Romain Arneodo (born 4 August 1992) is a French-born
Monegasque professional
tennis
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player who specializes in doubles.
[(in French]
Romain Arneodo pourra représenter Monaco en Coupe Davis
sur ''codesport.fr'', 30 septembre 2013 From 2008 to 2013, Arneodo represented France in international competition, but has since represented Monaco.
Arneodo has been
ranked
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In mathematics, this is known as a weak order or total preorder of ...
by the
Association of Tennis Professionals
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(ATP) as high as world No. 51 in doubles, which he achieved in May 2023. He also has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 455, attained in August 2014. Since turning professional, Arneodo has won one ATP doubles title (
2019 Los Cabos Open) as well as twelve doubles titles on the
ATP Challenger Tour
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and one singles and 20 doubles titles on the
ITF Men's World Tennis Tour.
Career
Arneodo made his
ATP main draw debut at the
2014 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters in the doubles tournament with partner
Benjamin Balleret
Benjamin Balleret (born 15 January 1983) is a professional tennis player from Monaco. His father, Bernard Balleret, is former tennis player, while his cousin Arthur Rinderknech also plays the sport professionally. Balleret is a member of the M ...
. The pair entered the main draw with a wild card and reached the quarterfinals after defeating the pairs of
Jean-Julien Rojer
Jean-Julien Rojer (; ; born 25 August 1981) is a Dutch professional tennis player from Curaçao, who specialises in doubles. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 3 in November 2015.
He is a four-time Grand Slam champion, hav ...
and
Horia Tecău
Horia Tecău (; born January 19, 1985) is a Romanian former professional tennis player who specialised in doubles.
He is a three-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2015 Wimbledon Championships and 2017 US Open alongside Jean-Julien Roje ...
and
Roberto Bautista Agut
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Bautista A ...
and
Andreas Seppi
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He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 18 on 28 January 2013. He became the first Italian to win a title on all three surfaces.
Tennis ca ...
in three sets before bowing out to fifth seeds
Daniel Nestor and
Nenad Zimonjić
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He is an eight-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2008 and 2009 Wimbledon Cha ...
4–6, 3–6 in straight sets.
Three years later, in 2017, Arneodo went one step further in Monte Carlo with partner
Hugo Nys
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by reaching the semifinals after defeating the pairs of
Pablo Carreño Busta
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and
Guillermo García López
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As of 2021, he has collected thirteen w ...
, eighth seeds Rojer and Tecău, and third seeds
Jamie Murray
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and
Bruno Soares
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A doubles specialist, Soares won six major titles, the Australian Open and US Open in 2016 alongside Jamie Murray, and ...
, before they succumbed to eventual champions
Rohan Bopanna
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and
Pablo Cuevas
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He has won six singles titles and has a career-high singles ranking of ...
.
In 2019, at the
Los Cabos Open, Arneodo teamed up with Nys and they defeated
Dominic Inglot
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and
Austin Krajicek
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in the final to win each their own maiden ATP doubles title together; the duo won all four matches en route to the title in three sets.
Six years after reaching his first ATP Masters 1000 doubles semifinal in 2017, Arneodo became the first Monegasque player to contend for the Monte-Carlo Masters doubles title in the tournament's history by reaching the
2023 final. With partner
Sam Weissborn, they defeated
Marcelo Melo and
Alexander Zverev before they upset defending champions and second seeds
Rajeev Ram and
Joe Salisbury
Joe Salisbury ( ; born 20 April 1992) is a British professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles.
He is a five-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2020 Australian Open, the 2021 US Open and the 2022 US Open in men's ...
, sixth seeds
Lloyd Glasspool
Lloyd Glasspool (born 19 November 1993) is a British professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 12 (November 2022) and a career-high singles ranking of No. 282 (July 2016). In his career, Gl ...
and
Harri Heliövaara
Harri Heliövaara (born 4 June 1989) is a Finnish tennis player. His highest ranking in singles is World No. 194, which he achieved on 19 December 2011. His highest ranking in doubles is world No. 9, which he achieved on 9 January 2023. In double ...
,
and
Kevin Krawietz
Kevin Krawietz (born 24 January 1992) is a German professional tennis player who specialises in doubles.
He is a two-time Grand Slam champion, having won the French Open doubles title in both 2019 and 2020 alongside compatriot Andreas Mies. The ...
and
Tim Pütz
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He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 7 on 29 August 2022, and has won seven doubles titles on the ATP Tour, most notably t ...
to enter into their maiden Masters doubles final. There, they lost to
Ivan Dodig
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He is a six-time Grand Slam champion, having won men's doubles titles at the 2015 French Open with Marcelo Melo, and the 2021 Au ...
and Austin Krajicek, though their results earned Arneodo his top 55 debut on 24 April 2023.
Significant finals
Masters 1000 finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
ATP Tour career finals
Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)
Challenger and Futures finals
Singles: 4 (1–3)
Doubles: 53 (32 titles, 21 runner-ups)
Doubles performance timeline
''Current through the
2022 Davis Cup.''
References
External links
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1992 births
Living people
Monegasque male tennis players
Sportspeople from Cannes
People from Monte Carlo
French male tennis players