Matteo Gigante
| File:Gigante RGQ23 (52943034627).jpg Gigante at the 2023 French Open | |
| Country (sports) | File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy |
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| Born | 4 January 2002 Rome, Italy |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach | Marco Gulisano |
| Prize money | US$ 969,569 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 6–7 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 125 (28 July 2025) |
| Current ranking | No. 147 (13 October 2025) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2025) |
| French Open | 3R (2025) |
| Wimbledon | Q3 (2023) |
| US Open | Q2 (2025) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 0–0 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 334 (6 February 2023) |
| Last updated on: 13 October 2025. | |
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Matteo Gigante (Italian pronunciation: [matˈtɛːo dʒiˈɡante]; born 4 January 2002) is an Italian tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 125, achieved on 28 July 2025. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 334 achieved on 6 February 2023.[1]
Professional career
[edit | edit source]2019-2021: ITF & ATP Challenger debuts
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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.[3]
2024: Challenger titles, Top 150, ATP, Masters debuts and first win
[edit | edit source]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.[4]
Ranked No. 145, at the 2024 Grand Prix Hassan II Gigante entered the main draw making his ATP debut after qualifying but retired in the second set of the match against the defending champion and eventual runner-up Roberto Carballés Baena.[5]
Gigante made his debut at his home Masters tournament in Rome after receiving a wildcard for the main draw and defeated fellow wildcard player and compatriot Giulio Zeppieri recording his first ATP and also first Masters win.[6][7]
2025: Major debut and third round, top 125
[edit | edit source]Gigante made his Grand Slam tournament debut at the Australian Open after qualifying into the main draw.[8] He lost to Ugo Humbert in the first round.[9]
Ranked No. 217, Gigante qualified at the 2025 Indian Wells making his main draw debut at the tournament[10][11] and defeated Sebastian Baez, recording only his second ATP tour-level and also second Masters 1000-level win, and first on hardcourts.[12]
Seeded seventh at his home tournament in Rome, Gigante won his fifth Challenger title beating top seed Vilius Gaubas in three sets.[13]
Gigante qualified for a second Grand Slam in a row at the French Open and claimed his first main draw major wins defeating first-time major qualifier Benjamin Hassan,[14] and then 2021 Roland Garros finalist, 20th seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, his first top-20 win.[15][16] Following the 2025 Wimbledon Championships, he reached the top 125 on 28 July 2025.
Performance timeline
[edit | edit source]| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Singles
[edit | edit source]| Tournament | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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| Grand Slams | |||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| French Open | A | A | A | Q2 | Q3 | 3R | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% |
| Wimbledon | NH | A | A | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| US Open | A | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | Q2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% |
| Masters 1000 | |||||||||
| Indian Wells | NH | A | A | A | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Miami Open | NH | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Monte Carlo Masters | NH | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Madrid Open | NH | A | A | A | Q1 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Rome Masters | Q1 | A | A | Q1 | 2R | 2R | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% |
| Canada Masters | NH | A | A | A | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Shanghai Masters | NH | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0 / 4 | 4–4 | 50% |
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| Career Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 5–5 | 0 / 6 | 6–7 | 46% |
ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals
[edit | edit source]Singles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| 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 | Error creating thumbnail: 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 |
| Win | 6–4 | Apr 2025 | Rome, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Lithuania Vilius Gaubas | 6–2, 3–6, 6–4 |
Doubles: 5 (5 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| 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 | Error creating thumbnail: 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 |
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Matteo Gigante at the Association of Tennis ProfessionalsLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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