Francisco Cerúndolo (born 13 August 1998) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He has won one ATP singles title.

Francisco Cerúndolo

Cerúndolo at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Argentina
Residence	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Born	(1998-08-13) 13 August 1998 (age 24) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2018
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Kevin Konfederak
Prize money	$1,538,339
Singles
Career record	28–32 (46.7% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 24 (25 July 2022)
Current ranking	No. 30 (31 October 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2021)
French Open	1R (2021, 2022)
Wimbledon	1R (2022)
US Open	1R (2022)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2021)
Doubles
Career record	5–12 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 203 (31 October 2022)
Current ranking	No. 203 (31 October 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	1R (2022)
Wimbledon	1R (2022)
Medal record Representing  Argentina Men's Tennis South American Games 2018 Cochabamba Men's singles
Last updated on: 31 October 2022.

Cerúndolo attained a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 24 on 25 July 2022. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 203 achieved on 31 October 2022.

Career

2019-2020: ATP debut

Cerúndolo made his ATP main draw debut on home soil at the 2019 Argentina Open in Buenos Aires after receiving a wildcard for the singles main draw, losing to Guido Pella in three sets.[1]

Cerúndolo played another ATP main draw a year later at the 2020 Argentina Open in Buenos Aires after receiving a wildcard for the singles main draw again, losing to Laslo Djere in the first round.

2021: First ATP final, Grand Slam and Olympics debut

In January 2021, he was one of two players to test positive for COVID-19 during the Australian Open qualifying event in Doha.[2]

Francisco Cerúndolo reached his first ATP tour final at the 2021 Argentina Open as a qualifier but was defeated by world No. 9 Diego Schwartzman. He was the first qualifier to reach the final in Buenos Aires since José Acasuso in 2001. At the time, Acasuso was coached by Cerúndolo’s father, Alejandro Cerúndolo.[3]

Cerúndolo made his main draw debut in a Grand Slam at the 2021 French Open as a lucky loser, where he lost to Thiago Monteiro.

Cerúndolo qualified to represent Argentina at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

2022: Two ATP 500 & one Masters semifinals, Two top-10 wins, Maiden title, top 25

At the 2022 Argentina Open he reached the quarterfinals of his home tournament as a qualifier defeating Miomir Kecmanovic. As a result he reached the top 100 in the singles rankings, joining Juan Manuel Cerúndolo as the first brothers in the Top 100 at the same time since Alexander Zverev and Mischa Zverev in May 2019.

Cerúndolo received a Special Exempt into the tournament in Rio the following week. There, he beat Benoît Paire, Roberto Carballés Baena and again Kecmanović to reach his first ATP 500 semifinal, where he lost in straight sets to Diego Schwartzman.

Cerúndolo recorded his first ATP Tour victories on hard court at the Masters 1000 event in Miami, defeating Tallon Griekspoor and seeded players Reilly Opelka and Gael Monfils en route to the fourth round. He beat Frances Tiafoe in the fourth round to advance to the quarterfinals. He advanced to the semifinals after Jannik Sinner retired during their match due to foot blisters.[4] Ranked World No. 103 at the time, he became the lowest-ranked semifinalist in the history of the Miami Open, and also became the first male player since Jerzy Janowicz in 2012 to reach the semifinals on their Masters 1000 level debut. He lost to 6th seed Casper Ruud in the semifinals in straight sets.[5] Following this result, his ranking rose 52 places to a career high of World No. 51.

In Båstad, Cerúndolo recorded his first win against a player inside the Top-10 after beating top seed and defending champion Casper Ruud in 3 sets. He proceeded to reach the final after beating Aslan Karatsev and Pablo Carreño Busta. He defeated Sebastián Báez in the final to win his first ATP title.[6][7] As a result he reached the top 30 on 18 July 2022.[8][9]

At the 2022 Hamburg European Open he reached the quarterfinals defeating World No. 8 and second seed Andrey Rublev, his second Top-10 win.[10] He reached his second ATP 500 semifinal by beating Aslan Karatsev in three sets.

Personal life

His younger brother Juan Manuel Cerúndolo (born 2001)[11] is also a tennis player. Juan Manuel was also in his first final and won his first title at the 2021 Córdoba Open one week before his brother's final.[12] The Cerúndolos became the first brothers to reach consecutive finals on the ATP Tour since 2017, when Alexander Zverev won the title in Rome and Mischa Zverev reached the final in Geneva.[13] In Cordoba, Francisco contested the first ATP Tour event in which his brother was also competing, making them the first Argentine brothers in 40 years to appear in the same tournament. [14]

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2021	Argentina Open, Argentina	250 Series	Clay	Diego Schwartzman	1–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	July 2022	Swedish Open, Sweden	250 Series	Clay	Sebastián Báez	7–6(7–4), 6–2

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 16 (13–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2018	Argentina F6, Buenos Aires	Futures	Clay	Gonzalo Villanueva	0–6, 3–6
Win	1–1	Oct 2018	Brazil F5, Mogi das Cruzes	Futures	Clay	Daniel Dutra da Silva	6–2, 6–4
Win	2–1	Oct 2018	Brazil F6, Curitiba	Futures	Clay	Felipe Meligeni Alves	7–6(7–3), 6–2
Win	3–1	Jan 2019	M15 Manacor, Spain	Futures	Clay	Ivan Gakhov	6–3, 6–3
Win	4–1	Jan 2019	M15 Palmanova, Spain	Futures	Clay	Sandro Ehrat	2–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win	5–1	May 2019	M15 Buenos Aires, Argentina	Futures	Clay	Genaro Alberto Olivieri	7–6(7–2), 7–6(8–6)
Win	6–1	Jun 2019	M25 Kiseljak, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Futures	Clay	Christopher O'Connell	3–6, 6–2, [10–4]
Loss	6–2	Jul 2019	M25 Buenos Aires, Argentina	Futures	Clay	Juan Pablo Ficovich	5–7, 7–6(7–5), 3–6
Win	7–2	Jan 2019	M25 Lima, Peru	Futures	Clay	Nicolás Álvarez	6–2, 6–1
Win	8–2	Jan 2020	M25 Los Angeles, USA	Futures	Hard	Alexander Ritschard	6–3, 6–3
Win	9–2	Oct 2020	Split, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Pedro Sousa	4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win	10–2	Nov 2020	Guayaquil, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Andrej Martin	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Win	11–2	Dec 2020	Campinas, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Roberto Carballés Baena	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	11–3	Feb 2021	Concepción, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Sebastián Báez	3–6, 7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7)
Win	12–3	Aug 2021	Cordenons, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Tomás Martín Etcheverry	6–1, 6–2
Win	13–3	Jan 2022	Santa Cruz, Bolivia	Challenger	Clay	Camilo Ugo Carabelli	6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 2019	M15 Pinamar, Argentina	Futures	Clay	Hernán Casanova	Arklon Huertas del Pino Conner Huertas del Pino	7–6(9–7), 3–6, [10–5]
Loss	1–1	Jun 2019	M25 Kiseljak, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Futures	Clay	João Pedro Sorgi	Mārtiņš Podžus Maxim Ratniuk	6–7(5–7), 2–6
Loss	1–2	Jan 2022	Concepción, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Camilo Ugo Carabelli	Diego Hidalgo Cristian Rodríguez	2–6, 0–6

Performance timelines

Singles

Current through the 2022 Rolex Paris Masters.

Record against top 10 players

Cerúndolo's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered:

Player	Record	Win %	Hard	Clay	Grass	Last Match
Number 1 ranked players
Rafael Nadal	0–1	0%	0–0	0–0	0–1	Lost (4–6, 3–6, 6–3, 4–6) at 2022 Wimbledon
Andy Murray	0–1	0%	0–1	0–0	0–0	Lost (5–7, 3–6, 3–6) at 2022 US Open
Number 2 ranked players
Casper Ruud	1–1	50%	0–1	1–0	0–0	Won (6–4, 3–6, 7–5) at 2022 Swedish Open
Number 5 ranked players
Andrey Rublev	1–0	100%	0–0	1–0	0–0	Won (6–4, 6–2) at 2022 Hamburg European Open
Number 6 ranked players
Gael Monfils	1–0	100%	1–0	0–0	0–0	Won (6–2, 6–3) at 2022 Miami Masters
Number 8 ranked players
Cameron Norrie	0–1	0%	0–0	0–1	0–0	Lost (4–6, 4–6) at 2022 Lyon
John Isner	0–1	0%	0–0	0–1	0–0	Lost (4–6, 3–6) at 2022 Rome
Karen Khachanov	0–1	0%	0–1	0–0	0–0	Lost (6–7(4–7), 7–5, 3–6) at 2022 Montreal
Diego Schwartzman	0–3	0%	0–0	0–3	0–0	Lost (6–7(4–7), 3–6) at 2022 Rio Open
Number 9 ranked players
Jannik Sinner	1–1	50%	1–1	0–0	0–0	Lost (5–7, 6–1, 3–6) at 2022 Davis Cup
Roberto Bautista Agut	0–1	0%	0–1	0–0	0–0	Lost (7–6(7–5), 4–6, 2–6) at 2022 Cincinnati
Number 10 ranked players
Pablo Carreño Busta	1–0	100%	0–0	1–0	0–0	Won (6–3, 6–2) at 2022 Swedish Open
Total	5–11	31.25%	2–5 (28.57%)	3–5 (37.5%)	0–1 (0%)	* Statistics correct as of 16 September 2022[update].

Wins over top 10 players

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	FCR
2022
1.	Casper Ruud	No. 5	Swedish Open, Sweden	Clay	2R	6–4, 3–6, 7–5	39
2.	Andrey Rublev	No. 8	Hamburg European Open, Germany	Clay	2R	6–4, 6–2	30

References

External links

• Francisco Cerúndolo at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Francisco Cerúndolo at the International Tennis Federation

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