Franco Agamenone

Franco Agamenone (born 15 April 1993) is an Italian–Argentine tennis player, who competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour. He 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 No. 167 achieved on 15 October 2018.

He has won ten ATP Challenger titles, six in singles and four in doubles. Agamenone received a ten-month suspension from March 2019 until January 2020 for an anti-doping rule violation for unintentional use of hydrochlorothiazide.

Career

In September 2020, Agamenone switched his tennis country of allegiance from Argentina to Italy.

Having never previously won a match at ATP Challenger level, Agamenone won the event in Prague in 2021, 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 Sebastián Báez to win in Kyiv.

In 2022, Agamenone's reached the semifinal 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 and world No. 32 Sebastián Báez. Next he defeated Marco Cecchinato to reach the first ATP semifinal of his career. 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: 27 (17–10) Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (6–0)ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (11–10)Titles by surfaceHard (2–2)Clay (15–8)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

Doubles: 57 (42–15) Legend (doubles)ATP Challenger Tour Finals (4–3)ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals (38–12)Titles by surfaceHard (4–2)Clay (38–13)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)