Francisco Cerundolo is ranked ATP #20, a right-handed Argentine clay-court specialist from Buenos Aires who has built himself into one of the most dangerous players on slow surfaces through relentless baseline intensity and a serve that benefits enormously from the right-handed angle. He has not won a Grand Slam, but his ranking tells the story of a player who has earned every point of it through consistent results across an extended stretch on the professional tour.
From the baseline, Cerundolo combines heavy topspin groundstrokes with the patience to build points through sustained pressure rather than looking for early winners. He is not the most explosive athlete on tour, but his ball-striking on red clay carries genuine weight, and he understands clay-court tactics: construct the point, control the pace, wait for the right ball, and finish.
The Argentine clay circuit that produced so many of the sport’s baseline greats clearly shaped his development. Buenos Aires, Córdoba, and Rio de Janeiro are events where Cerundolo is a consistent presence and a regular contender, comfortable in the conditions and the atmosphere that comes with playing in front of South American crowds. He reached the fourth round of Roland Garros in both 2023 and 2024, results that confirmed he could compete at the highest level of the clay-court season.
He is the younger brother of Juan Manuel Cerundolo, who also plays on the ATP tour, making them one of a small number of sibling pairs competing at the professional level simultaneously. Growing up in a tennis family in Buenos Aires, with both brothers pursuing the professional game, speaks to an environment that took the sport seriously from an early age. Francisco’s trajectory has outpaced his brother’s in terms of ranking, but the shared background gives their rivalry and their relationship a dynamic that few sibling pairings in sport can match.
Francisco Cerundolo will compete at the 2026 Grand Slams: the Australian Open, Roland Garros, Wimbledon, and the US Open. Check Argentina time for match schedules in his home timezone.