Franco Agamenone

Italian tennis player
Franco Agamenone
Agamenone at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports) Italy (2020–)
 Argentina (2008–20)
ResidenceBuenos Aires, Argentina
Born (1993-04-15) 15 April 1993 (age 30)
Río Cuarto, Argentina
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro2010
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachAndrea Trono
Prize money$491,000
Singles
Career record3–2
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 108 (1 August 2022)
Current rankingNo. 207 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2022, 2023, 2024)
French Open1R (2022)
WimbledonQ1 (2022, 2023)
US OpenQ3 (2022)
Doubles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 167 (15 October 2018)
Current rankingNo. 531 (15 January 2024)
Last updated on: 20 January 2024.

Franco Agamenone (born 15 April 1993) is an Italian–Argentine tennis player.

Agamenone has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 108 achieved on 1 August 2022. He also has a career high doubles ranking of World No. 167 achieved on 15 October 2018. He has won 5 ATP Challenger titles, three in singles and two in doubles.

Personal info

In September 2020, Agamenone decided to represent Italy instead of Argentina.

Agamenone was suspended from March 2019 until January 2020 for doping.[1]

Career

2021

Having never previously won a match at ATP Challenger level, Agamenone won the event in Prague, defeating Ryan Peniston in the final. The success took his ranking inside the top 300 for the first time. The following month, he repeated the feat, defeating Sebastian Baez to win in Kiev.

2022: Grand Slam, Top 150, ATP debut & first semifinal

Agamenone's fine end of season form continued onto the Australian hard courts. A semi-final appearance at the ATP Challenger in Bendigo (l. Enzo Couacaud), pushed him into the top 200 for the first time.

He made his Grand Slam debut when he entered the 2022 French Open main draw as a lucky loser. He was defeated in the first round by Mackenzie McDonald. As a result he reached the top 150 at World No. 148 on 6 July 2022.

He qualified for the 2022 Croatia Open Umag making his ATP debut and reached the quarterfinals defeating Laslo Djere for his first ATP win and fourth seed & World No. 32 Sebastian Baez.[2][3] Next he defeated Marco Cecchinato to reach the first ATP semifinal of his career.[4] As a result he moved close to 30 positions in the rankings in the top 110 at No. 108 on 1 August 2022.

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 22 (12–10)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (3–0)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (9-10)
Titles by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (9-8)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0-1 Nov 2014 Chile F7, Concepción Futures Clay Chile Matías Sborowitz 6–3, 5–7, 4–6
Win 1-1 May 2015 Argentina F4, Villa María Futures Clay Argentina Hernán Casanova 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win 2-1 Sep 2016 Tunisia F24, Hammamet Futures Clay France Valentin Vacherot 6–0, 6–1
Win 3-1 Oct 2016 Ecuador F3, Salinas Futures Clay Ecuador Roberto Quiroz 6–2, 6–7(3–7), 6–0
Win 4-1 Nov 2016 Bolivia F2, Cochabamba Futures Clay Argentina Matías Zukas 6–2, 6–1
Loss 4-2 Aug 2017 Austria F5, Vogau Futures Clay Austria Dennis Novak 3–6, 2–6
Loss 4-3 Sep 2017 Romania F12, Brașov Futures Clay Lithuania Laurynas Grigelis 2–6, 2–6
Loss 4-4 Feb 2020 M25 Punta del Este, Uruguay World Tennis Tour Clay Argentina Santiago Rodríguez Taverna 4–6, 3–6
Loss 4-5 Sep 2020 M15 Bucharest, Romania World Tennis Tour Clay Kazakhstan Timofei Skatov 4–6, 4–6
Loss 4-6 Sep 2020 M15 Curtea de Arges, Romania World Tennis Tour Clay Croatia Duje Ajduković 6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Win 5-6 Jan 2021 M15 Cairo, Egypt World Tennis Tour Clay Romania Filip Cristian Jianu 7–6(7–0), 6–4
Loss 5-7 Mar 2021 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Japan Naoki Nakagawa 6–7(3–7), 4–6
Loss 5-8 Apr 2021 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Tunisia Aziz Dougaz 3–6, 4–6
Win 6-8 Apr 2021 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard France Antoine Escoffier 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 6–2
Win 7-8 Apr 2021 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Ivory Coast Eliakim Coulibaly 6–2, 6–3
Loss 7-9 May 2021 M25 Most, Czech Republic World Tennis Tour Clay Czech Republic Dalibor Svrcina 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 8-9 Jun 2021 M25 Montauban, France World Tennis Tour Clay France Jonathan Eysseric 6-2, 6-1
Loss 8-10 Jul 2021 M25 Bourg-en-Bresse, France World Tennis Tour Clay Norway Viktor Durasovic 1–6, 1–6
Win 9-10 Jul 2021 M25 Casinalbo, Italy World Tennis Tour Clay Italy Matteo Arnaldi 6-4, 7-5
Win 10-10 Aug 2021 Prague, Czech Republic Challenger Clay United Kingdom Ryan Peniston 6-3, 6-1
Win 11-10 Sep 2021 Kiev, Ukraine Challenger Clay Argentina Sebastián Báez 7-5, 6-2
Win 12-10 Apr 2022 Rome, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Gian Marco Moroni 6-1, 6-4

Doubles: 54 (40–14)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour Finals (4–2)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals (36–12)
Titles by surface
Hard (4–2)
Clay (36–12)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2010 Argentina F15, Buenos Aires Futures Clay Argentina Facundo Argüello Argentina Guillermo Bujniewicz
Argentina Guillermo Durán
4–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Jun 2012 Argentina F12, Posadas Futures Clay Argentina Facundo Argüello Brazil Diego Matos
Argentina Juan Vázquez-Valenzuela
6–2, 6–2
Loss 1–2 Dec 2012 Argentina F28, Río Cuarto Futures Clay Argentina José Ángel Carrizo Peru Sergio Galdós
Argentina Mateo Nicolás Martínez
6–7(3–7), 4–6
Loss 1–3 May 2013 Argentina F6, Río Cuarto Futures Clay Argentina José Ángel Carrizo Peru Duilio Beretta
Peru Sergio Galdós
6–4, 4–6, [1–10]
Win 2–3 Aug 2015 Argentina F9, Chaco Futures Clay Argentina Patricio Heras Argentina Hernán Casanova
Argentina Juan Pablo Ficovich
6–4, 6–0
Win 3–3 Oct 2015 Argentina F14, San Juan Futures Clay Argentina Franco Emanuel Egea Argentina Franco Capalbo
Argentina Gerónimo Espín Busleiman
6–2, 7–5
Win 4–3 Dec 2015 Chile F8, Temuco Futures Clay Argentina Patricio Heras Chile Marcelo Tomás Barrios Vera
Chile Jorge Montero
2–6, 7–6(7–5), [10–8]
Win 5–3 Dec 2015 Chile F10, Puerto Montt Futures Hard Argentina Tomás Lipovšek Puches Chile Marcelo Tomás Barrios Vera
Chile Jorge Montero
6–3, 3–6, [10–3]
Win 6–3 Mar 2016 Argentina F6, Olavarría Futures Clay Argentina Juan Pablo Paz Brazil Oscar José Gutierrez
Argentina Gabriel Alejandro Hidalgo
2–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Win 7–3 Apr 2016 Italy F7, Santa Margherita di Pula Futures Clay Argentina Francisco Bahamonde Germany Julian Onken
Germany Leon Schütt
6–3, 6–3
Win 8–3 May 2016 Italy F10, Santa Margherita di Pula Futures Clay Argentina Mateo Nicolás Martínez Greece Petros Tsitsipas
Greece Stefanos Tsitsipas
6–2, 6–2
Win 9–3 Jun 2016 Turkey F24, Antalya Futures Hard Argentina Nicolás Alberto Arreche Turkey Cem İlkel
Australia Goran Marijan
7–6(7–5), 6–7(3–7), [13–11]
Win 10–3 Jul 2016 Turkey F27, Antalya Futures Hard Argentina Mariano Kestelboim Brazil Pedro Bernardi
Brazil Fabiano de Paula
6–4, 6–3
Win 11–3 Sep 2016 Tunisia F22, Hammamet Futures Clay Argentina Mariano Kestelboim France Benjamin Bonzi
France Fabien Reboul
6–2, 2–6, [10–7]
Loss 11–4 Sep 2016 Tunisia F23, Hammamet Futures Clay Argentina Mariano Kestelboim France Benjamin Bonzi
France Fabien Reboul
6–2, 5–7, [4–10]
Win 12–4 Sep 2016 Tunisia F24, Hammamet Futures Clay Argentina Mariano Kestelboim Argentina Eduardo Agustín Torre
Uruguay Nicolás Xiviller
6–2, 6–3
Win 13–4 Oct 2016 Ecuador F3, Salinas Futures Clay Bolivia Federico Zeballos Chile Jorge Montero
Argentina Matías Zukas
7–6(7–3), 6–4
Win 14–4 Nov 2016 Bolivia F2, Cochabamba Futures Clay Argentina Matías Zukas Peru Mauricio Echazú
Peru Jorge Brian Panta
7–6(7–3), 6–3
Win 15–4 Dec 2016 Chile F7, Talca Futures Clay Argentina Franco Emanuel Egea Brazil Marcelo Tebet
Brazil Fernando Yamacita
6–3, 6–3
Loss 15–5 Feb 2017 China F2, Anning Futures Clay Argentina Matías Zukas Chinese Taipei Huang Liang-chi
Japan Issei Okamura
1–6, 4–6
Win 16–5 Apr 2017 Tunisia F15, Hammamet Futures Clay Argentina Hernán Casanova France Geoffrey Blancaneaux
France Antoine Hoang
7–5, 1–6, [10–5]
Win 17–5 May 2017 Italy F13, Vigevano Futures Clay Argentina Andrea Collarini Austria Sebastian Bader
United States Hunter Reese
6–4, 6–3
Win 18–5 May 2017 Bosnia & Herzegovina F1, Doboj Futures Clay Brazil Thales Turini North Macedonia Tomislav Jotovski
Serbia Milan Radojković
6–3, 6–2
Loss 18–6 Jun 2017 Bosnia & Herzegovina F2, Brčko Futures Hard Mexico Lucas Gómez Australia Adam Taylor
Australia Jason Taylor
6–7(3–7), 1–6
Loss 18–7 Jun 2017 Italy F16, Padova Futures Clay Argentina Facundo Mena Italy Julian Ocleppo
Italy Andrea Vavassori
6–4, 1–6, [8–10]
Loss 18–8 Jun 2017 Italy F17, Bergamo Futures Clay Brazil Fernando Romboli Italy Walter Trusendi
Italy Andrea Vavassori
1–6, 6–3, [11–13]
Win 19–8 Aug 2017 Austria F5, Vogau Futures Clay Argentina Matías Zukas Argentina Felipe Martínez Sarrasague
Brazil Fernando Yamacita
6–4, 6–4
Win 20–8 Aug 2017 Turkey F30, Istanbul Futures Clay Argentina Matías Zukas Spain Sergio Martos Gornés
Spain Pol Toledo Bagué
6–2, 1–6, [17–15]
Win 21–8 Aug 2017 Romania F11, Chitila Futures Clay Romania Patrick Grigoriu Romania Adrian Barbu
Romania Florin Mergea
2–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Win 22–8 Sep 2017 Spain F28, Oviedo Futures Clay Brazil João Menezes Norway Viktor Durasovic
Spain Miguel Semmler
7–5, 6–3
Win 23–8 Nov 2017 Santiago, Chile Challenger Clay Argentina Facundo Argüello Argentina Máximo González
Chile Nicolás Jarry
6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
Win 24–8 Dec 2017 Argentina F11, Mendoza Futures Clay Argentina Patricio Heras Argentina Juan Ignacio Ameal
Argentina Santiago Besada
6–3, 6–2
Win 25–8 Dec 2017 Argentina F12, San Juan Futures Clay Argentina Patricio Heras Brazil Daniel Dutra da Silva
Brazil Augusto Laranja
6–3, 4–6, [10–8]
Win 26–8 May 2018 Italy F11, Napoli Futures Clay Argentina Patricio Heras United States Ulises Blanch
Argentina Franco Capalbo
6–3, 6–4
Win 27–8 Jun 2018 Romania F2, Bacău Futures Clay Argentina Hernán Casanova Hungary Gábor Borsos
Ecuador Gonzalo Escobar
6–2, 6–3
Win 28–8 Jun 2018 Hungary F5, Budapest Futures Clay Argentina Patricio Heras Sweden Gustav Hansson
Sweden Fred Simonsson
1–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Win 29–8 Sep 2018 Argentina F4, Rosario Futures Clay Argentina Matías Zukas Argentina Maximiliano Estévez
Brazil Rafael Matos
6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Win 30–8 Sep 2018 Argentina F5, Villa del Dique Futures Clay Argentina Alejo Vilaro Argentina Maximiliano Estévez
Argentina Facundo Juárez
2–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Loss 30–9 Sep 2018 Argentina F6, Buenos Aires Futures Clay Argentina Maximiliano Estévez Argentina Juan Ignacio Galarza
Argentina Mariano Kestelboim
6–7(5–7), 2–6
Loss 30–10 Oct 2018 Campinas, Brazil Challenger Clay Brazil Fernando Romboli Bolivia Hugo Dellien
Argentina Guillermo Durán
5–7, 4–6
Win 31–10 Mar 2019 Santiago, Chile Challenger Clay Brazil Fernando Romboli Argentina Facundo Argüello
Uruguay Martín Cuevas
7–6(7–5), 1–6, [10–6]
Win 32–10 Mar 2019 M15 Pinamar, Argentina World Tennis Tour Clay Argentina Hernán Casanova Argentina Nicolas Alberto Arreche
Argentina Manuel Peña López
7–5, 6–3
Loss 32–11 Apr 2019 M15 Tabarka, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Clay Argentina Franco Emanuel Egea Brazil Orlando Luz
Brazil Rafael Matos
4–6, 4–6
Win 33–11 Feb 2020 M25 Punta del Este, Uruguay World Tennis Tour Clay Brazil Daniel Dutra da Silva Peru Alexander Merino
Argentina Manuel Peña López
6–0, 6–1
Win 34-11 Jan 2021 M15 Cairo, Egypt World Tennis Tour Clay Poland Piotr Matuszewski Japan Naoki Tajima
Spain Jose Fco. Vidal Azorin
4-6, 7-6(7-5), 10-7
Win 35-11 Jan 2021 M15 Cairo, Egypt World Tennis Tour Clay Argentina Hernán Casanova Japan Ken Onishi
Japan Jumpei Yamasaki
6-1, 6-4
Loss 35-12 Apr 2021 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Poland Piotr Matuszewski Tunisia Aziz Dougaz
Zimbabwe Benjamin Lock
6-7(2-7), 6-3, 9-11
Win 36-12 Apr 2021 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Poland Piotr Matuszewski Brazil Igor Marcondes
Brazil Mateus Alves
7-6(9-7), 7-5
Win 37-12 May 2021 M25 Prague, Czech Republic World Tennis Tour Clay Poland Piotr Matuszewski Czech Republic Patrik Rikl
Czech Republic Andrew Paulson
6-4, 6-3
Win 38-12 May 2021 M25 Most, Czech Republic World Tennis Tour Clay Poland Piotr Matuszewski Netherlands Gijs Brouwer
Netherlands Mats Hermans
7-5, 6-3
Loss 38-13 Jun 2021 M25 Grasse, France World Tennis Tour Clay Poland Piotr Matuszewski France Dan Added
Switzerland Leandro Riedi
1-6, 4-6
Win 39–13 Mar 2022 Roseto degli Abruzzi, Italy Challenger Clay France Manuel Guinard Serbia Ivan Sabanov
Serbia Matej Sabanov
7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–3)
Loss 39–14 Mar 2022 Zadar, Croatia Challenger Clay France Manuel Guinard Czech Republic Zdeněk Kolář
Italy Andrea Vavassori
6-3, 6-7(7-9), [6-10]
Win 40–14 Oct 2022 Coquimbo, Chile Challenger Clay Argentina Hernán Casanova Poland Karol Drzewiecki
Switzerland Jakub Paul
6–3, 6–4

References

  1. ^ "26-year-old Franco Agamenone Handded Voluntary Suspension".
  2. ^ "Agamenone, triunfazo y a cuartos de Umag". 28 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Carlos Alcaraz Beats Norbert Gombos to Start Umag Title Defence | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  4. ^ "Jannik Sinner Surges into Umag Semi-Finals | ATP Tour | Tennis".

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