Fernando Romboli de Souza (born 4 January 1989, in

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a ...

, Brazil) is a Brazilian professional

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. A doubles specialist, Romboli competes mainly on the

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. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 236, on 20 June 2011, and his highest ATP doubles ranking, No. 92, on 2 March 2020. He played in his first (and so far only)

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singles match on 9 February 2010, losing to Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo in straight sets, 6–4, 6–2. Romboli won his first ATP 250 doubles title in 2021 Croatia Open alongside Spaniard

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defeating number 1 seed Tomislav Brkić from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatian Nikola Ćaćić, 6–3, 7–5, in the final.

Career

2011

In 2011 Romboli began his season at the Brazil Futures 1, losing in the second round to

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4–6, 6–4, 1–6. He then participated in the São Paulo Challengers tournament, again losing in the round of 16, 6–3, 1–6, 1–6 to

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. Participating in the

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next, he had to enter the draw through the Qualifiers. Despite this setback, he easily beat his two qualifier opponents in straight sets to cement his spot in the main draw. He then produced the best tournament of his career, winning every match he played, dropping only three sets, and recording his first Challenger Circuit title. He then got a wildcard to enter his first ATP World Tour event, the Brasil Open, where he lost his first round match in straight sets.

2012

After testing positive to diuretics furosemide and hydrochlorothiazide, Romboli was banned for eight-and-a-half months.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 23 (14–9)

Doubles: 83 (48–35)

References

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