Andrés Molteni (, ; born 15 March 1988) is an Argentine professional
tennis
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player who specializes in doubles. He reached his highest ATP doubles ranking of No. 7 on 21 August 2023 and his highest ATP singles ranking of No. 181 in May 2011. He has won 16 doubles ATP titles. He participated in the inaugural
2020 ATP Cup and the 2022 edition as part of team Argentina.
Career
2011: Maiden singles Challenger
He claimed his first
Challenger singles title by winning the
2011 Challenger ATP de Salinas Diario Expreso in
Salinas, Ecuador where he won against his compatriot
Horacio Zeballos
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7–5, 7–6
(4).
2021–2022: New partnership with S. González, five more titles, Top 35
In 2021, Molteni won his seventh and eighth ATP 250 doubles titles at the
2021 Astana Open and the
2021 Stockholm Open partnering
Santiago González.
In 2022, he won two more clay titles with Santiago González at the
2022 Córdoba Open and
2022 Argentina Open.
He reached a career-high of No. 31 on 21 March 2022 following the
Indian Wells Masters where he lost with
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in the second round to second seeded pair of
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and
Joe Salisbury
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.
2023-2024: Masters 1000 & ATP 500 & tenth clay titles, four Major quarterfinals with M. González, World No. 7
Molteni won another clay title at the
2023 Córdoba Open with compatriot
Máximo González
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. It was his third at this tournament. He won two more ATP 500 titles with Máximo González at the
2023 Rio Open, his first at this level, and at the
2023 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. As a result, the pair climbed four spots to fourth in the ATP Live doubles team rankings. Molteni also reached a new career-high ranking in the Top 30 of No. 28 on 24 April 2023.
After winning the biggest title of his career, the Masters 1000
2023 Western & Southern Open with Gonzalez, he reached World No. 7 in the rankings on 21 August 2023.
Next he reached his second Major quarterfinal of the season and in his career at the
2023 US Open with Gonzalez.
At the
2024 US Open the duo reached the quarterfinals for a second consecutive season with a win over second seeds
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.
Significant finals
Masters 1000 finals
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
ATP career finals
Doubles: 28 (18 titles, 10 runner-ups)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures titles (71)
Singles (16)
Doubles (55)
References
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1988 births
Living people
Argentine male tennis players
Olympic tennis players for Argentina
Tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Tennis players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Tennis players from Buenos Aires
21st-century Argentine sportsmen