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32 Facts About Lorenzo Musetti

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Lorenzo Musetti has a career-high singles ATP ranking of World No 15 achieved on 26 June 2023 and a doubles ranking of No 142 achieved on 1 April 2024.

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Lorenzo Musetti's father, Francesco Musetti, works in a marble quarry, and his mother, Sabrina Ratti, is a secretary.

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Lorenzo Musetti's older sister, Valentina, was a tennis player who is currently married to Gianluca Mager.

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

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Lorenzo Musetti has achieved a career-high ITF juniors ranking of No 1 in the world on 10 June 2019.

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Lorenzo Musetti reached the final of the 2018 US Open boys' singles.

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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.

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Lorenzo Musetti then lost to compatriot Jannik Sinner in straight sets.

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At the French Open, Lorenzo Musetti played strongly defeating Mikael Ymer, Alexander Shevchenko, and Cameron Norrie all in straight sets, but lost to world No 1 Carlos Alcaraz in the round of 16.

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At the 2023 Wimbledon Championships Lorenzo Musetti reached the third round, his furthest run at Wimbledon yet, defeating both Juan Pablo Varillas and Jaume Munar in straight sets.

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Lorenzo Musetti lost in the first round at the US Open to qualifier and Major debutant Titouan Droguet.

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Lorenzo Musetti then lost at the second round of Shanghai, having received a bye for the first, to qualifier and Masters debutant Hsu Yu-hsiou.

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Lorenzo Musetti recorded two consecutive first round losses to Grigor Dimitrov at the European indoors tournaments, the 2023 Erste Bank Open and the 2023 Rolex Paris Masters and left the top 25 in the rankings.

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Lorenzo Musetti partook in the 2023 Davis Cup, where Italy would be the champions for the first time since 1976.

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Lorenzo Musetti played two singles matches throughout the tournament, including in the semifinal against Serbia, losing both.

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Lorenzo Musetti did not participate in the 2023 Next Generation ATP Finals despite qualifying for a third year in a row.

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Lorenzo Musetti defeated again Taylor Fritz in the quarterfinals of the 2024 Wimbledon Championships to reach his first ever Major semifinal.

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Lorenzo Musetti reached his fourth ATP final at the 2024 Croatia Open Umag defeating qualifier Marco Trungelliti, Dusan Lajovic and Jakub Mensik but lost to Francisco Cerundolo in three sets.

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Lorenzo Musetti became the first Italian tennis player to win an Olympic medal for 100 years when he won bronze at the Paris Olympics defeating Felix Auger-Aliassime in the third place play-off in three sets after losing to top seed Novak Djokovic in the semifinals.

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In March 2024, Lorenzo Musetti announced via Instagram that he and his partner Veronica Confalonieri had welcomed a son, whom they named Ludovico.