Stefano Napolitano (Italian pronunciation: [ˈstɛːfano napoliˈtaːno, ˈsteː-];[1][2] born 11 April 1995) is an Italian professional tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On 12 June 2017, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 152 and his highest doubles ranking of 182 was achieved on 3 April 2017.

Stefano Napolitano

Napolitano at the 2018 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Italy
Residence	Pollone, Italy
Born	(1995-04-11) 11 April 1995 (age 27) Biella, Italy
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Turned pro	2012
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$504,297
Singles
Career record	1-2
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 152 (12 June 2016)
Current ranking	No. 483 (17 January 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2017, 2018, 2019)
French Open	2R (2017)
Wimbledon	Q3 (2018)
US Open	Q2 (2019)
Doubles
Career record	1–2
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 182 (3 April 2017)
Current ranking	No. 1617 (30 August 2021)
Last updated on: 3 September 2021.

Napolitano defeated Augusto Virgili in the qualifying of 2015 Distal & ITR Group Tennis Cup 6–0, 6–3, winning the first set without dropping a single point, which is referred to as a golden set.[3][4]

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 13 (2–11)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2014	Italy F2, Rovereto	Futures	Carpet (i)	Luca Vanni	3–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	May 2014	Israel F4, Ashkelon	Futures	Hard	Robin Kern	4–6, 1–6
Loss	0–3	May 2014	Tunisia F2, Sousse	Futures	Hard	David Pérez Sanz	7–6(7–2), 3–6, 4–6
Loss	0–4	Aug 2014	Romania F12, Mediaș	Futures	Clay	Filip Horanský	6–4, 6–7(4–7), 2–6
Win	1–4	Mar 2015	Israel F2, Herzlia	Futures	Hard	Michal Konečný	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	1–5	Apr 2015	Italy F5, Santa Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Federico Gaio	2–6, 4–6
Loss	1–6	Sep 2015	Israel F12, Meitar	Futures	Hard	Michael Geerts	6–7(10–12), 2–6
Loss	1–7	Jul 2016	Todi, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Miljan Zekić	7–6(8–6), 4–6, 3–6
Win	2–7	Nov 2016	Ortisei, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Alessandro Giannessi	6–4, 6–1
Loss	2–8	Feb 2018	Bergamo, Italy	Challenger	Hard (i)	Matteo Berrettini	2–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss	2–9	Aug 2018	Lexington, USA	Challenger	Hard	Lloyd Harris	4–6, 3–6
Loss	2–10	Sep 2018	Biella, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Federico Delbonis	4–6, 3–6
Loss	2–11	Mar 2019	Shenzhen, China, P.R.	Challenger	Hard	Marcos Baghdatis	2–6, 6–3, 4–6

Doubles: 10 (4–6)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2012	Italy F9, Pozzuoli	Futures	Clay	Alessio di Mauro	Claudio Grassi Walter Trusendi	3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Jul 2012	Italy F19, Fano	Futures	Clay	Marco Viola	Matteo Volante Miljan Zekić	3–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win	1–2	Apr 2014	Italy F10, Santa Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Marco Bortolotti	Emanuele Molina Riccardo Sinicropi	6–4, 6–4
Win	2–2	Apr 2014	Vercelli, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Matteo Donati	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Albano Olivetti	7–6(7–2), 6–3
Loss	2–3	Sep 2015	Israel F12, Meitar	Futures	Hard	Michael Geerts	Jarryd Chaplin Ben McLachlan	6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss	2–4	Apr 2016	Napoli, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Matteo Donati	Gero Kretschmer Alexander Satschko	1–6, 3–6
Win	3–4	Jul 2016	San Benedetto, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Federico Gaio	Facundo Argüello Sergio Galdós	6–3, 6–4
Win	4–4	Oct 2016	Rome, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Federico Gaio	Marin Draganja Tomislav Draganja	6–7(5–7), 6–2, [10–3]
Loss	4–5	Jan 2017	Nouméa, New Caledonia	Challenger	Hard	Adrián Menéndez Maceiras	Quentin Halys Tristan Lamasine	6–7(9–11), 1–6
Loss	4–6	Jan 2021	M15+H Bressuire, France	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Kenny De Schepper	Roy Smith Alafia Ayeni	6–7(4-7), 6-4, [5–10]

Singles performance timeline

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2013	Wimbledon	Grass	Enzo Couacaud	Thanasi Kokkinakis Nick Kyrgios	2–6, 2–6

References

External links

• Stefano Napolitano at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Stefano Napolitano at the International Tennis Federation

На других языках

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