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Nicolas Moreno de Alboran
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. CareerCollege yearsMoreno de Alboran played collegiate tennis for University of California, Santa Barbara, and he made sporadic appearances on the ITF circuit.[2] 2019-2021: Turned professionalHe 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 debutsHe 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 debutsMoreno 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] PersonalMoreno 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 finalsSingles: 15 (6 titles, 9 runner-ups)
Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)
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