Rafael Jódar (born 17 September 2006) is a Spanish tennis player. He has a career high singles ranking of No. 554 achieved on 30 June 2025. He won the boys' singles title at the 2024 US Open.

Career

2024

He won an U18 grass tournament in

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in June 2024 prior to a run in the juniors at the

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that saw him became the last surviving Spaniard in the competition and included a convincing straight sets victory over

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for the loss of only three games. He lost in the quarter finals of the singles to Japanese player Naoya Honda. He also reached the quarter finals of the boys doubles playing alongside compatriot Andreas Santamaria Roig before they lost to Czech pair

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and Jan Klimas. He reached the final of the boys' singles at the 2024 US Open with a victory over second seed

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in the quarter final and third seed

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in the semi final. In the final he played Nicolai Budkov Kjaer of Norway, winning the match on a third set match tiebreak.

Personal life

Jódar is from

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, He signed a letter of intent to attend the

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from 2024.

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jódar, Rafael 2006 births Living people Spanish tennis players Tennis players from Madrid Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles US Open (tennis) junior champions Virginia Cavaliers men's tennis players Spanish expatriate tennis players in the United States 21st-century Spanish sportsmen