Hugo Dellien Jr. (; born 16 June 1993) is a Bolivian professional

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player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 70 achieved on 25 July 2022. He is the current No. 1 Bolivian tennis player. He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 185 achieved on 2 February 2015. In juniors, Dellien has a career-high combined ranking of No. 2 achieved in March 2011.

Professional career

At the 2019 Rio Open, Dellien defeated

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in qualifying competition,

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in the first round and

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in the second to reach the quarterfinals. Hugo became the first Bolivian player with an ATP win since Mario Martínez at

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in 1984, trailing 3–1 in both sets before performing a comeback against Andreozzi that secured a historic achievement for both him and his country.

National representation

Dellien qualified to represent Bolivia at the

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. Dellien has represented Bolivia at the Davis Cup where he has a W/L record of 26–10.

Personal life

His younger brother

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is also a tennis player, who currently plays at

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. Dellien owned an ice cream business alongside his father, Hugo Sr., purchased with some of his early career earnings. Dellien is married to retired tennis player Liz Camila Giangreco Campiz; the couple share a daughter.

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles

''Current after the 2022 US Open.''

Doubles

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 33 (23 titles, 10 runner-ups)

Doubles: 37 (18 titles, 19 runner-ups)

Davis Cup

Participations: (26–10)

* indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.

Record against top 10 players

Dellien's match record against those who have been

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in the top 10 is as follows (former #1 in bold): *

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0–1 * Alexander Zverev 0–2 *

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1–0 :*''As of 24 May 2022.''

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dellien, Hugo 1993 births Living people Bolivian male tennis players People from Trinidad, Bolivia Tennis players from Buenos Aires Tennis players at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Bolivia Tennis players at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players of Bolivia