Nicolás Barrientos (; born 24 April 1987) is a Colombian professional

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player who specializes in doubles. He reached his highest ATP doubles ranking of world No. 47 on 23 April 2024 and a singles ranking of No. 237 on 21 September 2015. Barrientos has won one

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doubles title at the 2024 Rio Open with Rafael Matos. He has also won 21 titles on the

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Career

Barrientos made his first appearance on an

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in July 2013 when he lost in the first round of 2013 Claro Open Colombia against

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. He made his doubles Major debut at the 2014 US Open partnering compatriot

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and won his first Major match against

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and

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. At the 2023 Córdoba Open he reached the quarterfinals with

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. At the next Golden swing tournament, he reached the final at the 2023 Argentina Open also with Behar where they lost to Bolelli/Fognini. In 2024, Barrientos began a partnership with Rafael Matos which started to produce good results. At the ATP 250 in

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, they reached the semifinals, and in the following ATP 500 tournament in

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, they won their biggest title, defeating strong pairs such as Krawietz/Putz, Bolelli/Vavassori and Erler/Miedler in the final. As a result he reached the top 50 in the rankings on 4 March 2024. Partnering

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, he was runner-up at the 2024 Almaty Open, losing to Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli and Arjun Kadhe in the final.

Doubles performance timeline

''Current till 2024 Australian Open.

ATP Tour career finals

Doubles: 6 (2 title, 4 runner-ups)

ATP Challenger & ITF Futures

Singles: 10 (6–4)

Doubles: 62 (31–31)

National representation

Pan American Games

Singles 1 (1 runner-up)

Central American and Caribbean Games

Singles: 1 Bronze Medal Matches (1–0)

South American Games

Doubles 1 (1 runner-up)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Barrientos, Nicolas 1987 births Living people Colombian male tennis players Tennis players at the 2015 Pan American Games Tennis players at the 2023 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Colombia Pan American Games silver medalists in tennis Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Colombia South American Games silver medalists for Colombia South American Games medalists in tennis Competitors at the 2014 South American Games Competitors at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games West Florida Argonauts men's tennis players 21st-century Colombian sportsmen