Stefano Napolitano
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Stefano Napolitano (; born 11 April 1995) is an
Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...
professional tennis player playing on the
ATP Challenger Tour The ATP Challenger Tour (known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series) is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments. It was founded in 1976 as a replacement for the ILTF Satellite Circuit (founded in 1971) as ...
. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 121 on 17 June 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 182, achieved on 3 April 2017.


Career


2015–2017: Major debut and first win, Masters debut

Napolitano defeated Augusto Virgili in the qualifying of the 2015 Distal & ITR Group Tennis Cup 6–0, 6–3, winning the first set without dropping a single point, which is referred to as a golden set. He made his Masters debut at the 2017 Italian Open as a wildcard. He also made his Grand Slam debut at the 2017 French Open after qualifying and recorded his first win over 31st seed
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.


2023

Ranked No. 555, he entered the main draw of the 2023 Italian Open after qualifying, six years since his Masters debut at the same tournament in 2017, having received a wildcard for the qualifying competition. He also qualified for the 2023 Rolex Shanghai Masters after Marc Polmans was disqualified in the last round of qualifications for hitting a ball at the umpire in frustration.


2024–2025: Top 125, first Masters wins, hiatus

Following his third Challenger title at the Open Comunidad de Madrid, he reached the top 125 on 15 April 2024. He received a wildcard for the 2024 Italian Open and reached the third round defeating two lucky losers JJ Wolf and Juncheng Shang, recording his first Masters wins.


Challenger and Futures finals


Singles: 18 (6–12)


Doubles: 10 (4–6)


Singles performance timeline


Junior Grand Slam finals


Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)


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