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 and 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. He reached his second Challenger final at the 2023 Tenerife Challenger II for the season where he lost to Matteo Arnaldi. 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 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, 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 is also a tennis player.
ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals
Singles: 17 (9–8) Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (3–2)ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (6–6)Titles by surfaceHard (1–2)Clay (8–6)Grass (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Tunisia F36, HammametFuturesClay Attila Balázs4–6, 2–6Loss0–2Tunisia F37, HammametFuturesClay Gonçalo Oliveira3–6, 2–6Win1–2Italy F11, NapoliFuturesClay Pietro Rondoni6–2, 6–7(3–7), 6–0Loss1–3Spain F25, San SebastiánFuturesClay Javier Barranco Cosano1–6, 1–6Win2–3Spain F28, MadridFuturesClay Gonzalo Lama6–3, 3–6, 6–1Win3–3Italy F32, Santa Margherita di PulaFuturesClay Stefano Baldoni6–2, 6–3Win4–3Italy F33, Santa Margherita Di PulaFuturesClay Dimitar Kuzmanov6–4, 6–4Win5–3M25 Vic, SpainWorld Tennis TourClay Facundo Diaz Acosta5–7, 7–5, 6–3Win6–3M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Oleksii Krutykh6–4, 6–4Win7–3San Benedetto, ItalyChallengerClay Andrea Vavassori6–1, 6–1Win8–3Nouméa, New CaledoniaChallengerHard Laurent Lokoli4–6, 7–5, 6–2Loss8–4Tenerife, SpainChallengerHard Matteo Arnaldi1–6, 2–6Loss8–5M25 Gandia, SpainWorld Tennis TourClay Carlos Sánchez Jover6–3, 2–6, 5–7Loss8–6M25 Tarragona, SpainWorld Tennis TourClay Nikolás Sánchez Izquierdo1–6, 3–6Loss8–7M25 Córdoba, SpainWorld Tennis TourClay Jacopo Berrettini6–4, 6–7(2–7), 4–6Loss8–8Cesenatico, ItalyChallengerHard (i) Oleg Prihodko7–6(10–8), 4–6, 4–6Win9–8Menorca, SpainChallengerClay Àlex Martínez6–1, 6–4
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