Matteo Viola (Italian pronunciation: [matˈtɛːo viˈɔːla, - ˈvjɔː-];[1][2] born 7 July 1987) is an Italian former professional tennis player. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 118 on 18 March 2013 and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 171 on 24 September 2012.[3]

Matteo Viola
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceMarghera, Italy
Born (1987-07-07) 7 July 1987 (age 37)
Mestre, Italy
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2004
Retired2022
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachMarco Cepile Andrea Mantegazza
Prize money$797,912
Singles
Career record4–13
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 118 (18 March 2013)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2012)
French OpenQ2 (2015)
WimbledonQ3 (2012)
US OpenQ2 (2010, 2011, 2014)
Doubles
Career record1–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 171 (24 September 2012)

Challenger and Futures finals

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Singles: 34 (17–17)

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Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (3–6)
ITF Futures Tour (14–11)
Titles by surface
Hard (4–5)
Clay (13–11)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2005 Italy F18, Castelfranco Futures Clay   Massimo Ocera 4–6, 0–6
Win 1–1 Aug 2006 Italy F25, Imperia Futures Clay   Vincent Millot 6–3, 1–6, 6–0
Win 2–1 May 2008 Hungary F3, Budapest Futures Clay   Attila Balázs 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Loss 2–2 Jul 2008 Italy F22, Palazzolo Futures Clay   Guillermo Hormazábal 4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win 3–2 Aug 2008 Lithuania F2, Vilnius Futures Clay   Pierre Metenier 6–3, 6–2
Win 4–2 May 2009 Romania F2, Bucharest Futures Clay   Cătălin-Ionuț Gârd w/o
Loss 4–3 Jun 2009 Italy F14, Mestre Futures Clay   Andrey Kuznetsov 6–3, 1–6, 4–6
Loss 4–4 Aug 2009 Austria F8, Pörtschach Futures Clay   Janez Semrajč 4–6, 3–6
Loss 4–5 Oct 2009 Italy F30, Quartu Sant'Elena Futures Hard   Vasek Pospisil 1–6, 2–6
Loss 4–6 Oct 2009 Italy F32, Frascati Futures Clay   Goran Tošić 0–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 4–7 Mar 2010 Croatia F2, Rovinj Futures Clay   Attila Balázs 4–6, 4–6
Win 5–7 May 2010 USA F11, Orange Park Futures Clay   Stefano Ianni 6–2, 6–1
Win 6–7 Jun 2010 Italy F12, Mestre Futures Clay   Matteo Marrai 7–6(7–2), 6–2
Win 7–7 Jul 2010 Italy F18, Modena Futures Clay   Blaž Rola 6–1, 4–6, 6–1
Win 8–7 Aug 2010 Italy F22, Este Futures Clay   Dušan Lajović 7–5, 6–1
Loss 8–8 Mar 2011 Caltanissetta, Italy Challenger Clay   Andreas Haider-Maurer 1–6, 6–7(1–7)
Win 9–8 Jun 2011 Morocco F4, Casablanca Futures Clay   Michael Lammer 6–1, 6–4
Loss 9–9 Jul 2011 Orbetello, Italy Challenger Clay   Filippo Volandri 6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Loss 9–10 Oct 2011 Morocco F8, Tanger Futures Clay   Axel Michon 1–6, 6–2, 4–6
Win 10–10 Nov 2011 Guayaquil, Ecuador Challenger Clay   Guido Pella 6–4, 6–1
Win 11–10 Nov 2012 Yokohama, Japan Challenger Hard   Mirza Bašić 7–6(7–3), 6–3
Loss 11–11 Sep 2013 St Remy de Provence, France Challenger Hard   Marc Gicquel 4–6, 3–6
Win 12–11 Sep 2014 Biella, Italy Challenger Clay   Filippo Volandri 7–5, 6–1
Loss 12–12 Jun 2015 Perugia, Italy Challenger Clay   Pablo Carreño Busta 2–6, 2–6
Loss 12–13 Feb 2016 Israel F1, Ramat Gan Futures Hard   Yannick Jankovits 3–6, 4–6
Loss 12–14 Jun 2016 Italy F13, Padova Futures Clay   Riccardo Bellotti 6–2, 1–6, 1–6
Win 13–14 Nov 2016 Italy F37, Latina Futures Clay   Attila Balázs 0–6, 7–5, 6–2
Win 14–14 Mar 2017 Italy F2, Trento Futures Carpet (i)   Yannick Jankovits 7–6(8–6), 6–0
Win 15–14 Apr 2017 Tunisia F15, Hammamet Futures Clay   Hernán Casanova 6–4, 6–3
Win 16–14 Jun 2017 Spain F18, Palma del Río Futures Hard   Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 7–6(7–0), 7–5
Loss 16–15 Oct 2017 Greece F6, Heraklion Futures Hard   Tallon Griekspoor 6–7(4–7), 4–6
Win 17–15 Jan 2018 Hong Kong F6, Hong Kong Futures Hard   Harri Heliövaara 3–6, 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 17–16 Jan 2019 Danang, Vietnam Challenger Hard   Marcel Granollers 2–6, 0–6
Loss 17–17 Sep 2019 Mallorca, Spain Challenger Hard   Emil Ruusuvuori 0–6, 1–6

Doubles: 28 (13–15)

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Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (5–7)
ITF Futures Tour (8–8)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (12–11)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2007 Austria F11, St. Pölten Futures Clay   Andrea Fava   Alexander Somogyi
  Ján Stančík
1–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 May 2008 Italy F11, Aosta Futures Clay   Giacomo Miccini   Guillermo Hormazábal
  Hans Podlipnik Castillo
2–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 Jun 2008 Italy F18, Trieste Futures Clay   Andrea Fava   Harri Heliövaara
  Tuomo Ojala
6–2, 4–6, [10–1]
Loss 1–3 Jun 2008 Italy F19, Castelfranco Futures Clay   Walter Trusendi   Giancarlo Petrazzuolo
  Federico Torresi
6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7)
Loss 1–4 Jul 2008 Italy F20, Bologna Futures Clay   Andrea Fava   Dušan Lojda
  Federico Torresi
0–6, 4–6
Win 2–4 Jun 2009 Tunisia F1, Hammamet Futures Clay   Valerio Carrese   Joshua Crowe
  Matt Simpson
2–6, 6–2, [11–9]
Win 3–4 Jan 2010 USA F2, Hollywood Futures Clay   Stefano Ianni   Arnau Brugués Davi
  Víctor Estrella Burgos
6–7(1–7), 6–1, [10–7]
Loss 3–5 Jan 2010 USA F3, Tamarac Futures Clay   Stefano Ianni   Cătălin-Ionuț Gârd
  Christian Guevara
6–2, 4–6, [6–10]
Win 4–5 Mar 2010 Croatia F1, Poreč Futures Clay   Carlos Poch Gradin   Attila Balázs
  Ismar Gorčić
7–6(7–3), 6–4
Win 5–5 Jun 2010 Italy F12, Mestre Futures Clay   Walter Trusendi   Nikola Ćirić
  Franko Škugor
6–7(8–10), 6–1, [10–2]
Loss 5–6 Jun 2010 Italy F13, Padova Futures Clay   Paolo Beninca   Alessandro Giannessi
  Federico Torresi
1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 6–6 Oct 2017 Morocco F8, Tanger Futures Clay   Luca Vanni   Roman Jebavý
  Jan Šátral
6–3, 7–5
Loss 6–7 Nov 2011 Medellín, Colombia Challenger Clay   Alessio di Mauro   Paul Capdeville
  Nicolás Massú
2–6, 6–4, [8–10]
Win 7–7 Nov 2011 USA F31, Amelia Island Futures Clay   Rudolf Siwy   Alexandre Lacroix
  Tim Pütz
7–6(7–3), 6–1
Win 8–7 Mar 2012 Casablanca, Morocco Challenger Clay   Walter Trusendi   Evgeny Donskoy
  Andrey Kuznetsov
1–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–3]
Loss 8–8 Aug 2012 San Marino, San Marino Challenger Clay   Stefano Ianni   Lukáš Dlouhý
  Michal Mertiňák
6–2, 6–7(3–7), [9–11]
Loss 8–9 Nov 2012 Toyota, Japan Challenger Carpet (i)   Andrea Arnaboldi   Philipp Oswald
  Mate Pavić
3–6, 6–3, [2–10]
Win 9–9 Apr 2013 Santos, Brazil Challenger Clay   Pavol Červenák   Guilherme Clezar
  Gastão Elias
6–2, 4–6, [10–6]
Loss 9–10 Apr 2014 Mersin, Turkey Challenger Clay   Thomas Fabbiano   Radu Albot
  Jaroslav Pospíšil
6–7(7–9), 1–6
Loss 9–11 May 2014 Ostrava, Czech Republic Challenger Clay   Alessandro Motti   Andrey Kuznetsov
  Adrián Menéndez Maceiras
6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss 9–12 Sep 2014 Alphan aan den Rijn, Netherlands Challenger Clay   Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo   Antal van der Duim
  Boy Westerhof
1–6, 3–6
Win 10–12 Sep 2014 Biella, Italy Challenger Clay   Marco Cecchinato   Frank Moser
  Alexander Satschko
7–5, 6–0
Loss 10–13 Mar 2015 Kazan, Russia Challenger Hard (i)   Andrea Arnaboldi   Mikhail Elgin
  Igor Zelenay
3–6, 3–6
Win 11–13 Aug 2015 Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy Challenger Clay   Paolo Lorenzi   Lee Hsin-han
  Alessandro Motti
6–7(5–7), 6–4, [10–3]
Win 12–13 Aug 2016 Italy F25, Padova Futures Clay   Jonathan Eysseric   Francisco Bahamonde
  Marcel Felder
4–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Win 13–13 Feb 2017 Tempe, USA Challenger Hard   Walter Trusendi   Marcelo Arévalo
  José Hernández-Fernández
5–7, 6–2, [12–10]
Loss 13–14 Mar 2017 Italy F4, Sondrio Futures Hard (i)   Walter Trusendi   Petr Nouza
  David Škoch
3–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Loss 13–15 Jun 2017 Spain F18, Palma del Río Futures Hard   Adrien Bossel   Frederik Nielsen
  David O'Hare
1–6, 6–7(1–7)

References

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  1. ^ Luciano Canepari. "Matteo". DiPI Online (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-10-27.
  2. ^ Luciano Canepari. "viola". DiPI Online (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-10-27.
  3. ^ "Matteo Viola, buona la terza!". spaziotennis.com. 2011-11-26. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
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