Mattia Bellucci (born 1 June 2001) is an Italian tennis professional player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 101 achieved on 26 August 2024. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 321 achieved on 17 June 2024.[1]

Mattia Bellucci
Bellucci at the 2024 Washington Open
Country (sports) Italy
Born (2001-06-01) 1 June 2001 (age 23)
Busto Arsizio, Italy
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachFabio Chiappini, Bellucci Fabrizio
Prize money$585,162
Singles
Career record5–8
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 101 (26 August 2024)
Current rankingNo. 101 (26 August 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2023)
French Open1R (2024)
Wimbledon1R (2024)
US Open2R (2024)
Doubles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 321 (17 June 2024)
Current rankingNo. 327 (5 August 2024)
Last updated on: 25 August 2024.

Career

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2022: Maiden Challenger title

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Bellucci won two ATP Challenger singles titles at the 2022 Saint-Tropez Open and at the 2022 Vilnius Open both in October 2022.

2023–2024: Major and top 105 debuts, first ATP quarterfinal

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In January 2023, Bellucci qualified for the 2023 Australian Open to make his Grand Slam debut.[2][3] As a result he made his debut in the top 150 at world No. 142 on 30 January 2023.

He won the ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2024 Tennis Challenger Hamburg with Remy Bertola. Ranked No. 173, he made his debut at the 2024 French Open after qualifying for the main draw. Ranked No. 150, he made his debut at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships after also qualifying for the main draw.

He qualified for the main draw and reached his first ATP quarterfinal at the 2024 Atlanta Open defeating second seed Adrian Mannarino.[4] Ranked No. 125, he also qualified for the Citi DC Open in Washington, defeating Tristan Boyer and Leandro Riedi. He recorded a first-round win in the main draw at the ATP 500 level over Mackenzie McDonald.[5] Ranked No. 102 he also qualified on his debut for the main draw of the US Open and recorded his first Grand Slam win over wildcard Stan Wawrinka.[6] He qualified for the main draw at the 2024 Japan Open Tennis Championships but lost in the first round to Jack Draper.[7]

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals

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Singles: 14 (9–5)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (3–2)
ITF World Tennis Tour (6–3)
Titles by surface
Hard (8–4)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2021 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt World Tennis Tour Hard   Petros Chrysochos 0–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Aug 2021 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Luca Potenza 6–3, 6–3
Win 2–1 Jan 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Francesco Passaro 6–4, 7–5
Win 3–1 Mar 2022 M15 Poitiers, France World Tennis Tour Hard   Pierre Delage 6–3, 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–5)
Win 4–1 Apr 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Maximilian Neuchrist 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss 4–2 Apr 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Bu Yunchaokete 4–6, 2–6
Win 5–2 May 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Omni Kumar 6–1, 6–4
Loss 5–3 Jun 2022 M25 Grasse, France World Tennis Tour Clay   Pol Martín Tiffon 6–7(5–7), 7–6(8–6), 5–7
Win 6–3 Jun 2022 M25 Klosters, Switzerland World Tennis Tour Clay   Lukas Neumayer 6–3, 6–2
Win 7–3 Oct 2022 Saint Tropez, France Challenger Hard   Matteo Arnaldi 6–3, 6–3
Win 8–3 Oct 2022 Vilnius, Lithuania Challenger Hard (i)   Cem İlkel 1–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win 9–3 Sep 2023 Cassis, France Challenger Hard   Tomáš Macháč 6–3, 6–4
Loss 9–4 Oct 2023 Málaga, Spain Challenger Hard   Ugo Blanchet 4–6, 4–6
Loss 9–5 Aug 2024 Cary, USA Challenger Hard   Roman Safiullin 6–1, 5–7, 5–7

Doubles: 6 (5–1)

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Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
ITF World Tennis Tour (4–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (5–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2021 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Ajeet Rai   Gabriel Décamps
  Robert Strombachs
7–6(7–1), 6–7(5–7), [10–4]
Win 2–0 Oct 2021 M15 Sëlva, Italy World Tennis Tour Hard   Luca Potenza   Marco Brugnerotto
  Luigi Sorrentino
6–3, 7–6(9–7)
Win 3–0 Feb 2022 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt World Tennis Tour Hard   Federico Iannaccone   Matteo Gigante
  Marco Miceli
6–2, 6–2
Win 4–0 May 2022 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard   Federico Iannaccone   Daniil Glinka
  Karl Kiur Saar
6–2, 6–4
Loss 4–1 Jun 2022 M25 Kiseljak, Bosnia and Herzegovina World Tennis Tour Clay   Rémy Bertola   Matthew Romios
  Brandon Walkin
6–3, 4–6, [6–10]
Win 5–1 Mar 2024 Hamburg, Germany Challenger Hard   Rémy Bertola   Karol Drzewiecki
  Patrik Niklas-Salminen
6–4, 7–5

References

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  1. ^ "Mattia Bellucci | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  2. ^ "Shang Juncheng: 17-Year-Old Charges into Australian Open Main Draw | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  3. ^ "Five Challenger Tour Players to Watch at the Australian Open | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  4. ^ "ATP roundup: Mattia Bellucci heads to quarterfinals at Atlanta Open". 24 July 2024.
  5. ^ "No sleep & breaking new ground: An unforgettable weekend for Mattia Bellucci". ATPTour. 29 July 2024. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Qualifier Bellucci knocks out former champ Wawrinka at 2024 US Open". 27 August 2024.
  7. ^ "#NextGenATP Michelsen downs Tsitsipas in Tokyo". ATPTour. 26 September 2024.
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