Nuria Brancaccio

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
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$298,763
Singles
Career record	267–181
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 167 (14 August 2023)
Current ranking	No. 187 (25 November 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2024)
French Open	Q1 (2023)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2023)
US Open	Q1 (2023)
Doubles
Career record	103–97
Career titles	3 WTA Challengers
Highest ranking	No. 157 (25 November 2024)
Current ranking	No. 157 (25 November 2024)
Last updated on: 25 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. 57, reached on 25 November 2024.^[1]

Brancaccio has won three doubles titles at WTA Challenger level. She has reached nine career singles finals on the ITF Circuit, with a record of 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.^{[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] They also won the doubles at the 2024 Bolivia Open, overcoming Aliona Bolsova and Valeriya Strakhova in the final^[7] and the 2024 Fifth Third Charleston 125, where they defeated Kayla Cross and Liv Hovde in the championship match.^[8]

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

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)

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

Singles: 10 (4 titles, 6 runner–ups)

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)

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

1. "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.
8. "Zarazua, Stojanovic win this week's clay-court WTA 125 titles". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 25 November 2024.

External links

• Nuria Brancaccio at the Women's Tennis Association
• Nuria Brancaccio at the International Tennis Federation
• Nuria Brancaccio at tennisabstract.com
• Nuria Brancaccio at ESPN.com