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
New York City, United States
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2019
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeUC Santa Barbara
Prize money$369,697
Singles
Career record0–2
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 121 (18 September 2023)
Current rankingNo. 152 (6 November 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2023, 2024)
French OpenQ3 (2023)
WimbledonQ3 (2022)
US Open1R (2023)
Doubles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 474 (16 October 2021)
Current rankingNo. 480 (6 November 2023)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open1R (2023)
Last updated on: 7 November 2023.

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

Moreno de Alboran had an excellent collegiate tennis career for University of California, Santa Barbara and made sporadic appearances on the ITF circuit while still in college.[2] He turned professional in 2019 and, following a period of inactivity caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, progressed to regular appearances on the ATP Challenger Tour during the second half of the 2021 season.

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 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 ATP and Grand Slam debut at the 2023 US Open after qualifying.[3] He also qualified for the 2023 Sofia Open entering the main draw as lucky loser.

Personal

Moreno de Alboran, a Spaniard-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.[4] He trained at Dukes Meadows in Chiswick and represented Spain in junior events, then switched to the United States.[5] He also played rugby and soccer while growing up.[6]

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.[4] He studied Environmental Science.[7]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 13 (5–8)

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

References

  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. ↑ https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2023-08-26/meet_the_2023_us_open_mens_qualifiers.html
  4. 1 2 Rapp, Austin (15 April 2020). "MyTennsHQ Interviews: Nicolas Moreno de Alboran". My Tennis HQ. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  5. ↑ "Nicolas Moreno de Alboran". Tennis Europe. Tennis Europe. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  6. ↑ Dickson Jefford, Oli (23 June 2022). "Nicolas Moreno de Alboran finds himself at home at Wimbledon Qualifying". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  7. ↑ "Nicolas Moreno de Alboran". UC Santa Barbara. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
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