Stefano Napolitano (; born 11 April 1995) is an Italian professional tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. 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.
2023–2025: Top 125, first Masters wins, hiatus
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.
Following his third Challenger title at the 2024 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.
In September 2025, as a wildcard, Napolitano won the 2025 Città di Biella Challenger.
ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals
Singles: 21 (7–14) Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (4–7)ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (3–7)Finals by surfaceHard (4–6)Clay (3–7)Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Italy F2, RoveretoFuturesCarpet (i) Luca Vanni3–6, 3–6Loss0–2Israel F4, AshkelonFuturesHard Robin Kern4–6, 1–6Loss0–3Tunisia F2, SousseFuturesHard David Pérez Sanz7–6(7–2), 3–6, 4–6Loss0–4Romania F12, MediașFuturesClay Filip Horanský6–4, 6–7(4–7), 2–6Win1–4Israel F2, HerzliaFuturesHard Michal Konečný4–6, 6–4, 6–4Loss1–5Italy F5, Santa Margherita di PulaFuturesClay Federico Gaio2–6, 4–6Loss1–6Israel F12, MeitarFuturesHard Michael Geerts6–7(10–12), 2–6Loss1–7Todi, ItalyChallengerClay Miljan Zekić7–6(8–6), 4–6, 3–6Win2–7Ortisei, ItalyChallengerHard (i) Alessandro Giannessi6–4, 6–1Loss2–8Bergamo, ItalyChallengerHard (i) Matteo Berrettini2–6, 6–3, 2–6Loss2–9Lexington, USAChallengerHard Lloyd Harris4–6, 3–6Loss2–10Biella, ItalyChallengerClay Federico Delbonis4–6, 3–6Loss2–11Shenzhen, China, P.R.ChallengerHard Marcos Baghdatis2–6, 6–3, 4–6Loss2–12M15 Frascati, ItalyWorld TourClay Julian Ocleppo4–6, 5–7Win3–12M25 Biella, ItalyWorld TourClay Lorenzo Carboni6–4, 6–0Win4–12M15 Selva Gardena, ItalyWorld TourHard Adrian Oetzbach7–5, 6–4Win5–12Bangalore, IndiaChallengerHard Hong Seong-chan4–6, 6–3, 6–3Win6–12Madrid, SpainChallengerClay Leandro Riedi6–3, 6–3Win7–12Biella, ItalyChallengerClay Kilian Feldbausch7–5, 6–3Loss7–13Kigali, RwandaChallengerClay Joel Schwärzler6–7(5–7), 6–7(6–8)Loss7–14Mexico City, MexicoChallengerClay James Duckworth 7–6(9–7), 6–7(3–7), 2–6
Doubles: 11 (4–7) Legend (doubles)ATP Challenger Tour (3–3)ITF Futures Tour (1–4)Finals by surfaceHard (0–4)Clay (4–3)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Italy F9, PozzuoliFuturesClay Alessio di Mauro Claudio Grassi Walter Trusendi3–6, 2–6Loss0–2Italy F19, FanoFuturesClay Marco Viola Matteo Volante Miljan Zekić3–6, 6–7(3–7)Win1–2Italy F10, Santa Margherita di PulaFuturesClay Marco Bortolotti Emanuele Molina Riccardo Sinicropi6–4, 6–4Win2–2Vercelli, ItalyChallengerClay Matteo Donati Pierre-Hugues Herbert Albano Olivetti7–6(7–2), 6–3Loss2–3Israel F12, MeitarFuturesHard Michael Geerts Jarryd Chaplin Ben McLachlan6–7(5–7), 3–6Loss2–4Napoli, ItalyChallengerClay Matteo Donati Gero Kretschmer Alexander Satschko1–6, 3–6Win3–4San Benedetto, ItalyChallengerClay Federico Gaio Facundo Argüello Sergio Galdós6–3, 6–4Win4–4Rome, ItalyChallengerClay Federico Gaio Marin Draganja Tomislav Draganja6–7(5–7), 6–2, [10–3]Loss4–5Nouméa, New CaledoniaChallengerHard Adrián Menéndez Maceiras Quentin Halys Tristan Lamasine6–7(9–11), 1–6Loss4–6M15+H Bressuire, FranceWorld Tennis TourHard Kenny De Schepper Roy Smith Alafia Ayeni6–7(4-7), 6-4, [5–10]Loss4–7Morelia, MexicoChallengerHard Marc-Andrea Hüsler Gonzalo Escobar Diego Hidalgo4–6, 6–4, [3–10]
Singles performance timeline
Tournament 20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025SRW–LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAQ2Q2Q2Q1AAAQ3A0 / 00–0French OpenAA2RQ2Q2Q1AAAQ2Q20 / 11–1WimbledonAAQ1Q3Q2NHAAAQ2Q10 / 00–0US OpenAQ1Q1Q1Q2AAAAQ2Q10 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–01–10–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 11–1ATP World Tour Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersAAAAANHAAAAA0 / 00–0Miami OpenAAAAANHAAAAQ10 / 00–0Monte Carlo MastersAAAAANHAAAAA0 / 00–0Madrid OpenAAAAANHAAAQ1A0 / 00-0Italian OpenQ2A1RAAAAA1R3RQ10 / 32–3Canadian OpenAAAAANHAAAAA0 / 00–0Cincinnati MastersAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Shanghai MastersAAAAANH1RAQ10 / 10–1Paris MastersAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–10–00–00–00–00–00–22–10–00 / 42–4
Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss2013WimbledonGrass Enzo Couacaud Thanasi Kokkinakis Nick Kyrgios2–6, 2–6
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