Juan Manuel Cerúndolo

Juan Manuel Cerúndolo (born 15 November 2001) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He has won one ATP singles title.

Juan Manuel Cerúndolo

Cerúndolo at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports)	Argentina
Residence	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Born	(2001-11-15) 15 November 2001 (age 21) 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	$475,415
Singles
Career record	9–11 (45.0% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 79 (31 January 2022)
Current ranking	No. 151 (31 October 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2022)
French Open	Q3 (2021)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2021)
Doubles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 376 (3 February 2020)
Last updated on: 17 October 2022.

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

2021: First ATP title, three Challengers titles, top 100 and NextGen finals debut

 

Cerúndolo at the Córdoba Open

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 Benja 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 Carlos Alcaraz.^[9][10][11]

2022: Grand Slam & top 80 debut, First Masters win, Drop in form & out of top 150

Cerúndolo 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 Kevin Anderson, after top-10 player Matteo Berrettini withdrew from the tournament. He was defeated by Frances Tiafoe.^[12] He did not play in any of the ATP tournaments on clay 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.

Personal life

Cerúndolo is the younger brother of fellow tennis player, Francisco.^[13][14] The brothers became the first to reach back-to-back finals on the ATP Tour since 2017, when Alexander Zverev won the title in Rome and Mischa Zverev reached the final in Geneva.^[15]

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP Finals (0–0) Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP Tour 250 Series (1–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoor (1–0) Indoor (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Feb 2021	Córdoba Open, Argentina	250 Series	Clay	Albert Ramos Viñolas	6–0, 2–6, 6–2

Futures and Challenger Career Finals

Singles: 14 (8–6)

Legend (singles) ATP Challenger Tour (5–2) ITF Futures Tour (3–4)

Titles by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (8–6) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2019	M15 Tabarka, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Antoine Escoffier	6–4, 7–6^(8–6)
Loss	1–1	Aug 2019	M15 Baja Hungary	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Máté Valkusz	4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win	2–1	Aug 2019	M15 Helsinki, Finland	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Patrik Niklas-Salminen	6–2, 6–3
Win	3–1	Sep 2019	M15 Santiago, Chile	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Sebastián Báez	7–6^(7–5), 6–1
Loss	3–2	Oct 2019	M15 Junín Argentina	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Hernán Casanova	2–6, 1–6
Loss	3–3	Mar 2020	M25 Hurlingham Argentina	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Facundo Díaz Acosta	6–7^(2–7), 5–7
Loss	3–4	Jan 2021	M15 Antalya Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Giovanni Fonio	Walkover
Win	4–4	May 2021	Rome, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Flavio Cobolli	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	4–5	Aug 2021	Meerbusch, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Marcelo Tomás Barrios Vera	6–7^(7–9), 3–6
Win	5–5	Aug 2021	Como, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Gian Marco Moroni	7–5, 7–6^(9–7)
Win	6–5	Sep 2021	Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Challenger	Clay	Nikola Milojević	6–3, 6–1
Loss	6–6	Oct 2021	Lima, Peru	Challenger	Clay	Nicolás Jarry	2–6, 5–7
Win	7–6	Sep 2022	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Camilo Ugo Carabelli	6–4, 2–6, 7–5
Win	8–6	Oct 2022	Coquimbo, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Facundo Díaz Acosta	6–3, 3–6, 6–4

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

Legend (doubles) ATP Challenger Tour (0–1) ITF Futures Tour (1–1)

Titles by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (1–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2019	M15 Baja Hungary	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Francisco Comesaña	Petr Hájek   Ondřej Krstev	6–7^(5-7), 3–6
Loss	0–2	Jan 2020	Punta del Este, Uruguay	Challenger	Clay	Thiago Agustín Tirante	Orlando Luz   Rafael Matos	4–6, 2–6
Win	1–2	Jan 2021	M15 Antalya Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Pedro Cachín	Vladyslav Orlov   Denis Yevseyev	7–5, 6–2

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Current through the 2022 French Open.

Tournament	2021	2022	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
French Open	Q3	Q2	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	0–1	–	–
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Miami Open	A	3R	0 / 1	2–1	67%
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Madrid Open	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Italian Open	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Canadian Open	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Shanghai Masters	NH		0 / 0	0–0	–
Paris Masters	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	2–2	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Career statistics
Tournaments	5	5	Career total: 10
Titles	1	0	Career total: 1
Finals	1	0	Career total: 1
Overall win–loss	6–6	3–5	9–11
Win Percentage	50%	38%	45%
Year-end ranking	89		$280,977

Record against top 10 players

JM 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
Number 5 ranked players
Kevin Anderson	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (7–6^(9–7), 3–6, 6–3) at 2022 Miami Masters
Number 6 ranked players
Gaël Monfils	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (2–6, 1–6) at 2022 Adelaide 1
Number 8 ranked players
Jack Sock	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (1–6, 1–6) at 2022 Indian Wells Masters
Total	1–2	33.33%	1–2 (33%)	0–0 ( – )	0–0 ( – )	* Statistics correct as of 25 March 2022^[update]

References

1. "World No. 335 Cerundolo, 19, Completes Dream Week With Cordoba Trophy".
2. "Cerundolo wins Cordoba title in first ATP main draw outing".
3. "Cerundolo, 19, Reaches Cordoba Final In ATP Tour Debut". ATP Tour. 28 February 2021.
4. "Slice of history: 19 year old Juan Manuel Cerundolo reaches Cordoba final on ATP debut".
5. "#NextGenATP Juan Manuel Cerundolo Reigns in Rome for First Challenger Title | ATP Tour | Tennis".
6. "Cerundolo Taberner 2021 Buenos Aires Challenger | Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals | Tennis".
7. "Cerundolo First South American To Qualify For Milan". Association of Tennis Professionals. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
8. "Cerundolo Milan 2021 Qualification NG | Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals | Tennis".
9. "Brandon Nakashima Makes Winning Start in Milan | ATP Tour | Tennis".
10. "Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune Keeps SF Hopes Alive | ATP Tour | Tennis".
11. "Alcaraz Cerundolo Milan 2021 Thursday | Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals | Tennis". Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
12. "Cerundolo Thriving in Miami with Brother in Support | ATP Tour | Tennis".
13. "Córdoba Open: dos hermanos argentinos hacen historia después de 40 años". www.lanacion.com.ar (in Spanish). 24 February 2021.
14. March 2021 Remember The Name: Inside The Cerundolo Clan's ATP Tour Breakthrough
15. "The untold tale of brothers and sisters who wrote the history of tennis". 25 October 2015.

External links

• Juan Manuel Cerúndolo at the Association of Tennis Professionals  
• Juan Manuel Cerúndolo at the International Tennis Federation