Pedro Cachín

Pedro Cachin (; born 12 April 1995) is an Argentine professional tennis player. Cachin has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 48 achieved on 7 August 2023 and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 219 achieved on 9 May 2022. As a junior, he reached a career-high ranking of No. 8 on 9 December 2013.

Professional career

2015–2019: ATP debut in doubles, first Challenger title

Cachin made his ATP main-draw debut as a wildcard in the doubles competition of the 2015 Argentina Open, partnering Facundo Argüello. They saved a match point and defeated the second-seeded pair of Máximo González and Horacio Zeballos before losing to Carlos Berlocq and Diego Schwartzman in the second round.

Cachin entered his first Grand Slam tournament at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships, but was eliminated by Jimmy Wang 4–6, 6–3, 7–5 in the first round of the qualifying competition.

In September 2015, ranked No. 248, Cachin won his maiden Challenger title at the Copa Sevilla, defeating top seed and world No. 54 Pablo Carreño Busta in the final.

By 2019, Cachin had increased his ranking enough to receive entry into Grand Slam qualifying competitions. Ranked No. 232, he participated in Roland Garros, where he was defeated by wildcard Elliot Benchetrit in the first round.

Cachin then participated in the qualifying competition at Wimbledon, losing in the first round to Tallon Griekspoor.

At the US Open qualifying competition, he lost to Blaž Kavčič in the first round.

2020–2021: Second Challenger title, top 250 debut

In 2020, Cachin won the World Tennis Tour title in Paguera, Spain, beating Matthieu Perchicot in the final.

In 2021, Cachin won the 2021 Open de Oeiras II, beating Nuno Borges in the final for his second Challenger title.

He reached the top 250 at world No. 239 on 29 November 2021.

2022: Major debut & first win, Four Challengers, US Open third round & top 60

In January, Cachin reached the second round of qualifying at the Australian Open, defeating ninth seed Francisco Cerundolo before losing to Marco Trungelliti.

In March, Cachin recorded a win over former World No. 3 and 2020 US Open champion, World No. 50 Dominic Thiem at the Andalucía Challenger in Marbella en route to the final where he lost to Jaume Munar.

Cachin qualified for the French Open as lucky loser to make his Grand Slam singles main-draw debut. He defeated fellow qualifier Norbert Gombos in the first round before losing to Hugo Gaston in the second round. As a result, he made his top 150 debut in the rankings.

He made his top 100 debut after winning his fifth Challenger title in Todi at World No. 98 on 11 July 2022. He moved to No. 66 on 22 August 2022 after his sixth Challenger title in the Dominican Republic.

At the US Open, Cachin received direct entry in to the main draw and defeated Aljaž Bedene in five sets in a fifth set with a super 10-point tiebreak, becoming the first player to win a match at the US Open under the new tiebreak rule. He then defeated wildcard Brandon Holt again in five sets with a super tiebreak after being two sets down to move onto the third round for the first time at a Major. As a result, he entered the top 60 in the rankings.

In October, he faced Andy Murray in the round of 16 of the Gijón Open losing in the third set tiebreak.

At the ATP 500 Erste Bank Open in Vienna, he entered the main draw as lucky loser.

Cachin finished the year ranked No. 54.

2023: Masters debut, first wins and fourth round, first ATP title, top 50

Cachin made his Masters debut at the BNP Paribas Open and won his first match at this level over Nikoloz Basilashvili. He also debuted at the Miami Open.

At the Madrid Open, Cachin reached the fourth round of a Masters tournament for the first time. He defeated wildcard Abdullah Shelbayh, 24th seed Francisco Cerúndolo, and ninth seed Frances Tiafoe (his first career victory over a top 20 opponent), before losing to lucky loser and eventual runner-up Jan-Lennard Struff.

In July, Cachin won his maiden ATP title in Gstaad, where he defeated Albert Ramos Viñolas in the final in three sets. He did not drop a set until the final and became the fifth first-time champion on the 2023 ATP Tour. He reached the top 50 moving more than 40 positions up to No. 49 on 24 July 2023.

Performance timeline

''Current through the 2024 French Open''

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Futures and Challenger career finals

Singles: 36 (15–21)

Doubles: 13 (8–5)

Record against top 10 players

Cachin's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches and Davis Cup matches are considered:

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1995 births
Living people
Argentine male tennis players
Tennis players from Córdoba, Argentina
21st-century Argentine sportsmen