19 Facts About Lorenzo Musetti

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Lorenzo Musetti was born on 3 March 2002 and is an Italian professional tennis player.

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Lorenzo Musetti has a career-high singles ATP ranking of World No 18 achieved on 30 January 2023 and a doubles ranking of World No 283 achieved on 2 May 2022.

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Lorenzo Musetti was born on March 3,2002, in Carrara, Tuscany, Italy.

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Lorenzo Musetti's father Francesco is a marble producer, and his mother Sabrina is a secretary.

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Lorenzo Musetti began playing tennis at age 4, and has been coached by Simone Tartarini since childhood.

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Lorenzo Musetti has achieved a career-high ITF juniors ranking of 1 in the world on 10 June 2019.

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On 26 January 2019 Lorenzo Musetti defeated Emilio Nava to win the 2019 Australian Open boys' singles title.

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Lorenzo Musetti's second main draw tour-level match and first on a Masters 1000 level in his career came after qualifying at the Italian Open, where he defeated three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka in straight sets in the first round, becoming the first player born in 2002 to win an ATP match, and former World No 4 Kei Nishikori in the second round.

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Lorenzo Musetti beat Frances Tiafoe and 5th-seed Grigor Dimitrov to break into the top 100 and reach his second ATP semifinal, and first at a 500 level, where he was defeated in straight sets by Stefanos Tsitsipas.

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Lorenzo Musetti capped off the clay season by reaching the fourth round at the French Open, on his Grand Slam championship debut, beating 13th seed David Goffin, Yoshihito Nishioka and Marco Cecchinato in his first five-set match.

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At the beginning of the season, Lorenzo Musetti reached the quarterfinals at the ATP 500 Rotterdam Open, losing to Jiri Lehecka after having defeated No 11 Hubert Hurkacz in the second round.

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Lorenzo Musetti defeated Francisco Cerundolo in the semifinals to reach the first ATP final of his career.

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Lorenzo Musetti triumphed over World No 6 and top seed Carlos Alcaraz in the final, winning his first ATP title and first ATP 500 tournament.

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At the US Open, where Lorenzo Musetti was seeded for the first time at a grand slam, he reached the third round, his deepest run in a grand slam since the 2021 French Open.

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Lorenzo Musetti then defeated Gijs Brouwer, but lost to Ilya Ivashka in four sets.

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Lorenzo Musetti then won his second career title at the Tennis Napoli Cup over fellow countryman Matteo Berrettini, without dropping a set.

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At the 2022 Paris Masters, Lorenzo Musetti reached the quarterfinals of a Masters 1000 for the first time in his career.

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Lorenzo Musetti defeated former world No 3 Marin Cilic, Nikoloz Basilashvili, and world No 4 Casper Ruud for his biggest and first top-5 win, but lost to Novak Djokovic.

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Lorenzo Musetti was upset in the first round of the Australian Open by Lloyd Harris in five sets he jumped one spot to a career-high of No 18 in the rankings following the tournament.