Nick Hardt (born 20 September 2000) is a Dominican

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player. Hardt has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 201 achieved on 12 December 2022 and doubles ranking of No. 399 achieved on 3 October 2022. Hardt represents the

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in the

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. He is currently the No. 1 Dominican player.

Junior career

Hardt was ranked No. 16 in the world junior rankings by the ITF on 5 March 2018. In 2016, he won the Copa Merengue tournament in

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.https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/xxv-copa-merengue/dom/2016/j-g4-dom-01a-2016/draws-and-results/ In 2017, he reached the quarterfinals of the Eddie Herr ITF tournament. In 2018, he reached the quarterfinals of the 2018 French Open Junior Championships and the third round in the 2018 U.S. Open Junior Championships. Hardt also reached the finals of the 2018 Porto Alegre Junior Championships losing to the No. 1 ranked junior in the world

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in the finals.

Professional career

2017: Davis Cup debut

Hardt was first nominated to the team for the

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and faced Chilean tennis player

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in his first match.

2022: Maiden Challenger final, top 250 debut

He reached his maiden Challenger final at the 2022 JC Ferrero Challenger Open. As a result he moved more then 35 positions up to a new career-high in the top 250 on 10 October 2022.

Future/ITF World Tennis Tour and Challenger finals

Singles: 13 (9–4)

Doubles: 8 (6–2)

Davis Cup

Participations: (5–8)

* 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.

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* * * 2000 births Living people People from Santiago de los Caballeros Dominican Republic male tennis players Tennis players at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for the Dominican Republic {{DominicanRepublic-tennis-bio-stub