Matilde Paoletti (born 4 March 2003) is an Italian tennis player.

Matilde Paoletti
Country (sports) Italy
Born (2003-03-04) 4 March 2003 (age 21)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$53,881
Singles
Career record49–38
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 262 (17 July 2023)
Current rankingNo. 671 (14 October 2024)
Doubles
Career record19–12
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 387 (18 July 2022)
Current rankingNo. 863 (14 October 2024)
Last updated on: 14 October 2024.

Paoletti has a career-high WTA ranking of 262 in singles, achieved on 17 July 2023. She also has a career-high WTA ranking of 387 in doubles, achieved on 18 July 2022.[1]

Career

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Paoletti made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2021 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo in the doubles draw. Her first singles tour-level match was at the same tournament one year later.[2]

She made her WTA 1000 main-draw debut at the 2023 Italian Open, where she received a wildcard into the singles draw.[3]

She reached the quarterfinals as a wildcard at the 2023 Firenze Ladies Open where she lost to eventual finalist Taylor Townsend.

She also received a wildcard from the 2024 Italian Open.

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

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Legend
W25/35 tournaments
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2022 Verbier Open, Switzerland W25 Clay   Zeynep Sönmez 6–2, 3–6, 7–6(2)
Loss 1–1 Sep 2024 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy W35 Clay   Sara Cakarevic 2–6, 6–7(8)
Win 2–1 Oct 2024 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy W35 Clay   Irina Bara 3–6, 6–2, 6–2

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner–ups)

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Legend
W60/75 tournaments
W25 tournaments
W15 tournaments
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2019 ITF Schio, Italy W15 Clay   Lisa Pigato   Yuliana Lizarazo
  Aurora Zantedeschi
3–6, 6–1, [5–10]
Win 1–1 Dec 2020 ITF Selva Gardena,
Italy
W25 Hard (i)   Lisa Pigato   Maja Chwalińska
  Linda Fruhvirtová
7–5, 6–1
Win 2–1 May 2022 Roma Cup, Italy W60 Clay   Lisa Pigato   Darya Astakhova
  Daniela Vismane
6–3, 7–6(7)
Loss 2–2 Jul 2024 Internazionale di Roma,
Italy
W75 Clay   Beatrice Ricci   Leonie Küng
  Vasanti Shinde
6–4, 4–6, [7–10]

References

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  1. ^ "Matilde Paoletti | Player Stats & More – WTA Official". Women's Tennis Association.
  2. ^ "Welcome to the tour: All of 2022's WTA debutantes". WTA Tennis. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Fognini and Errani lead the Rome wild cards". 28 April 2023.
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