Matteo Donati (; born 28 February 1995) is an Italian former professional tennis player and current tennis coach.
Career On 13 April 2015, he reached the final of the ATP Challenger, the Napoli Cup, and reached a career-high of No. 247 in the ATP World Tour singles rankings.
Professional career 2015 Donati's first big professional result came in Naples at the 2015 Tennis Napoli Cup. As a wildcard, the Italian defeated Axel Michon in straight sets in the first round, World number 111 (former n. 33) and number 1 seed Andrey Golubev 6–7(3), 6–4, 6–2 in the following round, and fellow Italian Andrea Arnaboldi in a thriller three-setter in the quarterfinals. Donati then reached his first ATP Challenger Tour final (beating Marco Cecchinato 7–6(5), 6–2 in the semifinals) where he lost to Daniel Muñoz de la Nava in straight sets.
In May Donati obtained a wildcard into the main draw of the 2015 Internazionali BNL d'Italia, in Rome. Playing for the first time in a Master 1000 tournament (also his first ATP match), Donati fought back – from a set down – to beat World number 49 Santiago Giraldo 2–6, 6–1, 6–4.
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 10 (5–5) LegendATP Challenger (0–4)ITF Futures (5–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (5–5)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1-0Finland F2, KotkaFuturesClay Micke Kontinen7–5, 2–6, 6–1Win2-0Finland F3, NastolaFuturesClay Vladimir Ivanov6–1, 6–3Win3-0Italy F24, TriesteFuturesClay Pietro Rondoni6–1, 6–2Win4-0Italy F28, BiellaFuturesClay Grégoire Burquier3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–3Win5-0Italy F10, PulaFuturesClay Johan Sebastien Tatlot6–4, 7–6(9–7)Loss5-1Denmark F1, AarhusFuturesClay Christian Lindell2–6, ret.Loss5-2Napoli, ItalyChallengerClay Daniel Muñoz de la Nava2–6, 1–6Loss5-3Caltanissetta, ItalyChallengerClay Paolo Lorenzi3–6, 6–4, 6–7(7–9)Loss5-4Vicenza, ItalyChallengerClay Hugo Dellien4–6, 7–5, 4–6Loss5-5Caltanissetta, ItalyChallengerClay Jaume Munar2–6, 6–7(2–7)
Doubles: 10 (7–3) LegendATP Challenger (5–1)ITF Futures (2–2)Finals by surfaceHard (1–1)Clay (6–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Italy F7, SanremoFuturesClay Viktor Galović Claudio Grassi Andis Juška5–7, 7–6(7–2), [12–14]Loss0–2Turkey F37, AntalyaFuturesHard Francesco Picco Brydan Klein Dane Propoggia1–6, 2–6Win1–2Italy F4, PaduaFuturesClay Andrey Golubev Mate Delić Joško Topić7–6(8–6), 3–6, [10–6]Win2–2Vercelli, ItalyChallengerClay Stefano Napolitano Pierre-Hugues Herbert Albano Olivetti7–6(7–2), 6–3Win3–2Denmark F1, AarhusFuturesClay Simone Vagnozzi Christian Lindell Robin Olin6–1, 6–0Win4–2Happy Valley, AustraliaChallengerHard Andrey Golubev Denys Molchanov Aleksandr Nedovyesov3–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–1]Loss4–3Napoli, ItalyChallengerClay Stefano Napolitano Gero Kretschmer Alexander Satschko1–6, 3–6Win5–3Barletta, ItalyChallengerClay Marco Cecchinato Marin Draganja Tomislav Draganja6–3, 6–4Win6–3Sibiu, RomaniaChallengerClay Marco Cecchinato Sander Gillé Joran Vliegen6–3, 6–1Win7–3Perugia, ItalyChallengerClay Daniele Bracciali Tomislav Brkić Ante Pavić6–3, 3–6, [10–7]
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss2012WimbledonGrass Pietro Licciardi Nick Kyrgios Andrew Harris2–6, 4–6
Performance timeline
Singles
Tournament201420152016201720182019SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAQ2Q1AQ10 / 00–0French OpenAAQ3Q3AQ10 / 00–0WimbledonAQ3AQ1Q1A0 / 00–0US OpenAQ1AAQ1A0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0ATP Tour Masters 1000RomeQ12RQ2AAA0 / 11–1ShanghaiAQ1AAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–01–10–00–00–00–00 / 11–1
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