Raúl Brancaccio (born 4 May 1997) is an Italian tennis player.
Brancaccio has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 121 achieved on 13 February 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 252 achieved on 26 September 2022.[1]
Brancaccio made his ATP main draw debut at the 2021 Emilia-Romagna Open after qualifying for the singles main draw.
He won his second Challenger title at the 2023 Open Nouvelle-Calédonie in Nouméa, New Caledonia defeating Laurent Lokoli.[2] He reached his second Challenger final at the 2023 Tenerife Challenger II for the season where he lost to Matteo Arnaldi. As a result, he reached a new career-high ranking of No. 121 on 13 February 2023.
On March 25th 2024, Raul Brancaccio played against Pierre-Hugues Herbert in the first round of the Napoli Challenger. After failing to convert 7 match points, he went on to lose the match. Despite being born 20 minutes away from Napoli in Torre del Greco, the crowd was actively hostile towards him. After the match, he took to Instagram to voice his displeasure in a strongly worded statement, blaming sports bettors for the chaos during the match.[3]
Brancaccio has a Spanish mother and an Italian father. His sister Nuria Brancaccio is also a tennis player.[4]