Francisco Cerúndolo (; born 13 August 1998) is an Argentine professional
tennis
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player. He has a career-high
ATP singles ranking of world No. 18, achieved on 5 May 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 203, achieved on 31 October 2022. He is currently the No. 1 player from Argentina and South America.
After turning professional in 2018, Cerúndolo made his debut on the
ATP Tour
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at the
2019 Argentina Open, the event at which he later broke through on tour in
2021
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after reaching his first ATP singles final and becoming the first qualifier to contend for the title in 20 years. In 2022, Cerúndolo hit several more milestones: emerging into the top 100 in singles, reaching his first
ATP Masters 1000
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semifinal in
Miami
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in his first Masters main draw, and winning his first ATP title at the
Swedish Open, all of which sealed him a year-end top-30 ranking.
At the
Grand Slam level, Cerúndolo earned his first wins at the
2023 Australian Open
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and at the
French Open
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, where he reached the third and fourth rounds, respectively.
Cerúndolo is the older brother of fellow tennis player
Juan Manuel Cerúndolo. In 2021, with the
Córdoba Open followed by the Argentina Open, the Cerúndolos became the first siblings to reach consecutive finals on the ATP Tour since
Alexander Zverev
Alexander "Sascha" Zverev (; born 20 April 1997) is a German professional tennis player and the current world No. 3. He has won 24 ATP Tour titles in singles and two in doubles, and has been runner-up at three Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, ma ...
and
Mischa Zverev
Mikhail "Mischa" Alexandrovich Zverev. (born 22 August 1987) is a German retired professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 25 on 24 July 2017.
At the 2017 Australian Open, Zverev defeated world No. 1 An ...
in 2017. In 2022, they also became the first brothers to be ranked inside the top 100 in singles since the Zverev brothers in 2019.
Career
2019–2020: ATP debut
Cerúndolo made his ATP main draw debut on home soil at the
2019 Argentina Open in
Buenos Aires
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after receiving a wildcard for the singles main draw, losing to
Guido Pella
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Personal life
His father, Carlos, taught hi ...
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 the first round.
2021: First ATP final at home, Major and Olympics debuts
In January 2021, he was one of two players to test positive for
COVID-19
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during the
Australian Open qualifying event in
Doha
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.
Cerúndolo reached his first ATP tour final at the
2021 Argentina Open as a qualifier but was defeated by world No. 9
Diego Schwartzman
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. He was the first qualifier to reach the final in Buenos Aires since
José Acasuso
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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
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, where he lost to
Thiago Monteiro.
Cerúndolo qualified to represent Argentina at the
2020 Summer Olympics
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.
2022: ATP Masters semifinal, maiden title, top 30
At the
2022 Argentina Open, he reached the quarterfinals of his home tournament as a qualifier defeating
Miomir Kecmanović. 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
Alexander "Sascha" Zverev (; born 20 April 1997) is a German professional tennis player and the current world No. 3. He has won 24 ATP Tour titles in singles and two in doubles, and has been runner-up at three Grand Slam (tennis)#Tournaments, ma ...
and
Mischa Zverev
Mikhail "Mischa" Alexandrovich Zverev. (born 22 August 1987) is a German retired professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 25 on 24 July 2017.
At the 2017 Australian Open, Zverev defeated world No. 1 An ...
in May 2019.
Cerúndolo received a
special exempt
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into the tournament in
Rio de Janeiro
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the following week. There, he beat
Benoît Paire
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His best result in a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam has been reaching the fourth round, which he has achieved on four occasions. He has won three singles titles, ...
,
Roberto Carballés Baena and again Kecmanović to reach his first ATP 500 semifinal, where he lost in straight sets to
Diego Schwartzman
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.
Cerúndolo recorded his first ATP Tour victories on a hard court at the
Masters 1000 event in
Miami
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, defeating
Tallon Griekspoor and seeded players
Reilly Opelka
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and
Gaël Monfils
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en route to the fourth round. He beat
Frances Tiafoe (who defeated his brother
Juan Manuel in the third round) in the fourth round to advance to the quarterfinals. He advanced to the semifinals after
Jannik Sinner
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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
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in 2012 to reach the semifinals on their Masters 1000 level debut. He lost to 6th seed
Casper Ruud
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in the semifinals in straight sets. Following this result, his ranking rose 52 places to a career-high of World No. 51.
In
Båstad
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, Cerúndolo recorded his first win against a player inside the Top-10 after beating top seed and defending champion
Casper Ruud
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in 3 sets. He proceeded to reach the final after beating
Aslan Karatsev and
Pablo Carreño Busta. He defeated
Sebastián Báez
Sebastián Báez (; born 28 December 2000) is an Argentine professional tennis player.
He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 18, achieved on 24 June 2024 and a doubles ranking of world No. 189, achieved on 29 July 2024. Báez ha ...
in the final to win his first ATP title. As a result, he reached the top 30 on 18 July 2022 and the top 25 a week later.
At the
2022 Hamburg European Open, he reached the quarterfinals defeating World No. 8 and second seed
Andrey Rublev, his second Top-10 win. He reached his second ATP 500 semifinal by beating
Aslan Karatsev in three sets.
He represented
Argentina
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for the first time in the
Davis Cup finals, where he lost both matches to
Jannik Sinner
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and
Borna Ćorić
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respectively.
2023: First Major win, Latin American No. 1, top 20
Cerúndolo won his two first matches at a Grand Slam at the
Australian Open
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after beating
Guido Pella
Guido Pella (; born 17 May 1990) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. In August 2019, Pella reached his career best world No. 20 in singles. In July 2019, he peaked at No. 55 in doubles.
Personal life
His father, Carlos, taught hi ...
and
Corentin Moutet
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to reach the third round on his debut at this Major.
He played again in the Davis Cup, this time recording his first win in the tournament against
Otto Virtanen.
In
Córdoba, Argentina he defeated fellow Argentine
Federico Delbonis to reach the quarterfinals but lost to eventual runner-up compatriot
Federico Coria, however, his brother
Juanma defeated
Diego Schwartzman
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in the same tournament, as a result, Francisco he became Argentine No. 1 and Latin American No. 1 player on 13 February 2023.
In
Buenos Aires
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, Argentina he defeated
Yannick Hanfmann and
Jaume Munar
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to reach back to back quarterfinals but lost to
Bernabé Zapata Miralles.
At the
2023 Rio Open he reached the round of 16 but lost again to Zapata Miralles.
In
Santiago
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he lost to eventual finalist fellow Argentine
Tomás Martín Etcheverry in the first round.
In
Miami
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he reached the fourth round again at this tournament, recording his first top-10 win of the season against fifth seed and world No. 6
Félix Auger-Aliassime and getting his revenge for his third round loss at the
2023 BNP Paribas Open two weeks earlier. He reached back-to-back quarterfinals at this tournament defeating
Lorenzo Sonego
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.
In
Barcelona
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he defeated world No. 3
Casper Ruud
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in the third round, his second top-10 win to reach the quarterfinals.
In
Madrid
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he lost in the second round to compatriot
Pedro Cachin having a bye in the first round.
In
Rome
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he reached his second Masters quarterfinal of the season defeating
Wu Yibing
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,
Grégoire Barrère
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and world No. 8
Jannik Sinner
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, for his third top-10 win.
In
Lyon
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he reached a new ATP Tour final, beating
Juan Pablo Varillas
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,
Jack Draper, and
Cameron Norrie
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, in the title match he lost against
Arthur Fils in straight sets.
He picked up the third Major win of his career at the
French Open
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, where he defeated
Jaume Munar
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in four sets. Next he defeated lucky loser
Yannick Hanfmann. He reached the round of 16 for the first time at a Major defeating ninth seed
Taylor Fritz, his fourth top-10 win of the season. He lost to sixth seed
Holger Rune in five sets with a fifth set tiebreaker. As a result, he reached the top 20 in the rankings on 12 June 2023.
In
Eastbourne
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he became the third Argentinian champion on grass after
Guillermo Vilas
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and
Javier Frana, and the first since 1995, defeating
Marc-Andrea Hüsler
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,
Zhang Zhizhen,
Mackenzie McDonald
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and second seed
Tommy Paul, beating both Americans in the same day. He recorded his first win at the
2023 Wimbledon Championships
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Tournament
The tournament was played on grass courts, wi ...
defeating
Nuno Borges.
On his return to clay at
Båstad
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, he started his title defense beating
Luca Van Assche in the second round,
Federico Coria in the quarterfinals, but lost in the semifinals to eventual champion
Andrey Rublev.
At the
US Open he beat
Zachary Svajda in the first round, his first win at this Major.
On his debut at the
Laver Cup he recorded the first ever win for South America at the event against
Alejandro Davidovich Fokina
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.
In
Paris
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he reached the third round defeating
Gaël Monfils
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and world No. 8
Casper Ruud
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, for his fifth top-10 win of the season.
2024: Third ATP 500 semifinal, Olympics debut, 100th win
The start of the season in the
Australian Open Series began with three defeats in second rounds, first at
Hong Kong Open, then at the
ASB Classic, and the last at the
Australian Open
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, where he lost against
Fábián Marozsán in straight sets.
He was called up again for
Argentina
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to play at the
Davis Cup qualifying round, this time against
Kazakhstan
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, he won the first match of the series against
Dimitry Popko, giving his country the first point, after the defeat over
Tomás Etcheverry and the victory over
González/
Molteni, Francisco lost against
Timofey Skatov leaving the series 2-2, however,
Sebastián Báez
Sebastián Báez (; born 28 December 2000) is an Argentine professional tennis player.
He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 18, achieved on 24 June 2024 and a doubles ranking of world No. 189, achieved on 29 July 2024. Báez ha ...
won against Popko and Argentina won the series 3-2, qualifying for the David Cup Finals.
Seeded fourth, he reached the semifinals at the ATP 500
2024 Rio Open for the second time at this tournament, but lost to fifth seed and eventual champion
Sebastian Baez.
He reached his fifth ATP final at the
2024 Croatia Open Umag defeating
Lorenzo Sonego
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and upsetting top seed
Andrey Rublev. He won his third title defeating second seed
Lorenzo Musetti in three sets.
In less than 24 hours, he recorded his first win at the
Paris Olympics over Chilean
Tomas Barrios Vera. He then defeated 10th seed
Ugo Humbert
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Humbert has won seven AT ...
but lost to
Casper Ruud
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in straight sets.
Seeded fourth, he reached the semifinals at the
2024 Almaty Open, but lost to
Gabriel Diallo. At the
2024 Rolex Paris Masters Cerundolo again upset sixth seed Andrey Rublev in straight sets with two tiebreaks recording his 100th tour-level win. It was his fourth Top 10 win of the season and second over Rublev (after Umag).
2025: Back-to-back Masters quarterfinals & first clay semifinal, back to top 20
He reached the final at his home tournament, the
2025 Argentina Open, defeating top seed
Alexander Zverev
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en route, but lost in straight sets to
João Fonseca, who became the youngest Brazilian to win an ATP title in the
Open Era
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.
At the
2025 Chile Open as the top seed, he reached his second semifinal at the Golden swing with a win over compatriot
Tomas Martin Etcheverry.
At the
2025 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells he reached the quarterfinals of a Masters for the fifth time in his career and first at the tournament, defeating ninth seed
Alex de Minaur
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, his 13th top 10 win, before losing to
Carlos Alcaraz
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. In
Miami
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he defeated
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, 12th seed
Tommy Paul and fifth seed
Casper Ruud
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, his 14th top 10 win, to reach back to back quarterfinals. It was his third quarterfinal in four appearances at the hardcourt Masters in Miami.
Cerundolo reached also the quarterfinals at the clay Masters 1000, the
2025 Mutua Madrid Open, with another win over top seed Alexander Zverev, his second clay win over the German player in the season (after Buenos Aires), bringing their head-to-head to 3-0. He reached only his second Masters semifinal and first on clay with a win over 22nd seed
Jakub Menšík. He lost to 14th seed Casper Ruud in straight sets.
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
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won the title in Rome and
Mischa Zverev
Mikhail "Mischa" Alexandrovich Zverev. (born 22 August 1987) is a German retired professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 25 on 24 July 2017.
At the 2017 Australian Open, Zverev defeated world No. 1 An ...
reached the final in
Geneva
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. In Córdoba, 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.
His younger sister
María Constanza Cerúndolo (born 2000) is a field hockey player, who plays at
Belgrano Athletic Club
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and the
Argentina national team, his father Alejandro "Toto" Cerúndolo is a former tennis player and coach, and his mother María Luz Rodríguez is a sport therapist and was also a tennis player.
He and his siblings are
River Plate fans.
Performance timelines
Singles
''Current through the
2025 Halle Open.''
ATP Tour finals
Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)
National and international representation
Team competitions finals: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
ATP Challenger Tour finals
Singles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner-up)
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 10 (8 titles, 2 runner-ups)
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Wins over top 10 players
*Cerúndolo has a record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
References
External links
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1998 births
Living people
Argentine male tennis players
Tennis players from Buenos Aires
South Carolina Gamecocks men's tennis players
Argentine expatriate tennis players in the United States
South American Games medalists in tennis
South American Games silver medalists for Argentina
Tennis players at the 2019 Pan American Games
Pan American Games competitors for Argentina
Olympic tennis players for Argentina
Tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Tennis players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
21st-century Argentine sportsmen