Nuria Brancaccio

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Nuria Brancaccio
Brancaccio N. RGQ23.jpg
Brancaccio at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports)Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Born (2000-06-24) 24 June 2000 (age 25)
Torre del Greco, Italy
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$411,909
Singles
Career record285–195
Career titles7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 167 (14 August 2023)
Current rankingNo. 167 (4 August 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Q1 (2024, 2025)
French Open Q2 (2025)
Wimbledon Q1 (2023, 2025)
US Open Q1 (2023, 2025)
Doubles
Career record105–102
Career titles3 WTA Challengers, 4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 127 (30 June 2025)
Current rankingNo. 141 (28 July 2025)
Last updated on: 28 July 2025.

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

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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. 127, reached on 30 June 2025. [1]

Brancaccio has won three doubles titles at WTA Challenger level. She has reached 11 career singles finals on the ITF Circuit, with a record of five 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]

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(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 2023 2024 2025 W–L
Australian Open A Q1 Q1 0–0
French Open Q1 A Q2 0–0
Wimbledon Q1 A Q1 0–0
US Open Q1 A0–0
Win–loss0–00–00–0

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Sep 2022 Bari Open, ItalyClay Flag of Austria.svg Julia Grabher 4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 3 (3 titles)

ResultW–L   Date   TournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0 Sep 2024 Ljubljana Open, SloveniaClay Flag of Spain.svg Leyre Romero Gormaz Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jil Teichmann
Flag of North Macedonia.svg Lina Gjorcheska
5–7, 7–5, [10–7]
Win2–0 Oct 2024 Bolivia Open, BoliviaClay Flag of Spain.svg Leyre Romero Gormaz Flag of Spain.svg Aliona Bolsova
Flag of Ukraine.svg Valeriya Strakhova
6–4, 6–4
Win3–0 Nov 2024 Charleston, United StatesClay Flag of Spain.svg Leyre Romero Gormaz Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kayla Cross
Flag of the United States.svg Liv Hovde
7–6 (6), 6–2

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 14 (7 titles, 7 runner–ups)

Legend
W60/75 tournaments (1–1)
W50 tournaments (1–0)
W25/35 tournaments (4–3)
W15 tournaments (1–3)
Finals by surface
Clay (7–7)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Feb 2021 ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15Clay Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Dea Herdželaš 7–6(1), 2–6, 5–7
Win1–1 Mar 2021 ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15Clay Flag of South Korea.svg Jang Su-jeong 7–5, 6–4
Loss1–2 Mar 2021 ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15Clay Flag of South Korea.svg Park So-hyun 4–6, 0–6
Loss1–3 Apr 2021 ITF Antalya, TurkeyW15Clay Flag of Ukraine.svg Anastasiya Soboleva 0–6, 6–7(5)
Loss1–4 Jun 2021 Grado Tennis Cup, ItalyW25Clay Flag of Spain.svg Nuria Párrizas Díaz 3–6, 7–5, 2–6
Win2–4 Jan 2023 ITF Buenos Aires, ArgentinaW25Clay Flag of Argentina.svg Julia Riera 6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Loss2–5 Jan 2023 ITF Buenos Aires, ArgentinaW25Clay Flag of Spain.svg Carlota Martínez Círez 4–6, 7–5, 3–6
Win3–5 Jun 2024 ITF Tarvisio, ItalyW35Clay Flag of Italy.svg Dalila Spiteri 6–4, 6–2
Win4–5 Jul 2024 ITF Rome, ItalyW35Clay Flag of the United States.svg Varvara Lepchenko 7–6(6), 6–1
Loss4–6 Sep 2024 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyW35Clay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Julie Štruplová 7–5, 6–7(5), 2–6
Win5–6 Apr 2025 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyW35Clay Flag of Germany.svg Nastasja Schunk 6–7(2), 6–4, 6–1
Loss5–7 Jun 2025 ITF Bucharest, RomaniaW75Clay Flag of Slovenia.svg Tamara Zidanšek 1–6, 5–7
Win6–7 Jul 2025 ITF Aschaffenburg, GermanyW50Clay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Nikola Bartůňková 4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win7–7 Jul 2025 ITF Cordenons, ItalyW75Clay Flag of Slovenia.svg Veronika Erjavec 6–2, 6–1

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)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0 Jul 2019 ITF Tabarka, TunisiaW15Clay Flag of Italy.svg Federica Arcidiacono Flag of Spain.svg Paula Arias Manjón
Flag of Germany.svg Julyette Steur
6–4, 4–6, [10–6]
Loss1–1 Aug 2019 ITF Sezze, ItalyW25Clay Flag of Italy.svg Federica Sacco Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Anna Danilina
Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Yashina
5–7, 4–6
Win2–1 Feb 2020 ITF Monastir, TunisiaW15Hard Flag of Italy.svg Federica Rossi Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Miriam Kolodziejová
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jesika Malečková
5–7, 6–3, [10–5]
Loss2–2 Feb 2020 ITF Heraklion, GreeceW15Clay Flag of Denmark.svg Olga Helmi Flag of Italy.svg Tatiana Pieri
Flag of Italy.svg Dalila Spiteri
6–7(3), 1–6
Loss2–3 Jun 2021 ITF Wrocław, PolandW25Clay Flag of Turkey.svg İpek Öz Flag of Poland.svg Anna Hertel
Flag of Poland.svg Martyna Kubka
6–7(2), 6–3, [7–10]
Loss2–4 Jan 2022 ITF Monastir, TunisiaW25Hard Flag of Italy.svg Lisa Pigato Flag of Hong Kong.svg Eudice Chong
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Cody Wong
2–6, 3–6
Win3–4 Jun 2022 ITF Brescia, ItalyW60Clay Flag of Italy.svg Lisa Pigato Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Zhibek Kulambayeva
Flag of Latvia.svg Diāna Marcinkēviča
6–4, 6–1
Loss3–5 Jun 2022 Macha Lake Open, Czech RepublicW60Clay Flag of Greece.svg Despina Papamichail Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Karolína Kubáňová
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Aneta Kučmová
2–6, 6–7(9)
Loss3–6 Oct 2022 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyW25Clay Flag of Italy.svg Angelica Moratelli Flag of the United States.svg Jessie Aney
Flag of Greece.svg Sapfo Sakellaridi
6–7(2), 5–7
Loss3–7 Oct 2023 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyW25Clay Flag of Italy.svg Angelica Moratelli Flag of Slovenia.svg Veronika Erjavec
Flag of Lithuania.svg Justina Mikulskytė
6–7(6), 0–6
Win4–7 Oct 2023 ITF Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyW25Clay Flag of Italy.svg Eleonora Alvisi Flag of Italy.svg Anastasia Abbagnato
Flag of Italy.svg Virginia Ferrara
6–2, 2–6, [10–6]
Loss4–8Aug 2024ITF Cordenons, ItalyW75Clay Flag of Spain.svg Leyre Romero Gormaz Flag of Spain.svg Yvonne Cavallé Reimers
Flag of Italy.svg Aurora Zantedeschi
5–7, 6–2, [5–10]

References

  1. 1 2 "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.