Monday 5 May 2025 will be a date Lorenzo Musetti is unlikely to forget.

Thanks to a series of outstanding performances over the past 12 months, the Italian tennis star has broken into the ATP Top 10 for the first time in his career, climbing to ninth place in the world rankings. He now sits just behind Jannik Sinner, Alexander Zverev, Carlos Alcaraz, Taylor Fritz, Jack Draper, Novak Djokovic, Casper Ruud, and Alex de Minaur.

The bronze medallist at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games becomes the sixth Italian in history to achieve this milestone, following in the footsteps of Adriano Panatta, Corrado Barazzutti, Fabio Fognini, Matteo Berrettini, and Jannik Sinner.

Fresh from reaching the final of the Monte Carlo Masters 1000 and the semi-final in Madrid, the 23-year-old from Carrara—set to compete next at the Internazionali d’Italia at the Foro Italico—was welcomed to the Sala delle Fiaccole at CONI headquarters in Rome. There, he received the Collare d’Oro al Merito Sportivo (Golden Collar for Sporting Merit), the highest honour in Italian sport, presented by CONI President Giovanni Malagò and General Secretary Carlo Mornati.

The award recognises Musetti’s key role in Italy’s victorious 2024 Davis Cup campaign, which he won alongside teammates Jannik Sinner, Matteo Berrettini, Simone Bolelli, and Andrea Vavassori under the leadership of Captain Filippo Volandri. On the same occasion, Musetti also received the 'Collare d'Oro' for 2023, awarded to the Italian national team for returning to the top of world tennis after their only previous triumph in 1976.

“We are very, very, very proud of you,” said CONI President Malagò in his message to Musetti.