Pedro Cachin (; born 12 April 1995) is an Argentine professional
tennis
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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
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and
Horacio Zeballos
Horacio Zeballos Jr. (, ; born 27 April 1985) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 1 on 6 May 2024, becoming the first Argentinian man to achieve the feat. He is a Grand Slam champion ...
before losing to
Carlos Berlocq and
Diego Schwartzman
Diego Sebastián Schwartzman (, ; born 16 August 1992) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. He won four ATP Tour singles titles and reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 in October 2020. As a clay court specialist ...
in the second round.
Cachin entered his first Grand Slam tournament at the
2015 Wimbledon Championships
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, 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
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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
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, losing in the first round to
Tallon Griekspoor.
At the
US Open qualifying competition, he lost to
Blaž Kavčič
Blaž Kavčič (born 5 March 1987) is a Slovenian tennis coach and former professional player.
He was the highest ranked Slovenian male player ever, achieving a career-high of World No. 68 in August 2012, until Aljaž Bedene began to play for ...
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
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, 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
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at the
Andalucía Challenger in Marbella en route to the final where he lost to
Jaume Munar
Jaume Antoni Munar Clar (; ; born 5 May 1997) is a Spanish professional tennis player. Munar has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 52 achieved on 20 May 2019 and a doubles ranking of No. 98 achieved on 21 April 2025. He is currently ...
.
Cachin qualified for the
French Open
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as lucky loser to make his Grand Slam singles main-draw debut. He defeated fellow qualifier
Norbert Gombos
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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
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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
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.
At the
US Open, Cachin received direct entry in to the main draw and defeated
Aljaž Bedene
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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
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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
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and won his first match at this level over
Nikoloz Basilashvili
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. 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
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(his first career victory over a top 20 opponent), before losing to lucky loser and eventual runner-up
Jan-Lennard Struff
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.
In July, Cachin won his maiden ATP title in
Gstaad
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, where he defeated
Albert Ramos Viñolas
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Career
Juniors
R ...
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
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main draw matches and
Davis Cup
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matches are considered:
References
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1995 births
Living people
Argentine male tennis players
Tennis players from Córdoba, Argentina
21st-century Argentine sportsmen