Nicolás Mejía (; born 11 February 2000) is a Colombian

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player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 190 achieved on 17 March 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 153 achieved on 7 November 2022. He is currently the No. 2 Colombian tennis player. Mejía represents

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at the

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, where he has a W/L record of 3–9.

Career

2024-2025: Maiden Challenger title, top 200

Mejía received wildcards for the qualifying competition at the 2024 Los Cabos Open and also for the

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in Acapulco. After coming through qualifying, Mejía won his first Challenger singles title in the 2024 San Luis Open Challenger in

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, Mexico, defeating fellow qualifier Matías Soto in the final. He became the first Colombian Challenger champion since

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, Dominik Palán, wildcard

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and sixth seed

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, he returned to the top 300 on 15 April 2024. Ranked No. 235, Mejía entered the main draw of the

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as a lucky loser but lost to

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Performance timelines

Singles

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 5 (2 title, 3 runner-ups)

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 5 (4 title, 1 runner-ups))

Doubles: 12 (6 title, 6 runner-ups))

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 0–1

Record against top 10 players

Mejía record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered:

Notes

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