Román Andrés Burruchaga

Román Andrés Burruchaga
Burruchaga in 2025
Country (sports) Argentina
Born (2002-01-23) 23 January 2002
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachLeonardo Mayer[1]
Miguel Pastura (-2024)
Prize moneyUS $890,543
Singles
Career record6–10
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 96 (23 February 2026)
Current rankingNo. 98 (2 March 2026)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2026)
French Open1R (2024)
WimbledonQ3 (2024)
US OpenQ2 (2024, 2025)
Doubles
Career record0–4
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 191 (3 October 2022)
Last updated on: 2 March 2026.

Román Andrés Burruchaga (born 23 January 2002) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 96 achieved on 23 February 2026 and a doubles ranking of No. 191, reached on 3 October 2022.[2]

Personal life

Burruchaga is the son of Argentine former footballer and 1986 FIFA World Cup winner Jorge Burruchaga.[1][3]

Career

2022-2023: First doubles Challenger title and singles final

Burruchaga won his first ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2022 Copa Sevilla with Facundo Díaz Acosta.[4]

2024: ATP, Major and top 125 debuts

Burruchaga made his ATP main draw debut at the 2024 Córdoba Open as a qualifier and recorded his first ATP win over Diego Schwartzman.[1][5][6] He made his top 150 debut on 8 April 2024 at world No. 149.[2]

In May, he qualified for the 2024 French Open making his Grand Slam debut. Following a final showing in July at the 2024 Zug Open, he reached the top 130 in the rankings on 29 July 2024 and the top 125 a week later.[7][2]

2025: Won second-longest Challenger final, Masters debut and first win

Burruchaga won his first singles title at the 2025 Brasil Challenger, defeating Facundo Mena in the second-longest Challenger final in history.[8][9]

Ranked No. 135, Burruchaga made his Masters 1000 debut in Rome at the 2025 Italian Open after qualifying for the main draw with a win over former top 10 player Pablo Carreño Busta,[10] and defeated Lorenzo Sonego recording his first Masters win.

Burruchaga won his biggest title at the newly established 2025 Costa do Sauípe Open 125 Challenger and reached the top 110 at world No. 106 in the singles rankings on 27 October 2025.[11]

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (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 2024 2025 2026 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 Q1 Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open 1R Q2 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon Q3 Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open Q2 Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 0 / 1 0–1 0%
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Monte Carlo Masters A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A Q1 0 / 0 0-0  – 
Italian Open A 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Canadian Open A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Masters A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Shanghai Masters A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Paris Masters A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 1–1 0–0 0 / 1 1–1 50%

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (3–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (3–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2023 Aberto da República, Brazil Challenger Hard Alejandro Tabilo 3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss 0–2 Jul 2024 Zug Open, Switzerland Challenger Clay Jérôme Kym 4–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 Feb 2025 Brasil Tennis Challenger, Brazil Challenger Clay Facundo Mena 7–6(10–8), 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–4)
Win 2–2 Sep 2025 Buenos Aires Challenger, Argentina Challenger Clay Alex Barrena 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win 3–2 Oct 2025 Costa do Sauípe Open, Brazil Challenger Clay Daniel Vallejo 6–1, 6–2
Loss 3–3 Feb 2026 Rosario Challenger, Argentina Challenger Clay Camilo Ugo Carabelli 2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-up)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2022 Copa Sevilla, Spain Challenger Clay Facundo Díaz Acosta Nicolás Álvarez Varona
Alberto Barroso Campos
7–5, 6–7(8–10), [10–7]
Loss 1–1 Sep 2022 Buenos Aires Challenger, Argentina Challenger Clay Facundo Díaz Acosta Guido Andreozzi
Guillermo Durán
0–6, 5–7
Loss 1–2 Aug 2023 Internazionali di Tennis Città di Todi, Italy Challenger Clay Orlando Luz Fernando Romboli
Marcelo Zormann
7–6(15–13), 4–6, [5–19]

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
ITF WTT (3–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (–)
Clay (3–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2021 M15 Gdynia, Poland WTT Clay Filip Peliwo 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–3), 6–1
Win 2–0 Aug 2021 M25 Poznań, Poland WTT Clay Paweł Ciaś 5–7, 6–3, 6–2
Loss 2–1 Mar 2022 M15 Antalya, Turkey WTT Clay Lukas Neumayer 4–6, 6–1, 2–6
Win 3–1 Dec 2022 M25 Vacaria, Brazil WTT Clay (i) Orlando Luz 0–6, 6–4, 6–0

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF WTT (3–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (–)
Clay (3–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2021 M15 Bergamo, Italy WTT Clay Juan Ignacio Galarza Dali Blanch
Pedro Boscardin Dias
6–4, 6–3
Win 2–0 Jul 2021 M15 Poprad, Slovakia WTT Clay Fermín Tenti Luca Castelnuovo
Dominik Palán
6–3, 6–3
Win 3–0 Mar 2022 M15 Antalya, Turkey WTT Clay Felix Gill Sarp Ağabigün
Admir Kalender
6–4, 6–3
Loss 3–1 Mar 2022 M25 Antalya, Turkey WTT Clay Alexander Weis Sarp Ağabigün
Oleksii Krutykh
4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 3–2 Apr 2022 M25 Rosario, Argentina WTT Clay Juan Ignacio Galarza Murkel Dellien
Arklon Huertas del Pino
3–6, 5–7

Exhibition matches

Singles

Result    Date    Tournament Surface    Opponent    Score
Loss Dec 2025 Road to Australia, Buenos Aires, Argentina Hard Mariano Navone 5–7, 6–4, [7–10][12]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Son of World Cup star, Roman Andres Burruchaga celebrates maiden ATP Tour win | ATP Tour | Tennis". 8 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Roman Andres Burruchaga | Rankings history | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  3. ^ "Román Burruchaga, el hijo del campeón del mundo, ganó su primer título profesional en el tenis". La Nación (in Spanish). 15 August 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Burruchaga Kicking Goals On Challenger Tour". ATP Tour. 4 November 2022.
  5. ^ "makes winning ATP Tour debut against Schwartzman in Cordoba". 7 February 2024.
  6. ^ Varela, Sebastián (7 February 2024). "Román Burruchaga, football legacy from his father and his first ATP win". CLAY. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Jerome Kym wins the Dialectic Zug Open 2024; The 21-year-old from Fricktal won the biggest title of his professional career to date with a 6:4, 6:4 victory in the final against Argentinian Roman Andres Burruchaga (ATP 148).". 28 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Burruchaga Earns Brasil Tennis Challenger Title In Sao Paulo". tennistourtalk.com. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
  9. ^ "Burruchaga's battle: Argentine wins second-longest Challenger final in history". ATPTour. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  10. ^ "Román Burruchaga, son of Argentine football World Cup winner qualified for Italian Open 2025 main draw". 6 May 2025.
  11. ^ "Week in review: Patrick Kypson makes it a hat-trick, teen sensation Justin Engel breaks through". 27 October 2025.
  12. ^ "Navone y Riera fueron los campeones de "Road to Australia"". Olé! (Tenis) (in Spanish). 20 December 2025. Retrieved 20 December 2025.