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Quantity and quality: closing it becomes a leader of victories in 2025

The Argentine will measure Carlos Alcaraz on Wednesday in Montecarlo

April 07, 2025

No one has won more matches this year at the ATP Tour than Francisco closing it. The Argentine arrived on Monday at 17 by beating Fabio Fognini in the first round of the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters, and equaled the records of Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, already eliminated this week, and the Australian Álex de Miñaur, who debuts on Wednesday in the ‘Principality’.

But the most meritorious thing of No. 22 of the PIF ATP Rankings is that its productivity in this season has had very weight victories. In fact, he has defeated four members of the Top 15: to then No. 2 Alexander Zverev in Buenos Aires, to No. 6 Casper Ruud in Miami, to No. 10 of Miñaur in Indian Wells, and to No. 13 Tommy Paul in Miami.

For something he is one of the three players with at least three victories against members of the Top 10, along with Jakub Mensik (4) and Denis Shapovalov (3).

In addition, ‘Fran’ has added at least one triumph in each tournament of the year, with the exception of the first in Auckland (p. With Carballés Baena), and at least two in its last six events.

Its regularity has been so high that, therefore, today, it is one of the two players (together with Arthur Fils) with a presence in the two ATP Masters 1000 that have been played in 2025 (Indian Wells and Miami).

And at the surface level, the finalist of Buenos Aires (p. With Fonseca) has been effective in all conditions. In fact, his triumph on Monday places him in the second position of the classification of players with more clay victories in 2025. He reached nine, breaking the equality with Laslo Djere and remaining three of his compatriot Sebastián Báez.

On Wednesday he will go for one more against Carlos Alcaraz, second head of the series in Montecarlo and who leads 2-0 the Lexus ATP Headtohead between them after prevailing on the lawn of Queen’s in 2023 and on the fast tracks of Indian Wells a few weeks ago.

It will be a great challenge for the Buenos Aires. Also for the Spanish, which will have in front of one of the most inspired players of 2025.

Did you know that …?
Before 2025, Francisco Cerundolo’s best first quarter had been the 2023, when he added 11 wins before the start of the ATP Masters 1000 of Montecarlo of that season.