Francisco Cerúndolo Biography: Age, Argentine Clay Specialist, Five Titles and Latest News

 

Francisco Cerúndolo

Quick Facts: Born 13 August 1998 (age 28) · Buenos Aires, Argentina · Right-handed · Career-high ranking No. 18 · Five ATP Tour titles.

Francisco Cerúndolo was born into a tennis family in Buenos Aires. His parents own a tennis school, and he began playing at age 5. His idols were Roger Federer and David Nalbandian. The Cerúndolo family‘s tennis school has been supported by HEAD for nearly thirty years, and he has used HEAD rackets since age 10 .

Unlike his younger brother Juan Manuel Cerúndolo, who was a top-10 ITF junior, Francisco did not achieve success on the junior circuit and never played ITF junior events. Instead of rushing to turn professional, he chose a combined athletic and academic path. In 2018, he played one year of NCAA tennis at the University of South Carolina, studying economics, before turning professional that same year. He continues to study online, stating he will keep going until he earns his degree .

Cerúndolo’s professional breakthrough came in 2022, when he reached the Miami Masters semi-finals and won his first ATP Tour title in Bastad. In 2023, he defeated Casper Ruud in Barcelona for his first Top 3 win, beat Jannik Sinner in Rome to reach his first clay Masters quarter-final, and defeated Taylor Fritz at Roland-Garros to reach his first Grand Slam fourth round . He has repeatedly troubled Alexander Zverev, defeating the German in Buenos Aires in 2025 for his first Top 2 win and in Madrid for two consecutive years .

Latest News: In 2026, Cerúndolo won the Argentina Open for his first title on home soil and the Queen‘s Club title—his first ATP 500 championship and the first ATP 500 grass-court title won by an Argentine player . He achieved a career-high ranking of No. 18 and reached the second round at Wimbledon in 2026 . At 28, he is one of the most consistent clay-court players on the ATP Tour and a key figure in Argentina’s Davis Cup team.