Franco Agamenone (born 15 April 1993) is an

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player, who competes mainly on the

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. Agamenone has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 108 achieved on 1 August 2022. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 167 achieved on 15 October 2018. He has won 5

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titles, three in singles and two in doubles. Agamenone was received a ten-month suspension from March 2019 until January 2020 for an anti-doping rule violation for unintentional use of

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. In September 2020, Agamenone switched his tennis country of allegiance from Argentina to Italy. Having never previously won a match at ATP Challenger level, Agamenone won the event in Prague, defeating Ryan Peniston in the final. The success took his ranking inside the top 300 for the first time. The following month, he repeated the feat, defeating Sebastian Baez to win in Kyiv. Agamenone's reached the semi-final at the ATP Challenger in Bendigo (l. Enzo Couacaud), pushed him into the top 200 for the first time. He made his Grand Slam debut when he entered the

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main draw as a lucky loser. He was defeated in the first round by

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. As a result, he reached the top 150 at World No. 148 on 6 July 2022. He qualified for the 2022 Croatia Open Umag making his ATP debut and reached the quarterfinals defeating Laslo Djere for his first ATP win and fourth seed & World No. 32 Sebastian Baez. Next he defeated

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to reach the first ATP semifinal of his career. As a result, he moved close to 30 positions in the rankings in the top 110 at No. 108 on 1 August 2022.

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 25 (15–10)

Doubles: 54 (40–14)

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