Stefano Napolitano

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.^[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.

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.^[5]

Following his third Challenger title at the 2024 Open Comunidad de Madrid, he reached the top 125 on 15 April 2024.^[6]

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.^[7]

In September 2025, as a wildcard, Napolitano won the 2025 Città di Biella Challenger.^[8]

Singles: 21 (7–14)

More information Result, W–L ...

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
Win	7–12	Sep 2025	Biella, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Kilian Feldbausch	7–5, 6–3
Loss	7–13	Mar 2026	Kigali, Rwanda	Challenger	Clay	Joel Schwärzler	6–7(5–7), 6–7(6–8)
Loss	7–14	Apr 2026	Mexico City, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	James Duckworth	7–6(9–7), 6–7(3–7), 2–6

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Doubles: 11 (4–7)

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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]
Loss	4–7	Mar 2025	Morelia, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Marc-Andrea Hüsler	Gonzalo Escobar Diego Hidalgo	4–6, 6–4, [3–10]

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Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2013	Wimbledon	Grass	Enzo Couacaud	Thanasi Kokkinakis Nick Kyrgios	2–6, 2–6

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