# Matteo Gigante

Matteo Gigante (born 4 January 2002) is an Italian tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 132, achieved on 10 June 2024. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 334 achieved on 6 February 2023.

## 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. 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.

### 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.
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.
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.

### 2025: Grand Slam debut

Gigante made his Grand Slam tournament debut at the Australian Open after qualifying into the main draw. He lost to Ugo Humbert in the first round.
Ranked No. 217, Gigante qualified at the 2025 Indian Wells making his main draw debut at the tournament and defeated Sebastian Baez, recording only his second ATP tour-level and also second Masters 1000-level win, and first on hardcourts.

## Performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |

### Singles

Current through the 2025 Australian 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 | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Wimbledon | Q3 | Q2 | | 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 | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Italian Open | A | 2R | | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0 / 2 | 2–3 | 40% |

## ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals
### Singles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner-ups)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger Tour (4–3)
* ITF WTT (1–1)
* Finals by Surface
* Hard (4–3)
* Clay (1–1)
| 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 |

### 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 |