Franco Agamenone (born 15 April 1993) is an

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tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

player. Agamenone has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 108 achieved on 1 August 2022. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 167 achieved on 15 October 2018. He has won 5

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titles, three in singles and two in doubles.

Doping

Agamenone was suspended from March 2019 until January 2020 for doping.

Personal life

In September 2020, Agamenone decided to represent Italy instead of Argentina.

Career

2022: Grand Slam, Top 150, ATP debut & first semifinal

He made his Grand Slam debut when he entered the

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main draw as a lucky loser. As a result he reached the top 150 at World No. 148 on 6 July 2022. He qualified for the 2022 Croatia Open Umag making his ATP debut and reached the quarterfinals defeating Laslo Djere for his first ATP win and fourth seed & World No. 32

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. Next he defeated

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to reach the first ATP semifinal of his career. As a result he moved close to 30 positions in the rankings in the top 110.

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 22 (12–10)

Doubles: 54 (40–14)

References

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* * 1993 births Living people Italian male tennis players Argentine male tennis players People from Río Cuarto, Córdoba Tennis players from Buenos Aires Doping cases in tennis {{Italy-tennis-bio-stub