Andrés Molteni

Andrés Molteni
Molteni at the 2019 French Open
Country (sports) Argentina
ResidenceBuenos Aires, Argentina
Born (1988-03-15) March 15, 1988 (age 36)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro2005
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachLeonardo Olguín
Prize moneyUS$ 2,365,630
Singles
Career record0–2
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 181 (9 May 2011)
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenQ3 (2014)
WimbledonQ1 (2011)
Doubles
Career record209–177
Career titles17
Highest rankingNo. 7 (21 August 2023)
Current rankingNo. 30 (19 August 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2024)
French OpenQF (2023)
WimbledonQF (2024)
US OpenQF (2023, 2024)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsRR (2023)
Olympic Games1R (2021, 2024)
Mixed doubles
Career record1–11
Career titles0
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open1R (2024)
French Open1R (2023, 2024)
Wimbledon2R (2019, 2024)
US Open1R (2017, 2023, 2024)
Last updated on: 3 September 2024.

Andrés Molteni (Spanish pronunciation: [anˈdɾes molˈteni]; Italian: [molˈtɛːni];[1] born 15 March 1988) is an Argentine professional tennis player who specializes in doubles.[2] He reached his highest ATP doubles ranking of No. 7 on 21 August 2023 and his highest ATP singles ranking of No. 181 in May 2011. He has won 16 doubles ATP titles. He participated in the inaugural 2020 ATP Cup and the 2022 edition as part of team Argentina.

Career

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2011: Maiden singles Challenger

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He claimed his first Challenger singles title by winning the 2011 Challenger ATP de Salinas Diario Expreso in Salinas, Ecuador where he won against his compatriot Horacio Zeballos 7–5, 7–6(4).[3]

2021–2022: New partnership with S. González, five more titles, Top 35

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In 2021, Molteni won his seventh and eighth ATP 250 doubles titles at the 2021 Astana Open[4] and the 2021 Stockholm Open partnering Santiago González.[5]

In 2022, he won two more clay titles with Santiago González at the 2022 Córdoba Open[6] and 2022 Argentina Open.[7]

He reached a career-high of No. 31 on 21 March 2022 following the Indian Wells Masters where he lost with Diego Schwartzman in the second round to second seeded pair of Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury.

2023-2024: Masters 1000 & ATP 500 & tenth clay titles, four Major quarterfinals with M. González, World No. 7

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Molteni won another clay title at the 2023 Córdoba Open with compatriot Máximo González. It was his third at this tournament. He won two more ATP 500 titles with Máximo González at the 2023 Rio Open, his first at this level, and at the 2023 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. As a result, the pair climbed four spots to fourth in the ATP Live doubles team rankings.[8] Molteni also reached a new career-high ranking in the Top 30 of No. 28 on 24 April 2023.

After winning the biggest title of his career, the Masters 1000 2023 Western & Southern Open with Gonzalez, he reached World No. 7 in the rankings on 21 August 2023.[9] Next he reached his second Major quarterfinal of the season and in his career at the 2023 US Open with Gonzalez.

At the 2024 US Open the duo reached the quarterfinals for a second consecutive season with a win over second seeds Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden.

Significant finals

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Masters 1000 finals

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Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2023 Cincinnati Masters Hard Argentina Máximo González United Kingdom Jamie Murray
New Zealand Michael Venus
3–6, 6–1, [11–9]
Loss 2024 Shanghai Masters Hard Argentina Máximo González Netherlands Wesley Koolhof
Croatia Nikola Mektić
4–6, 4–6

ATP career finals

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Doubles: 26 (18 titles, 8 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1–1)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (4–1)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (13–6)
Titles by surface
Hard (6–5)
Clay (12–3)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (15–5)
Indoor (3–3)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2016 Istanbul Open,
Turkey
250 Series Clay Argentina Diego Schwartzman Italy Flavio Cipolla
Israel Dudi Sela
3–6, 7–5, [7–10]
Win 1–1 Aug 2016 Atlanta Open,
United States
250 Series Hard Argentina Horacio Zeballos Sweden Johan Brunström
Sweden Andreas Siljeström
7–6(7–2), 6–4
Win 2–1 May 2017 Lyon Open,
France
250 Series Clay Canada Adil Shamasdin New Zealand Marcus Daniell
Brazil Marcelo Demoliner
6–3, 3–6, [10–5]
Win 3–1 Jul 2017 Croatia Open,
Croatia
250 Series Clay Argentina Guillermo Durán Croatia Marin Draganja
Croatia Tomislav Draganja
6–3, 6–7(4–7), [10–6]
Win 4–1 Feb 2018 Argentina Open,
Argentina
250 Series Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal
Colombia Robert Farah
6–3, 5–7, [10–3]
Loss 4–2 Apr 2018 Hungarian Open,
Hungary
250 Series Clay Netherlands Matwé Middelkoop United Kingdom Dominic Inglot
Croatia Franko Škugor
7–6(10–8), 1–6, [8–10]
Win 5–2 Aug 2018 Austrian Open Kitzbühel,
Austria
250 Series Clay Czech Republic Roman Jebavý Italy Daniele Bracciali
Argentina Federico Delbonis
6–2, 6–4
Win 6–2 Feb 2019 Córdoba Open,
Argentina
250 Series Clay Czech Republic Roman Jebavý Argentina Máximo González
Argentina Horacio Zeballos
6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 6–3 Oct 2019 Kremlin Cup,
Russia
250 Series Hard (i) Italy Simone Bolelli Brazil Marcelo Demoliner
Netherlands Matwé Middelkoop
1–6, 2–6
Loss 6–4 Feb 2020 Córdoba Open,
Argentina
250 Series Clay Argentina Leonardo Mayer Brazil Marcelo Demoliner
Netherlands Matwé Middelkoop
3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 6–5 Apr 2021 Sardegna Open,
Italy
250 Series Clay Italy Simone Bolelli Italy Lorenzo Sonego
Italy Andrea Vavassori
3–6, 4–6
Win 7–5 Sep 2021 Astana Open,
Kazakhstan
250 Series Hard (i) Mexico Santiago González Israel Jonathan Erlich
Belarus Andrei Vasilevski
6–1, 6–2
Win 8–5 Nov 2021 Stockholm Open,
Sweden
250 Series Hard (i) Mexico Santiago González Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer
6–2, 6–2
Win 9–5 Feb 2022 Córdoba Open,
Argentina (2)
250 Series Clay Mexico Santiago González Slovakia Andrej Martin
Austria Tristan-Samuel Weissborn
7–5, 6–3
Win 10–5 Feb 2022 Argentina Open,
Argentina (2)
250 Series Clay Mexico Santiago González Italy Fabio Fognini
Argentina Horacio Zeballos
6–1, 6–1
Loss 10–6 Oct 2022 Tel Aviv Open,
Israel
250 Series Hard (i) Mexico Santiago González India Rohan Bopanna
Netherlands Matwé Middelkoop
2–6, 4–6
Win 11–6 Oct 2022 Gijón Open,
Spain
250 Series Hard (i) Argentina Máximo González United States Nathaniel Lammons
United States Jackson Withrow
6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–4), [10–5]
Loss 11–7 Oct 2022 Vienna Open,
Austria
500 Series Hard (i) Mexico Santiago González Austria Alexander Erler
Austria Lucas Miedler
3–6, 6–7(1–7)
Win 12–7 Feb 2023 Córdoba Open,
Argentina (3)
250 Series Clay Argentina Máximo González France Sadio Doumbia
France Fabien Reboul
6–4, 6–4
Win 13–7 Feb 2023 Rio Open,
Brazil
500 Series Clay Argentina Máximo González Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal
Brazil Marcelo Melo
6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Win 14–7 Apr 2023 Barcelona Open,
Spain
500 Series Clay Argentina Máximo González Netherlands Wesley Koolhof
United Kingdom Neal Skupski
6–3, 6–7(8–10), [10–4]
Win 15–7 Jul 2023 Washington Open,
United States
500 Series Hard Argentina Máximo González United States Mackenzie McDonald
United States Ben Shelton
6–7(4–7), 6–2, [10–6]
Win 16–7 Aug 2023 Cincinnati Masters,
United States
Masters 1000 Hard Argentina Máximo González United Kingdom Jamie Murray
New Zealand Michael Venus
3–6, 6–1, [11–9]
Win 17–7 Feb 2024 Córdoba Open,
Argentina (4)
250 Series Clay Argentina Máximo González France Sadio Doumbia
France Fabien Reboul
6–4, 6–1
Win 18–7 Apr 2024 Barcelona Open,
Spain (2)
500 Series Clay Argentina Máximo González Monaco Hugo Nys
Poland Jan Zieliński
4–6, 6–4, [11–9]
Loss 18–8 Oct 2024 Shanghai Masters,
China
Masters 1000 Hard Argentina Máximo González Netherlands Wesley Koolhof
Croatia Nikola Mektić
4–6, 4–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures titles (71)

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Singles (16)

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Legend
Challengers (1)
Futures (15)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
1. May 5, 2008 Argentina F1 (Reconquista, Santa Fe) Clay Argentina Federico Cavallero 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–3)
2. June 15, 2009 Argentina F9 Clay Argentina Juan-Pablo Villar 5–7, 6–4, 6–4
3. July 27, 2009 Venezuela F6 Hard Argentina Gonzalo Tur 6–4, 6–2
4. May 10, 2010 Argentina F6 Clay Argentina Antonio Pastorino 6–4, 6–3
5. May 31, 2010 Argentina F7 (Neuquén) Clay Argentina Diego Schwartzman 6–4, 6–2
6. June 21, 2010 Argentina F10 Clay Argentina Antonio Pastorino 6–3, 6–0
7. July 19, 2010 Argentina F14 Clay Argentina Facundo Argüello 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–1
8. November 1, 2010 Argentina F22 Clay Argentina Marco Trungelliti 6–2, 6–0
9. February 28, 2011 Salinas, Ecuador Hard Argentina Horacio Zeballos 7–5, 7–6(7–4)

Doubles (55)

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Legend
Challengers (23)
Futures (32)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in final
1. July 31, 2006 Argentina F10 Clay Argentina Nicolás Jara-Lozano Argentina Rodolfo Daruich
Argentina Demian Gschwend
6–3, 7–5
2. August 13, 2007 Argentina F12 Clay Argentina Demian Gschwend Argentina Guillermo Bujniewicz
Argentina Damián Listingart
6–4, 6–4
3. September 8, 2008 Bolivia F1 Clay Argentina Guillermo Carry Venezuela Miguel Cicenia
Bolivia Mauricio Doria-Medina
6–4, 6–4
4. September 15, 2008 Bolivia F2 Clay Argentina Guillermo Carry Argentina Facundo Bagnis
Argentina Agustín Picco
6–2, 6–4
5. September 22, 2008 Bolivia F3 Clay Argentina Guillermo Carry Italy Alessandro Liberatore
Argentina Juan-Pablo Villar
6–1, 6–0
6. October 27, 2008 Argentina F14 Clay Argentina Guido Pella Argentina Alejandro Kon
Argentina Gonzalo Tur
4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
7. November 10, 2008 Argentina F16 Clay Argentina Guido Pella Argentina Guillermo Bujniewicz
Argentina Nicolás Jara-Lozano
6–3, 5–7, [14–12]
8. December 1, 2008 Argentina F17 Clay Argentina Guido Pella Argentina Diego Cristin
Argentina Gastón-Arturo Grimolizzi
6–7(6–8), 7–6(13–11), [10–6]
9. April 27, 2009 Argentina F3 Clay Argentina Guido Pella Argentina Guillermo Durán
Argentina German Gaich
6–2, 6–4
10. May 18, 2009 Argentina F6 Clay Argentina Diego Cristin Argentina Federico Cavallero
Argentina Agustín Picco
2–6, 7–6(9–7), [10–5]
11. June 22, 2009 Argentina F10 Clay Argentina Nicolás Jara-Lozano Argentina Alejandro Kon
Argentina Juan-Manuel Valverde
7–6(7–5), 6–2
12. August 10, 2009 Colombia F3 Clay Argentina Gonzalo Tur Mexico Daniel Garza
Colombia Michael Quintero
6–4, 7–6(8–6)
13. September 7, 2009 Argentina F14 Clay Argentina Gonzalo Tur Argentina Guido Andreozzi
Argentina Kevin Konfederak
4–6, 6–2, [12–10]
14. November 23, 2009 Argentina F25 Clay Argentina Guido Pella Argentina Alejandro Fabbri
Argentina Jonathan Gonzalia
6–1, 6–3
15. January 25, 2010 Argentina F1 Clay Argentina Diego Cristin Argentina Alejandro Fabbri
Argentina Jonathan Gonzalia
7–5, 6–7(6–8), [10–6]
16. February 8, 2010 Argentina F3 Clay Argentina Diego Cristin Argentina Alejandro Fabbri
Argentina Diego Schwartzman
6–3, 6–4
17. May 31, 2010 Argentina F7 Clay Argentina Nicolás Jara-Lozano Argentina Rodrigo Gómez Saigos
Argentina Gustavo Sterin
6–3, 6–2
18. June 14, 2010 Argentina F9 Clay Argentina Diego Schwartzman Argentina Lionel Noviski
Argentina Antonio Pastorino
6–2, 6–3
19. June 28, 2010 Argentina F11 Clay Argentina Diego Schwartzman Argentina Gastón Giussani
Argentina Joaquín-Jesús Monteferrario
3–6, 6–2, [10–4]
20. July 19, 2010 Argentina F14 Clay Argentina Diego Schwartzman Argentina Facundo Argüello
Argentina Federico Coria
6–3, 6–4
21. August 6, 2011 Trani Clay Chile Jorge Aguilar Italy Giulio Di Meo
Italy Stefano Ianni
6–4, 6–4
22. April 22, 2012 Santos Clay Argentina Marco Trungelliti Brazil Rogério Dutra da Silva
Brazil Júlio Silva
6–4, 6–3
23. November 17, 2013 Lima Clay Brazil Fernando Romboli Brazil Marcelo Demoliner
Peru Sergio Galdós
6–4, 6–4
24. April 27, 2014 Santos Clay Argentina Máximo González Argentina Guillermo Durán
Argentina Renzo Olivo
7–5, 6–4
25. April 17, 2021 Belgrade Clay Argentina Guillermo Durán Bosnia and Herzegovina Tomislav Brkić
Serbia Nikola Ćaćić
6–4, 6–4
26. September 18, 2021 Szczecin Clay Mexico Santiago González Sweden André Göransson
United States Nathaniel Lammons
2–6, 6–2, [15–13]

References

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  1. ^ Luciano Canepari. "Molteni". DiPI Online (in Italian). Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Conociendo a… ANDRES MOLTENI El Tenis Que No Vemos!" (in Spanish). 23 September 2007.
  3. ^ Andres Molteni (ARG) DEFEATED (2)Horacio Zeballos(ARG) 7–5 7–6(4) Archived July 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine TennisInsight.com
  4. ^ "Santiago González and Andrés Molteni Seal Nur-Sultan Title". ATP Tour.
  5. ^ "Santiago Gonzalez and Andres Molteni Win 2021 Stockholm Open Doubles Title". ATP Tour.
  6. ^ "Gonzalez/Molteni Lift Córdoba Doubles Trophy". ATP Tour.
  7. ^ "Santiago González & Andrés Molteni Storm to Buenos Aires Title". ATP Tour.
  8. ^ "Gonzalez and Molteni Clinch Barcelona Crown". ATP Tour.
  9. ^ "Maximo Gonzalez/Andres Molteni Claim Cincinnati Crown | ATP Tour | Tennis".
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