Román Andrés Burruchaga Explained

Román Andrés Burruchaga
Birth Date:23 January 2002
Birth Place:Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height:1.83 m
Coach:Leonardo Mayer, Miguel Pastura
Plays:Right-handed
Careerprizemoney:$398,470
Singlesrecord: (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 124 (19 August 2024)
Currentsinglesranking:No. 129 (21 October 2024)
Australianopenresult:Q1 (2024)
Frenchopenresult:1R (2024)
Wimbledonresult:Q3 (2024)
Usopenresult:Q2 (2024)
Doublesrecord: (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Doublestitles:0
Highestdoublesranking:No. 191 (3 October 2022)
Updated:19 October 2024

Román Andrés Burruchaga (born 23 January 2002) is an Argentine tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 124 achieved on 19 August 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 191 achieved on 3 October 2022.[1]

Personal life

Burruchaga is the son of Argentine former footballer and 1986 FIFA World Cup winner Jorge Burruchaga.[2]

Career

Burruchaga won his first ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2022 Copa Sevilla with Facundo Díaz Acosta.[3]

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 Diego Schwartzman.[4] [5] [6] 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.[7]

ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals

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

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–2)
ITF WTT (3–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (3–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0M15 Gdynia, PolandWTTClay Filip Peliwo6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–3), 6–1
Win2–0M25 Poznań, PolandWTTClay Paweł Ciaś5–7, 6–3, 6–2
Loss2–1M15 Antalya, TurkeyWTTClay Lukas Neumayer4–6, 6–1, 2–6
Win3–1M25 Vacaria, BrazilWTTClay (i) Orlando Luz0–6, 6–4, 6–0
Loss3–2Brasília, BrazilChallengerHard Alejandro Tabilo3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss4–2style=background:moccasinZug, Switzerlandstyle=background:moccasinChallengerClay Jérôme Kym4–6, 4–6

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

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–1)
ITF WTT (3–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (4–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0M15 Bergamo, ItalyWTTClay Juan Ignacio Galarza Dali Blanch
Pedro Boscardin Dias
6–4, 6–3
Win2–0M15 Poprad, SlovakiaWTTClay Fermín Tenti Luca Castelnuovo
Dominik Palan
6–3, 6–3
Win3–0M15 Antalya, TurkeyWTTClay Felix Gill Sarp Ağabigün
Admir Kalender
6–4, 6–3
Loss3–1M25 Antalya, TurkeyWTTClay Alexander Weis Sarp Ağabigün
Oleksii Krutykh
4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss3–2M25 Rosario, ArgentinaWTTClay Juan Ignacio Galarza Murkel Dellien
Arklon Huertas del Pino
3–6, 5–7
Win4–2Seville, SpainChallengerClay Facundo Díaz Acosta Nicolás Álvarez Varona
Alberto Barroso Campos
7–5, 6–7(8–10), [10–7]
Loss4–3Buenos Aires, ArgentinaChallengerClay Facundo Díaz Acosta Guido Andreozzi
Guillermo Durán
0–6, 5–7

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Roman Andres Burruchaga | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis. ATP Tour.
  2. Web site: Román Burruchaga, el hijo del campeón del mundo, ganó su primer título profesional en el tenis. es. 15 August 2021. 1 December 2022. La Nación.
  3. Web site: Burruchaga Kicking Goals On Challenger Tour. ATP Tour.
  4. Web site: Son of World Cup star, Roman Andres Burruchaga celebrates maiden ATP Tour win | ATP Tour | Tennis .
  5. Web site: Burruchaga makes winning ATP Tour debut against Schwartzman in Cordoba .
  6. Web site: Varela . Sebastián . 2024-02-07 . Román Burruchaga, football legacy from his father and his first ATP win . 2024-02-12 . CLAY . en.
  7. Web site: The 21-year-old from Fricktal won the biggest title of his professional career to date with a 6:4, 6:4 victory in the final against Argentinian Roman Andres Burruchaga (ATP 148).. 28 July 2024.