Matteo Gigante

Matteo Gigante
Gigante at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports) Italy
Born (2002-01-04) 4 January 2002
Rome, Italy
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachMarco Gulisano
Prize moneyUS$ 835,574
Singles
Career record5–6
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 130 (9 June 2025)
Current rankingNo. 133 (30 June 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2025)
French Open3R (2025)
WimbledonQ3 (2023)
US OpenQ1 (2023, 2024)
Doubles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 334 (6 February 2023)
Last updated on: 30 June 2025.

Matteo Gigante (Italian pronunciation: [matˈtɛːo dʒiˈɡante]; born 4 January 2002) is an Italian tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 130, achieved on 9 June 2025. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 334 achieved on 6 February 2023.[1]

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: Challenger titles, Top 150, ATP, Masters debuts and first win

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 Gigante entered the main draw making his ATP debut after qualifying but retired in the second set of the match against the defending champion and eventual runner-up Roberto Carballés Baena.[5]

Gigante made his debut at his home Masters tournament in Rome after receiving a wildcard for the main draw and defeated fellow wildcard player and compatriot Giulio Zeppieri recording his first ATP and also first Masters win.[6][7]

2025: Major debut and third round, back to top 150

Gigante made his Grand Slam tournament debut at the Australian Open after qualifying into the main draw.[8] He lost to Ugo Humbert in the first round.[9]

Ranked No. 217, Gigante qualified at the 2025 Indian Wells making his main draw debut at the tournament[10][11] and defeated Sebastian Baez, recording only his second ATP tour-level and also second Masters 1000-level win, and first on hardcourts.[12]

Seeded seventh at his home tournament in Rome, Gigante won his fifth Challenger title beating top seed Vilius Gaubas in three sets.[13]

Gigante qualified for a second Grand Slam in a row at the French Open and claimed his first main draw major wins defeating first-time qualifier Benjamin Hassan, and then 2021 Roland Garros finalist, 20th seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, his first top-20 win.[14][15]

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(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 2025 French Open

Tournament 2023 2024 2025 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slams
Australian Open A Q1 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open Q2 Q3 3R 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Wimbledon Q3 Q2 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Madrid A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open A 2R 2R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Total Win–loss 0–0 1–1 4–4 0 / 5 5–5 50%

ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (5–3)
ITF WTT (1–1)
Finals by Surface
Hard (4–3)
Clay (2–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2022 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt WTT Hard Nicholas David Ionel 3–6, 6–4, 1–6
Win 1–1 Mar 2022 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt WTT Hard Samuel Vincent Ruggeri 6–2, 6–2
Win 2–1 Feb 2023 Tenerife, Spain Challenger Hard Stefano Travaglia 6–3, 6–2
Loss 2–2 July 2023 Milan, Italy Challenger Clay Facundo Diaz Acosta 6–3, 6–3
Win 3–2 Aug 2023 Cordenons, Italy Challenger Clay Lukas Neumayer 6–0, 6–2
Win 4–2 Jan 2024 Nonthaburi, Thailand Challenger Hard Seong Chan Hong 6–4, 6–1
Win 5–2 Feb 2024 Tenerife, Spain Challenger Hard Stefano Travaglia 6–2, 6–4
Loss 5–3 Feb 2024 Tenerife, Spain Challenger Hard Mikhail Kukushkin 2–6, 0–2 ret.
Loss 5–4 Aug 2024 Manacor, Spain Challenger Hard Duje Ajduković 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win 6–4 Apr 2025 Rome, Italy Challenger Clay Vilius Gaubas 6–2, 3–6, 6–4

Doubles: 5 (5 runner-ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–3)
ITF WTT (0–2)
Finals by Surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–3)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2022 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt WTT Hard Marco Miceli Mattia Bellucci
Federico Iannaccone 		2–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Apr 2022 Sanremo, Italy Challenger Clay Flavio Cobolli Geoffrey Blancaneaux
Alexandre Müller 		6–4, 3–6, [9–11]
Loss 0–3 Apr 2022 M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy WTT Clay Francesco Maestrelli Omar Giacalone
Alexander Weis 		1–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Loss 0–4 May 2022 Vicenza, Italy Challenger Clay Francesco Passaro Francisco Comesaña
Luciano Darderi 		3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 0–5 Feb 2023 Tenerife, Spain Challenger Hard Francesco Passaro Christian Harrison
Shintaro Mochizuki 		4–6, 3–6

References

  1. ^ "Matteo Gigante | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  2. ^ "#NextGenATP Gigante: From Lucky Loser to Challenger Champion | ATP Tour | Tennis". 13 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Gigante Wins 20th Anniversary Challenger In Cordenons". 13 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Matteo's 'Gigante' leap forward on Challenger Tour; The lefty is competing this week at the Naples Challenger". 27 March 2024.
  5. ^ "ATP Marrakech: Matteo Gigante si ritira nei primi game del secondo set contro Carballes Baena" (in Italian).
  6. ^ "ATP Roma: prima vittoria ATP per Gigante. Eliminato Zeppieri nel derby romano. Gigante vince la prima partita del circuito ATP! Secondo turno con Cerundolo". 9 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Italian Open 2024 Day 2 Recap". 10 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Fonseca, Tien, Landaluce make history with Australian Open qualifying success". ATPTour. 9 January 2025.
  9. ^ "Australian Open: Humbert knocks out qualifier Gigante to book spot in second round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  10. ^ "Meet Your 2025 BNP Paribas Open Qualifiers". 4 March 2025.
  11. ^ "QUALIFICAZIONI MASTERS 1000 INDIAN WELLS: AVANTI ZEPPIERI E GIGANTE" (in Italian). 3 March 2025.
  12. ^ "Gigante on idolising Nadal, hitting with Djokovic & an Indian Wells breakthrough". 8 March 2025.
  13. ^ "Gigante Triumphs At Home, Wins Roma Garden Open". tennistourtalk.com. 27 April 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  14. ^ Quote du jour: Stefanos Tsitsipas says he’s "lost a bit of hope" after Roland Garros defeat
  15. ^ "Tsitsipas to slide outside Top 20 after Gigante upset, Paul survives five-set scare". 28 May 2025.
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