Mattia Bellucci

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Mattia Bellucci
Mattia Bellucci (2024 DC Open) 02 (cropped).jpg
Bellucci at the 2024 Washington Open
Country (sports)Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Born (2001-06-01) 1 June 2001 (age 23)
Busto Arsizio, Italy
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachFabio Chiappini, Fabrizio Bellucci
Prize moneyUS $860,057
Singles
Career record10–13
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 68 (10 February 2025)
Current rankingNo. 68 (10 February 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 1R (2023)
French Open 1R (2024)
Wimbledon 1R (2024)
US Open 2R (2024)
Doubles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 321 (17 June 2024)
Current rankingNo. 530 (3 February 2025)
Last updated on: 5 February 2025.

Mattia Bellucci (born 1 June 2001) is an Italian tennis professional player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 68 achieved on 10 February 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 321 achieved on 17 June 2024. [1]

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Career

2022: Maiden Challenger title

Bellucci won two ATP Challenger singles titles at the 2022 Saint-Tropez Open and at the 2022 Vilnius Open both in October 2022. He became the second Italian NextGen ATP player to lift multiple trophies in the season (after Luca Nardi with three) and the youngest from his nation to win Challenger titles in back-to-back weeks since 19-year-old Stefano Pescosolido in 1991. As a result, he rose to a career-high world No. 156 in the singles rankings. [2]

2023–2024: Major, Masters debuts, ATP quarterfinal, top 100

In January 2023, Bellucci qualified for the 2023 Australian Open to make his Grand Slam debut. [3] [4] As a result he made his debut in the top 150 at world No. 142 on 30 January 2023.

Bellucci won the ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2024 Tennis Challenger Hamburg with Rémy Bertola. Ranked No. 173, he made his debut at the 2024 French Open after qualifying for the main draw. Ranked No. 150, he made his debut at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships after also qualifying for the main draw.

He qualified for the main draw and reached his first ATP quarterfinal at the 2024 Atlanta Open defeating second seed Adrian Mannarino. [5] Ranked No. 125, he also qualified for the Citi DC Open in Washington, defeating Tristan Boyer and Leandro Riedi. He recorded a first-round win in the main draw at the ATP 500 level over Mackenzie McDonald. [6] In August, he reached the Challenger final after qualifying at the 2024 Cary Tennis Classic but lost to Roman Safiullin, missing two match points and the opportunity for a Top 100 debut. [7] [8] [9]

Ranked No. 102 he also qualified on his debut for the main draw of the US Open and recorded his first Grand Slam win over wildcard Stan Wawrinka. [10] He qualified for the main draw at the 2024 Japan Open Tennis Championships but lost in the first round to Jack Draper. [11]

He made his debut at the 2024 Rolex Shanghai Masters after qualifying for the main draw and defeated lucky loser Billy Harris, his first win at this level, before losing to second seed Alexander Zverev. [12]

He finished the season ranked world No. 100 on 18 November 2024. [13]

2025: First top 10 win and ATP semifinal, top 70

At the 2025 ABN AMRO Open in Rotterdam, Belucci upset second seed Daniil Medvedev recording his first top 10 win, as a qualifier, and reached his first ATP 500 quarterfinal. [14] Next he upset another seed, Stefanos Tsitsipas seeded sixth, to reach his first ATP Tour semifinal and also first at the 500-level. As a result he moved to a new career-high into the top 70 in the ATP singles rankings on 10 February 2025. [15]

Singles performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (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 the 2025 Rotterdam Open.

Tournament 2023 2024 2025 SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R Q2 Q2 0 / 10–1
French Open Q1 1R 0 / 10–1
Wimbledon Q3 1R 0 / 10–1
US Open Q1 2R 0 / 11–1
Win–loss0–11–30–00 / 41–4
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells Open Q1 A0 / 00–0
Miami Open Q1 A0 / 00–0
Italian Open Q1 A0 / 00–0
Shanghai Masters A 2R 0 / 11–1
Win–loss0–01–10–00 / 11–1
Career statistics
Tournaments18211
Overall win–loss0–16–84–210–11
Year-end ranking17710348%

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (3–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–3)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0 Oct 2022 Saint Tropez, FranceChallengerHard Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Arnaldi 6–3, 6–3
Win2–0 Oct 2022 Vilnius, LithuaniaChallengerHard (i) Flag of Turkey.svg Cem İlkel 1–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win3–0 Sep 2023 Cassis, FranceChallengerHard Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Macháč 6–3, 6–4
Loss3–1 Oct 2023 Málaga, SpainChallengerHard Flag of France.svg Ugo Blanchet 4–6, 4–6
Loss3–2 Aug 2024 Cary, USAChallengerHardFlag placeholder.svg Roman Safiullin 6–1, 5–7, 5–7
Loss3–3 Oct 2024 Olbia, ItalyChallengerHard Flag of Spain.svg Martín Landaluce 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0 Mar 2024 Hamburg, GermanyChallengerHard (i) Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Rémy Bertola Flag of Poland.svg Karol Drzewiecki
Flag of Finland.svg Patrik Niklas-Salminen
6–4, 7–5

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF WTT (6–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–2)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Apr 2021M15 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWTTHard Flag of Cyprus.svg Petros Chrysochos 0–6, 2–6
Win1–1Aug 2021M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Flag of Italy.svg Luca Potenza6–3, 6–3
Win2–1Jan 2022M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Passaro 6–4, 7–5
Win3–1Mar 2022M15 Poitiers, FranceWTTHard Flag of France.svg Pierre Delage6–3, 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–5)
Win4–1Apr 2022M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Flag of Austria.svg Maximilian Neuchrist 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss4–2Apr 2022M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Bu Yunchaokete 4–6, 2–6
Win5–2May 2022M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Flag of the United States.svg Omni Kumar 6–1, 6–4
Loss5–3Jun 2022M25 Grasse, FranceWTTClay Flag of Spain.svg Pol Martín Tiffon6–7(5–7), 7–6(8–6), 5–7
Win6–3Jun 2022M25 Klosters, SwitzerlandWTTClay Flag of Austria.svg Lukas Neumayer 6–3, 6–2

Doubles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
ITF WTT (4–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Sep 2021M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Flag of New Zealand.svg Ajeet Rai Flag of Brazil.svg Gabriel Décamps
Flag of Germany.svg Robert Strombachs
7–6(7–1), 6–7(5–7), [10–4]
Win2–0Oct 2021M15 Selva, ItalyWTTHard Flag of Italy.svg Luca Potenza Flag of Italy.svg Marco Brugnerotto
Flag of Italy.svg Luigi Sorrentino
6–3, 7–6(9–7)
Win3–0Feb 2022M15 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWTTHard Flag of Italy.svg Federico Iannaccone Flag of Italy.svg Marco Miceli
Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Gigante
6–2, 6–2
Win4–0May 2022M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Flag of Italy.svg Federico Iannaccone Flag of Estonia.svg Karl Kiur Saar
Flag of Estonia.svg Daniil Glinka
6–2, 6–4
Loss4–1Jun 2022M25 Kiseljak, Bosnia and HerzegovinaWTTClay Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Rémy Bertola Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Romios
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brandon Walkin
6–3, 4–6, [6–10]

Wins over top 10 players

Season 2025 Total
Wins11
#PlayerRkEventSurfaceRdScoreRk
2025
1.Flag placeholder.svg Daniil Medvedev 7 Rotterdam Open, NetherlandsHard (i)2R6–3, 6–7(6–8), 6–392
*As of 5 February 2025

References

  1. "Mattia Bellucci | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  2. "#NextGenATP Cerundolo, Bellucci Continue Challenger Tour Hot Streak". ATPTour. 22 October 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  3. "Shang Juncheng: 17-Year-Old Charges into Australian Open Main Draw | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  4. "Five Challenger Tour Players to Watch at the Australian Open | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  5. "ATP roundup: Mattia Bellucci heads to quarterfinals at Atlanta Open". Reuters . 24 July 2024.
  6. "No sleep & breaking new ground: An unforgettable weekend for Mattia Bellucci". ATPTour. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  7. "Challenger Tour Weekly Recap: Mattia Bellucci Missing Match Points for a Top 100 Debut". 18 August 2024.
  8. "Safiullin survives two championship points, wins Cary Challenger". ATPTour. Retrieved 29 January 2025.
  9. Bist, Richard (August 18, 2024). "Mattia Bellucci, il mago della programmazione" [Mattia Bellucci, the programming wizard]. Tennis Magazine Italia (in Italian). Retrieved March 4, 2025.
  10. "Qualifier Bellucci knocks out former champ Wawrinka at 2024 US Open". 27 August 2024.
  11. "#NextGenATP Michelsen downs Tsitsipas in Tokyo". ATPTour. 26 September 2024.
  12. "Zverev notches first win in Shanghai since 2019". ATPTour. 5 October 2024.
  13. "Fritz ends 2024 at career high, Mover of Week". ATPTour. 18 November 2024.
  14. "Bellucci upsets Medvedev in Rotterdam thriller". ATPTour. 5 February 2025.
  15. "Bellucci backs up Medvedev shock with Tsitsipas win in Rotterdam". ATPTour. 7 February 2025.