ARNALDI
Matteo
Italian professional tennis player
Date of Birth: 22 February 2001
Age: 23 years old
Zodiac sign: Pisces
Profession: Tennis player
Biography
Matteo Arnaldi is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 38, achieved on 29 January 2024, 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 semifinal, 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 semifinal, only losing to the eventual champion Alexei Popyrin in more than 3 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 wins over Jason Kubler, 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 China Open 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.
He won the 2023 Davis Cup with team Italy.
2024: First Australian Open win, top 40
He recorded his first win at the 2024 Australian Open defeating wildcard Adam Walton. He reached the top 40 at No. 38 on 29 January 2024.
Ranked No. 43 at the 2024 Delray Beach Open he defeated Yoshihito Nishioka firing 21 aces and recording 50 winners.
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