Raúl Brancaccio Explained

Raúl Brancaccio
Residence:Torre del Greco, Italy
Birth Date:1997 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Torre del Greco, Italy
Height:1.83m (06feet)
Coach:Ciro Figaro
Plays:Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$409,102
Singlesrecord:0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 121 (13 February 2023)
Currentsinglesranking:No. 259 (15 January 2024)
Australianopenresult:Q2 (2023)
Frenchopenresult:Q1 (2023)
Wimbledonresult:Q1 (2023)
Usopenresult:Q3 (2022)
Doublesrecord:0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Doublestitles:0
Highestdoublesranking:No. 252 (26 September 2022)
Currentdoublesranking:No. 928 (15 January 2024)
Updated: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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Tunisia F36, HammametFuturesClay Attila Balázs4–6, 2–6
Loss0–2Tunisia F37, HammametFuturesClay Gonçalo Oliveira3–6, 2–6
Win1–2Italy F11, NapoliFuturesClay Pietro Rondoni6–2, 6–7(3–7), 6–0
Loss1–3Spain F25, San SebastiánFuturesClay Javier Barranco Cosano1–6, 1–6
Win2–3Spain F28, MadridFuturesClay Gonzalo Lama6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Win3–3Italy F32, Santa Margherita di PulaFuturesClay Stefano Baldoni6–2, 6–3
Win4–3Italy F33, Santa Margherita Di PulaFuturesClay Dimitar Kuzmanov6–4, 6–4
Win5–3M25 Vic, SpainWorld Tennis TourClay Facundo Diaz Acosta5–7, 7–5, 6–3
Win6–3M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Oleksii Krutykh6–4, 6–4
Win7–3San Benedetto, ItalyChallengerClay Andrea Vavassori6–1, 6–1
Win8–3Nouméa, New CaledoniaChallengerHard Laurent Lokoli4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Loss8–4Tenerife, SpainChallengerHard Matteo Arnaldi1–6, 2–6

Notes and References

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