Nicolás Mejía (; born 11 February 2000) is a Colombian
tennis
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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
Colombia
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at the
Davis Cup
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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
2024 Abierto Mexicano Telcel
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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
San Luis Potosí
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It ...
, Mexico, defeating fellow qualifier
Matías Soto in the final. He became the first Colombian Challenger champion since
Daniel Elahi Galán
Daniel Elahi Galán Riveros (born 18 June 1996 in Bucaramanga) is a Colombian professional tennis player. He reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 56 on 17 July 2023. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 305 achieved on 26 ...
in 2022. He rose 100 spots back to World No. 344 in the singles rankings on 1 April 2024.
Following a final showing at the
2024 Morelos Open also as a qualifier, defeating third seed
Zachary Svajda
Zachary Svajda ( ; born November 29, 2002) is an American professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 102 on 26 August 2024, and he peaked at No. 664 in doubles on 8 August 2022.
Early life and backgro ...
,
Dominik Palán, wildcard
Vasek Pospisil
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and sixth seed
Maxime Cressy
Maxime Cressy (born May 8, 1997) is a French-American professional tennis player. He has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 31 by the ATP, achieved on 8 August 2022. He has been ranked as high as world No. 64 in doubles, achieved on 8 M ...
, he returned to the top 300 on 15 April 2024.
Ranked No. 235, Mejía entered the main draw of the
2024 Winston-Salem Open
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as a lucky loser but lost to
Corentin Moutet
Corentin Moutet (; born 19 April 1999) is a French professional tennis player. Moutet has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 51, attained on 7 November 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 425, attained on ...
.
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
References
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2000 births
Living people
Colombian male tennis players
Tennis players from Bogotá
Tennis players from Miami
Tennis players at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
Tennis players at the 2019 Pan American Games
Tennis players at the 2023 Pan American Games
Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Colombia
Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in tennis
Pan American Games competitors for Colombia
21st-century Colombian sportsmen
20th-century Colombian sportsmen