Juan Manuel Cerúndolo

Juan Manuel Cerúndolo (born 15 November 2001) is an Argentine tennis player.

Juan Manuel Cerúndolo
Country (sports) Argentina
ResidenceBuenos Aires, Argentina
Born (2001-11-15) 15 November 2001
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2018
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$270,790
Singles
Career record6–6 (50.0%) (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles1[1]
Highest rankingNo. 85 (1 November 2021)
Current rankingNo. 89 (22 November 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
French OpenQ3 (2021)
WimbledonQ1 (2021)
Doubles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 376 (3 February 2020)
Current rankingNo. 421 (22 November 2021)
Last updated on: 22 November 2021.

Cerúndolo has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 85 achieved on 1 November 2021. 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 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[2] and the youngest Argentine tennis player to reach an ATP final since Jose Acasuso in 2001 and win an ATP tournament since Guillermo Coria in 2001,[3][4] and the first player to win a title in his debut ATP event since Santiago Ventura in 2004.[5][6]

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.[7] 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 Martin 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, Jose Acasuso and Guillermo Coria and 19-year-olds David Nalbandian, Mariano Puerta and Mariano Zabaleta.[8]

After Felix 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.[9][10]

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.[11][12][13]

Personal life

His older brother Francisco Cerúndolo is also a tennis player.[14][15] The Cerundolos in 2021 became the first brothers 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.[16]

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: 12 (6–6)
Legend (Singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (3–2)
ITF Futures Tour (3–4)
Titles by Surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (6–6)
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

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

Current through the 2021 Next Generation ATP Finals.

Singles
Tournament2021SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open Q3 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–Loss 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Monte-Carlo Masters A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Masters A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Shanghai Masters NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Paris Masters A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–Loss 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Career statistics
Tournaments 4 4
Titles 1 0
Finals 1 0
Overall Win–Loss 6–6 6–6
Win Percentage 50% 50%
Year-end ranking 89 $270,790

References
  1. "JM. Cerundolo titles". www.atptour.com.
  2. Cerundolo 2021 Cordoba Final
  3. Cerundolo wins Cordoba title in first ATP main draw outing
  4. "Juan Manuel Cerúndolo makes history in the semifinals and climbs a lot in the ATP ranking". La Pelotita. 26 February 2021.
  5. "Cerundolo, 19, Reaches Cordoba Final In ATP Tour Debut". ATP Tour. 28 February 2021.
  6. Slice of history: 19 year old Juan Manuel Cerundolo reaches Cordoba final on ATP debut
  7. https://www.atptour.com/en/news/cerundolo-2021-rome-challenger-title
  8. https://www.nextgenatpfinals.com/en/news/cerundolo-taberner-2021-buenos-aires-challenger
  9. "Cerundolo First South American To Qualify For Milan". Association of Tennis Professionals. 1 November 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  10. https://www.nextgenatpfinals.com/en/news/cerundolo-milan-2021-qualification-ng
  11. https://www.atptour.com/en/news/nakashima-cerundolo-milan-2021-tuesday
  12. https://www.atptour.com/en/news/cerundolo-rune-milan-2021-wednesday
  13. "Alcaraz Cerundolo Milan 2021 Thursday | Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals | Tennis". Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
  14. "Córdoba Open: dos hermanos argentinos hacen historia después de 40 años". www.lanacion.com.ar (in Spanish). 24 February 2021.
  15. March 2021 Remember The Name: Inside The Cerundolo Clan's ATP Tour Breakthrough
  16. https://medium.com/@burek/the-untold-tale-of-brothers-and-sisters-who-wrote-the-history-of-tennis-f01dcc505cc9
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