Raúl Brancaccio

Raúl Brancaccio
Brancaccio at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceTorre del Greco, Italy
Born (1997-05-04) 4 May 1997 (age 27)
Torre del Greco, Italy
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachCiro Figaro
Prize money$409,102
Singles
Career record0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 121 (13 February 2023)
Current rankingNo. 259 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2023)
French OpenQ1 (2023)
WimbledonQ1 (2023)
US OpenQ3 (2022)
Doubles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 252 (26 September 2022)
Current rankingNo. 928 (15 January 2024)
Last updated on: 20 January 2024.

Raúl Brancaccio (born 4 May 1997) is an Italian tennis player.

Brancaccio has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 121 achieved on 13 February 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 252 achieved on 26 September 2022.[1]

Career

2021: ATP debut

Brancaccio made his ATP main draw debut at the 2021 Emilia-Romagna Open after qualifying for the singles main draw.

2023: Top 125 debut

He won his second Challenger title at the 2023 Open Nouvelle-Calédonie in Nouméa, New Caledonia defeating Laurent Lokoli.[2] He reached his second Challenger final at the 2023 Tenerife Challenger II for the season where he lost to Matteo Arnaldi. As a result, he reached a new career-high ranking of No. 121 on 13 February 2023.

Controversy

On March 25th 2024, Raul Brancaccio played against Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the first round of the Napoli Challenger. After failing to convert 7 match points, he went on to lose the match. Despite being born 20 minutes away from Napoli in Torre del Greco, the crowd was actively hostile towards him. After the match, he took to Instagram to voice his displeasure in a strongly worded statement, blaming sports bettors for the chaos during the match.[3]

Personal life

Brancaccio has a Spanish mother and an Italian father. His sister Nuria Brancaccio is also a tennis player.[4]

Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 12 (8–4)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (2–1)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (6–3)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (7–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 2016 Tunisia F36, Hammamet Futures Clay Hungary Attila Balázs 4–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Dec 2017 Tunisia F37, Hammamet Futures Clay Portugal Gonçalo Oliveira 3–6, 2–6
Win 1–2 May 2018 Italy F11, Napoli Futures Clay Italy Pietro Rondoni 6–2, 6–7(3–7), 6–0
Loss 1–3 Sep 2018 Spain F25, San Sebastián Futures Clay Spain Javier Barranco Cosano 1–6, 1–6
Win 2–3 Sep 2018 Spain F28, Madrid Futures Clay Chile Gonzalo Lama 6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Win 3–3 Oct 2018 Italy F32, Santa Margherita di Pula Futures Clay Italy Stefano Baldoni 6–2, 6–3
Win 4–3 Oct 2018 Italy F33, Santa Margherita Di Pula Futures Clay Bulgaria Dimitar Kuzmanov 6–4, 6–4
Win 5–3 May 2019 M25 Vic, Spain World Tennis Tour Clay Argentina Facundo Diaz Acosta 5–7, 7–5, 6–3
Win 6–3 Feb 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Ukraine Oleksii Krutykh 6–4, 6–4
Win 7–3 Jul 2022 San Benedetto, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Andrea Vavassori 6–1, 6–1
Win 8–3 Jan 2023 Nouméa, New Caledonia Challenger Hard France Laurent Lokoli 4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Loss 8–4 Feb 2023 Tenerife, Spain Challenger Hard Italy Matteo Arnaldi 1–6, 2–6

References

  1. ^ "Raul Brancaccio | Overview". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2021-05-23.
  2. ^ "Cerundolo Captures First Challenger Crown of 2023 | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  3. ^ "Pierre-Hugues Herbert saves 7 match points with out of this world shots". Tennis Clubhouse. 2024-03-28. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
  4. ^ "I promossi delle pre-quali: sei ritratti azzurri". sport.tiscali.it. 6 May 2021.

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