Nuria Brancaccio (born 24 June 2000) is an Italian tennis player.[1]

Nuria Brancaccio
Brancaccio at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports) Italy
Born (2000-06-24) 24 June 2000 (age 24)
Torre del Greco, Italy
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$287,763
Singles
Career record263–179
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 167 (14 August 2023)
Current rankingNo. 216 (4 November 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2024)
French OpenQ1 (2023)
WimbledonQ1 (2023)
US OpenQ1 (2023)
Doubles
Career record99–96
Career titles2 WTA Challengers
Highest rankingNo. 192 (4 November 2024)
Current rankingNo. 192 (4 November 2024)
Last updated on: 4 November 2024.

Brancaccio has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of 167, achieved on 14 August 2023. She also has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 192, reached on 4 November 2024.[1]

Brancaccio has reached nine career singles finals on the ITF Circuit, with a record of four wins. Additionally, she has reached twelve doubles finals (four wins).[2]

Personal life

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She has a Spanish mother and an Italian father. Her brother Raúl Brancaccio is also a tennis player.[3]

Career

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Brancaccio made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2021 Italian Open in Rome, where she received a wildcard entry, partnering fellow Italian Lucia Bronzetti.[citation needed]

At the 2022 Mediterranean Games, she won the silver medal in singles and the bronze medal in doubles along Aurora Zantedeschi.[4]

In September 2022, Brancaccio reached her maiden final at a WTA 125 event where she lost to Austrian player Julia Grabher in Bari, Italy, in straight sets.[5]

Partnering with Leyre Romero Gormaz, Brancaccio won the doubles at the WTA 125 2024 Zavarovalnica Sava Ljubljana, defeating Lina Gjorcheska and Jil Teichmann in the final.[6] Later that season they also won the doubles at the 2024 Bolivia Open, overcoming Aliona Bolsova and Valeriya Strakhova in the final.[7]


WTA Challenger finals

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Singles: 1 (runner-up)

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Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2022 Bari Open, Italy Clay   Julia Grabher 4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 1 (title)

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2024 Ljubljana Open, Slovenia Clay   Leyre Romero Gormaz   Jil Teichmann
  Lina Gjorcheska
5–7, 7–5, [10–7]

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 10 (4 titles, 6 runner–ups)

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Legend
W25/35 tournaments (3–3)
W15 tournaments (1–3)
Finals by surface
Clay (4–6)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay   Dea Herdželaš 7–6(1), 2–6, 5–7
Win 1–1 Mar 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay   Jang Su-jeong 7–5, 6–4
Loss 1–2 Mar 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay   Park So-hyun 4–6, 0–6
Loss 1–3 Apr 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay   Anastasiya Soboleva 0–6, 6–7(5)
Loss 1–4 Jun 2021 Grado Tennis Cup, Italy W25 Clay   Nuria Párrizas Díaz 3–6, 7–5, 2–6
Win 2–4 Jan 2023 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina W25 Clay   Julia Riera 6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Loss 2–5 Jan 2023 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina W25 Clay   Carlota Martínez Círez 4–6, 7–5, 3–6
Win 3–5 Jun 2024 ITF Tarvisio, Italy W35 Clay   Dalila Spiteri 6–4, 6–2
Win 4–5 Jul 2024 ITF Rome, Italy W35 Clay   Varvara Lepchenko 7–6(6), 6–1
Loss 4–6 Sep 2024 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy W35 Clay   Julie Štruplová 7–5, 6–7(5), 2–6

Doubles: 12 (4 titles, 8 runner–ups)

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Legend
W60/75 tournaments (1–2)
W25 tournaments (1–5)
W15 tournaments (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (3–7)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2019 ITF Tabarka, Tunisia W15 Clay   Federica Arcidiacono   Paula Arias Manjón
  Julyette Steur
6–4, 4–6, [10–6]
Loss 1–1 Aug 2019 ITF Sezze, Italy W25 Clay   Federica Sacco   Anna Danilina
  Ekaterina Yashina
5–7, 4–6
Win 2–1 Feb 2020 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W15 Hard   Federica Rossi   Miriam Kolodziejová
  Jesika Malečková
5–7, 6–3, [10–5]
Loss 2–2 Feb 2020 ITF Heraklion, Greece W15 Clay   Olga Helmi   Tatiana Pieri
  Dalila Spiteri
6–7(3), 1–6
Loss 2–3 Jun 2021 ITF Wrocław, Poland W25 Clay   İpek Öz   Anna Hertel
  Martyna Kubka
6–7(2), 6–3, [7–10]
Loss 2–4 Jan 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W25 Hard   Lisa Pigato   Eudice Chong
  Cody Wong
2–6, 3–6
Win 3–4 Jun 2022 ITF Brescia, Italy W60 Clay   Lisa Pigato   Zhibek Kulambayeva
  Diāna Marcinkēviča
6–4, 6–1
Loss 3–5 Jun 2022 Macha Lake Open, Czech Republic W60 Clay   Despina Papamichail   Karolína Kubáňová
  Aneta Kučmová
2–6, 6–7(9)
Loss 3–6 Oct 2022 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy W25 Clay   Angelica Moratelli   Jessie Aney
  Sapfo Sakellaridi
6–7(2), 5–7
Loss 3–7 Oct 2023 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy W25 Clay   Angelica Moratelli   Veronika Erjavec
  Justina Mikulskytė
6–7(6), 0–6
Win 4–7 Oct 2023 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy W25 Clay   Eleonora Alvisi   Anastasia Abbagnato
  Virginia Ferrara
6–2, 2–6, [10–6]
Loss 4–8 Aug 2024 ITF Cordenons, Italy W75 Clay   Leyre Romero Gormaz   Yvonne Cavallé Reimers
  Aurora Zantedeschi
5–7, 6–2, [5–10]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Nuria Brancaccio profile". wtatennis.com. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Nuria Brancaccio Women's Singles Activity". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  3. ^ "I promossi delle pre-quali: sei ritratti azzurri". sport.tiscali.it. 6 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Il sanremese Matteo Arnaldi oro nel doppio con Passaro ai Giochi del Mediterraneo". July 2022.
  5. ^ "Grabher defeats Brancaccio to claim first WTA 125 title in Bari". Women's Tennis Association.
  6. ^ "Bulgaru wins WTA 125 Bucharest with Halep on site; Teichmann wins Ljubljana". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Todoni captures second WTA 125 title of season in Santa Cruz". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
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