| Stefano Napolitano | |
| Residence: | Pollone, Italy |
| Birth Date: | 11 April 1995 |
| Birth Place: | Biella, Italy |
| Height: | 1.96m (06.43feet) |
| Turnedpro: | 2012 |
| Plays: | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Careerprizemoney: | $ 802,129 |
| Singlesrecord: | 3–7 |
| Singlestitles: | 0 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 121 (17 June 2024) |
| Currentsinglesranking: | No. 125 (15 July 2024) |
| Australianopenresult: | Q3 (2024) |
| Frenchopenresult: | 2R (2017) |
| Wimbledonresult: | Q3 (2018) |
| Usopenresult: | Q2 (2019, 2024) |
| Doublesrecord: | 1–3 |
| Doublestitles: | 0 |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 182 (3 April 2017) |
| Currentdoublesranking: | No. 1301 (8 April 2024) |
| Updated: | 15 July 2024 |
Stefano Napolitano (pronounced as /it/;[1] [2] 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.
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.[3] [4]
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.
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.[5]
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.[6]
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Italy F2, Rovereto | Futures | Carpet (i) |  Luca Vanni | 3–6, 3–6 | ||
| Loss | 0–2 | Israel F4, Ashkelon | Futures | Hard | Robin Kern | 4–6, 1–6 | ||
| Loss | 0–3 | Tunisia F2, Sousse | Futures | Hard |  David Pérez Sanz | 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 0–4 | Romania F12, Mediaș | Futures | Clay |  Filip Horanský | 6–4, 6–7(4–7), 2–6 | ||
| Win | 1–4 | Israel F2, Herzlia | Futures | Hard |  Michal Konečný | 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 | ||
| Loss | 1–5 | Italy F5, Santa Margherita di Pula | Futures | Clay | Federico Gaio | 2–6, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 1–6 | Israel F12, Meitar | Futures | Hard |  Michael Geerts | 6–7(10–12), 2–6 | ||
| Loss | 1–7 | Todi, Italy | Challenger | Clay |  Miljan Zekić | 7–6(8–6), 4–6, 3–6 | ||
| Win | 2–7 | Ortisei, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | Alessandro Giannessi | 6–4, 6–1 | ||
| Loss | 2–8 | Bergamo, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | Matteo Berrettini | 2–6, 6–3, 2–6 | ||
| Loss | 2–9 | Lexington, USA | Challenger | Hard | Lloyd Harris | 4–6, 3–6 | ||
| Loss | 2–10 | Biella, Italy | Challenger | Clay |  Federico Delbonis | 4–6, 3–6 | ||
| Loss | 2–11 | Shenzhen, China, P.R. | Challenger | Hard |  Marcos Baghdatis | 2–6, 6–3, 4–6 | ||
| Loss | 2–12 | M15 Frascati, Italy | World Tour | Clay | Julian Ocleppo | 4–6, 5–7 | ||
| Win | 3–12 | M25 Biella, Italy | World Tour | Clay | Lorenzo Carboni | 6–4, 6–0 | ||
| Win | 4–12 | M15 Selva Gardena, Italy | World Tour | Hard | Adrian Oetzbach | 7–5, 6–4 | ||
| Win | 5–12 | Bangalore, India | Challenger | Hard |  Hong Seong-chan | 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 | ||
| Win | 6–12 | Madrid, Spain | Challenger | Clay | Leandro Riedi | 6–3, 6–3 |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Italy F9, Pozzuoli | Futures | Clay | Alessio di Mauro | Claudio Grassi Walter Trusendi | 3–6, 2–6 | |
| Loss | 0–2 | Italy F19, Fano | Futures | Clay | Marco Viola | Matteo Volante Miljan Zekić | 3–6, 6–7(3–7) | |
| Win | 1–2 | Italy F10, Santa Margherita di Pula | Futures | Clay | Marco Bortolotti | Emanuele Molina Riccardo Sinicropi | 6–4, 6–4 | |
| Win | 2–2 | Vercelli, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Matteo Donati |  Pierre-Hugues Herbert Albano Olivetti | 7–6(7–2), 6–3 | |
| Loss | 2–3 | Israel F12, Meitar | Futures | Hard | Michael Geerts |  Jarryd Chaplin Ben McLachlan | 6–7(5–7), 3–6 | |
| Loss | 2–4 | Napoli, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Matteo Donati | Gero Kretschmer Alexander Satschko | 1–6, 3–6 | |
| Win | 3–4 | San Benedetto, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Federico Gaio | Facundo Argüello Sergio Galdós | 6–3, 6–4 | |
| Win | 4–4 | Rome, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Federico Gaio | Marin Draganja Tomislav Draganja | 6–7(5–7), 6–2, [10–3] | |
| Loss | 4–5 | Nouméa, New Caledonia | Challenger | Hard | Adrián Menéndez Maceiras | Quentin Halys Tristan Lamasine | 6–7(9–11), 1–6 | |
| Loss | 4–6 | M15+H Bressuire, France | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Kenny De Schepper |  Roy Smith Alafia Ayeni | 6–7(4-7), 6-4, [5–10] | |
| Tournament | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | ||||||
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| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||
| style=text-align:left | Australian Open | A | A | style=background:#ecf2ff | Q2 | style=background:#ecf2ff | Q2 | style=background:#ecf2ff | Q2 | style=background:#ecf2ff | Q1 | A | A | A | style=background:#ecf2ff | Q3 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| style=text-align:left | French Open | A | A | style=background:#afeeee | 2R | style=background:#ecf2ff | Q2 | style=background:#ecf2ff | Q2 | style=background:#ecf2ff | Q1 | A | A | A | style=background:#ecf2ff | Q2 | 0 / 1 | 1–1 |
| style=text-align:left | Wimbledon | A | A | style=background:#ecf2ff | Q1 | style=background:#ecf2ff | Q3 | style=background:#ecf2ff | Q2 | style=color:#767676 | NH | A | A | A | style=background:#ecf2ff | Q2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| style=text-align:left | US Open | A | style=background:#ecf2ff | Q1 | style=background:#ecf2ff | Q1 | style=background:#ecf2ff | Q1 | style=background:#ecf2ff | Q2 | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
| style=text-align:left | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
| style=text-align:left | Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | A | style=color:#767676 | NH | A | A | A | style=background:#ecf2ff | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||
| style=text-align:left | Italian Open | style=background:#ecf2ff | Q2 | A | style=background:#afeeee | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | style=background:#afeeee | 1R | style=background:#afeeee | 3R | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | |
| style=text-align:left | Shanghai Masters | A | A | A | A | A | NH | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||||||||
| Result | Year | width=150 | Tournament | Surface | width=150 | Partner | width=150 | Opponents | width=150 | Score |
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| Loss | 2013 | Wimbledon | Grass | Enzo Couacaud | Thanasi Kokkinakis Nick Kyrgios | 2–6, 2–6 |