Francisco Cerundolo Bio
- • Nickname is Fran.
- • Father, Alejandro, played professionally in 1980s; mother, Maria Luz; brother, Juan Manuel, also plays on ATP Tour; sister, Maria Constanza, won gold medal in field hockey with Team Argentina at 2018 Youth Olympic Games.
- • Began playing tennis at age 5 with his parents, who run an academy in Buenos Aires.
- • Pursuing Bachelor's degree in management through online courses with the University of Palermo. Previously studied at University of Buenos Aires after playing college tennis in 2018 at University of South Carolina.
- • Favourite shot is forehand, surface is clay, tournament is Wimbledon and city on tour is Rome.
- • Idolised Roger Federer and countryman David Nalbandian growing up.
- • Also enjoys football. Favourite team is River Plate.
- • Lists his father as his hero and Batman as his favourite superhero.
- • Likes watching Netflix. Favourite movie is Gladiator, TV show is Prison Break, actor is Matt Damon.
- • Dream job is singer and favourite musicians are Bad Bunny and Bob Marley. "I sing all the time," says Cerundolo. "In the shower, when I go to my room, that’s my passion. I don’t have a favourite karaoke song, but I like reggaeton a lot... I like rock, I like pop. It depends on my mood."
- • Enjoys eating burgers and asado (barbecue).
- • Lists being smart as his best quality and being lazy as his worst quality.
- • Says that his secret talent and favourite school subject is math. "I love everything with numbers. I love looking at stats," says Cerundolo. "It is not that I use it too much in tennis, but I probably discuss with my coach or my parents some stats that I’ve seen. Brain games are also fun for me."
Biographical information from ATP. Information might not be up to date.
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