Raúl Brancaccio
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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
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. He reached his second Challenger final at the 2023 Tenerife Challenger II for the season where he lost to
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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
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, 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. ...
is also a tennis player.


ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals


Singles: 15 (8–7)


References


External links

* * 1997 births Living people Italian male tennis players Sportspeople from Torre del Greco Italian people of Spanish descent 21st-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-tennis-bio-stub