Francisco Cerúndolo

Francisco Cerúndolo (born 13 August 1998) is an Argentine professional tennis player.

Francisco Cerúndolo
Country (sports) Argentina
ResidenceBuenos Aires, Argentina
Born (1998-08-13) 13 August 1998
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2018
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachKevin Konfederak
Prize money$879,736
Singles
Career record15–15 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 47 (25 April 2022)
Current rankingNo. 47 (25 April 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2021)
French Open1R (2021)
WimbledonQ3 (2021)
US OpenQ3 (2021)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2021)
Doubles
Career record1–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 256 (28 February 2022)
Current rankingNo. 348 (25 April 2022)
Medal record
Representing  Argentina
Men's Tennis
South American Games
2018 CochabambaMen's singles
Last updated on: 25 April 2022.

Cerúndolo attained a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 47 on 25 April 2022. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 256 achieved on 28 February 2022.

Career

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 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 three sets.

2021: First ATP final, 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 Cerundolo 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 Jose Acasuso in 2001. At the time, Acasuso was coached by Cerundolo’s father, Alejandro Cerundolo.[3]

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

Cerundolo qualified to represent Argentina at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

2022: Top 100 debut, ATP 500 semifinal, Masters 1000 semifinal

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.

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 51.

Personal life

His younger brother Juan Manuel Cerúndolo (born 2001)[6] 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.[7] The Cerundolos became the first brothers to reach back-to-back finals on the ATP Tour since 2017, when Alexander Zverev won the title in Rome and Mischa Zverev reached the final in Geneva.[8] 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. [9]

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP Finals (0–0)
Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP Tour 250 Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (0–0)
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

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 16 (13–3)
Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (5–1)
ITF Futures Tour (8–2)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (12–3)
Grass (0–0)
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)
Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
ITF Futures Tour (1–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
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
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Current through the 2022 Miami Open.

Tournament20212022SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q2 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon Q3 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open Q3 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–1 0%  – 
National representation
Summer Olympics 1R NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A Q1 0 / 0 0–0 0%
Miami Open A SF 0 / 1 5–1 83%
Monte-Carlo Masters A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Masters A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Shanghai Masters NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Paris Masters A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 5–1 0 / 1 5–1 83%
Career statistics
Tournaments 8 5 Career total: 15
Titles 0 0 Career total: 0
Finals 1 0 Career total: 1
Overall win–loss 5–8 8–4 13–14
Win Percentage 38% 67% 45%
Year-end ranking 127 $879,736

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 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
Casper Ruud 0–1 0% 0–1 0–0 0–0 Lost (4–6, 1–6) at 2022 Miami Masters
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 1–0 100% 1–0 0–0 0–0 Won (4–1, ret.) at 2022 Miami Masters
Total 2–4 33.33% 2–1
(66.67%)		 0–3
(0%)		 0–0
( – )		 * Statistics correct as of 1 April 2022.

References
  1. "David Ferrer and Felix Auger-Aliassime grab Buenos Aires invitations". Tennis World USA.
  2. "Australian Open qualifiers halted mid-match to tell player he had Covid-19". 12 January 2021.
  3. "Qualifier Cerundolo Clinches First ATP Final In Buenos Aires". 6 March 2021.
  4. https://www.atptour.com/en/news/sinner-cerundolo-miami-2022-wednesday
  5. "Ruud Reaches First Masters 1000 Final, Ends Cerundolo's Dream Miami Run". ATP Tour. 1 April 2022.
  6. "Juan Manuel Cerundolo | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  7. "Remember the Name: Inside the Cerundolo Clan's ATP Tour Breakthrough | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  8. "The untold tale of brothers and sisters who wrote the history of tennis". 25 October 2015.
  9. "Francisco Cerundolo is a 2021 Argentina Open finalist". 6 March 2021.
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