Andrés Santamarta Roig (born 23 January 2007) is a Spanish tennis player. He has a career high singles ranking of No. 698 achieved on 30 June 2025.

Early life

From

Valencia Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...

, he started playing tennis at the age of four years-old and competitively a few years later. He is one of four siblings. His father and two older brothers also played tennis. He attended school locally before switching to an online school through a program based in Madrid.

Career

He is a member of the GTennis Academy. He won the Madrid Open U16 title in 2023 and won the Spanish Junior Championship the following year. In 2024, he made his debut on the

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. In November 2024, he was brought in as a practise partner for the Spanish Davis Cup Team ahead of the Davis Cup Finals. In December 2024, he became the first Spaniard since

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in 1996 to win the

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title defeating Moise Kouame in the final. Having also previously won the J300 Bradeton in the United States that month, he became the fifth player to achieve that particular double after

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in 1999,

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in 2011, Miomir Kecmanovic in 2016, and

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in 2019. He won the J500 Gaspar in March 2025, and the following month won the J500 International HTV Junior Open in Offenbach with 7-5 7-5 win against Romania’s Yannick Theodor Alexandrescou. In doing so, he became the first Spanish player to win 3 J500 titles. The following year, he had risen to No. 3 in the ITF junior world rankings by May 2025. He was subsequently the number one seed at the

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in the boys' singles but was defeated by eventual champion Niels McDonald.

Style of play

Speaking in 2025, he described his forehand as his greatest asset.

References

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