2025: Masters 1000 debut & first win
In March 2025, Cinà reached his first Challenger final at the 2025 Crete Challenger II after defeating Aslan Karatsev in straight sets and became the first tennis player born in 2007 to reach a Challenger final. In the final he lost to Dimitar Kuzmanov in straight sets.
In March 2025, Cinà was awarded a wildcard into the 2025 Miami Open for his ATP Tour and Masters 1000 debuts. Ranked No. 441, he recorded his first ATP Tour win in straight sets over qualifier and also Masters debutant Francisco Comesaña, becoming the first player born since 2007 to win a Masters 1000 main draw match. As a result he moved 70 positions up in the singles rankings at world No. 371 on 31 March 2025. In April 2025, he received a wildcard into the 2025 Mutua Madrid Open where he defeated Coleman Wong in straight sets for his second win at the Masters 1000 level.
2026: Challenger title, Major debut & top 150 debut
In February, Cinà won his maiden Challenger title at the Pune Challenger, defeating Felix Gill in the final. He reached the top 200 as a result.
In May, Cinà made his Grand Slam debut at the French Open having qualified for the main draw with wins over Yosuke Watanuki, Bernard Tomic and Alexis Galarneau. In the first round of the main draw he recorded his first Major win with a five set victory against American Reilly Opelka. In doing so, he became the first man born in 2007 to record a win in a Grand Slam singles match. In the second round he was defeated by Jesper de Jong of the Netherlands.
He made his professional grass-court debut in qualifying for the Wimbledon Championships, where he defeated compatriot Gianluca Cadenasso before being eliminated in the second round by Hugo Gaston.
He advanced through qualifying in Gstaad, but was eliminated in the first round by Quentin Halys, after having a match point in the deciding tie-break. He also advanced through qualifying in Kitzbühel, but was defeated in the first round by Facundo Díaz Acosta.
In preparation for the US Open qualifications, he took part in two American Challenger tournaments, making it through only one round.
At the 2026 US Open Cinà was able to win all three qualifying matches needed to make it to his first main draw at the US Open with victories over the likes of Luca Nardi, Hugo Dellien and 11th seed Yunchaokete Bu, but in the first round of the tournament Cinà was eliminated by American Alex Michelsen in straight sets with the score of 6-4 6-1 6-0. Interrupted due to rain with the second set tied at 1-1, the following day Cinà suffered a partial score of 11 games to 0.
In Asia, he was eliminated on his debut at the Guangzhou Challenger, but at the ATP 250 of Chengdu, as a lucky loser, he made it to the second round, then reached the quarterfinals at the Jingshan Challenger. He thus debuted in the top 150, the first player born in 2007 to achieve this result. He passed the qualifications for the Shanghai Masters 1000, earning the main draw of an event of this type for the first time without using a wild card, but was defeated in his debut match by Alex Molcan, who came back in three sets. He also qualified for the ATP 250 in Brussels, but also this time too he was eliminated in the first round.
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