Alejandro Moro Cañas

Alejandro Moro Cañas (born 7 December 2000) is a Spanish tennis player. Moro Cañas has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 172 achieved on 6 May 2024. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 419 achieved on 17 July 2023.[1]

Alejandro Moro Cañas
Country (sports) Spain
Born (2000-12-07) 7 December 2000
Madrid, Spain
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$140,389
Singles
Career record1–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 172 (6 May 2024)
Current rankingNo. 189 (24 June 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenQ3 (2024)
Wimbledon1R (2024)
Doubles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 419 (17 July 2023)
Current rankingNo. 936 (24 June 2024)
Last updated on: 24 June 2024.

Career

2021-2023: First ITF title

In July 2021, Moro Cañas won his first professional title at an ITF M25 tournament in Portugal.[2] He reached his second final in another tournament in Portugal two months later, losing to Paul Jubb in straight sets.[3]

In 2022, he started the season as a runner-up in two tournaments in February, losing in the finals in ITF tournaments in Spain and Portugal.[4]

He received a wildcard into qualifying at the Madrid Masters 1000 tournament, where he defeated world No. 47 Francisco Cerúndolo before losing in the final round of qualifiers to Lorenzo Musetti.[5][6] He won his first clay court title in Vic, Spain before losing in a hardcourt final in Bakio. He reached his fifth final of the 2022 season in Antalya, Turkey, defeating Timo Stodder.

In 2023, he only reached one final, a doubles ITF final in Spain, losing with partner John Echeverría to fellow Spaniards Íñigo Cervantes and Oriol Roca Batalla.

2024: ATP and Major debuts and first win, top 175

Ranked No. 240, he qualified for the 2024 BMW Open making his ATP debut and stunned Dominic Thiem for his first ATP win.[7][8][9] Three weeks later, he made his top 200 debut at world No. 172 on 6 May 2024.

Ranked No.189, he made his Grand Slam debut at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships after qualifying with a win in the last qualifying round over tenth qualifying seed Damir Dzumhur after his retirement.

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)
Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Apr 2024 Garden Open, Italy Challenger Clay Vilius Gaubas 7–5, 6–3

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)
Legend
ITF WTT (3–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–4)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2021 M25 Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal WTT Hard Simon Carr 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss 1–1 Sep 2021 M25 Sintra, Portugal WTT Hard Paul Jubb 0–6, 2–6
Loss 1–2 Feb 2022 M15 Villena, Spain WTT Hard Nikolás Sánchez Izquierdo 6–7(3–7), 3–6
Loss 1–3 Feb 2022 M25 Vale do Lobo, Portugal WTT Hard Laurent Lokoli 2–6, 1–6
Win 2–3 May 2022 M25 Vic, Spain WTT Clay Pol Martín Tiffon 7–6(7–4), 5–7, 6–1
Loss 2–4 Jul 2022 M25 Bakio, Spain WTT Hard Dominik Palán 7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 3–4 Nov 2022 M25 Antalya, Turkey WTT Clay Timo Stodder 7–5, 3–6, 7–6(7–4)

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Legend
ITF WTT (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 2023 M25 Torelló, Spain WTT Hard John Echeverría Íñigo Cervantes
Oriol Roca Batalla		 5–7, 4–6

References
  1. "Alejandro Moro Canas | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  2. https://www.torresdelaalameda.org/primer-torneo-profesional-para-el-torresano-alejandro-moro/
  3. https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/jubb-continues-winning-ways-in-good-week-for-brits/
  4. Informação, Sul (February 27, 2022). "Laurent Lokoli is the new champion of the Vale do Lobo International Open".
  5. Mangiapane, Tommaso (April 30, 2022). "ATP Madrid, Alejandro Cañas su Musetti: "È un gran giocatore, giovane ma con esperienza"".
  6. "Moro: De sparring a protagonista en la Caja Mágica – Mutua Madrid Open". mutuamadridopen.com. April 30, 2022.
  7. "x.com".
  8. "Munich Open: Moro Canas stuns Thiem for first ATP Tour win, into second round". 15 April 2024.
  9. "Michelsen clinches first tour-level clay-court win in Munich; Draper advances, Thiem falls". 15 April 2024.
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