| Birth date | 6 August 2003 (age 23) |
|---|---|
| Birth place | Pesaro, Italy |
| Height | 1.85 m (6.1 ft) |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Careerprizemoney | US $2,065,011 |
| Singlestitles | 0 |
| Highestsinglesranking | No. 67 (3 March 2025) |
| Currentsinglesranking | No. 163 (18 May 2026) |
| Australianopenresult | 1R (2025, 2026) |
| Frenchopenresult | 1R (2024, 2025) |
| Wimbledonresult | 1R (2024, 2025) |
| Usopenresult | 1R (2024, 2025) |
| Doublestitles | 0 |
| Highestdoublesranking | No. 299 (10 April 2023) |
| Updated | 31 May 2026 |
Luca Nardi (born 6 August 2003) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 67 achieved on 3 March 2025.[1] He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 299, attained on 10 April 2023.
Nardi's biggest breakthrough came in 2024, when he defeated World No.1 Novak Djokovic in the third round in Indian Wells, becoming the lowest-ranked player ever to defeat Djokovic at a Masters or a Grand Slam.
Biography
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 Djokovic.
Career
2020–2021: ATP debut
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
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]
2023–2025: Masters fourth round, Win over world No. 1, top 75
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. Despite the result, he moved more than 15 positions up in the rankings at world No. 143 on 17 April 2023.[10][11] He received a wildcard for the main draw at the Italian Open,[12] where he lost in the first round to David Goffin in three sets.[13]
In August 2023, he won his fourth Challenger title in Porto on his 20th birthday, defeating Portuguese João Sousa in the final.[14][15] As a result, he equaled his career high ranking of No. 126 on 7 August 2023[16] and reached a new career-high ranking of world No. 116 three weeks later.[17] In October 2023, he received a wildcard for the main draw of the 2023 European Open but lost to Dominic Thiem in the first round.[18] He qualified for the 2023 Next Generation ATP Finals.[19]
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.[20] He defeated Zhizhen Zhang for his first win at this Masters and reached his first third round at this level.[21] 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.[22] 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.[23] As a result he made his top 100 debut in the rankings.[24][25]
He won his sixth Challenger title at home soil at the 2024 Tennis Napoli Cup after defeating Pierre-Hugues Herbert in three sets.[26][27] Nardi passed first round at home Masters 1000 event in Rome, where he beat Daniel Altmaier,[28] before losing to 10th seed Holger Rune.[29] Nardi made his Grand Slam tournament debut at the 2024 French Open, but lost in the first round to Alexandre Müller.[30] In November 2024, Nardi reached the final at the ATP Challenger HPP Open in Helsinki, Finland, losing to Kei Nishikori in the final in three sets.[31]
He was runner-up at the 2025 Koblenz Challenger, losing to Ugo Blanchet in the final which went to a deciding set tiebreak.[32] Again as a lucky loser, Nardi reached the quarterfinals at the ATP 500 2025 Dubai Tennis Championships defeating Zizou Bergs.[33]
Performance timelines
Singles
Current through the 2026 Italian Open.
| Tournament | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | SR | W–L | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | Q1 | Q2 | 1R | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–2 | |
| French Open | A | A | Q3 | Q1 | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | |
| Wimbledon | NH | A | A | Q2 | 1R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | ||
| US Open | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | 1R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | ||
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0 / 7 | 0–8 | |
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||||
| Indian Wells Open | NH | A | A | A | 4R | 1R | Q1 | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | |
| Miami Open | NH | A | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
| Monte-Carlo Masters | NH | A | A | 2R | 1R | Q1 | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | |
| Madrid Open | NH | A | A | Q1 | A | Q2 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
| Italian Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 5 | 2–5 | |
| Canadian Open | NH | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
| Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | A | A | 4R | 0 / 1 | 3–1 | ||
| Shanghai Masters | NH | A | 1R | 2R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | ||||
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 5–4 | 0–1 | 0 / 12 | 9–12 | |
| Career statistics | ||||||||||
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | SR | W–L | Win % | |
| Tournaments | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 4 | Career total: 41 | ||
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | ||
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | ||
| Hard win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–5 | 8–10 | 2–3 | 0 / 24 | 14–25 | |
| Clay win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0 / 13 | 3–13 | |
| Grass win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | |
| Overall win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 2–7 | 4–12 | 9–14 | 2–4 | 0 / 41 | 18–42 | |
| Win % | ||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 787 | 364 | 135 | 118 | 92 | 107 | $2,234,444 | |||
ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 16 (10 titles, 6 runners-up)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Mar 2020 | M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | WTT | Hard | Jaroslav Pospíšil | 5–7, 6–4, 7–6(7–5) |
| Win | 2–0 | Jun 2021 | M15 Genova, Italy | WTT | Clay | Johan Nikles | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2–1 | Jul 2021 | M15 Perugia, Italy | WTT | Clay | Andrea Basso | 3–6, 6–4, 6–7(3–7) |
| Win | 3–1 | Sep 2021 | M25 Madrid, Spain | WTT | Clay | Louis Wessels | 7–5, 6–2 |
| Win | 1–0 | Jan 2022 | Forlì, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | Mukund Sasikumar | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 2–0 | Mar 2022 | Lugano, Switzerland | Challenger | Hard (i) | Leandro Riedi | 4–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–0 | Aug 2022 | Manacor, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Zizou Bergs | 7–6(7–2), 3–6, 7–5 |
| Loss | 3–1 | Feb 2023 | Pune, India | Challenger | Hard | Max Purcell | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 4–1 | Jul 2023 | Porto, Portugal | Challenger | Hard | João Sousa | 5–7, 6–4, 6–1 |
| Win | 5–1 | Nov 2023 | Matsuyama, Japan | Challenger | Hard | Taro Daniel | 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 5–2 | Feb 2024 | Chennai, India | Challenger | Hard | Sumit Nagal | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 6–2 | Mar 2024 | Naples, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Pierre-Hugues Herbert | 5–7, 7–6(7–3), 6–2 |
| Loss | 6–3 | Nov 2024 | Helsinki, Finland | Challenger | Hard (i) | Kei Nishikori | 6–3, 4–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 7–3 | Nov 2024 | Rovereto, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | Francesco Maestrelli | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Loss | 7–4 | Jan 2025 | Koblenz, Germany | Challenger | Hard (i) | Ugo Blanchet | 3–6, 6–3, 6–7(5–7) |
| Loss | 7–5 | Jan 2026 | Manama, Bahrain | Challenger | Hard | Kyrian Jacquet | 5–7, 6–3, 4–6 |
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Mar 2021 | M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | WTT | Hard | Jacopo Berrettini | Shintaro Imai Hsu Yu-hsiou | 6–3, 2–6, [10–7] |
Wins over top 10 players
- Nardi has a record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.[34]
| Season | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | LNR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | ||||||||
| 1. | Novak Djokovic | 1 | Indian Wells Open, United States | Hard | 3R | 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 | 123 | |
- *As of 19 February 2025
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