Matteo Donati

Matteo Donati
Donati at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceAlessandria, Italy
Born (1995-02-28) 28 February 1995 (age 29)
Alessandria, Italy
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2013
Retired27 October 2023 (last match played in March 2023)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$377,373
Singles
Career record1–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 159 (27 July 2015)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2016)
French OpenQ3 (2016, 2017)
WimbledonQ3 (2015)
US OpenQ1 (2015, 2018)
Doubles
Career record1–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 231 (12 February 2018)
Coaching career (2024-)
Last updated on: 10 May 2024.

Matteo Donati (Italian pronunciation: [matˈtɛːo doˈnaːti];[1][2] 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.[3]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 10 (5–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–4)
ITF Futures (5–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (5–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1-0 Aug 2013 Finland F2, Kotka Futures Clay Finland Micke Kontinen 7–5, 2–6, 6–1
Win 2-0 Aug 2013 Finland F3, Nastola Futures Clay Estonia Vladimir Ivanov 6–1, 6–3
Win 3-0 Sep 2013 Italy F24, Trieste Futures Clay Italy Pietro Rondoni 6–1, 6–2
Win 4-0 Oct 2013 Italy F28, Biella Futures Clay France Grégoire Burquier 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–3
Win 5-0 Apr 2014 Italy F10, Pula Futures Clay France Johan Sebastien Tatlot 6–4, 7–6(9–7)
Loss 5-1 Jul 2014 Denmark F1, Aarhus Futures Clay Sweden Christian Lindell 2–6, ret.
Loss 5-2 Apr 2015 Napoli, Italy Challenger Clay Spain Daniel Muñoz de la Nava 2–6, 1–6
Loss 5-3 Jun 2016 Caltanissetta, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Paolo Lorenzi 3–6, 6–4, 6–7(7–9)
Loss 5-4 Jun 2018 Vicenza, Italy Challenger Clay Bolivia Hugo Dellien 4–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss 5-5 Jun 2018 Caltanissetta, Italy Challenger Clay Spain Jaume Munar 2–6, 6–7(2–7)

Doubles: 10 (7–3)

Legend
ATP Challenger (5–1)
ITF Futures (2–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (6–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2012 Italy F7, Sanremo Futures Clay Italy Viktor Galović Italy Claudio Grassi
Latvia Andis Juška 		5–7, 7–6(7–2), [12–14]
Loss 0–2 Sep 2012 Turkey F37, Antalya Futures Hard Italy Francesco Picco Australia Brydan Klein
Australia Dane Propoggia 		1–6, 2–6
Win 1–2 Apr 2013 Italy F4, Padova Futures Clay Kazakhstan Andrey Golubev Croatia Mate Delić
Croatia Joško Topić 		7–6(8–6), 3–6, [10–6]
Win 2–2 Apr 2014 Vercelli, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Stefano Napolitano France Pierre-Hugues Herbert
France Albano Olivetti 		7–6(7–2), 6–3
Win 3–2 Jul 2014 Denmark F1, Aarhus Futures Clay Italy Simone Vagnozzi Sweden Christian Lindell
Sweden Robin Olin 		6–1, 6–0
Win 4–2 Jan 2016 Happy Valley, Australia Challenger Hard Kazakhstan Andrey Golubev Ukraine Denys Molchanov
Kazakhstan Aleksandr Nedovyesov 		3–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–1]
Loss 4–3 Apr 2016 Napoli, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Stefano Napolitano Germany Gero Kretschmer
Germany Alexander Satschko 		1–6, 3–6
Win 5–3 Apr 2017 Barletta, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Marco Cecchinato Croatia Marin Draganja
Croatia Tomislav Draganja 		6–3, 6–4
Win 6–3 Sep 2017 Sibiu, Romania Challenger Clay Italy Marco Cecchinato Belgium Sander Gillé
Belgium Joran Vliegen 		6–3, 6–1
Win 7–3 Jul 2018 Perugia, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Daniele Bracciali Bosnia and Herzegovina Tomislav Brkić
Croatia Ante Pavić 		6–3, 3–6, [10–7]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2012 Wimbledon Grass Italy Pietro Licciardi Australia Nick Kyrgios
Australia Andrew Harris		 2–6, 4–6

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(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.

Singles

Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A Q2 Q1 A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A A Q3 Q3 A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon A Q3 A Q1 Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A Q1 A A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Rome Q1 2R Q2 A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Shanghai A Q1 A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 1 1–1 50%

References

  1. ^ Luciano Canepari. "Matteo". DiPI Online (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-10-27.
  2. ^ Luciano Canepari. "Donati". DiPI Online (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-10-27.
  3. ^ "Italian Wild Card Scores Stunner". atpworldtour.com. ATP.