Nicolas Moreno de Alboran (born 14 July 1997) is an American
tennis
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player. He has a career-high
ATP singles ranking of World No. 141 achieved on 19 June 2023 and a doubles ranking of World No. 486, achieved on 9 August 2021. 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. 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
The ATP Challenger Tour, known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series, is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments. The Challenger Tour events are the second-highest tier of tennis competition, behind the ATP T ...
during the second half of the
2021 season.
He won his first Challenger title at the
2022 Braga Open.
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
Max Purcell (born 3 April 1998) is an Australian professional tennis player.
He won his first Grand Slam title at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships in doubles alongside Matthew Ebden. The pair also finished runners-up at the 2022 Australian Ope ...
.
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
Ibstock Place School is an independent co-educational day school for pupils aged 4–18 located in Roehampton, southwest London. It was founded as the Froebel Demonstration School, owing to its affiliation with the Froebel Institute and the dem ...
in Roehampton, finishing in 2015.
He trained at Dukes Meadows in Chiswick and represented Spain in junior events, then switched to the United States. He also played rugby and soccer while growing up.
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.
He studied Environmental Science.
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 13 (5–7, 1 pending)
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Living people
1997 births
American male tennis players
Tennis people from New York (state)
UC Santa Barbara Gauchos men's tennis players
People educated at Ibstock Place School