Francis Alcantara

Francis Alcantara
	Alcantara in 2018
Full name	Francis Casey Alcantara
Country (sports)	Philippines
Residence	Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
Born	February 4, 1992 (age 32); Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	2015
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$56,628
Singles
Career record	6–4
Highest ranking	No. 758 (6 November 2017)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Junior	1R (2009, 2010)
French Open Junior	1R (2009)
Wimbledon Junior	2R (2010)
US Open Junior	1R (2009)
Doubles
Career record	7–2
Highest ranking	No. 162 (19 February 2024)
Current ranking	No. 162 (19 February 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open Junior	W (2009)
French Open Junior	2R (2009, 2010)
Wimbledon Junior	2R (2010)
US Open Junior	1R (2009)
Medal record
Men's tennis
Representing the Philippines
Asian Games
Southeast Asian Games
	Last updated on: 19 February 2024.

Francis Casey "Niño"^[1] Alcantara (born February 4, 1992) is a professional tennis player from the Philippines.

Career

Francis Alcantara first took the sport of the tennis when he was 6 years old and he was influenced by his father who played the sport as well. In front of their residence in Cagayan de Oro was a tennis court.^[1]

When Alcantara was 11 years old he was scouted by Romeo Chan as a tennis player. Chan who went to Cagayan de Oro invited Alcantara to reside and train with him in Manila. Alcantara accepted the offer and started playing in junior grand slams in various parts of the world.^[1]

He won the 2009 Australian Open Boys' Doubles event with Hsieh Cheng-peng, beating Mikhail Biryukov and Yasutaka Uchiyama, 6–4, 6–2 in the final.^[2]

On January 1, 2009, Alcantara reached his highest junior ranking of world number 14. In winning the 2009 Australian Open Boys' Doubles title, Alcantara and Cheng-peng did not lose a set during the entire tournament.^[2]

Alcantara completed his secondary education at Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan High School in March 2009.^[3]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 win)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2009	Australian Open	Hard	Hsieh Cheng-Peng	Mikhail Biryukov Yasutaka Uchiyama	6–4, 6–2

Davis Cup

Legend
Group membership
World Group (0)
Group I (0–1)
Group II (13–5)
Group III (0)
Group IV (0)

indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.

Rubber outcome	No.	Rubber	Match type (partner if any)	Opponent nation	Opponent player(s)	Score
4–1; 6–8 March 2009; Victoria Park, Hong Kong, China; Group II Asia/Oceania First round; Hard surface
Victory	3.	V	Singles (dead rubber)	Hong Kong	Michael Lai	6–4, 6–4
3–2; 10–12 July 2009; Philippine Columbian Association, Manila, Philippines; Group II Asia/Oceania Second round; Clay surface
Defeat	4.	V	Singles (dead rubber)	Pakistan	Jalil Khan	6–1, 6–7^(8–10), 3–6
0–5; 5–7 March 2010; Namihaya Dome, Osaka, Japan; Group I Asia/Oceania First round; Carpet surface
Defeat	4.	V	Singles (dead rubber)	Japan	Go Soeda	1–6, 0–6
5–0; 6–8 April 2012; Philippine Columbian Association, Manila, Philippines; Group II Asia/Oceania Second round; Clay surface
Victory	4.	IV	Singles (dead rubber)	Pakistan	Muhammad Abid	6–2, 6–1
2–3; 14–16 September 2012; Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Stadium, Jakarta, Indonesia; Group II Asia/Oceania Third round; Hard surface
Defeat	4.	I	Singles	Indonesia	Christopher Rungkat	6–7^(3–7), 2–6, 6–3, 0–6
Victory	4.	V	Singles (dead rubber)	Indonesia	Sunu Wahyu Trijati	6–3, 6–7^(4–7), 6–4
3–2; 5–7 April 2013; Plantation Bay Resort & Spa, Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines; Group II Asia/Oceania Second round; Clay surface
Victory	4.	III	Doubles (with Treat Huey)	Thailand	Pruchya Isaro Nuttanon Kadchapanan	6–3, 6–3, 7–6^(7–4)
Victory	4.	V	Singles (dead rubber)	Thailand	Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul	6–4, 4–6, 6–0
2–3; 13–15 September 2013; Plantation Bay Resort & Spa, Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines; Group II Asia/Oceania Third round; Clay surface
Victory	4.	III	Doubles (with Treat Huey)	New Zealand	Marcus Daniell Artem Sitak	6–4, 6–3, 6–4
5–0; 5–8 March 2015; Valle Verde Country Club, Pasig, Philippines; Group II Asia/Oceania First round; Clay surface
Victory	4.	III	Doubles (with Treat Huey)	Sri Lanka	Sharmal Dissanayake Dineshkanthan Thangarajah	3–6, 6–3, 6–2, 6–4
Victory	4.	V	Singles (dead rubber)	Sri Lanka	Dineshkanthan Thangarajah	6–2, 6–3
5–0; 4–6 March 2016; Valle Verde Country Club, Pasig, Philippines; Group II Asia/Oceania First round; Clay surface
Victory	2.	III	Doubles (with Treat Huey)	Kuwait	Abdulrahman Alawadhi Abdulhamid Mubarak	6–1, 6–1, 6–2
Victory	2.	V	Singles (dead rubber)	Kuwait	Ali Ghareeb	6–2, 6–1
1–3; 15–17 July 2016; Philippine Columbian Association, Manila, Philippines; Group II Asia/Oceania Second round; Clay surface
Defeat	2.	II	Singles	Chinese Taipei	Huang Lang-chi	1–6, 6–3, 7–6^(7–4), 1–6, 0–1 ret.
4–1; 3–5 February 2017; Philippine Columbian Association, Manila, Philippines; Group II Asia/Oceania First round; Clay surface
Victory	1.	III	Doubles (with Treat Huey)	Indonesia	David Agung Susanto Sunu Wahyu Trijati	6–2, 6–4, 6–4
4–1; 3–4 February 2018; Gelora Bung Karno Tennis Stadium Complex, Jakarta, Indonesia; Group II Asia/Oceania First round; Hard surface
Victory	1.	III	Doubles (with Jurence Zosimo Mendoza)	Indonesia	Justin Barki David Agung Susanto	7–6^(7–5), 6–3
1–4; 7–8 April 2018; Philippine Columbian Association, Manila, Philippines; Group II Asia/Oceania Second round; Clay surface
Defeat	1.	III	Doubles (with Johnny Arcilla)	Thailand	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	6–4, 6–7^(3–7), 1–6
1–3; 5–6 April 2019; The National Tennis Development Center, Nonthaburi, Thailand; Group II Asia/Oceania; Hard surface
Defeat	1.	III	Doubles (with Jurence Zosimo Mendoza)	Thailand	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	4–6, 5–7
1–4; 6–7 March 2020; Philippine Columbian Association, Manila, Philippines; Group II Play-offs; Clay surface
Victory	3.	III	Doubles (with Ruben Gonzales)	Greece	Markos Kalovelonis Petros Tsitsipas	7–6^(7–5), 6–4

Challenger and Futures Finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2016	Vietnam F9, Thủ Dầu Một	Futures	Hard	Enzo Couacaud	1–6, 1–6

Doubles: 51 (25–26)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–6)
ITF Futures Tour (25–20)

Titles by surface
Hard (23–25)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2015	Philippines F2, Manila	Futures	Clay (i)	Johnny Arcilla	Katsuki Nagao Hiromasa Oku	6–2, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Jan 2016	Manila, Philippines	Challenger	Hard	Christopher Rungkat	Johan Brunström Frederik Nielsen	2–6, 2–6
Loss	1–2	Oct 2016	Vietnam F7, Thủ Dầu Một	Futures	Hard	David Agung Susanto	Chang Yu Wang Aoran	7–5, 3–6, [5-10]
Loss	1–3	Oct 2016	Vietnam F8, Thủ Dầu Một	Futures	Hard	David Agung Susanto	Kim Young Seok Noh Sang-woo	6–0, 4–6, [8-10]
Win	2–3	Mar 2017	Eygypt F8, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Benjamin Lock	Chen TI Sun Fajing	6–3, 6–7^(7–9), [10-7]
Loss	2–4	Mar 2017	Bahrain F1, Manama	Futures	Hard	Benjamin Lock	Markus Eriksson Milos Sekulic	3–6, 1–6
Win	3–4	May 2017	Singapore F1, Singapore	Futures	Hard	Sem Verbeek	Hiroyasu Ehara Sho Katayama	6–3, 6–2
Win	4–4	May 2017	Singapore F2, Singapore	Futures	Hard	Sem Verbeek	Soichiro Moritani Masato Shiga	6–3, 6–4
Win	5–4	Jun 2017	Singapore F3, Singapore	Futures	Hard	Sem Verbeek	Yuichi Ito Lý Hoàng Nam	7–6^(7–3), 6–2
Win	6–4	Jun 2017	Hong Kong F1, Hong Kong	Futures	Hard	Karunuday Singh	Yuki Mochizuki Tomohiro Masabayashi	6–3, 4–6, [11-9]
Loss	6–5	Jul 2017	China F12, Shenzhen	Futures	Hard	Karunuday Singh	Lý Hoàng Nam Sun Fajing	4–6, 4–6
Loss	6–6	Oct 2017	Australia F7, Cairns	Futures	Hard	Sem Verbeek	Nathan Pasha Darren Polkinghorne	2–6, 6–2, [2-10]
Win	7–6	May 2018	Singapore F2, Singapore	Futures	Hard	Collin Altamirano	Shintaro Imai Takuto Niki	6–1, 6–4
Loss	7–7	May 2018	China F7, Luzhou	Futures	Hard	Sun Fajing	Rhett Purcell Sami Reinwein	5–7, 3–6
Win	8–7	Jun 2018	China F8, Yinchuan	Futures	Hard	Sun Fajing	Kento Takeuchi Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul	6–4, 2–6, [10-5]
Loss	8–8	Jun 2018	Hong Kong F1, Hong Kong	Futures	Hard	Yi Chu-Huan	Wong Chun-hun Yeung Pak-long	4–6, 2–6
Loss	8–9	Jul 2018	Malaysia F3, Kuala Lumpur	Futures	Hard	John Paul Fruttero	Kim Cheong-eui Noh Sang-woo	1–6, 6–3, [5-10]
Loss	8–10	Aug 2018	Indonesia F3, Jakarta	Futures	Hard	Kaito Uesugi	Justin Barki Christopher Rungkat	3–6, 2–6
Win	9–10	Sep 2018	Thailand F4, Hua Hin	Futures	Hard	Karunuday Singh	Palaphoom Kovapitukted Nuttanon Kadchapanan	6–3, 7–5
Win	10–10	Oct 2018	Thailand F5, Hua Hin	Futures	Hard	Shintaro Imai	Adrian Andrzejczuk Yu Cheng-yu	7–5, 6–7^(5–7), [10-7]
Win	11–10	Oct 2018	Thailand F6, Hua Hin	Futures	Hard	Sonchat Ratiwatana	Ajeet Rai Karunuday Singh	6–1, 1–6, [10-6]
Loss	11–11	Oct 2018	Vietnam F4, Tây Ninh	Futures	Hard	Markus Eriksson	Lê Quốc Khánh Lý Hoàng Nam	4–6, 7–6^(8–6), [10-12]
Win	12–11	Oct 2018	Vietnam F5, Tây Ninh	Futures	Hard	Markus Eriksson	Lý Hoàng Nam Roman Safiullin	5–7, 6–4, [10-7]
Loss	12–12	Nov 2018	Thailand F8, Nonthaburi	Futures	Hard	Bernardo Saraiva	Hsu Yu-hsiou Yu Cheng-yu	1–6, 0–6
Loss	12–13	Jul 2019	M25 Qujing, China	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Rhett Purcell	Hua Runhao Sun Fajing	1–6, 1–6
Loss	12–14	Sep 2019	M25 Brisbane, Australia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Harry Bourchier	Jake Delaney Luke Saville	1–6, 6–3, [6-10]
Loss	12–15	Oct 2019	M15 Doha, Qatar	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Bogdan Bobrov	Guy Den Heijer Sidane Pontjodikromo	6–7^(6–8), 6–4, [6-10]
Win	13–15	Oct 2021	M25 Calabasas, USA	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Raymond Sarmiento	Johannes Seeman Wally Thayne	6–4, 6–2
Win	14–15	Nov 2021	M25 Harlingen, USA	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Mark Whitehouse	Gabi Adrian Boitan Constantin Frantzen	7–6^(7–3), 5–7, [10-7]
Loss	14–16	Feb 2022	M15 Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Kelsey Stevenson	Samuel Vincent Ruggeri Francesco Vilardo	6–2, 5–7, [3-10]
Loss	14–17	Mar 2022	M15 Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Kelsey Stevenson	Petr Bar Biryukov Marat Sharipov	7–6^(8–6), 3–6, [8-10]
Loss	14–18	Apr 2022	M15 Cairo, Egypt	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Colin Sinclair	Lorenzo Joaquin Rodriguez Ilya Rudiukov	5–7, 4–6
Win	15–18	May 2022	M25 Cairo, Egypt	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Colin Sinclair	Denis Klok Ilya Rudiukov	6–3, 6–3
Win	16–18	Jun 2022	M15 Tây Ninh, Thailand	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Nam Hoang Ly	Park Ui-sung Son Ji-hoon	6–3, 6–1
Loss	16–19	Aug 2022	Nonthaburi, Thailand	Challenger	Hard	Christopher Rungkat	Benjamin Lock Yuta Shimizu	1–6, 3–6
Loss	16–20	Sep 2022	Nonthaburi, Thailand	Challenger	Hard	Christopher Rungkat	Chung Yun-seong Ajeet Rai	1–6, 6–7^(6–8)
Win	17–20	Oct 2022	M25 Tay Ninh, Vietnam	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Pruchya Isaro	Yu Hsiou Hsu Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul	2–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Win	18–20	Mar 2023	M25 New Delhi, India	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Pruchya Isaro	Parikshit Somani Manish Sureshkumar	6–2, 6–4
Loss	18–21	Apr 2023	M15 Singapore, Singapore	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Sun Fajing	Justin Barki Igor Sijsling	1–6, 1–6
Loss	18–22	Apr 2023	M25 Jakarta, Indonesia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Pruchya Isaro	Ray Ho Sun Fajing	4–6, 5–7
Win	19–22	Jun 2023	M25 Jakarta, Indonesia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Hiroki Moriya	Nathan Anthony Barki Christopher Rungkat	6–2, 6–1
Win	20–22	Jun 2023	M25 Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Hiroki Moriya	Maximus Jones Finn Reynolds	6–2, 6–4
Loss	20–23	Jul 2023	Segovia, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Sun Fajing	Dan Added Pierre-Hugues Herbert	6–4, 3–6, [10–12]
Loss	20–24	Aug 2023	Zhangjiagang, China	Challenger	Hard	Sun Fajing	Ray Ho Matthew Romios	3–6, 4–6
Win	21–24	Nov 2023	M15 Ipoh, Malaysia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Christopher Rungkat	Thijmen Loof Wishaya Trongcharoenchaikul	6–2, 6–0
Win	22–24	Nov 2023	M15 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Christopher Rungkat	Pruchya Isaro Thijmen Loof	6–4, 6–2
Loss	22–25	Jan 2024	Nonthaburi, Thailand	Challenger	Hard	Sun Fajing	Manuel Guinard Grégoire Jacq	4–6, 6–7^(6–8)
Win	23–25	Jan 2024	M25 Chennai, India	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Christopher Rungkat	Bogdan Bobrov Adil Kalyanpur	6–4, 6–2
Loss	23–26	Jul 2024	M15 Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Maximus Jones	Adil Kalyanpur Vishnu Vardhan	3–6, 2–6
Win	24–26	Jul 2024	M15 Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Maximus Jones	Rishi Reddy Dhakshineswar Suresh	7–6^(9–7), 6–4
Win	25–26	Jul 2024	M15 Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Maximus Jones	Adil Kalyanpur Vishnu Vardhan	2–6, 7–5, [10–8]

ITF World Tennis Tour Juniors

Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runners-up)

Legend
Category GA (0–0)
Category G1 (0–0)
Category G2 (0–1)
Category G3 (0–0)
Category G4 (5–1)
Category G5 (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Category	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2007	ITF World Junior Tennis Championship, Malaysia	Category G4	Hard	Karunuday Singh	7–6^(8–6), 5–7, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Nov 2007	Singapore International Junior Championships, Singapore	Category G5	Hard	Juan Antonio Los Santos	4–6, 2–6
Loss	1–2	Dec 2007	PHINMA/ITF Intl Junior Tournament 1, Philippines	Category G4	Hard	Artem Ilyushin	4–6, 3–6
Win	2–2	Dec 2007	PHINMA/ITF Intl Junior Tournament 2, Philippines	Category G4	Hard	James Duckworth	6–7^(4–7), 6–3, 1–0 ret.
Loss	2–3	Oct 2008	LTAT Junior Championships, Thailand	Category G2	Hard	Shuichi Sekiguchi	4–6, 2–6
Win	3–3	Nov 2008	PHINMA/ITF Intl Junior Tournament 1, Philippines	Category G4	Hard	Park Sang-min	6–4, 6–3
Win	4–3	Nov 2009	PHINMA International Juniors (Week 1), Philippines	Category G4	Hard	Yoshihito Nishioka	7–5, 6–0
Win	5–3	Dec 2009	PHINMA International Juniors (Week 2), Philippines	Category G4	Hard	Jeroen Vanneste	6–2, 6–3

Doubles: 18 (14 title, 4 runners-up)

Legend
Category GA (1–0)
Category G1 (5–1)
Category G2 (3–0)
Category G3 (1–1)
Category G4 (2–2)
Category G5 (2–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Category	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2007	Hyogo International Junior Tournament 2, Japan	Category G5	Carpet	Hiroyasu Ehara	Musashi Hoshino Kishi Watanabe	7–6^(7–3), 6–4
Win	2–0	Sep 2007	China Junior II, China	Category G3	Hard	Hsieh Cheng-peng	Logan Mackenzie Dane Propoggia	7–6^(7–2), 6–4
Win	3–0	Oct 2007	TrueVisions Thailand Open, Thailand	Category G2	Hard	Hsieh Cheng-peng	Yuki Matsuo Hiroki Moriya	6–3, 7–6^(7–1)
Win	4–0	Nov 2007	ITF Junior Toyota Open, Thailand	Category G4	Hard	Marious Zelba	Niall Angus Thomas Knights	6–2, 7–6^(7–1)
Loss	4–1	Nov 2007	ITF World Junior Tennis Championship, Malaysia	Category G4	Hard	Romain Sichez	Vikram Reddy B Karunuday Singh	6–7^(6–8), 5–7
Win	5–1	Nov 2007	Singapore International Junior Championships, Singapore	Category G5	Hard	Min-Sylvester Wee	Chandril Sood Lakshit Sood	6–4, 6–2
Loss	5–2	Dec 2007	PHINMA/ITF Intl Junior Tournament 1, Philippines	Category G4	Hard	James Duckworth	Huang Liang-chi Li Chieh-lin	3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Win	6–2	May 2008	RUC Tennis International Junior Open, Morocco	Category G4	Clay	Karim-Mohamed Maamoun	Ahmed El Menshawy Oliver Evans	6–3, 6–1
Loss	6–3	Jun 2008	Riad 21, Morocco	Category G3	Clay	Karim-Mohamed Maamoun	Maverick Banes Nat Maraga	6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Win	7–3	Jun 2008	Raquette D'Or, Morocco	Category G2	Clay	Karim-Mohamed Maamoun	William R Parker David Sofaer	6–4, 3–6, 6–2
Win	8–3	Oct 2008	LTAT Junior Championships, Thailand	Category G2	Hard	Huang Liang-chi	Dino Dell'Orto Kelsey Stevenson	6–1, 6–7^(2–7), 6–2
Win	9–3	Jan 2009	Australian Open, Australia	Category GA	Hard	Hsieh Cheng-Peng	Mikhail Biryukov Yasutaka Uchiyama	6–4, 6–2
Loss	9–4	Mar 2009	ITF/LTAT Junior Championships, Thailand	Category G1	Hard	Huang Liang-chi	Maximilian Neuchrist Dominik Schulz	2–6, 3–6
Win	10–4	Mar 2009	13th Sarawak Chief Minister's Cup, Malaysia	Category G1	Hard	Daniel Berta	Alastair Barnes Ahmed El Menshawy	6–3, 6–3
Win	11–4	Mar 2009	20th Mitsubishi-Lancer International Juniors Championships, Philippines	Category G1	Hard	Daniel Berta	Ben McLachlan Riki McLachlan	6–3, 6–0
Win	12–4	May 2009	45th Astrid Bowl Charleroi, Belgium	Category G1	Clay	Hsieh Cheng-Peng	Guilherme Clezar Karim-Mohamed Maamoun	6–3, 6–2
Win	13–4	Jun 2009	17th International Junior Tournament of Offenbach/Main, Germany	Category G1	Clay	Huang Liang-chi	Duilio Beretta Roberto Quiroz	6–2, 4–6, [10-7]
Win	14–4	Mar 2010	21st Mitsubishi-Lancer International Juniors Championships, Philippines	Category G1	Hard	Raymond Sarmiento	Sam Barry Ben McLachlan	6–4, 6–3

References

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^ ^a ^b "AUSTRALIAN OPEN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". www.itftennis.com. Retrieved September 24, 2021.
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