Introduction
Matteo Arnaldi (born 22 February 2001) is an Italianprofessional tennis player. He won the Davis Cup in 2023 with Italy. Arnaldi has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 41, achieved on 30 October 2023, and a career high doubles ranking of world No. 286, achieved on 8 August 2022.
Career
2022: ATP and Masters debuts, Maiden Challenger title
Arnaldi made his ATP main draw debut at the 2022 Rome Masters after receiving a wildcard into the singles and doubles main draws. He received these wildcards by winning the pre-qualification wildcard tournaments in both singles and doubles. He won his maiden Challenger title at the 2022 Internazionali di Tennis d'Abruzzo as a wildcard defeating Francesco Maestrelli.
Following Holger Rune's withdrawal to be first alternate at the 2022 ATP Finals, Arnaldi gained entry to participate in the 2022 Next Generation ATP Finals.
2023: Major & top 100 debuts, Maiden Major & Masters & top 10 wins, first ATP semi-final, top 50
Following his third Challenger win at the 2023 Murcia Open, he reached a career-high ranking of No. 102 on 10 April 2023.
Ranked No. 105, he qualified for the ATP 500 2023 Barcelona Open and won his first round match against Jaume Munar.
Next he qualified for the 2023 Madrid Open for his first Masters of the season and only the second overall and won his first Masters 1000 match over fellow qualifier Benoit Paire. Next, he upset world No. 4 and third seed Casper Ruud in straight sets for his first career top-10 win, to reach the third round of a Masters for the first time. As a result he made his debut into the top 100 at No. 99 in the rankings on 8 May 2023.
He received a wildcard for the main draw at the Italian Open, where he defeated Diego Schwartzman in the first round.
On his Grand Slam debut he qualified for the 2023 French Open and recorded his first win against Daniel Elahi Galán. As a result, he reached a new career high ranking of No. 72 on 12 June 2023. He also made his debut at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.
In Umag, Arnaldi beat qualifier Jesper de Jong, qualifier Flavio Cobolli and top seed Jiří Lehečka to reach his first ATP semi-final, only losing to the eventual champion Alexei Popyrin in more than three hours of play.
In Toronto, Arnaldi qualified and recorded his first ever Masters 1000 win on hard courts beating local wildcard Vasek Pospisil in the first round, then fell to World No. 3 Daniil Medvedev in the second. As a result, he reached a new career-high ranking of No. 61 on 14 August 2023. He reached the top 50 at No. 47 on 11 September 2023, following a fourth round showing at the US Open with a win over Arthur Fils in five sets and an upset over 16th seed Cameron Norrie in the third round.
At the start of his first Asian swing he qualified for the ATP 500 2023 China Open (tennis) and reached the second round defeating fellow qualifier JJ Wolf. At the 2023 Rolex Shanghai Masters he defeated Alexei Popyrin and upset 21st seed Jan-Lennard Struff to reach the third round.
Singles performance timeline
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Current through 2023 Rolex Paris Masters.
| Tournament | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | Q3 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| French Open | A | A | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Wimbledon | NH | A | Q1 | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| US Open | A | A | Q3 | 4R | 0 / 1 | 3–1 | 75% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 0 / 3 | 4–3 | 57% |
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 | |||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | NH | A | A | Q2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Miami Open | NH | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Monte-Carlo Masters | NH | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Madrid Open | NH | A | A | 3R | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% |
| Italian Open | A | A | 1R | 2R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Canadian Open | NH | A | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Shanghai Masters | NH | 3R | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% | ||
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 6–4 | 0 / 5 | 6–5 | 55% |
| Career statistics | |||||||
| Tournaments | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 16 | ||
| Overall win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 19–14 | 19–18 | ||
| Year-end ranking | 998 | 363 | 134 | 44 | 52% | ||
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles 10 (6–4)
| Finals by surface |
|---|
| Legend |
| ATP Challenger (4–2) |
| ITF Futures (2–2) |
| Finals by surface |
| Hard (1–1) |
| Clay (5–3) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| ATP Challenger (4–2) |
| ITF Futures (2–2) |
| Hard (1–1) |
| Clay (5–3) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Result | W–L | Date | Category | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | Jul 2021 | Futures | M25 Casinalbo, Italy | Clay | Franco Agamenone | 4–6, 5–7 | |
| Win | Aug 2021 | Futures | M25 Bolzano, Italy | Clay | Alexander Weis | 6–0, 6–1 | |
| Loss | Sep 2021 | Futures | M25 Eupen, Belgium | Clay | Facundo Diaz Acosta | 6–7, 2–6 | |
| Win | Oct 2021 | Futures | M25 Skopje, North Macedonia | Clay | Louis Wessels | 6–1, 6–0 | |
| Win | May 2022 | Challenger | Francavilla al Mare, Italy | Clay | Francesco Maestrelli | 6–3, 6–7, 6–4 | |
| Loss | Aug 2022 | Challenger | San Marino, Italy | Clay |  Pavel Kotov
|
6–7, 4–6 | |
| Loss | Oct 2022 | Challenger | Saint-Tropez, France | Hard | Mattia Bellucci | 3–6, 3–6 | |
| Win | Feb 2023 | Challenger | Tenerife, Spain | Hard | Raúl Brancaccio | 6–1, 6–2 | |
| Win | Apr 2023 | Challenger | Murcia, Spain | Clay | Borna Gojo | 6–4, 7–6 | |
| Win | Jun 2023 | Challenger | Heilbronn, Spain | Clay | Facundo Diaz Acosta | 7–6, 6–1 |
Doubles 2 (1–1)
| Finals by surface |
|---|
| Legend |
| ATP Challenger (0–1) |
| ITF Futures (1–0) |
| Finals by surface |
| Hard (0–0) |
| Clay (1–1) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| ATP Challenger (0–1) |
| ITF Futures (1–0) |
| Hard (0–0) |
| Clay (1–1) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Result | W–L | Date | Category | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | Sep 2019 | Futures | M25 Pula, Italy | Clay | Jacopo Berrettini | Luciano Darderi Francesco Maestrelli |
6–2, 6–2 | |
| Loss | Mar 2023 | Challenger | Las Palmas, Spain | Clay | Luciano Darderi | Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul |
7–5, 4–6, [7–10] |
Record against top 10 players
Arnaldi's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches and Davis Cup matches are considered:
| Player | Record | Win % | Hard | Clay | Grass | Last match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number 1 ranked players | ||||||
| Carlos Alcaraz | 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (3–6, 3–6, 4–6) at 2023 US Open |
| Daniil Medvedev | 0–2 | 0% | 0–2 | – | – | Lost (2–6, 5–7) at 2023 Toronto |
| Number 2 ranked players | ||||||
| Casper Ruud | 1–0 | 100% | – | 1–0 | – | Won (6–3, 6–4) at 2023 Madrid |
| Number 3 ranked players | ||||||
| Marin Čilić | 0–1 | 0% | – | 0–1 | – | Lost (1–6, 4–6) at 2022 Rome |
| Number 5 ranked players | ||||||
| Andrey Rublev | 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (5–7, 3–6) at 2023 Vienna |
| Number 8 ranked players | ||||||
| Cameron Norrie | 1–0 | 100% | 1–0 | – | – | Won (6–3, 6–4, 6–3) at 2023 US Open |
| Diego Schwartzman | 1–0 | 100% | – | 1–0 | – | Won (6–1, 4–6, 6–3) at 2023 Rome |
| Number 10 ranked players | ||||||
| Denis Shapovalov | 0–1 | 0% | – | 0–1 | – | Lost (2–6, 6–3, 3–6, 3–6) at 2023 French Open |
| Total | 3–6 | 33% | 1–4 |
2–2 |
0–0 |
* Statistics correct as of 28 October 2023. |
Wins over top 10 players
- He has a 1–1 (50.0%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
| Season | 2023 | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Wins | 1 | 1 |
| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | MAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | |||||||
| 1. | Casper Ruud | 4 | Madrid Masters, Spain | Clay | 2R | 6–3, 6–4 | 105 |