Raúl Brancaccio (born 4 May 1997) is an Italian tennis player.
He 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.
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 saving a championship point before a four-hour rain delay, defeating Frenchman
Laurent Lokoli
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Career
Lokoli received a wildc ...
. He reached his second Challenger final at the
2023 Tenerife Challenger II for the season where he lost to
Matteo Arnaldi
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. As a result, he reached a new career-high ranking of No. 121 on 13 February 2023.
Controversy
On March 25, 2024, Raul Brancaccio played against
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Pierre-Hugues Herbert (; born 18 March 1991) is a French professional tennis player. In doubles, he has completed the Grand Slam (tennis)#Career Grand Slam, Career Grand Slam with titles at the 2015 US Open – Men's doubles, 2015 US Open, the 20 ...
in the first round of the
2024 Tennis Napoli Cup 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
Torre del Greco (; ; "Greek man's Tower") is a ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Naples in Italy, with a population of c. 85,000 . The locals are sometimes called ''Corallini'' because of the once plentiful coral in the nearby sea, and becaus ...
, 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.
Personal life
Brancaccio has a Spanish mother and an Italian father. His sister
Nuria Brancaccio
Nuria Brancaccio (born 24 June 2000) is an Italian tennis player.
Brancaccio has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of 167, achieved on 14 August 2023. She also has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 128, reached on 21 April 2025.
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is also a tennis player.
ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals
Singles: 15 (8–7)
References
External links
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1997 births
Living people
Italian male tennis players
Sportspeople from Torre del Greco
Italian people of Spanish descent
21st-century Italian sportsmen
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