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. 153, reached on 2 December 24.[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 |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2022 | Bari Open, Italy | Clay |  Julia Grabher
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4–6, 2–6 |
Doubles: 1 (title)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Sep 2024 | Ljubljana Open, Slovenia | Clay |  Leyre Romero Gormaz
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 Jil Teichmann  Lina Gjorcheska
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5–7, 7–5, [10–7] |
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 10 (4 titles, 6 runner–ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2021 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W15 | Clay |  Dea Herdželaš
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7–6(1), 2–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 1–1 | Mar 2021 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W15 | Clay |  Jang Su-jeong
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7–5, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Mar 2021 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W15 | Clay | Park So-hyun
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4–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Apr 2021 | ITF Antalya, Turkey | W15 | Clay |  Anastasiya Soboleva
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0–6, 6–7(5) |
| Loss | 1–4 | Jun 2021 | Grado Tennis Cup, Italy | W25 | Clay | Nuria Párrizas Díaz
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3–6, 7–5, 2–6 |
| Win | 2–4 | Jan 2023 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | W25 | Clay |  Julia Riera
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6–4, 4–6, 7–5 |
| Loss | 2–5 | Jan 2023 | ITF Buenos Aires, Argentina | W25 | Clay | Carlota Martínez Círez
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4–6, 7–5, 3–6 |
| Win | 3–5 | Jun 2024 | ITF Tarvisio, Italy | W35 | Clay |  Dalila Spiteri
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6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 4–5 | Jul 2024 | ITF Rome, Italy | W35 | Clay |  Varvara Lepchenko
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7–6(6), 6–1 |
| Loss | 4–6 | Sep 2024 | ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy | W35 | Clay |  Julie Štruplová
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7–5, 6–7(5), 2–6 |
Doubles: 12 (4 titles, 8 runner–ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Jul 2019 | ITF Tabarka, Tunisia | W15 | Clay | Federica Arcidiacono
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Paula Arias Manjón  Julyette Steur
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6–4, 4–6, [10–6] |
| Loss | 1–1 | Aug 2019 | ITF Sezze, Italy | W25 | Clay | Federica Sacco
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 Anna Danilina  Ekaterina Yashina
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5–7, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–1 | Feb 2020 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W15 | Hard | Federica Rossi
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Miriam Kolodziejová Jesika Malečková
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5–7, 6–3, [10–5] |
| Loss | 2–2 | Feb 2020 | ITF Heraklion, Greece | W15 | Clay |  Olga Helmi
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Tatiana Pieri Dalila Spiteri
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6–7(3), 1–6 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Jun 2021 | ITF Wrocław, Poland | W25 | Clay |  İpek Öz
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 Anna Hertel Martyna Kubka
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6–7(2), 6–3, [7–10] |
| Loss | 2–4 | Jan 2022 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | W25 | Hard | Lisa Pigato
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 Eudice Chong Cody Wong
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2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 3–4 | Jun 2022 | ITF Brescia, Italy | W60 | Clay | Lisa Pigato
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Zhibek Kulambayeva  Diāna Marcinkēviča
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6–4, 6–1 |
| Loss | 3–5 | Jun 2022 | Macha Lake Open, Czech Republic | W60 | Clay |  Despina Papamichail
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Karolína Kubáňová Aneta Kučmová
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2–6, 6–7(9) |
| Loss | 3–6 | Oct 2022 | ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy | W25 | Clay | Angelica Moratelli
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Jessie Aney Sapfo Sakellaridi
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6–7(2), 5–7 |
| Loss | 3–7 | Oct 2023 | ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy | W25 | Clay | Angelica Moratelli
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 Veronika Erjavec  Justina Mikulskytė
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6–7(6), 0–6 |
| Win | 4–7 | Oct 2023 | ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy | W25 | Clay | Eleonora Alvisi
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Anastasia Abbagnato Virginia Ferrara
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6–2, 2–6, [10–6] |
| Loss | 4–8 | Aug 2024 | ITF Cordenons, Italy | W75 | Clay | Leyre Romero Gormaz
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Yvonne Cavallé Reimers Aurora Zantedeschi
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5–7, 6–2, [5–10] |
References
- ^ a b "Nuria Brancaccio profile". wtatennis.com. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ "Nuria Brancaccio Women's Singles Activity". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- ^ "I promossi delle pre-quali: sei ritratti azzurri". sport.tiscali.it. 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Il sanremese Matteo Arnaldi oro nel doppio con Passaro ai Giochi del Mediterraneo". July 2022.
- ^ "Grabher defeats Brancaccio to claim first WTA 125 title in Bari". Women's Tennis Association.
- ^ "Bulgaru wins WTA 125 Bucharest with Halep on site; Teichmann wins Ljubljana". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- ^ "Todoni captures second WTA 125 title of season in Santa Cruz". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ "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
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