Romain Arneodo (born 4 August 1992) is a French-born
Monegasque professional
tennis player who specializes in doubles.
[(in French]
Romain Arneodo pourra représenter Monaco en Coupe Davis
sur ''codesport.fr'', 30 septembre 2013 From 2008 to 2013, Arneodo represented France in international competition, but has since represented Monaco.
Arneodo has been
ranked by the
Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) as high as world No. 51 in doubles, which he achieved in May 2023. He also has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 455, attained in August 2014. Since turning professional, Arneodo has won one ATP doubles title (
2019 Los Cabos Open
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) as well as twelve doubles titles on the
ATP Challenger Tour and one singles and 20 doubles titles on the
ITF Men's World Tennis Tour
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.
Career
Arneodo made his
ATP
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main draw debut at the
2014 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters in the doubles tournament with partner
Benjamin Balleret. The pair entered the main draw with a wild card and reached the quarterfinals after defeating the pairs of
Jean-Julien Rojer and
Horia Tecău and
Roberto Bautista Agut and
Andreas Seppi in three sets before bowing out to fifth seeds
Daniel Nestor
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Nestor won 91 men's doubles titles (with 11 different partners), including an Olympic gold medal
...
and
Nenad Zimonjić 4–6, 3–6 in straight sets.
Three years later, in 2017, Arneodo went one step further in Monte Carlo with partner
Hugo Nys by reaching the semifinals after defeating the pairs of
Pablo Carreño Busta and
Guillermo García López, eighth seeds Rojer and Tecău, and third seeds
Jamie Murray and
Bruno Soares, before they succumbed to eventual champions
Rohan Bopanna and
Pablo Cuevas.
In 2019, at the
Los Cabos Open, Arneodo teamed up with Nys and they defeated
Dominic Inglot and
Austin Krajicek in the final to win each their own maiden ATP doubles title together; the duo won all four matches en route to the title in three sets.
Six years after reaching his first ATP Masters 1000 doubles semifinal in 2017, Arneodo became the first Monegasque player to contend for the Monte-Carlo Masters doubles title in the tournament's history by reaching the
2023 final. With partner
Sam Weissborn
Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (born 24 October 1991) is an Austrian professional tennis player who specializes in doubles.
Weissborn has been ranked by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) as high as world No. 50 in doubles, which he achie ...
, they defeated
Marcelo Melo
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and
Alexander Zverev
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before they upset defending champions and second seeds
Rajeev Ram
Rajeev Ram ( ; born March 18, 1984) is an American professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles.
Ram is a five-time major champion, having won the 2020 Australian Open, the 2021 US Open, and the 2022 US Open in men's d ...
and
Joe Salisbury, sixth seeds
Lloyd Glasspool and
Harri Heliövaara,
and
Kevin Krawietz and
Tim Pütz to enter into their maiden Masters doubles final. There, they lost to
Ivan Dodig and Austin Krajicek, though their results earned Arneodo his top 55 debut on 24 April 2023.
Significant finals
Masters 1000 finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
ATP Tour career finals
Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)
Challenger and Futures finals
Singles: 4 (1–3)
Doubles: 53 (32 titles, 21 runner-ups)
Doubles performance timeline
''Current through the
2022 Davis Cup
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1992 births
Living people
Monegasque male tennis players
Sportspeople from Cannes
People from Monte Carlo
French male tennis players