Nicolas Moreno de Alboran (Spanish: Nicolás Moreno de Alborán; born July 14, 1997) is an American tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 107, achieved on January 6, 2025, and a doubles ranking of No. 311, achieved in November 2024.[1] Moreno de Alboran has won three ATP Challenger singles titles.
Career
2018–2019: 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, ATP, Major and top 125 debuts
He won his first Challenger title at the 2022 Braga Open in Portugal.[3]
He reached the top 200 at world No. 188 on February 20, 2023, following a third Challenger final at the Chennai Open where he lost to Max Purcell.[citation needed] He reached the top 150 on June 12, 2023, following his second Challenger title at the 2023 Tyler Tennis Championships.[citation needed]
Ranked No. 131, he made his Grand Slam tournament debut at the 2023 US Open after qualifying.[4] He also qualified for the 2023 Sofia Open, making his ATP debut, entering the main draw as lucky loser but lost to Jurij Rodionov.[5]
2024: First ATP wins & quarterfinals, Masters & top 110 debuts
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.[6][7] He qualified for the 2024 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells making his Masters debut.[8]
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,[9] where he made his debut at this Major.[10][11]
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.[12]
Following his third title at the 2024 Matsuyama Challenger,[13] Moreno Alboran finished the season ranked at a career-high singles ranking of world No. 109 on November 18, 2024.[14]
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.[15] He trained at Dukes Meadows in Chiswick and represented Spain in junior events, then switched to the United States.[16] He also played rugby and soccer while growing up.[17]
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.[15] He studied Environmental Science.[18]
ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 15 (6 titles, 9 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Apr 2022 | Challenger ATP de Salinas Diario Expreso, Ecuador | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
7–6(7–2), 6–7(4–7), 5–7 |
Win | 1–1 | Sep 2022 | Braga Open, Portugal | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 6–4 |
Loss | 1–2 | Feb 2023 | Chennai Open Challenger, India | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
7–5, 6–7(2–7), 4–6 |
Win | 2–2 | Jun 2023 | Tyler Tennis Championships, USA | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
6–7(8–10), 7–6(7–0), 6–4 |
Loss | 2–3 | Aug 2023 | Cary Challenger, USA | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 6–3, 5–7 |
Loss | 2–4 | Sep 2024 | JC Ferrero Challenger Open, Spain | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 3–4 | Nov 2024 | Matsuyama Challenger, Japan | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
7–6(7–4), 6–2 |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2019 | M15 Cancún, Mexico | WTT | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 0–2 | Oct 2019 | M15 Tabarka, Tunisia | WTT | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 0–3 | Jan 2021 | M15 Cairo, Egypt | WTT | Clay | ![]() |
0–6, 0–6 |
Loss | 0–4 | May 2021 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | WTT | Clay | ![]() |
6–2, 5–7, 1–6 |
Win | 1–4 | May 2021 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | WTT | Clay | ![]() |
7–5, 6–4 |
Win | 2–4 | Jun 2021 | M25 Klosters, Switzerland | WTT | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 3–4 | Jul 2021 | M25 Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal | WTT | Hard | ![]() |
1–0 ret. |
Loss | 3–5 | Sep 2022 | M25 Madrid, Spain | WTT | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 1–6 |
Doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | May 2023 | Little Rock Challenger, USA | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Jul 2024 | Ion Țiriac Challenger, Romania | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–1, [17–15] |
Loss | 1–2 | Nov 2024 | Matsuyama Challenger, Japan | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 3–6 |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Mar 2020 | M15 Faro, Portugal | WTT | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 2–0 | Sep 2020 | M15 Sintra, Portugal | WTT | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(7–4), 6–4 |
Win | 3–0 | Jun 2021 | M25 Klosters, Switzerland | WTT | Clay | ![]() |
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4–6, 7–6(7–1), [10–6] |
References
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- ^ "Moreno de Alboran Set For Storybook Senior Season | The Daily Nexus". January 25, 2019.
- ^ "Moreno De Alboran Caps Dream Week At Braga Open". tennistourtalk.com. Retrieved February 19, 2025.
- ^ "Meet the 2023 US Open men's qualifiers". August 26, 2023.
- ^ "Bautista Agut Wins Epic In Sofia, Draper Sets Musetti Clash". ATPTour. November 7, 2023.
- ^ "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". March 8, 2024.
- ^ "Nicolas Moreno de Alboran Earns Wild Card Entry into French Open". August 27, 2024.
- ^ "Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge – Standings Update". April 30, 2024.
- ^ "Nicolas Moreno de Alboran opens up about recent health battle with dengue fever complications". May 3, 2024.
- ^ "ATP roundup: Mattia Bellucci heads to quarterfinals at Atlanta Open". Reuters. July 24, 2024.
- ^ "'Happy' Nishikori wins Helsinki Challenger title". ATPTour. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
- ^ @ATPChallenger (November 10, 2024). "Matsuyama memories 💪 Nicolas Moreno De Alboran claims the title with a 7–6(4), 6–2 win over Bolt #ATPChallenger" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ a b Rapp, Austin (April 15, 2020). "MyTennsHQ Interviews: Nicolas Moreno de Alboran". My Tennis HQ. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
- ^ "Nicolas Moreno de Alboran". Tennis Europe. Tennis Europe. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
- ^ Dickson Jefford, Oli (June 23, 2022). "Nicolas Moreno de Alboran finds himself at home at Wimbledon Qualifying". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
- ^ "Nicolas Moreno de Alboran". UC Santa Barbara. Retrieved November 10, 2022.