Luca Nardi (born 6 August 2003) is an Italian professional

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player. Nardi has a career-high ATP singles

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of world No. 126, which he first achieved in 7 November 2022. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 299, attained in 10 April 2023.

Career

2020–2021: ATP debut

Nardi made his ATP main draw debut at the 2020 European Open in singles, where he lost to

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in three sets, and in doubles partnering

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. 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: Three Challenger titles, Masters & Top 150 debuts & first ATP win

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in the final. 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

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in the final. 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

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, beating

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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. At the ATP 500 2022 Astana Open he qualified into the main draw defeating top seed

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. He won his first ATP match and first at the ATP 500 tour-level defeating fellow qualifier Alexander Shevchenko to reach the second round. He lost to third seed

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in straight sets.

2023: First Masters win

Ranked No. 159, he made his debut at the 2023 Monte-Carlo Masters after defeating fourth seed

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and eleventh seed

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in the qualifying competition. He won his first round match, recording his first Masters win and only his second on ATP tour-level, over wildcard

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. He lost by a double bagel to compatriot and 16th seed

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in just 50 minutes. As a result he moved more then 15 positions up in the rankings. He received a wildcard for the main draw at the Italian Open.

ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour Finals

Singles: 8 (6–2)

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

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