win	4–4	Feb 2023	Challenger	Tenerife, Spain	Hard	Raúl Brancaccio	6–1, 6–2
Win	5–4	Apr 2023	Challenger	Murcia, Spain	Clay	Borna Gojo	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Win	6–4	Jun 2023	Challenger	Heilbronn, Spain	Clay	Facundo Diaz Acosta	7–6(7–4), 6–1

Doubles 2 (1–1)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–1) ITF Futures (1–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (1–1) Grass (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2019	Futures	M25 Pula, Italy	Clay	Jacopo Berrettini	Luciano Darderi Francesco Maestrelli	6–2, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Mar 2023	Challenger	Las Palmas, Spain	Clay	Luciano Darderi	Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul	7–5, 4–6, [7–10]

Wins over top 10 players

• He has a 3–5 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

Season	2023	2024	Total
Wins	1	2	3

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	MAR
2023
1.	Casper Ruud	4	Madrid Masters, Spain	Clay	2R	6–3, 6–4	105
2024
2.	Taylor Fritz	10	Acapulco, Mexico	Hard	1R	6–4, 4–6, 6–3	42
3.	Andrey Rublev	6	French Open, France	Clay	3R	7–6(8–6), 6–2, 6–4	35

*As of 31 May 2024

External links

• Matteo Arnaldi at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Matteo Arnaldi at the International Tennis Federation