# Matteo Donati

Matteo Donati (Italian pronunciation:; 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.

## 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 | Micke Kontinen | 7–5, 2–6, 6–1 |
| Win | 2-0 | Aug 2013 | Finland F3, Nastola | Futures | Clay | Vladimir Ivanov | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Win | 3-0 | Sep 2013 | Italy F24, Trieste | Futures | Clay | Pietro Rondoni | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Win | 4-0 | Oct 2013 | Italy F28, Biella | Futures | Clay | Grégoire Burquier | 3–6, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–3 |
| Win | 5-0 | Apr 2014 | Italy F10, Pula | Futures | Clay | Johan Sebastien Tatlot | 6–4, 7–6$^{(9–7)}$ |
| Loss | 5-1 | Jul 2014 | Denmark F1, Aarhus | Futures | Clay | Christian Lindell | 2–6, ret. |
| Loss | 5-2 | Apr 2015 | Napoli, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Daniel Muñoz de la Nava | 2–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 5-3 | Jun 2016 | Caltanissetta, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Paolo Lorenzi | 3–6, 6–4, 6–7$^{(7–9)}$ |
| Loss | 5-4 | Jun 2018 | Vicenza, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Hugo Dellien | 4–6, 7–5, 4–6 |
| Loss | 5-5 | Jun 2018 | Caltanissetta, Italy | Challenger | Clay | 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 | Viktor Galović | Claudio Grassi Andis Juška | 5–7, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, [12–14] |
| Loss | 0–2 | Sep 2012 | Turkey F37, Antalya | Futures | Hard | Francesco Picco | Brydan Klein Dane Propoggia | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | Apr 2013 | Italy F4, Padova | Futures | Clay | Andrey Golubev | Mate Delić Joško Topić | 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 3–6, [10–6] |
| Win | 2–2 | Apr 2014 | Vercelli, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Stefano Napolitano | Pierre-Hugues Herbert Albano Olivetti | 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–2 | Jul 2014 | Denmark F1, Aarhus | Futures | Clay | Simone Vagnozzi | Christian Lindell Robin Olin | 6–1, 6–0 |
| Win | 4–2 | Jan 2016 | Happy Valley, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Andrey Golubev | Denys Molchanov Aleksandr Nedovyesov | 3–6, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, [10–1] |
| Loss | 4–3 | Apr 2016 | Napoli, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Stefano Napolitano | Gero Kretschmer Alexander Satschko | 1–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 5–3 | Apr 2017 | Barletta, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Marco Cecchinato | Marin Draganja Tomislav Draganja | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 6–3 | Sep 2017 | Sibiu, Romania | Challenger | Clay | Marco Cecchinato | Sander Gillé Joran Vliegen | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 7–3 | Jul 2018 | Perugia, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Daniele Bracciali | Tomislav Brkić 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 | Pietro Licciardi | Nick Kyrgios Andrew Harris | 2–6, 4–6 |

## Performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |

### 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% |