Nicolas Moreno de Alboran
_03_(cropped).jpg) Moreno de Alboran at the 2023 Cary Challenger | |
| Country (sports) |  United States |
|---|---|
| Residence | Madrid, Spain |
| Born | 14 July 1997 New York City, United States |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Turned pro | 2019 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| College | UC Santa Barbara |
| Coach | Glenn Kuma-Mintah |
| Prize money | $502,788 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 4–10 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 121 (18 September 2023) |
| Current ranking | No. 136 (6 May 2024) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | Q1 (2023, 2024) |
| French Open | 1R (2024) |
| Wimbledon | Q3 (2022) |
| US Open | 1R (2023) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 0–1 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 474 (16 October 2021) |
| Current ranking | No. 550 (6 May 2024) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| US Open | 1R (2023) |
| Last updated on: 7 May 2024. | |
Nicolas Moreno de Alboran (born 14 July 1997) is an American tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 121 achieved on 18 September 2023 and a doubles ranking of World No. 474, achieved on 16 October 2023.[1] Moreno de Alboran has won two Challenger singles titles and five ITF doubles titles.
Career
College years
Moreno de Alboran played collegiate tennis for University of California, Santa Barbara, and he made sporadic appearances on the ITF circuit.[2]
2019-2021: Turned professional
He turned professional in 2019, and following a period of inactivity caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, he progressed to regular appearances on the ATP Challenger Tour during the second half of the 2021 season.
2022-2023: First Challenger title, top 150, ATP and Major debuts
He won his first Challenger title at the 2022 Braga Open in Portugal.
He reached the top 200 at world No. 188 on 20 February 2023, following a third Challenger final at the Chennai Open where he lost to Max Purcell. He reached the top 150 on 12 June 2023 following his second Challenger title at the 2023 Tyler Tennis Championships.
Ranked No. 131, he made his Grand Slam debut at the 2023 US Open after qualifying.[3] He also qualified for the 2023 Sofia Open, making his ATP debut, entering the main draw as lucky loser.
2024: First ATP wins and quarterfinal, Masters debut
He qualified for the 2024 Dallas Open defeating Denis Kudla in the last round of qualifying. He also qualified for the next tournament, the 2024 Delray Beach Open defeating top seed Flavio Cobolli in the last qualifying round. He won his first main draw ATP match over compatriot Aleksandar Kovacevic.[4][5] He qualified for the 2024 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells making his Masters debut.[6]
At the beginning of the clay court season he also qualified for the 2024 Grand Prix Hassan II and defeated fifth seed Facundo Díaz Acosta and David Goffin to reach his first ATP quarterfinal of his career.
He qualified into the main draw of the Italian Open making his debut at his first Masters on clay. He also qualified for the main draw at the 2024 Geneva Open and defeated again fellow qualifier David Goffin.
He earned the USTA's reciprocal wildcard for the 2024 French Open after winning the men's Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge,[7] where he made his debut at this Major.[8][9]
He received a wildcard for the main draw at the 2024 Austrian Open Kitzbühel.
Personal
Moreno de Alboran, a Spanish-American, was born in New York City. He moved to London as a teenager, where he attended Ibstock Place School in Roehampton, finishing in 2015.[10] He trained at Dukes Meadows in Chiswick and represented Spain in junior events, then switched to the United States.[11] He also played rugby and soccer while growing up.[12]
Moreno de Alboran was a collegiate tennis player for UC Santa Barbara, where he was highly successful and ranked among the top 10 college players in the country during his senior year.[10] He studied Environmental Science.[13]
ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 13 (5–8)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2019 | M15 Cancún, Mexico | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Nicolás Mejía
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2–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Oct 2019 | M15 Tabarka, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Ignacio Monzón
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3–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Jan 2021 | M15 Cairo, Egypt | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Gonzalo Lama
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0–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 0–4 | May 2021 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Nick Hardt
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6–2, 5–7, 1–6 |
| Win | 1–4 | May 2021 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Giovanni Fonio
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7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–4 | Jun 2021 | M25 Klosters, Switzerland | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Francesco Forti
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6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–4 | Jul 2021 | M25 Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Zane Khan
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1–0 ret. |
| Loss | 3–5 | Apr 2022 | Salinas, Ecuador | Challenger | Hard |  Emilio Gómez
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7–6(7–2), 6–7(4–7), 5–7 |
| Loss | 3–6 | Sep 2022 | M25 Madrid, Spain | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Lukas Neumayer
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4–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 4–6 | Sep 2022 | Braga, Portugal | Challenger | Clay |  Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida
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6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4–7 | Feb 2023 | Chennai, India | Challenger | Hard |  Max Purcell
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7–5, 6–7(2–7), 4–6 |
| Win | 5–7 | Jun 2023 | Tyler, USA | Challenger | Hard |  Mikhail Kukushkin
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6–7(8–10), 7–6(7–0), 6–4 |
| Loss | 5–8 | Aug 2023 | Cary, USA | Challenger | Hard | Adam Walton
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4–6, 6–3, 5–7 |
References
- ^ "Nicolas Moreno de Alboran". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
- ^ "Moreno de Alboran Set For Storybook Senior Season | The Daily Nexus". January 25, 2019.
- ^ https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2023-08-26/meet_the_2023_us_open_mens_qualifiers.html
- ^ "Michelsen makes dominant Delray Beach debut".
- ^ "Patrick Kypson, Nicolas Moreno de Alboran earn first ATP Tour wins in Delray Beach".
- ^ "Moreno de Alboran's dengue setback to ATP Masters 1000 debut". 8 March 2024.
- ^ https://ucsbgauchos.com/news/2024/4/29/mens-tennis-nicolas-moreno-de-alboran-earns-earns-wild-card-entry-into-french-open.aspx
- ^ "Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge – Standings Update". 30 April 2024.
- ^ "Nicolas Moreno de Alboran opens up about recent health battle with dengue fever complications". 3 May 2024.
- ^ a b Rapp, Austin (15 April 2020). "MyTennsHQ Interviews: Nicolas Moreno de Alboran". My Tennis HQ. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ "Nicolas Moreno de Alboran". Tennis Europe. Tennis Europe. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ Dickson Jefford, Oli (23 June 2022). "Nicolas Moreno de Alboran finds himself at home at Wimbledon Qualifying". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ^ "Nicolas Moreno de Alboran". UC Santa Barbara. Retrieved 10 November 2022.