Matteo Arnaldi
Arnaldi at the 2022 Internationaux de Tennis de Blois
Country (sports) Italy
Born (2001-02-22) 22 February 2001 (age 22)
Sanremo, Italy
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2019
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachAlessandro Petrone
Prize money$1,380,831
Singles
Career record25–24 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 38 (29 January 2024)
Current rankingNo. 41 (19 February 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2024)
French Open2R (2023)
Wimbledon1R (2023)
US Open4R (2023)
Doubles
Career record1–4 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 286 (8 August 2022)
Current rankingNo. 580 (29 January 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2024)
US Open2R (2023)
Team competitions
Davis CupW (2023)
Record: 3–2 (60.0%)
Medal record
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Oran Men's Doubles
Last updated on: 19 February 2024.

Matteo Arnaldi (born 22 February 2001) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 38, achieved on 29 January 2024, and a career high doubles ranking of world No. 286, achieved on 8 August 2022.[1]

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.[2] He received these wildcards by winning the pre-qualification wildcard tournaments in both singles and doubles.[3] 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.[4]

2023: Major & top 100 debuts, Maiden Major & Masters & top 10 wins, first ATP semifinal, 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.[5] As a result he made his debut into the top 100 at No. 99 in the rankings on 8 May 2023.[6]

He received a wildcard for the main draw at the Italian Open,[7] where he defeated Diego Schwartzman in the first round.[8]

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.[9]

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.[10]

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.[11] 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.[12]

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.[13]

He won the 2023 Davis Cup with team Italy.[14]

2024: First Australian Open win, top 40

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.[15][16]

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.

Current through 2023 Rolex Paris Masters.

Tournament 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A Q3 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Wimbledon NH A Q1 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open A A Q3 4R 0 / 1 3–1 75%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–3 0 / 3 4–3 57%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters NH A A Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open NH A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Monte-Carlo Masters NH A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open NH A A 3R 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Italian Open A A 1R 2R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Canadian Open NH A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Cincinnati Masters A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
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 0 / 5 6–5 55%
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 0 2 14 16
Overall win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–4 19–14 19–18
Year-end ranking 998 363 134 44 52%

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 Italy Franco Agamenone 4–6, 5–7
Win 1–1 Aug 2021 Futures M25 Bolzano, Italy Clay Italy Alexander Weis 6–0, 6–1
Loss 1–2 Sep 2021 Futures M25 Eupen, Belgium Clay Argentina Facundo Diaz Acosta 6–7(6–8), 2–6
Win 2–2 Oct 2021 Futures M25 Skopje, North Macedonia Clay Germany Louis Wessels 6–1, 6–0
Win 3–2 May 2022 Challenger Francavilla al Mare, Italy Clay Italy 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 Italy Mattia Bellucci 3–6, 3–6
Win 4–4 Feb 2023 Challenger Tenerife, Spain Hard Italy Raúl Brancaccio 6–1, 6–2
Win 5–4 Apr 2023 Challenger Murcia, Spain Clay Croatia Borna Gojo 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Win 6–4 Jun 2023 Challenger Heilbronn, Spain Clay Argentina 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 Italy Jacopo Berrettini Italy Luciano Darderi
Italy Francesco Maestrelli 		6–2, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Mar 2023 Challenger Las Palmas, Spain Clay Italy Luciano Darderi France Sadio Doumbia
France Fabien Reboul 		7–5, 4–6, [7–10]

Record against top 10 players

Arnaldi's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches and Davis Cup matches are considered:

Player Record Win % Hard Clay Grass Last match
Number 1 ranked players
Spain Carlos Alcaraz 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (3–6, 3–6, 4–6) at 2023 US Open
Russia Daniil Medvedev 0–2 0% 0–2 – – Lost (2–6, 5–7) at 2023 Toronto
Number 2 ranked players
Norway Casper Ruud 1–0 100% – 1–0 – Won (6–3, 6–4) at 2023 Madrid
Number 3 ranked players
Croatia Marin Čilić 0–1 0% – 0–1 – Lost (1–6, 4–6) at 2022 Rome
Number 5 ranked players
Russia Andrey Rublev 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (5–7, 3–6) at 2023 Vienna
Number 8 ranked players
United Kingdom Cameron Norrie 1–0 100% 1–0 – – Won (6–3, 6–4, 6–3) at 2023 US Open
Argentina Diego Schwartzman 1–0 100% – 1–0 – Won (6–1, 4–6, 6–3) at 2023 Rome
Number 10 ranked players
Australia Alex de Minaur 0–1 0% 0–1 – – Lost (3–6, 0–6, 3–6) at 2024 Australian Open
Canada Denis Shapovalov 0–1 0% – 0–1 – Lost (2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 3–6) at 2023 French Open
Total 3–7 30% 1–5
(17%) 		2–2
(50%) 		0–0
( – ) 		* Statistics correct as of 19 January 2024.

Wins over top 10 players

Season 2023 Total
Wins 1 1
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score MAR
2023
1. Norway Casper Ruud 4 Madrid Masters, Spain Clay 2R 6–3, 6–4 105
*As of 28 April 2023

References

  1. ^ "Matteo Arnaldi | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  2. ^ "Day 1 Preview: Marin Cilic & Frances Tiafoe Begin Rome Campaigns | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  3. ^ "Matteo Arnaldi: il talento, la crescita e lo status di 'giocatore di challenger'". May 3, 2022.
  4. ^ "Italian Arnaldi Replaces Rune In Milan Field". ATP Tour. Nov 6, 2022.
  5. ^ "Matteo Arnaldi Defeats Casper Ruud in Madrid | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  6. ^ "Matteo Arnaldi Thriving on the Big Stage in Madrid | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  7. ^ "Fognini and Errani lead the Rome wild cards". 28 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Top 100 Arnaldi Beats Schwartzman In Front Of Home Fans In Rome". atpworldtour.com. ATP. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  9. ^ "Matteo Arnaldi Qualifies for Wimbledon Debut | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  10. ^ "Tennis: Musetti out in Hamburg, Arnaldi in the semifinals in Umag – News". 29 July 2023.
  11. ^ "Daniil Medvedev Makes Fast Start in Toronto | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  12. ^ "Ben Shelton Set for Top 20 Breakthrough Behind US Open Run | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  13. ^ https://www.atptour.com/en/news/medvedev-garin-tsitsipas-hijikata-shanghai-2023-saturday
  14. ^ "Arnaldi gives Italy 1-0 lead over Australia in Davis Cup final". Reuters.
  15. ^ "Arnaldi uses 21 aces to navigate Delray Beach wind & Nishioka".
  16. ^ "ATP roundup: Patrick Kypson earns first tour win".

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