Francisco Cerúndolo

Francisco Cerúndolo

Country (sports)	Argentina
Residence	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Born	(1998-08-13) 13 August 1998 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro	2018
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	University of Buenos Aires, USC, University of Palermo
Coach	Kevin Konfederak
Prize money	$1,028,777
Singles
Career record	17–20 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 42 (20 June 2022)
Current ranking	No. 42 (20 June 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2021)
French Open	1R (2021, 2022)
Wimbledon	1R (2022)
US Open	Q3 (2021)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2021)
Doubles
Career record	1–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 256 (28 February 2022)
Current ranking	No. 389 (20 June 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	1R (2022)
Medal record Representing Argentina Men's Tennis South American Games 2018 Cochabamba Men's singles
Last updated on: 20 June 2022.

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

Cerúndolo attained a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 42 on 20 June 2022. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 256 achieved on 28 February 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.

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 three sets.

2021: First ATP final, Grand Slam & 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.

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.

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: Top 100 debut, ATP 500 semifinal, Masters 1000 semifinal, top 50 debut

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. 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. Following this result, his ranking rose 52 places to a career high of World No. 51.

Personal life

His younger brother Juan Manuel Cerúndolo (born 2001) 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. 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. 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.

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 French Open.

Tournament	2021	2022	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	Q2	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
French Open	1R	1R	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Wimbledon	Q3		0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	Q3		0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–1	0–1	0–2	0%	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	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Madrid Open	A	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	0%
Italian Open	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1	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	5–2	0 / 2	5–2	83%
Career statistics
Tournaments	8	6	Career total: 16
Titles	0	0	Career total: 0
Finals	1	0	Career total: 1
Overall win–loss	5–8	11–8	16–18
Win Percentage	38%	58%	47.06%
Year-end ranking	127		$995,958

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.

External links

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