Matteo Gigante

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Matteo Gigante
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Gigante at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports)Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Born (2002-01-04) 4 January 2002 (age 23)
Rome, Italy
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachMarco Gulisano
Prize moneyUS$324,953
Singles
Career record1–3
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 132 (10 June 2024)
Current rankingNo. 141 (16 December 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 1R (2025)
French Open Q3 (2024)
Wimbledon Q3 (2023)
US Open Q1 (2023, 2024)
Doubles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 334 (6 February 2023)
Last updated on: 17 December 2024.

Matteo Gigante (born 4 January 2002) is an Italian tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 132, achieved on 10 June 2024. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 334 achieved on 6 February 2023. [1]

Contents

Professional career

2019-21: ITF & Challenger debut

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

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

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: Two more Challenger titles, Top 150

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 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. [5]

2025: Grand Slam debut

Gigante made his Grand Slam debut at the Australian Open after qualifying into the main draw. [6]

Grand Slam 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 the 2023 Wimbledon qualifying

Tournament 2023 2024 2025 SRW–LWin %
Australian Open A Q1 1R 0 / 00–0  
French Open Q2 Q3 0 / 00–0  
Wimbledon Q3 Q2 0 / 00–0  
US Open Q1 Q1 0 / 00–0  
Win–loss0–00 / 00–0  

ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals

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

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)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Feb 2022M15 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWTTHard Flag of Romania.svg Nicholas David Ionel 3–6, 6–4, 1–6
Win1–1Mar 2022M15 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWTTHard Flag of Italy.svg Samuel Vincent Ruggeri6–2, 6–2
Win2–1 Feb 2023 Tenerife, SpainChallengerHard Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Travaglia 6–3, 6–2
Loss2–2 July 2023 Milan, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Facundo Diaz Acosta 6–3, 6–3
Win3–2 Aug 2023 Cordenons, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Austria.svg Lukas Neumayer 6–0, 6–2
Win4–2 Jan 2024 Nonthaburi, ThailandChallengerHard Flag of South Korea.svg Seong Chan Hong 6–4, 6–1
Win5–2 Feb 2024 Tenerife, SpainChallengerHard Flag of Italy.svg Stefano Travaglia6–2, 6–4
Loss5–3 Feb 2024 Tenerife, SpainChallengerHard Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Mikhail Kukushkin 2–6, 0–2 ret.
Loss5–4 Aug 2024 Manacor, SpainChallengerHard Flag of Croatia.svg Duje Ajduković 6–4, 3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 5 (5 runner-ups)

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)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Feb 2022M15 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWTTHard Flag of Italy.svg Marco Miceli Flag of Italy.svg Mattia Bellucci
Flag of Italy.svg Federico Iannaccone
2–6, 2–6
Loss0–2 Apr 2022 Sanremo, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Italy.svg Flavio Cobolli Flag of France.svg Geoffrey Blancaneaux
Flag of France.svg Alexandre Müller
6–4, 3–6, [9–11]
Loss0–3Apr 2022M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyWTTClay Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Maestrelli Flag of Italy.svg Omar Giacalone
Flag of Italy.svg Alexander Weis
1–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Loss0–4 May 2022 Vicenza, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Passaro Flag of Argentina.svg Francisco Comesaña
Flag of Italy.svg Luciano Darderi
3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss0–5 Feb 2023 Tenerife, SpainChallengerHard Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Passaro Flag of the United States.svg Christian Harrison
Flag of Japan.svg Shintaro Mochizuki
4–6, 3–6

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