Nuria Brancaccio
Brancaccio at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports) Italy
Born (2000-06-24) 24 June 2000 (age 23)
Torre del Greco, Italy
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$184,179
Singles
Career record210–146 (59.0%)
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 167 (14 August 2023)
Current rankingNo. 292 (22 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2024)
French OpenQ1 (2023)
WimbledonQ1 (2023)
US OpenQ1 (2023)
Doubles
Career record79–86 (47.9%)
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 261 (9 January 2023)
Current rankingNo. 398 (22 April 2024)
Last updated on: 22 April 2024.

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

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. 261, reached on 9 January 2023.[1]

Brancaccio has reached five career singles finals on the ITF Circuit, with a record of two wins. Additionally, she has reached 11 doubles finals (four wins).[2]

Personal life

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

Career

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.

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]

She received wildcards into the main draw at her home tournament the WTA 1000 2023 Italian Open and the 2024 Italian Open in Rome.

Grand Slam performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Tournament 2023 W–L
Australian Open A 0–0
French Open Q1 0–0
Wimbledon Q1 0–0
US Open Q1 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

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

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 7 (2 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Legend
W25 tournaments (1–2)
W15 tournaments (1–3)
Finals by surface
Clay (2–5)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Dea Herdželaš 7–6(1), 2–6, 5–7
Win 1–1 Mar 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay South Korea Jang Su-jeong 7–5, 6–4
Loss 1–2 Mar 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay South Korea Park So-hyun 4–6, 0–6
Loss 1–3 Apr 2021 ITF Antalya, Turkey W15 Clay Ukraine Anastasiya Soboleva 0–6, 6–7(5)
Loss 1–4 Jun 2021 Grado Tennis Cup, Italy W25 Clay Spain Nuria Párrizas Díaz 3–6, 7–5, 2–6
Win 2–4 Jan 2023 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina W25 Clay Argentina Julia Riera 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
Loss 2–5 Jan 2023 ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina W25 Clay Spain Carlota Martínez Círez 4–6, 7–5, 3–6

Doubles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runner–ups)

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

Notes

References

  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.
  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".

External links

Women's Tennis Association: Top Italian female singles tennis players
Women's Tennis Association: Top Italian female doubles tennis players
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