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'{{short description|American tennis player (born 1997)}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Nicolas Moreno de Alboran | country = {{USA}} | image = Nicolas Moreno de Alboran (2023 Cary) 03 (cropped).jpg | caption = Moreno de Alboran at the [[2023 Cary Challenger]] | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|7|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[New York City]], United States | residence = [[Madrid]], Spain | height = {{convert|abbr=on|1.85|m}} | turnedpro = 2019 |coach=Glenn Kuma-Mintah | plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | careerprizemoney = $636,074 | college = [[University of California, Santa Barbara|UC Santa Barbara]] | singlesrecord = 6–10 | singlestitles = 0 | highestsinglesranking = No. 121 (18 September 2023) | currentsinglesranking = No. 143 (15 July 2024) | AustralianOpenresult = Q1 ([[2023 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying|2023]], [[2024 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying|2024]]) | FrenchOpenresult = 1R ([[2024 French Open – Men's singles|2024]]) | Wimbledonresult = Q3 ([[2022 Wimbledon Championships – Men's singles qualifying|2022]]) | USOpenresult = 1R ([[2023 US Open – Men's singles|2023]]) | doublesrecord = 0–1 | doublestitles = 0 | highestdoublesranking = No. 474 (16 October 2021) | currentdoublesranking = No. 548 (21 July 2024) |USOpenDoublesresult = 1R ([[2023 US Open – Men's doubles|2023]]) |updated = 22 July 2024 }} '''Nicolas Moreno de Alboran''' (born 14 July 1997) is an American [[tennis]] player. He has a career-high [[Association of Tennis Professionals|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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/nicolas-moreno-de-alboran/mw18/overview|title=Nicolas Moreno de Alboran|website=ATP Tour|access-date=2022-06-25}}</ref> 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 Men's World Tennis Tour|ITF circuit]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dailynexus.com/2019-01-24/moreno-de-alboran-set-for-storybook-senior-season/|title=Moreno de Alboran Set For Storybook Senior Season &#124; The Daily Nexus|date=January 25, 2019}}</ref> ===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 ATP Challenger Tour|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 [[2023 Chennai Open Challenger|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 (tennis)|2023 US Open]] after qualifying.<ref>https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2023-08-26/meet_the_2023_us_open_mens_qualifiers.html</ref> He also qualified for the [[2023 Sofia Open]], making his ATP debut, entering the main draw as lucky loser. ===2024: First ATP wins and quarterfinals, 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 (tennis)|Aleksandar Kovacevic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/news/michelsen-kokkinakis-delray-beach-2024-tuesday |title= Michelsen makes dominant Delray Beach debut }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.usta.com/en/home/pro/pro-media---news/kypson-moreno-de-alboran-first-atp-wins.html | title=Patrick Kypson, Nicolas Moreno de Alboran earn first ATP Tour wins in Delray Beach }}</ref> He qualified for the [[2024 BNP Paribas Open]] in Indian Wells making his Masters debut.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/news/moreno-de-alboran-indian-wells-2024-feature|title=Moreno de Alboran's dengue setback to ATP Masters 1000 debut|date=8 March 2024}}</ref> 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 [[2024 Italian Open (tennis)|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,<ref>https://ucsbgauchos.com/news/2024/4/29/mens-tennis-nicolas-moreno-de-alboran-earns-earns-wild-card-entry-into-french-open.aspx</ref> where he made his debut at this Major.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tennistourtalk.com/109666/roland-garros-wild-card-challenge-standings-update-10|title=Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge – Standings Update|date=30 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tennis.com/baseline/articles/nicolas-moreno-de-alboran-health-dengue-fever-usta-roland-garros-wild-card|title=Nicolas Moreno de Alboran opens up about recent health battle with dengue fever complications|date=3 May 2024}}</ref> He qualified for the main draw [[2024 Swiss Open Gstaad]] but lost to [[Yannick Hanfmann]]. He received a wildcard for the main draw at the [[2024 Generali Open Kitzbühel]] and defeated qualifier [[Andrea Collarini]] in the first round and fellow wildcard [[Lukas Neumayer]] in the second to reach his second career quarterfinal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/tennis/atp-roundup-mattia-bellucci-heads-quarterfinals-atlanta-open-2024-07-25/|title=ATP roundup: Mattia Bellucci heads to quarterfinals at Atlanta Open|date=24 July 2024}}</ref> ==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.<ref name="rapp">{{cite web |last1=Rapp |first1=Austin |title=MyTennsHQ Interviews: Nicolas Moreno de Alboran |url=https://mytennishq.com/mytennshq-interviews-nicolas-moreno-de-alboran/ |website=My Tennis HQ |access-date=10 November 2022 |date=15 April 2020}}</ref> He trained at Dukes Meadows in [[Chiswick]] and represented Spain in junior events, then switched to the United States.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nicolas Moreno de Alboran |url=https://te.tournamentsoftware.com/player-profile/247a5bba-74a7-43c2-808a-eb1a8d9621a8 |website=Tennis Europe |publisher=[[Tennis Europe]] |access-date=10 November 2022}}</ref> He also played rugby and soccer while growing up.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dickson Jefford |first1=Oli |title=Nicolas Moreno de Alboran finds himself at home at Wimbledon Qualifying |url=https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/nicolas-moreno-de-alboran-finds-himself-at-home-at-wimbledon-qualifying-182232835.html |access-date=10 November 2022 |work=[[Yahoo! Sports]] |date=23 June 2022}}</ref> 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.<ref name=rapp /> He studied Environmental Science.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nicolas Moreno de Alboran |url=https://ucsbgauchos.com/sports/mens-tennis/roster/nicolas-moreno-de-alboran/1541 |website=UC Santa Barbara |access-date=10 November 2022 |language=en}}</ref> ==ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals== ===Singles: 13 (5–8)=== {| |-valign=top | {|class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !Legend |-bgcolor=moccasin |ATP Challenger Tour (2–3) |-bgcolor=cffcff |ITF World Tennis Tour (3–5) |} | {|class=wikitable style=font-size:97% !Finals by surface |- |Hard (2–5) |- |Clay (3–3) |- |Grass (0–0) |- |Carpet (0–0) |} |} {|class="sortable wikitable" !Result !class="unsortable"|W–L !{{ns}}Date{{ns}} !Tournament !Tier !Surface !Opponent !class="unsortable"|Score |- |bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss |<small>0–1</small> |{{dts|Jul 2019}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 [[Cancún]], Mexico |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Hard |{{flagicon|COL}} [[Nicolás Mejía]] |2–6, 5–7 |- |bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss |<small>0–2</small> |{{dts|Oct 2019}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 [[Tabarka]], Tunisia |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Clay |{{flagicon|ARG}} Ignacio Monzón |3–6, 1–6 |- |bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss |<small>0–3</small> |{{dts|Jan 2021}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 [[Cairo]], Egypt |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Clay |{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Gonzalo Lama]] |0–6, 0–6 |- |bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss |<small>0–4</small> |{{dts|May 2021}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 [[Antalya]], Turkey |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Clay |{{flagicon|DOM}} [[Nick Hardt]] |6–2, 5–7, 1–6 |- |bgcolor=98FB98|Win |<small>1–4</small> |{{dts|May 2021}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M15 [[Antalya]], Turkey |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Clay |{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giovanni Fonio]] |7–5, 6–4 |- |bgcolor=98FB98|Win |<small>2–4</small> |{{dts|Jun 2021}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 [[Klosters]], Switzerland |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Clay |{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Francesco Forti]] |6–4, 6–3 |- |bgcolor=98FB98|Win |<small>3–4</small> |{{dts|Jul 2021}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 [[Idanha-a-Nova]], Portugal |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Hard |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Zane Khan]] |1–0 ret. |- |bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss |<small>3–5</small> |[[2022 Salinas Challenger – Singles|{{dts|Apr 2022}}]] |bgcolor="moccasin"|[[Challenger ATP de Salinas Diario Expreso|Salinas]], Ecuador |bgcolor="moccasin"|Challenger |Hard |{{flagicon|ECU}} [[Emilio Gómez (tennis)|Emilio Gómez]] |7–6^(7–2), 6–7^(4–7), 5–7 |- |bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss |<small>3–6</small> |{{dts|Sep 2022}} |style="background:#cffcff;"|M25 [[Madrid]], Spain |style="background:#cffcff;"|World Tennis Tour |Hard |{{flagicon|AUT}} [[Lukas Neumayer]] |4–6, 1–6 |- |bgcolor=98FB98|Win |<small>4–6</small> |[[2022 Braga Open – Singles|{{dts|Sep 2022}}]] |bgcolor="moccasin"|[[Braga Open|Braga]], Portugal |bgcolor="moccasin"|Challenger |Clay |{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida]] |6–2, 6–4 |- |bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss |<small>4–7</small> |[[2023 Chennai Open Challenger – Singles|{{dts|Feb 2023}}]] |bgcolor="moccasin"|[[Chennai Open Challenger|Chennai]], India |bgcolor="moccasin"|Challenger |Hard |{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Max Purcell]] |7–5, 6–7^(2–7), 4–6 |- |bgcolor=98FB98|Win |<small>5–7</small> |[[2023 Tyler Tennis Championships – Singles|{{dts|Jun 2023}}]] |bgcolor="moccasin"|[[Tyler Tennis Championships|Tyler]], USA |bgcolor="moccasin"|Challenger |Hard |{{flagicon|KAZ}} [[Mikhail Kukushkin]] |6–7^(8–10), 7–6^(7–0), 6–4 |- |bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss |<small>5–8</small> |[[2023 Cary Challenger – Singles|{{dts|Aug 2023}}]] |bgcolor="moccasin"|[[Cary Challenger|Cary]], USA |bgcolor="moccasin"|Challenger |Hard |{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Adam Walton (tennis)|Adam Walton]] |4–6, 6–3, 5–7 |} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{ATP |MW18}} * {{ITF |nicolas-moreno-de-alboran/800362327/usa/}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Moreno de Alboran, Nicolas}} [[Category:1997 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American male tennis players]] [[Category:American people of Spanish descent]] [[Category:People educated at Ibstock Place School]] [[Category:Tennis players from New York City]] [[Category:UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's tennis players]]'