Román Andrés Burruchaga

Román Andrés Burruchaga (born 23 January 2002) is an Argentine tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 124 achieved on 19 August 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 191 achieved on 3 October 2022.[2]

Román Andrés Burruchaga
Country (sports) Argentina
Born (2002-01-23) 23 January 2002 (age 22)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysRight-handed
CoachLeonardo Mayer, Miguel Pastura[1]
Prize money$398,470
Singles
Career record1–3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 124 (19 August 2024)
Current rankingNo. 129 (21 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2024)
French Open1R (2024)
WimbledonQ3 (2024)
US OpenQ2 (2024)
Doubles
Career record0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 191 (3 October 2022)
Last updated on: 19 October 2024.

Personal life

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Burruchaga is the son of Argentine former footballer and 1986 FIFA World Cup winner Jorge Burruchaga.[3]

Career

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Burruchaga won his first ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2022 Copa Sevilla with Facundo Díaz Acosta.[4]

2024: ATP, Major and top 125 debuts

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He made his ATP main draw debut at the 2024 Córdoba Open as a qualifier and recorded his first ATP win over Diego Schwartzman.[1][5][6] He made his top 150 debut on 8 April 2024 at world No. 149.

In May, he qualified for the 2024 French Open making his Grand Slam debut. Following a final showing in July at the 2024 Zug Open, he reached the top 130 in the rankings on 29 July 2024 and the top 125 a week later.[7]

ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals

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Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–2)
ITF WTT (3–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (3–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2021 M15 Gdynia, Poland WTT Clay   Filip Peliwo 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–3), 6–1
Win 2–0 Aug 2021 M25 Poznań, Poland WTT Clay   Paweł Ciaś 5–7, 6–3, 6–2
Loss 2–1 Mar 2022 M15 Antalya, Turkey WTT Clay   Lukas Neumayer 4–6, 6–1, 2–6
Win 3–1 Dec 2022 M25 Vacaria, Brazil WTT Clay (i)   Orlando Luz 0–6, 6–4, 6–0
Loss 3–2 Nov 2023 Brasília, Brazil Challenger Hard   Alejandro Tabilo 3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss 4–2 Jul 2024 Zug, Switzerland Challenger Clay   Jérôme Kym 4–6, 4–6

Doubles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–1)
ITF WTT (3–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (4–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2021 M15 Bergamo, Italy WTT Clay   Juan Ignacio Galarza   Dali Blanch
  Pedro Boscardin Dias
6–4, 6–3
Win 2–0 Jul 2021 M15 Poprad, Slovakia WTT Clay   Fermín Tenti   Luca Castelnuovo
  Dominik Palan
6–3, 6–3
Win 3–0 Mar 2022 M15 Antalya, Turkey WTT Clay   Felix Gill   Sarp Ağabigün
  Admir Kalender
6–4, 6–3
Loss 3–1 Mar 2022 M25 Antalya, Turkey WTT Clay   Alexander Weis   Sarp Ağabigün
  Oleksii Krutykh
4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 3–2 Apr 2022 M25 Rosario, Argentina WTT Clay   Juan Ignacio Galarza   Murkel Dellien
  Arklon Huertas del Pino
3–6, 5–7
Win 4–2 Sep 2022 Seville, Spain Challenger Clay   Facundo Díaz Acosta   Nicolás Álvarez Varona
  Alberto Barroso Campos
7–5, 6–7(8–10), [10–7]
Loss 4–3 Sep 2022 Buenos Aires, Argentina Challenger Clay   Facundo Díaz Acosta   Guido Andreozzi
  Guillermo Durán
0–6, 5–7

References

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  1. ^ a b "Son of World Cup star, Roman Andres Burruchaga celebrates maiden ATP Tour win | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  2. ^ "Roman Andres Burruchaga | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  3. ^ "Román Burruchaga, el hijo del campeón del mundo, ganó su primer título profesional en el tenis". La Nación (in Spanish). 15 August 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Burruchaga Kicking Goals On Challenger Tour". ATP Tour.
  5. ^ "Burruchaga makes winning ATP Tour debut against Schwartzman in Cordoba".
  6. ^ Varela, Sebastián (7 February 2024). "Román Burruchaga, football legacy from his father and his first ATP win". CLAY. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  7. ^ "The 21-year-old from Fricktal won the biggest title of his professional career to date with a 6:4, 6:4 victory in the final against Argentinian Roman Andres Burruchaga (ATP 148)". 28 July 2024.
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