Roman Andres Burruchaga | Bio | ATP Tour

Nickname is Romi. Speaks Spanish, English and Italian.
Parents are Jorge and Fabiola. Siblings are Mauro, Daiana and Alexia.
Father scored game-winning goal for Argentina in 1986 World Cup Final. Mauro plays football.
Started playing tennis aged seven. He is the only member of his family who plays the sport.
Marcelo Miguez was the coach who got him into the sport.
Played football when he was younger but when it came time to decide between football and tennis, he selected tennis.
Favourite shot is his backhand, surface is clay, tournament is Roland Garros and city on Tour is Buenos Aires.
Tennis idol is Novak Djokovic. Favourite athlete is Lionel Messi. Says his hero is Nelson Mandela.
Favourite sport outside of tennis is football, favourite team is Huracán.
The book he likes most is Open, Andre Agassi’s autobiography.
Favourite movie is Lone Survivor, TV show is Prison Break, actor is Ricardo Darin and his preferred music is Argentine rock.
Says his secret talent is learning languages; Best quality is his work ethic; Guilty pleasure is eating food.

(UPDATED 25 MAY 2024)

Broke into Top 200 in November 2023 after reaching his 1st Challenger final in Brasilia.
Made ATP Tour debut at 2024 Cordoba as Q, defeating compatriot and former-World No. 8 Schwartzman in 1R for first win.
Also qualified at 2024 Santiago (l. to Seyboth Wild) and 2024 Roland Garros to make his Grand Slam main draw debut.
Owns a 69-58 Challenger record (0-1 in finals), ending his 2023 season with run to 1st final in Brasilia.
Coached by Leonardo Mayer, former World No. 21, who was part of the Argentina's Davis Cup champions squad in 2016.
Father, Jorge, was a professional football player and scored the game-winning goal for Argentina in 1986 World Cup final.