Matteo Iaquinto

Photo by: DePaul Athletics

Photo by: DePaul Athletics

Photo by: Steve Woltmann

Racket: Wilson Blade

Career Awards

2024-25 (Senior) - Singles: 11-16 | Doubles: 11-13

Unanimous selection to the All-BIG EAST First Team for the second-straight year.
The Palermo, Italy native posted an overall record of 11-16 and went 7-8 at No. 1 singles in dual matches.
Posted a 7-7 record in duals doubles matches, went 4-6 at No. 2, and 7-4 with Marko Milosavljevic
Against Big East competition, posted a record of 3-1 in singles matches
Took a straight-set win over reigning BIG EAST Player of the Year No. 110-ranked Jake Fellows in DePaul's 7-0 sweep of Georgetown on March 16
Clinched the match versus a tough GCU squad in a three set thriller, winning 7-6(5), 6-7(6), 7-5
Earned BIG EAST Player of the Week honors for the second time in his career on March 3 following an undefeated weekend at No. 1 during a four-match win streak

2023-24 (Junior) - Singles: 16-17 | Doubles: 9-17

Named to his first BIG EAST All-First Team, voted unanimously by the leagues’ head coaches
Played mostly at No. 3 singles, going 8-3 in dual action
Earned an 8-8 doubles record in duals, went 7-4 at No. 3, and 5-5 with Laurentiu Mandocescu
Clinched both the BIG EAST Semi-Final and Championship matches with third-set singles victories
Contributed two singles and doubles victories en route to securing the BIG EAST Championship Most Outstanding Player
Earned his first BIG EAST Men’s Singles Player of the Week with two victories at the HEB Tournament of Champions
Tied Pablo Torres Almeida with a team-high 13 dual singles victories
Held a five-match win streak with victories over Wisconsin, Creighton, Army, UT-Arlington, and Louisiana

2022-23 (Sophomore) - Singles: 15-17 | Doubles: 3-10

2021-22 (Freshman) - Singles: 24-13 | Doubles: 10-14

Went 14-9 in the dual season and 10-4 in the tournament season
Played mostly at No. 5, with a 9-5 split
Went 6-4 at No. 3 doubles, went 5-4 with teammate Tripp Tuf
Scored the match-clinching point in both the BIG EAST Tournament Quarter-Finals and Semi-Finals
Opened his NCAA career winning 14 of his first 19 matches

High School

Held No. 938 ITF Junior Ranking (01/2021)
Played at Junior ITF tournaments in Egypt, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, and Turkey, from 2017-2021 (Singles: 18-24 | Doubles: 10-15)
Competed with Circolo del tennis Palermo
Played on Italian champions U16 team
Singles Quarter-finalist at ITF J3 Antalya Qualifiers - Turkey (01/2021)
Doubles Quarter-finalist ITF J4 Palermo - Italy (09/2020)
Went 3-0 at ITF J4 Antalya Singles Qualifiers, advancing to the 3rd Round of the Main Draw - Turkey (02/2020)
Doubles Semi-finalist at ITF J5 Pescara - Italy (10/2019)
Doubles Quarter-finalist at ITF J3 Palermo - Italy (09/2019)
Doubles Quarter-finalist at ITF J4 Corfu - Greece (07/2019)
Doubles Semi-Finalist at Smash Academy ITF Junior Tournament G5 - Cairo, Egypt (11/2018)