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Nicolas Moreno de Alboran
Moreno de Alboran at the 2023 Cary Challenger
Country (sports) United States
ResidenceMadrid, Spain
Born (1997-07-14) 14 July 1997 (age 27)
New York City, United States
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2019
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeUC Santa Barbara
CoachGlenn Kuma-Mintah
Prize moneyUS $740,223
Singles
Career record6–11
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 109 (November 18, 2024)
Current rankingNo. 109 (November 18, 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2023, 2024)
French Open1R (2024)
WimbledonQ3 (2022)
US Open1R (2023)
Doubles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 311 (November 11, 2024)
Current rankingNo. 312 (November 18, 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open1R (2023)
Last updated on: 20 November 2024.

Nicolas Moreno de Alboran (Spanish: Nicolás Moreno de Alborán; born 14 July 1997) is an American tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 109 and a doubles ranking of No. 311, both achieved in November 2024.[1] Moreno de Alboran has won three ATP Challenger singles titles.

Career

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2018-2019: College years

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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

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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, ATP, Major and top 125 debuts

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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 but lost to Jurij Rodionov.[4]

2024: First ATP wins & quarterfinals, Masters & top 110 debuts

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Moreno Alboran 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.[5][6] He qualified for the 2024 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells making his Masters debut.[7]

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.

Moreno Alboran earned the USTA's reciprocal wildcard for the 2024 French Open after winning the men's Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge,[8] where he made his debut at this Major.[9][10]

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.[11]

Following his third title at the 2024 Matsuyama Challenger, Moreno Alboran finished the season ranked at a career-high singles ranking of world No. 109 on 18 November 2024.[12]

Personal

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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.[13] He trained at Dukes Meadows in Chiswick and represented Spain in junior events, then switched to the United States.[14] He also played rugby and soccer while growing up.[15]

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.[13] He studied Environmental Science.[16]

ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals

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Singles: 15 (6 titles, 9 runner-ups)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (3–4)
ITF WTT (3–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–6)
Clay (3–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2022 Challenger ATP de Salinas Diario Expreso, Ecuador Challenger Hard Ecuador Emilio Gómez 7–6(7–2), 6–7(4–7), 5–7
Win 1–1 Sep 2022 Braga Open, Portugal Challenger Clay Brazil Matheus Pucinelli de Almeida 6–2, 6–4
Loss 1–2 Feb 2023 Chennai Open Challenger, India Challenger Hard Australia Max Purcell 7–5, 6–7(2–7), 4–6
Win 2–2 Jun 2023 Tyler Tennis Championships, USA Challenger Hard Kazakhstan Mikhail Kukushkin 6–7(8–10), 7–6(7–0), 6–4
Loss 2–3 Aug 2023 Cary Challenger, USA Challenger Hard Australia Adam Walton 4–6, 6–3, 5–7
Loss 2–4 Sep 2024 JC Ferrero Challenger Open, Spain Challenger Hard Poland Kamil Majchrzak 4–6, 2–6
Win 3–4 Nov 2024 Matsuyama Challenger, Japan Challenger Hard Australia Alex Bolt 7–6(7–4), 6–2
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2019 M15 Cancún, Mexico WTT Hard Colombia Nicolás Mejía 2–6, 5–7
Loss 0–2 Oct 2019 M15 Tabarka, Tunisia WTT Clay Argentina Ignacio Monzón 3–6, 1–6
Loss 0–3 Jan 2021 M15 Cairo, Egypt WTT Clay Chile Gonzalo Lama 0–6, 0–6
Loss 0–4 May 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey WTT Clay Dominican Republic Nick Hardt 6–2, 5–7, 1–6
Win 1–4 May 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey WTT Clay Italy Giovanni Fonio 7–5, 6–4
Win 2–4 Jun 2021 M25 Klosters, Switzerland WTT Clay Italy Francesco Forti 6–4, 6–3
Win 3–4 Jul 2021 M25 Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal WTT Hard United States Zane Khan 1–0 ret.
Loss 3–5 Sep 2022 M25 Madrid, Spain WTT Hard Austria Lukas Neumayer 4–6, 1–6

Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–2)
ITF WTT (3–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2023 Little Rock Challenger, USA Challenger Hard Canada Alexis Galarneau South Korea Nam Ji-sung
New Zealand Artem Sitak 		4–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Jul 2024 Ion Țiriac Challenger, Romania Challenger Clay Spain Javier Barranco Cosano Poland Karol Drzewiecki
Poland Piotr Matuszewski 		3–6, 6–1, [17–15]
Loss 1–2 Nov 2024 Matsuyama Challenger, Japan Challenger Hard New Zealand Rubin Statham Japan Seita Watanabe
Japan Takeru Yuzuki 		4–6, 3–6
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2020 M15 Faro, Portugal WTT Hard Germany Fabian Fallert Poland Michał Dembek
Portugal Gonçalo Falcão 		6–3, 6–4
Win 2–0 Sep 2020 M15 Sintra, Portugal WTT Hard Germany Fabian Fallert Russia Savriyan Danilov
Dominican Republic Nick Hardt 		7–6(7–4), 6–4
Win 3–0 Jun 2021 M25 Klosters, Switzerland WTT Clay Germany Fabian Fallert Switzerland Leandro Riedi
Switzerland Dominic Stricker 		4–6, 7–6(7–1), [10–6]

References

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  1. ^ "Nicolas Moreno de Alboran". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2022-06-25.
  2. ^ "Moreno de Alboran Set For Storybook Senior Season | The Daily Nexus". January 25, 2019.
  3. ^ "Meet the 2023 US Open men's qualifiers". 26 August 2023.
  4. ^ "Bautista Agut Wins Epic In Sofia, Draper Sets Musetti Clash". ATPTour. 7 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Michelsen makes dominant Delray Beach debut".
  6. ^ "Patrick Kypson, Nicolas Moreno de Alboran earn first ATP Tour wins in Delray Beach".
  7. ^ "Moreno de Alboran's dengue setback to ATP Masters 1000 debut". 8 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Nicolas Moreno de Alboran Earns Wild Card Entry into French Open". 27 August 2024.
  9. ^ "Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge – Standings Update". 30 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Nicolas Moreno de Alboran opens up about recent health battle with dengue fever complications". 3 May 2024.
  11. ^ "ATP roundup: Mattia Bellucci heads to quarterfinals at Atlanta Open". Reuters. 24 July 2024.
  12. ^ @ATPChallenger (10 November 2024). "Matsuyama memories 💪 Nicolas Moreno De Alboran claims the title with a 7-6(4), 6-2 win over Bolt #ATPChallenger" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  13. ^ a b Rapp, Austin (15 April 2020). "MyTennsHQ Interviews: Nicolas Moreno de Alboran". My Tennis HQ. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  14. ^ "Nicolas Moreno de Alboran". Tennis Europe. Tennis Europe. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  15. ^ Dickson Jefford, Oli (23 June 2022). "Nicolas Moreno de Alboran finds himself at home at Wimbledon Qualifying". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  16. ^ "Nicolas Moreno de Alboran". UC Santa Barbara. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
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