Ulises Blanch (born 25 March 1998) is an American professional
tennis
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player.
As a junior, Blanch reached a career high ranking of World No. 2 achieved on 23 May 2016. His junior highlights include a final appearance at the Trofeo Bonfiglio, a GA event in
Milan
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, Italy as well as winning a few Grade 1 level events in
Brazil
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and
Australia
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.
Blanch was born in
San Juan, Puerto Rico
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, but his family moved to
Seattle
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when he was just 3 days old. Due to his father's job, Blanch has lived in multiple countries such as China, India, Thailand and Argentina. Ulises has two brothers and one sister. Dali, Darwin, and Krystal Blanch. All four of them play tennis and have won numerous tournaments.
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Blanch has reached 6 career singles finals with a record of 3 wins and 3 losses which includes a 2–0 record in
ATP Challenger
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finals. In July 2018, he won the
Perugia Challenger tournament in
Italy
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, defeating
Italian
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Gianluigi Quinzi
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in the final 7–5, 6–2. A year and a half later, he won the
2020 Ann Arbor Challenger in Michigan, USA defeating
Roberto Cid Subervi
Roberto Cid Subervi (; born 30 August 1993) is a Dominican–American tennis player.
Cid Subervi has a career high ATP singles ranking of 211 achieved on 14 September 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 262, achieved on 19 ...
of the
Dominican Republic
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3–6, 6–4, 6–2 to capture the championship. Additionally, Blanch has reached 3 career doubles finals with a record of 2 wins and 1 loss, all coming at the
ITF Futures
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level.
Blanch made his
ATP Tour
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main draw debut at the
2020 US Open where he was granted a direct entry into the singles draw via wild card. He was defeated in the first round in a five-set thrilling match despite taking a two sets to love lead, by
Chile
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an player
Cristian Garín
Cristian Ignacio Garín Medone (; born 30 May 1996) is a Chilean professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 17 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in singles, which he first achieved on 13 September 2021, a ...
6–4, 7–5, 4–6, 4–6, 2–6.
Performance timeline
Singles
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 6 (3–3)
Doubles: 3 (2–1)
References
External links
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1998 births
Living people
American male tennis players
Sportspeople from San Juan, Puerto Rico
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