Lorenzo Musetti

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Lorenzo Musetti
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Musetti at the 2023 Monte-Carlo Masters
Full nameLorenzo Musetti
Country (sports)Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Residence Monte Carlo, Monaco
Born (2002-03-03) 3 March 2002 (age 22)
Carrara, Tuscany, Italy
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2019
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
CoachSimone Tartarini
Prize moneyUS $7,247,795
Singles
Career record132–111
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 15 (26 June 2023)
Current rankingNo. 17 (4 November 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 2R (2024)
French Open 4R (2021, 2023)
Wimbledon SF (2024)
US Open 3R (2022, 2024)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games Bronze (2024)
Doubles
Career record15–25
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 142 (1 April 2024)
Current rankingNo. 206 (26 August 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2022)
French Open 1R (2021)
Wimbledon 1R (2022)
US Open 1R (2022)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games 2R (2021)
Team competitions
Davis Cup W (2023, 2024)
Record: 3–6
Medal record
Representing Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Paris Men's Singles
Last updated on: 26 August 2024.

Lorenzo Musetti (born 3 March 2002) is an Italian professional tennis player. [1] He has a career-high singles ATP ranking of World No. 15 achieved on 26 June 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 142 achieved on 1 April 2024. He is currently the No. 2 Italian. [2] Musetti has won two ATP Tour singles titles. In 2024, he achieved his best career major performance by reaching the semifinals at Wimbledon, and won a bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics. He has also won two titles on the ATP Challenger and two ITF World Tennis Tour titles. He was part of Team Italy winning the 2023 and 2024 Davis Cup.

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Early life

Musetti was born on 3 March 2002 in Carrara, Tuscany. [3] His father, Francesco Musetti, works in a marble quarry, and his mother, Sabrina Ratti, is a secretary. [4] [5] His older sister, Valentina, was a tennis player who is currently married to Gianluca Mager. [6]

He began playing tennis at the age of four, and has been coached by Simone Tartarini since childhood. [7] His tennis idol growing up was Roger Federer. [8] [9]

Junior career

He has achieved a career-high ITF juniors ranking of No. 1 in the world on 10 June 2019. [10] [11] He reached the final of the 2018 US Open boys' singles. On 26 January 2019 Musetti defeated Emilio Nava to win the 2019 Australian Open boys' singles title. [12] [13]

Professional career

2020: ATP debut

After receiving a wildcard and passing the qualifying, he made his ATP Tour main draw debut in February 2020 at the Dubai Tennis Championships, at the age of 17, where he lost in the first round against Andrey Rublev.

His second main draw tour-level match and first on a Masters 1000 level in his career came after qualifying at the Italian Open, where he defeated three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka in straight sets in the first round, becoming the first player born in 2002 to win an ATP match, and former World No. 4 Kei Nishikori in the second round. [14] In October he received a wildcard for the Forte Village Sardegna Open, where he reached his first ATP semifinal, retiring due to an injury against eventual champion Laslo Đere after trailing 1–4 in the third set.

2021: Top 100, Mexican Open semifinal

Musetti was the youngest player to break into the top 100 for the first time in his career by reaching the semifinals of the ATP Tour 500 Mexican Open tournament in March after going through qualifying. There he had his first top 10 win against world no. 9 Diego Schwartzman in three sets. He also beat Frances Tiafoe and 5th-seed Grigor Dimitrov to break into the top 100 and reach his second ATP semifinal, and first at a 500 level, where he was defeated in straight sets by Stefanos Tsitsipas. [15] [16] The 19-year-old was the third-youngest semifinalist in the tournament's history. Only Xavier Malisse (1998) and Rafael Nadal (2005) reached the final four in Acapulco at a younger age. [17]

Musetti reached his third ATP semifinal at the Lyon Open in May, where he was again defeated by Tsitsipas.

He capped off the clay season by reaching the fourth round at the French Open, on his Grand Slam championship debut (only the sixth player since 2000 to do so), beating 13th seed David Goffin, Yoshihito Nishioka and Marco Cecchinato in his first five-set match. [18] He had a 2–0 lead in sets against top seed Novak Djokovic in the fourth round, but retired in the 5th set trailing 0–4. [19] As a result of this successful run, he climbed to his best ranking of World No. 57 on 13 September 2021.

At the end of the season, he took part in the Next Generation ATP Finals, where he was eliminated in the round robin stage as third of his group, having lost to Sebastián Báez [20] and finalist Sebastian Korda, and won to Hugo Gaston.

2022: Two ATP titles, top 25

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Musetti at the 2022 Monte-Carlo Masters

At the beginning of the season, Musetti reached the quarterfinals at the ATP 500 Rotterdam Open, losing to Jiří Lehečka after having defeated No. 11 Hubert Hurkacz in the second round. In Monte Carlo, he recorded the second top 10 win of his career by defeating world number 9 Félix Auger-Aliassime in the second round. [21]

After reaching his fourth career tour-level semifinal at the 2022 Hamburg European Open with a win over Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, he made his top 50 debut in the rankings. [22] He defeated Francisco Cerúndolo in the semifinals to reach the first ATP final of his career. He triumphed over World No. 6 and top seed Carlos Alcaraz in the final, winning his first ATP title and first ATP 500 tournament. As a result, he climbed up the rankings to world No. 31 on 25 July 2022. [23] Following the title, Musetti made his top 30 debut at world No. 30 on 1 August, after winning his opening round at the Croatia Open. [24]

At the US Open, where Musetti was seeded for the first time at a grand slam, he reached the third round, his deepest run in a grand slam since the 2021 French Open. In the first round, he defeated former world number 7 David Goffin in a five set match, decided by a fifth-set tiebreak. [25] He then defeated Gijs Brouwer, but lost to Ilya Ivashka in four sets. [26]

In the fall, Musetti reached his fifth and sixth ATP semifinals at the consecutive Sofia Open and Firenze Open tournaments, where he was defeated in both cases by eventual champions Marc-Andrea Huesler [27] and Félix Auger-Aliassime. [28] He then won his second career title at the Tennis Napoli Cup over fellow countryman Matteo Berrettini, without dropping a set. [29] Following the title, he reached a career-high ranking of No. 23 on 24 October 2022.

At the 2022 Paris Masters, Musetti reached the quarterfinals of a Masters 1000 for the first time in his career. He defeated former world No. 3 Marin Čilić, Nikoloz Basilashvili, and world No. 4 Casper Ruud for his biggest and first top-5 win, but lost to Novak Djokovic. [30] [31] Musetti's final ATP tournament of the year was the Next Generation ATP Finals, where he was eliminated in the round-robin stage after beating Tseng Chun-hsin, but losing to Dominic Stricker and Jack Draper. [32]

2023: Davis Cup champion, top 15, No. 1 victory

At the United Cup, Musetti helped Italy reach the final after going 4–1 in his singles matches; he retired after the first set in his match against Frances Tiafoe due to a shoulder injury. [33] After this, he reached the top 20 at world No. 19 on 9 January 2023. [34] Musetti was upset in the first round of the Australian Open by Lloyd Harris in five sets, [35] [36] however, he jumped one spot to a career-high of No. 18 in the rankings following the tournament.

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Musetti practicing in Monte-Carlo in 2023.

From the beginning of the Golden Swing in Buenos Aires, to the Grand Prix Hassan II in Marrakech, Musetti was in poor form, going 2–6 in his singles matches.

At the 2023 Monte-Carlo Masters he defeated Miomir Kecmanović, compatriot Luca Nardi by a double bagel in just 50 minutes, [37] [38] and world No. 1 and top seed Novak Djokovic to reach his second Masters quarterfinal. [39] [40] He then lost to compatriot Jannik Sinner in straight sets. [41] At the French Open, Musetti played strongly defeating Mikael Ymer, Alexander Shevchenko, and Cameron Norrie all in straight sets, but lost to world No. 1 Carlos Alcaraz in the round of 16. [42] [43]

Prior to Wimbledon, Musetti made two grass court quarterfinals at Stuttgart and Queen's Club; he lost to Frances Tiafoe and Holger Rune respectively. [44] [45] As a result, he reached the top 15 on 26 June 2023. At the 2023 Wimbledon Championships Musetti reached the third round, his furthest run at Wimbledon yet, defeating both Juan Pablo Varillas and Jaume Munar in straight sets. He was eventually eliminated by Hubert Hurkacz. [46]

He lost in the first round at the US Open to qualifier and Major debutant Titouan Droguet. He then lost at the second round of Shanghai, having received a bye for the first, to qualifier and Masters debutant Hsu Yu-hsiou. He also recorded two consecutive first round losses to Grigor Dimitrov at the European indoors tournaments, the 2023 Erste Bank Open and the 2023 Rolex Paris Masters and left the top 25 in the rankings.

Musetti partook in the 2023 Davis Cup, where Italy would be the champions for the first time since 1976. [47] He played two singles matches throughout the tournament, including in the semifinal against Serbia, losing both. He played two doubles matches, both partnering with Simone Bolelli, where he would win one in the round robin stage of the Finals against Chile in September.

He did not participate in the 2023 Next Generation ATP Finals despite qualifying for a third year in a row.

2024: Wimbledon semifinal, Olympic bronze

Musetti receiving his bronze medal in the men's singles event at the 2024 Summer Olympics 2024 Summer Olympics men's singles tennis tournament's podium, 2024-08-04 (35) (cropped).jpg
Musetti receiving his bronze medal in the men's singles event at the 2024 Summer Olympics

At the 2024 Australian Open he recorded his first win at this Major defeating Benjamin Bonzi. In Miami he reached the fourth round defeating 16th seed Ben Shelton before losing to top seed and Indian Wells champion Carlos Alcaraz.

At the 2024 Monte-Carlo Masters he defeated 13th seed Taylor Fritz recording his 100th career win. [48]

He defeated again Taylor Fritz in the quarterfinals of the 2024 Wimbledon Championships to reach his first ever Major semifinal. [49] He lost to No. 2 seed Novak Djokovic. [50]

He reached his fourth ATP final at the 2024 Croatia Open Umag defeating qualifier Marco Trungelliti, Dušan Lajović and Jakub Menšík [51] but lost to Francisco Cerúndolo in three sets. [52]

Musetti became the first Italian tennis player to win an Olympic medal for 100 years when he won bronze at the Paris Olympics defeating Félix Auger-Aliassime in the third place play-off in three sets [53] after losing to top seed Novak Djokovic in the semifinals. [54]

At the Chengdu Open in September, he reached the final but lost out in straight sets to Shang Juncheng. [55]

Personal life

In March 2024, Musetti announced via Instagram that he and his partner Veronica Confalonieri had welcomed a son, whom they named Ludovico. [56]

Musetti trains at La Spezia TC and Tirrenia. [57]

Performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#P#DNQAZ#POGSBNMSNTIPNH
(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.

Singles

Current through 2024 Rolex Shanghai Masters.

Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q3 Q1 1R 1R 2R 0 / 31–325%
French Open AA 4R 1R 4R 3R 0 / 48–467%
Wimbledon ANH 1R 1R 3R SF 0 / 47–464%
US Open AA 2R 3R 1R 3R 0 / 45–456%
Win–loss0–00–04–32–45–410–40 / 1521–1558%
National representation
Summer Olympics NH 1R NH B 0 / 25–271%
Davis Cup A QF SF W W 1 / 32–433%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters ANH 1R 2R 2R 3R 0 / 42–433%
Miami Open ANH 3R 1R 2R 4R 0 / 44–450%
Monte-Carlo Masters ANH 1R 3R QF 3R 0 / 47–464%
Madrid Open ANH Q2 3R 2R 2R 0 / 32–340%
Italian Open Q1 3R 2R A 4R 2R 0 / 45–456%
Canadian Open ANHAA 3R A0 / 12–167%
Cincinnati Masters AA Q1 1R 2R 2R 0 / 32–340%
Shanghai Masters ANH 2R 2R 0 / 20–20%
Paris Masters AA 2R QF 1R 0 / 34–357%
Win–loss0–02–14–58–68–96–70 / 2828–2850%
Career statistics
Tournaments0320282725103
Titles0002002
Finals0002035
Overall win–loss0–05–321–2234–2932–2938–25130–108
Win Percentage  63%49%54%52%60%54.62%
Year-end ranking361128592327$7,456,115

Doubles

Tournament 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AA 1R AA0 / 10–10%
French Open A 1R AAA0 / 10–10%
Wimbledon NHA 1R AA0 / 10–10%
US Open AA 1R A0 / 10–10%
Win–loss0–00–10–30 / 40–40%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters AAAA 2R 0 / 11–150%
Monte-Carlo Masters AAA 1R 1R 0 / 20–20%
Italian Open A 2R A 1R A0 / 21–233%
Cincinnati Masters AAA QF 0 / 12–167%
Paris Masters AAA 1R 0 / 10–10%
Win–loss0–01–10–02–40 / 84–833%
Career statistics
Tournaments1795426
Titles00000
Finals00000
Overall win–loss0–14–63–74–615–24
Win Percentage0%40%30%40%38.46%
Year-end ranking675367576$6,023,724

Summer Olympics

Singles: 1 (bronze medal)

ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Bronze 2024 Summer Olympics, ParisClay Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Félix Auger-Aliassime 6–4, 1–6, 6–3

ATP Tour finals

Singles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP Finals (0–0)
ATP 1000 (0–0)
ATP 500 (1–1)
ATP 250 (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (2–3)
Indoor (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0 Jul 2022 Hamburg European Open, GermanyATP 500Clay Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Alcaraz 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 6–4
Win2–0 Oct 2022 Tennis Napoli Cup, ItalyATP 250Hard Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Berrettini 7–6(7–5), 6–2
Loss2–1 Jun 2024 Queen's Club Championships, United KingdomATP 500Grass Flag of the United States.svg Tommy Paul 1–6, 6–7(8–10)
Loss2–2 Jul 2024 Croatia Open, CroatiaATP 250Clay Flag of Argentina.svg Francisco Cerúndolo 6–2, 4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss2–3 Sep 2024 Chengdu Open, ChinaATP 250Hard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shang Juncheng 6–7(4–7), 1–6

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP Finals (0–0)
ATP 1000 (0–0)
ATP 500 (0–0)
ATP 250 (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1 Feb 2024 Qatar Open, QatarATP 250Hard Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Sonego Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jamie Murray
Flag of New Zealand.svg Michael Venus
6–7(0–7), 6–2, [8–10]

Wins over top 10 players

Season 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Total
Wins0013138
#PlayerRkEventSurfaceRdScoreLMR
2021
1. Flag of Argentina.svg Diego Schwartzman 9 Mexican Open, MexicoHard1R6–3, 2–6, 6–4120
2022
2. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Félix Auger-Aliassime 9 Monte-Carlo Masters, FranceClay2R6–2, 7–6(7–2)83
3. Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Alcaraz 6 Hamburg Open, GermanyClayF6–4, 6–7(6–8), 6–462
4. Flag of Norway.svg Casper Ruud 4 Paris Masters, FranceHard (i)3R4–6, 6–4, 6–423
2023
5. Flag of Serbia.svg Novak Djokovic 1 Monte-Carlo Masters, FranceClay3R4–6, 7–5, 6–421
2024
6. Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex de Minaur 7 Queen's Club, United KingdomGrass1R1–6, 6–4, 6–230
7. Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Zverev 4 Paris Olympics, FranceClayQF7–5, 7–516
8. Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Zverev3 Vienna Open, AustriaHard (i)QF2–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–417

ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (2–4)
ITF WTT (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (4–3)
Grass (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Oct 2019M15 Antalya, TurkeyWTTClay Flag of Hungary.svg Fábián Marozsán 7–5, 6–2
Win2–0Oct 2019M15 Antalya, TurkeyWTTClay Flag of Russia.svg Ronald Slobodchikov6–4, 6–1
Win1–0 Sep 2020 Forlì, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Brazil.svg Thiago Monteiro 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–5)
Loss1–1 Jan 2021 Antalya, TurkeyChallengerClay Flag of Spain.svg Jaume Munar 7–6(9–7), 2–6, 2–6
Loss1–2 Feb 2021 Biella II, ItalyChallengerHard (i) Flag of South Korea.svg Soon-woo Kwon 2–6, 3–6
Win2–2 Jun 2022 Forlì, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Passaro 2–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss2–3 May 2024 Cagliari, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Mariano Navone 5–7, 1–6
Loss2–4 May 2024 Turin, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Passaro3–6, 5–7

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss 2018 US Open Hard Flag of Brazil.svg Thiago Seyboth Wild 1–6, 6–2, 2–6
Win 2019 Australian Open Hard Flag of the United States.svg Emilio Nava 4–6, 6–2, 7–6(14–12)

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