# Stefano Napolitano

Stefano Napolitano (Italian pronunciation:; born 11 April 1995) is an Italian professional tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour and Junior Grand Slam finalist. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 121 on 17 June 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 182, achieved on 3 April 2017.

## Career
### 2015–2017: Major debut and first win, Masters debut

Napolitano defeated Augusto Virgili in the qualifying of the 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.
He made his Masters debut at the 2017 Italian Open as a wildcard.
He also made his Grand Slam debut at the 2017 French Open after qualifying and recorded his first win over 31st seed Mischa Zverev.

### 2023

Ranked No. 555, he entered the main draw of the 2023 Italian Open after qualifying, six years since his Masters debut at the same tournament in 2017, having received a wildcard for the qualifying competition.
He also qualified for the 2023 Rolex Shanghai Masters after Marc Polmans was disqualified in the last round of qualifications for hitting a ball at the umpire in frustration.

### 2024: Top 125, first Masters wins

Following his third Challenger title at the Open Comunidad de Madrid, he reached the top 125 on 15 April 2024.
He received a wildcard for the 2024 Italian Open and reached the third round defeating two lucky losers JJ Wolf and Juncheng Shang, recording his first Masters wins.

## Challenger and Futures finals
### Singles: 18 (6–12)

* Legend (singles)
* ATP Challenger Tour (3–5)
* ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (3–7)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (4–6)
* Clay (2–5)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–1)
| 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 |
| Loss | 2–12 | Jun 2023 | M15 Frascati, Italy | World Tour | Clay | Julian Ocleppo | 4–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 3–12 | Jul 2023 | M25 Biella, Italy | World Tour | Clay | Lorenzo Carboni | 6–4, 6–0 |
| Win | 4–12 | Oct 2023 | M15 Selva Gardena, Italy | World Tour | Hard | Adrian Oetzbach | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 5–12 | Feb 2024 | Bangalore, India | Challenger | Hard | Hong Seong-chan | 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 6–12 | Apr 2024 | Madrid, Spain | Challenger | Clay | Leandro Riedi | 6–3, 6–3 |

### Doubles: 10 (4–6)

* Legend (doubles)
* ATP Challenger Tour (3–2)
* ITF Futures Tour (1–4)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–3)
* Clay (4–3)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| 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

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
| Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | Q2 | Q2 | Q2 | Q1 | A | A | A | Q3 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| French Open | A | A | 2R | Q2 | Q2 | Q1 | A | A | A | Q2 | 0 / 1 | 1–1 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | Q1 | Q3 | Q2 | NH | A | A | A | Q2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| US Open | A | Q1 | Q1 | Q1 | Q2 | A | A | A | A | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 1 | 1–1 |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 |||||||||||||
| Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Italian Open | Q2 | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 3R | 0 / 3 | 2–3 |
| Shanghai Masters | A | A | A | A | A | NH | NH | NH | 1R | | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |

## 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 |