Juan Manuel Cerúndolo (born 15 November 2001) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He has won one ATP and 10 ATP Challenger Tour singles titles.
_(52128606242).jpg) Cerúndolo at the 2022 French Open | |
| Country (sports) |  Argentina |
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| Residence | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Born | 15 November 2001 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Turned pro | 2018 |
| Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach | Andres Dellatorre, Alejandro Cerundolo |
| Prize money | $988,706 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 17–24 |
| Career titles | 1 |
| Highest ranking | No. 79 (31 January 2022) |
| Current ranking | No. 206 (23 September 2024) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2022) |
| French Open | Q3 (2021) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2023) |
| US Open | 2R (2023) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 0–1 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 376 (3 February 2020) |
| Current ranking | No. 1385 (23 September 2024) |
| Last updated on: 29 September 2024. | |
Cerúndolo has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 79, achieved on 31 January 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 376 achieved on 3 February 2020.
Professional career
edit2021: First ATP title, three Challengers titles, top 100 and NextGen finals debut
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Cerúndolo made his ATP main draw debut at the 2021 Córdoba Open where, as a qualifier, he won the title. The world No. 335 was the fifth lowest ranked player to win an ATP Tour title since 1990[1] and the youngest Argentine tennis player to reach an ATP final since José Acasuso in 2001 and win an ATP tournament since Guillermo Coria in 2001,[2] and the first player to win a title in his debut ATP event since Santiago Ventura in 2004.[3][4]
In May 2021, Juan Manuel won his first challenger title on clay in an all-teenage final at the 2021 Garden Open II Challenger in Rome. He was the youngest Argentine champion on the ATP Challenger Tour in 12 years since Federico Delbonis and the first player to win on both tours in the same season since 2019.[5] As a result, he reached a career-high ranking of World No. 152 in singles on 3 May 2021 and 2 weeks later entered the top 150 at No. 146.
In August and September, he won his second and third Challengers in Como, Italy and Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He made his debut in the top 100 after a semifinal showing at the Challenger in Buenos Aires at World No. 94 on 25 October 2021 becoming only the fourth teenager to crack the top 100 rankings in 2021. He is the first from the South American nation to be in the Top 100 while under the age of 20 since Juan Martín del Potro in 2006. In addition, Cerundolo is only the seventh Argentine teen to reach the Top 100 since 1990, along with 18-year-olds Del Potro, José Acasuso and Guillermo Coria and 19-year-olds David Nalbandian, Mariano Puerta and Mariano Zabaleta.[6]
After Félix Auger-Aliassime withdrew from the 2021 Next Generation ATP Finals, the ATP announced Cerúndolo as the next qualifier on 1 November 2021. He was the first player from South America to qualify in the tournament's history.[7][8]
In his Next Gen ATP finals debut, Cerúndolo lost to fourth seed Brandon Nakashima in his first match. He then was defeated by seventh seed Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune. His third and final match ended in defeat to the tournament's top seed and eventual champion Carlos Alcaraz.[9][10][11]
2022: Major & top 80 debut, First Masters win, Injuries & hiatus, out of top 150
editCerúndolo made his Grand Slam debut at the 2022 Australian Open as a direct entry into the main draw where he lost to qualifier Tomáš Macháč. He reached the top 80 on 17 January 2022. After suffering a leg injury that made him unable to defend his title at the Córdoba Open, he lost in the first round of both the 2022 Chile Open and the Indian Wells Open to Carlos Taberner and Jack Sock respectively.
At the 2022 Miami Open, Cerundolo reached the third round, getting past Dušan Lajović and former top-10 player lucky loser Kevin Anderson (replacing top-10 player Matteo Berrettini who withdrew from the tournament). He was defeated by Frances Tiafoe.[12] He did not play in any of the ATP tournaments on clay due to leg and hip injuries and as result dropped out of the top 130 to No. 132 on 16 May 2022. He also skipped the entire grass season including Wimbledon and the North American tournaments including the US Open. When he returned later in September, he triumphed at the Buenos Aires and Coquimbo Challengers.
2023: Wimbledon & US Open debuts & first Major win
editHe won the 2023 Challenger de Tigre in Argentina defeating Bolivian Murkel Dellien.[13]
In Córdoba, Argentina he received a wildcard and defeated fellow Argentine and top seed Diego Schwartzman to reach the quarterfinals. With the victory, he improved to 10–0 at this ATP 250 (including his three qualifying wins in 2021).[14] At the 2023 Rio Open he qualified but lost to eventual champion Cam Norrie. In Santiago he also qualified into the main draw and defeated Pedro Cachin in the first round.[15]
Cerúndolo made his debut at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships as a direct entry into the main draw.
Cerúndolo recirded his first Major win on his debut at the US Open defeating Ilya Ivashka in five sets.[16]
Personal life
editCerúndolo is the younger brother of fellow tennis player, Francisco.[17][18] In 2021 the brothers became the first to reach back-to-back finals on the ATP Tour[19] since 2017, when Alexander Zverev won the title in Rome and Mischa Zverev reached the final in Geneva.[20]
ATP Tour finals
editSingles: 1 (1 title)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Feb 2021 | Córdoba Open, Argentina | ATP 250 | Clay |  Albert Ramos Viñolas
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6–0, 2–6, 6–2 |
ATP Challenger Tour finals
editSingles: 13 (10 titles, 3 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | May 2021 | Rome II, Italy | Challenger | Clay |  Flavio Cobolli
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6–2, 3–6, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Aug 2021 | Meerbusch, Germany | Challenger | Clay |  Marcelo Tomás Barrios Vera
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6–7(7–9), 3–6 |
| Win | 2–1 | Aug 2021 | Como, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Gian Marco Moroni
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7–5, 7–6(9–7) |
| Win | 3–1 | Sep 2021 | Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina | Challenger | Clay |  Nikola Milojević
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6–3, 6–1 |
| Loss | 3–2 | Oct 2021 | Lima II, Peru | Challenger | Clay | Nicolás Jarry
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2–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 4–2 | Sep 2022 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Challenger | Clay | Camilo Ugo Carabelli
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6–4, 2–6, 7–5 |
| Win | 5–2 | Oct 2022 | Coquimbo II, Chile | Challenger | Clay | Facundo Díaz Acosta
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6–3, 3–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 6–2 | Jan 2023 | Tigre, Argentina | Challenger | Clay |  Murkel Dellien
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4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 7–2 | Jan 2023 | Tigre II, Argentina | Challenger | Clay |  Jesper de Jong
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6–3, 2–6, 6–2 |
| Loss | 7–3 | Apr 2023 | Oeiras, Portugal | Challenger | Clay |  Zsombor Piros
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3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 8–3 | Jun 2024 | Lima, Peru | Challenger | Clay |  Pedro Boscardin Dias
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6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 9–3 | Jun 2024 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra II, Bolivia | Challenger | Clay |  Álvaro Guillén Meza
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3–6, 6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 10–3 | Sep 2024 | Antofagasta, Chile | Challenger | Clay |  Adolfo Daniel Vallejo
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3–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Jan 2020 | Punta del Este, Uruguay | Challenger | Clay | Thiago Agustín Tirante
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Orlando Luz Rafael Matos
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4–6, 2–6 |
ITF World Tennis Tour finals
editSingles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Jun 2019 | M15 Tabarka, Tunisia | WTT | Clay |  Antoine Escoffier
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6–4, 7–6(8–6) |
| Loss | 1–1 | Aug 2019 | M15 Baja, Hungary | WTT | Clay | Máté Valkusz
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4–6, 6–4, 2–6 |
| Win | 2–1 | Aug 2019 | M15 Helsinki, Finland | WTT | Clay |  Patrik Niklas-Salminen
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6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–1 | Sep 2019 | M15 Santiago, Chile | WTT | Clay | Sebastián Báez
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7–6(7–5), 6–1 |
| Loss | 3–2 | Oct 2019 | M15 Junín, Argentina | WTT | Clay | Hernán Casanova
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2–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 3–3 | Mar 2020 | M25 Buenos Aires, Argentina | WTT | Clay | Facundo Díaz Acosta
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6–7(2–7), 5–7 |
| Loss | 3–4 | Jan 2021 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | WTT | Clay | Giovanni Fonio
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walkover |
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2019 | M15 Baja, Hungary | WTT | Clay | Francisco Comesaña
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 Petr Hájek Ondřej Krstev
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6–7(5–7), 3–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Jan 2021 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | WTT | Clay | Pedro Cachín
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 Vladyslav Orlov Denis Yevseyev
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7–5, 6–2 |
Performance timelines
edit| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Singles
editCurrent through the 2024 US Open.
| Tournament | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||
| Australian Open | A | 1R | A | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| French Open | Q3 | Q2 | Q2 | Q2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Wimbledon | Q1 | A | 1R | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| US Open | A | A | 2R | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% |
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 | |||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | 1R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Miami Open | A | 3R | A | A | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% |
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Madrid Open | A | A | Q2 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Italian Open | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Shanghai Masters | NH | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% |
| Career statistics | |||||||
| Tournaments | 5 | 5 | 11 | 2 | Career total: 23 | ||
| Titles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 1 | ||
| Finals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 1 | ||
| Overall win–loss | 6–6 | 3–5 | 7–11 | 1–2 | 17–24 | ||
| Win Percentage | 50% | 38% | 39% | 33% | 41.46% | ||
| Year-end ranking | 89 | 154 | 120 | $962,356 | |||
Record against top 10 players
editJM Cerúndolo'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 are considered:
| Player | Record | Win % | Hard | Clay | Grass | Last Match |
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| Number 1 ranked players | ||||||
| Carlos Alcaraz
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0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (0–4, 1–4, 4–2, 3–4(3–7)) at 2021 Next Generation ATP Finals |
| Number 5 ranked players | ||||||
 Kevin Anderson
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1–0 | 100% | 1–0 | – | – | Won (7–6(9–7), 3–6, 6–3) at 2022 Miami Masters |
| Number 6 ranked players | ||||||
| Gaël Monfils
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0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (2–6, 1–6) at 2022 Adelaide 1 |
 Holger Rune
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0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (1–4, 2–4, 4–1, 1–4) at 2021 Next Generation ATP Finals |
| Number 8 ranked players | ||||||
| Diego Schwartzman
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1–0 | 100% | – | 1–0 | – | Won (7–6(8–6), 6–1) at 2023 Córdoba |
 Cameron Norrie
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0–1 | 0% | – | 0–1 | – | Lost (5–7, 1–6) at 2023 Rio |
| Jannik Sinner
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0–1 | 0% | – | – | 0–1 | Lost (2–6, 2–6, 2–6) at 2023 Wimbledon |
 Jack Sock
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0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (1–6, 1–6) at 2022 Indian Wells Masters |
| Number 10 ranked players | ||||||
| Frances Tiafoe
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0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (3–6, 2–6) at 2022 Miami Masters |
| Total | 2–7 | 22.22% | 1–5 (17%) |
1–1 (50%) |
0–1 (0%) |
* Statistics correct as of 3 July 2023[update] |
References
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- ^ "Slice of history: 19 year old Juan Manuel Cerundolo reaches Cordoba final on ATP debut". 28 February 2021.
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- ^ "Cerundolo Thriving in Miami with Brother in Support". ATP Tour.
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- ^ "Juan Manuel Cerundolo Beats Pedro Cachin in Santiago". ATP Tour.
- ^ Scott Sode (30 August 2023). "Oh brother! Cerundolo brothers go back-to-back on same US Open court". usopen.org. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ "The Cerundolo Family Dream". ATP Tour.
- ^ "Córdoba Open: dos hermanos argentinos hacen historia después de 40 años". www.lanacion.com.ar (in Spanish). 24 February 2021.
- ^ March 2021 Remember The Name: Inside The Cerundolo Clan's ATP Tour Breakthrough
- ^ "The untold tale of brothers and sisters who wrote the history of tennis". 25 October 2015.
