Román Andrés Burruchaga (born 23 January 2002) is an Argentine tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 117 achieved on 19 May 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 191 achieved on 3 October 2022.

Personal life

Burruchaga is the son of Argentine former footballer and

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winner

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Career

2022-2023: First doubles Challenger title and singles final

Burruchaga won his first

ATP Challenger The ATP Challenger Tour (known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series) is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments. It was founded in 1976 as a replacement for the ILTF Satellite Circuit (founded in 1971) as ...

doubles title at the 2022 Copa Sevilla with

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2024: ATP, Major and top 125 debuts

He made his ATP main draw debut at the 2024 Córdoba Open as a qualifier and recorded his first ATP win over

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. He made his top 150 debut on 8 April 2024 at world No. 149. In May, he qualified for the 2024 French Open making his Grand Slam debut. Following a final showing in July at the 2024 Zug Open, he reached the top 130 in the rankings on 29 July 2024 and the top 125 a week later.

2025: Won first title in second-longest Challenger final, Masters debut and first win

Burruchaga won his first singles title at the Brasil Tennis Challenger, defeating

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in the second-longest Challenger final in history. Ranked No. 135, Burruchaga made his Masters 1000 debut in Rome at the

2025 Italian Open The 2025 Italian Open (also known as the Internazionali BNL d'Italia for sponsorship reasons) was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. It was the 82nd edition of the Italian Open and w ...

after qualifying for the main draw with a win over former top 10 player Pablo Carreno Busta, and defeated

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recording his first Masters win.

ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 6 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Doubles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups)

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* * 2002 births Living people Argentine male tennis players Tennis players from Buenos Aires 21st-century Argentine sportsmen {{Argentina-tennis-bio-stub