Luca Nardi
 Nardi at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships | |
| Country (sports) |  Italy |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 August 2003 Pesaro, Italy |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach | Francesco Sani Gabriele Costantini Stefano Pescosolido |
| Prize money | US$ 1,087,168 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 7–24 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 70 (20 May 2024) |
| Current ranking | No. 90 (26 August 2024) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | Q2 (2024) |
| French Open | 1R (2024) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2024) |
| US Open | 1R (2024) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 1–3 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 299 (10 April 2023) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| French Open Junior | 2R (2021) |
| Last updated on: 26 August 2024. | |
Luca Nardi (born 6 August 2003) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 70 achieved on 20 May 2024.[1] He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 299, attained on 10 April 2023.
Nardi's biggest breakthrough came when he defeated World No.1 Novak Djokovic at the 2024 Indian Wells Masters.
Biography
[edit]Son of Raffaella and Neapolitan notary Dario, he began playing tennis at seven at the Tennis Club Baratoff in Pesaro, encouraged by his parents and especially his older brother, Niccolò, who later left sports for design studies. He attended a scientific high school in Pesaro for two years before moving in September 2019 to the Federal Technical Center in Tirrenia, where he was coached by Claudio Galoppini, balancing sports with studies. He enjoys soccer and padel, supports Napoli thanks to his father, and idolizes tennis players Roger Federer and Novak Đoković.
Career
[edit]2020–2021: ATP debut
[edit]Nardi made his ATP main draw debut at the 2020 European Open in singles, where he lost to Marcos Giron in three sets, and in doubles partnering Zane Khan.[2]
He reached career-high rankings of World No. 356 in singles and No. 544 in doubles on 13 December 2021 after reaching the semifinals in singles and quarterfinals in doubles respectively as a wildcard at the 2021 Città di Forlì III Challenger.
2022: Four Challenger titles, Masters & Top 150 debuts & first ATP win
[edit]In the first week of the 2022 ATP Challenger Tour, Nardi won his first Challenger title at the 2022 Città di Forlì Challenger, defeating Mukund Sasikumar in the final.[3][4] As a result, he reached the top 300 on 17 January 2022 at world No. 296.
He won his second Challenger title at the 2022 Challenger Città di Lugano, defeating Leandro Riedi in the final.[5] He made his Masters debut at the 2022 Rome Masters as a wildcard.
He won his third Challenger title at the 2022 Rafa Nadal Open in Mallorca, beating Zizou Bergs in the final. This was his first Challenger win on an outdoor hard court. He made his debut in the top 150 at world No. 142 on 12 September 2022.[6]
At the ATP 500 2022 Astana Open he qualified into the main draw defeating top seed David Goffin. He won his first ATP match and first at the ATP 500 tour-level defeating fellow qualifier Alexander Shevchenko to reach the second round.[7] He lost to third seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in very close match with two tiebreaks having had two breakpoints, and conceding none.[8]
2023–2024: First Masters and world No. 1 wins & fourth round, top 70
[edit]Ranked No. 159, he made his debut at the 2023 Monte-Carlo Masters after defeating fourth seed Constant Lestienne and eleventh seed Oscar Otte in the qualifying competition.[9] He won his first round match, recording his first Masters win and only his second on ATP tour-level, over wildcard Valentin Vacherot. He lost by a double bagel to compatriot and 16th seed Lorenzo Musetti in just 50 minutes.[10][11] As a result, he moved more than 15 positions up in the rankings.
He received a wildcard for the main draw at the Italian Open,[12] where he lost in the first round to David Goffin. In the following weeks, Nardi reached two Challengers quarterfinals, in Vicenza and in Milan. In August, he won his fourth Challenger title in Porto, defeating Portuguese João Sousa in the final and reached a career high ranking of No. 116 on 28 August 2023. In October, he received a wildcard for the main draw of the 2023 European Open. In November, he qualified for the 2023 Next Generation ATP Finals.[13]
Ranked No. 123 at the 2024 BNP Paribas Open he replaced as a lucky loser, 30th seed Tomás Martín Etcheverry directly into the second round.[14] He defeated Zhizhen Zhang for his first win at this Masters and reached his first third round at this level.[15] In his next match, he took the first set off world No. 1 Novak Djokovic the first lucky loser to do so at an ATP Masters 1000 event, and the first at an ATP event overall since fellow Italian Lorenzo Sonego in Vienna 2020.[16] He ended up winning that third round match in three sets against the top seed to reach the fourth round for the first time in his career and became the lowest-ranked player ever to defeat Djokovic at a Masters or a Grand Slam.[17] As a result he made his top 100 debut in the rankings.[18][19] He won his 6th Challenger title at home soil in Napoli after defeating Pierre-Hugues Herbert in three sets. Nardi passed first round at home Masters 1000 event in Rome, where he beat Daniel Altmaier before losing to 10th seed Holger Rune. Nardi made his grandslam debut at French Open, but lost in the first round. He also failed to pass first round at other two grandslams this year in Wimbledon and US Open without winning a set.
Performance timelines
[edit]| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Singles
[edit]Current through the 2024 Paris Masters.
| Tournament | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | Q1 | Q2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| French Open | A | A | Q3 | Q1 | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Wimbledon | NH | A | A | Q2 | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| US Open | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | NH | A | A | A | 4R | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% |
| Miami Open | NH | A | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Monte-Carlo Masters | NH | A | A | 2R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Madrid Open | NH | A | A | Q1 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Italian Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Canadian Open | NH | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Shanghai Masters | NH | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 0 / 7 | 4–7 | 36% |
| Career statistics | ||||||||
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win % | |
| Tournaments | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | Career total: 23 | ||
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | ||
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | ||
| Hard win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–5 | 0 / 11 | 4–12 | 25% |
| Clay win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 0 / 9 | 2–9 | 18% |
| Grass win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Overall win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–7 | 4–12 | 0 / 23 | 7–24 | 23% |
| Win % | 0% | – | 20% | 22% | 25% | 22.58% | ||
| Year-end ranking | 787 | 364 | 135 | 118 | $1,234,758 | |||
ATP Challenger and Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour finals
[edit]Singles: 12 (9–3)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Mar 2020 | M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Jaroslav Pospíšil
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5–7, 6–4, 7–6(7–5) |
| Win | 2–0 | Jun 2021 | M15 Genova, Italy | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Johan Nikles
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6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2–1 | Jul 2021 | M15 Perugia, Italy | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Andrea Basso
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3–6, 6–4, 6–7(3–7) |
| Win | 3–1 | Sep 2021 | M25 Madrid, Spain | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Louis Wessels
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7–5, 6–2 |
| Win | 4–1 | Jan 2022 | Forlì, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) |  Mukund Sasikumar
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6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 5–1 | Mar 2022 | Lugano, Switzerland | Challenger | Hard (i) | Leandro Riedi
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4–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 6–1 | Aug 2022 | Mallorca, Spain | Challenger | Hard |  Zizou Bergs
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7–6(7–2), 3–6, 7–5 |
| Loss | 6–2 | Feb 2023 | Pune, India | Challenger | Hard |  Max Purcell
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2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 7–2 | Jul 2023 | Porto, Portugal | Challenger | Hard |  João Sousa
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5–7, 6–4, 6–1 |
| Win | 8–2 | Nov 2023 | Matsuyama, Japan | Challenger | Hard |  Taro Daniel
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3–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 8–3 | Feb 2024 | Chennai, India | Challenger | Hard | Sumit Nagal
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1–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 9–3 | Mar 2024 | Napoli, Italy | Challenger | Clay |  Pierre-Hugues Herbert
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5–7, 7–6(7–3), 6–2 |
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Mar 2021 | M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Jacopo Berrettini
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 Hsu Yu-hsiou Shintaro Imai
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6–3, 2–6, [10–7] |
Wins over top 10 players
[edit]- Nardi has a 1–1 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.[20]
| Season | 2024 | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Wins | 1 | 1 |
| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | LNR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | ||||||||
| 1. |  Novak Djokovic
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1 | Indian Wells Open, United States | Hard | 3R | 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 | 123 | |
- *As of 12 March 2024[update]
References
[edit]- ^ "Player overview – Luca Nardi". atptour.com.
- ^ "Ruben Bemelmans tests positive for corona and fits for ATP-Antwerp |..." AlKhaleej Today. October 18, 2020.
- ^ "Luca Nardi vince il torneo ATP Challenger di Forlì a 18 anni". Sky Sports. January 9, 2022.
- ^ "Sasikumar loses to Luca Nardi in final in Italy". United News of India. January 10, 2022.
- ^ "Luca Nardi vince il Challenger di Lugano: secondo successo e best ranking". Sky Sports. April 3, 2022.
- ^ "#NextGenATP Stars Nardi, Passaro Shine Bright, Boosting Milan Chances". Association of Tennis Professionals. September 5, 2022.
- ^ "Luca Nardi Seeks Stefanos Tsitsipas Upset in Astana | ATP Tour | Tennis".
- ^ "Stefanos Tsitsipas Passes Luca Nardi Test in Astana | ATP Tour | Tennis".
- ^ "Hubert Hurkacz Saves M.P., Survives 3:19 Thriller in Monte-Carlo | ATP Tour | Tennis".
- ^ "Sinner Advances, Musetti Sets Djokovic Clash in Monte-Carlo | ATP Tour | Tennis".
- ^ "Musetti becomes first player since 1997 to seal double bagel win at Monte-Carlo Masters". 12 April 2023.
- ^ "Fognini and Errani lead the Rome wild cards". 28 April 2023.
- ^ "Michelsen, Medjedovic & Nardi Qualify For Next Gen ATP Finals". Next Generation ATP Finals. 20 November 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "Tomas Etcheverry, the No. 30 seed in Indian Wells, has withdrawn from the BNP Paribas Open".
- ^ "Indian Wells lucky loser Nardi makes most of second chance, advances to third round". 9 March 2024.
- ^ https://twitter.com/OptaAce/status/1767370344531365995 [bare URL]
- ^ "Novak Djokovic falls to 20-year-old Italian Luca Nardi in third-round stunner at Indian Wells". 12 March 2024.
- ^ "Nardi, 20, stuns Djokovic in Indian Wells". 12 March 2024.
- ^ "Nardi breaks the Top 100 following Djokovic win, Mover of Week". 18 March 2024.
- ^ "LN Win/Loss".
External links
[edit]- Luca Nardi at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Luca Nardi at the International Tennis Federation
Association of Tennis Professionals Top Italian male singles tennis players | |
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