Matteo Berrettini Bio
- • Nickname is Mat.
- • Began playing tennis at age 4.
- • Speaks Italian, English, and Spanish.
- • Father, Luca; mother, Claudia; brother, Jacopo, also plays tennis.
- • Also competed in swimming, football and judo as a child.
- • At age 8, younger brother asked him to play more tennis and that's what inspired him to pursue a tennis career.
- • Favourite surface is hard, shot is forehand and tournament is ATP Masters 1000 Rome.
- • Tennis idols were Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.
- • Dream opponent is John McEnroe.
- • Named 2019 ATP Most Improved Player of the Year.
- • Fan of the NBA, LeBron James and AC Fiorentina.
- • Considers himself a good football and basketball player.
- • Favourite movie is Interstellar, TV show is Breaking Bad, actor is Jason Statham and musician is Eminem.
- • Dream job is to be a biologist, working with animals.
- • Enjoys Italian food, but considers fast food his guilty pleasure.
- • Favourite school subject was history.
- • Supports ActionAid, a charity that fights against poverty and injustice.
> Struggled with hernia/groin injury at start of 2020 and underwent right hand surgery in March 2022.
Biographical information from ATP. Information might not be up to date.
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