Nicolás Mejía
Nicolás Mejía (Spanish pronunciation: [nikoˈlas meˈxi.a];[lower-alpha 1] born 11 February 2000) is a Colombian tennis player.
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| Country (sports) | Colombia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Residence | Miami, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 February 2000 Bogotá, Colombia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Juan Felipe Mateus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prize money | $206,894 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Singles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career record | 3–10 (23.1% at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 228 (17 April 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 291 (22 April 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| French Open | Q1 (2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Career record | 0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 153 (7 November 2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 449 (22 April 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated on: 22 April 2024. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mejía has a career high ATP singles ranking of 228 achieved on 17 April 2023. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 153 achieved on 7 November 2022.
Mejía represents Colombia at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 3–9.
Career
He received wildcards for the qualifying competition at the 2024 Los Cabos Open and also for the 2024 Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco.
After coming through qualifying, Mejía won his first Challenger singles title in the 2024 San Luis Open Challenger in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, defeating fellow qualifier Matías Soto in the final. He became the first Colombian Challenger champion since Daniel Elahi Galán in 2022.[1] 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, Dominik Palán, wildcard Vasek Pospisil[2] and sixth seed Maxime Cressy, he returned to the top 300 on 15 April 2024.
Performance timelines
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Singles
| Tournament | 2023 | SR | W–L | Win % | |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||
| Australian Open | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| French Open | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Wimbledon | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| US Open | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Career statistics | |||||
| Tournaments | Career total: 1 | ||||
| Overall win-loss | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 9 (5–4)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Nov 2018 | Niceville, USA | Futures | Clay | Strong Kirchheimer | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Apr 2019 | Bucaramanga, Colombia | M15 | Clay | Mauricio Echazú | 6–3, 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–1 | Jul 2019 | Cancún, Mexico | M15 | Hard | Nicolas Moreno de Alboran | 6–2, 7–5 |
| Win | 3–1 | Jul 2019 | Cancún, México | M15 | Hard | Gage Brymer | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Loss | 3–2 | Apr 2021 | Salinas, Ecuador | Challenger | Hard | Nicolás Jarry | 6–7(7–9), 1–6 |
| Loss | 3–3 | Jun 2021 | Orlando, USA | Challenger | Hard | Christopher Eubanks | 6–2, 6–7(3–7), 4–6 |
| Win | 4–3 | Mar 2024 | San Luis, Mexico | Challenger | Clay | Matías Soto | 6–1, 5–7, 6–2 |
| Loss | 4–4 | Apr 2024 | Morelos, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard | 5–7, 5–7 |
| Win | 5–4 | May 2024 | Anapoima, Colombia | M25 | Clay | Kiranpal Pannu | 6-2, 6-2 |
Doubles: 16 (8–8)
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| Result | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | Mar 2016 | Boca Raton, United States | Future | Clay | José Daniel Bendeck | Alejandro Gómez Roberto Quiroz |
3–6, 6–7(2–7) |
| Loss | Jun 2016 | Cartagena, Colombia | Future | Clay | José Daniel Bendeck | Facundo Mena Jorge Montero |
4–6, 6–7(5–7) |
| Win | Feb 2019 | Weston, United States | M15 | Clay | Sebastian Korda | Harrison Adams Jordi Arconada |
6–3, 4–6, [11–9] |
| Loss | Mar 2019 | Antalya, Turkey | M15 | Clay | Sebastian Korda | Alexandru Ghilea Alexandru Jecan |
6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | Mar 2019 | Antalya, Turkey | M15 | Clay | Sebastian Korda | Arklon Huertas Conner Huertas |
6–7(3–7), 6–4, [10–6] |
| Win | Jun 2019 | Cancún, Mexico | M15 | Hard | Axel Geller | Jody Maginley Justin Roberts |
6–7(5–7), 6–1, [10–5] |
| Win | Jul 2019 | Cancún, Mexico | M15 | Hard | Jack Draper | Aron Pierce Noah Schachter |
4–6, 7–6(7–2), [10–5] |
| Win | Aug 2019 | Portoviejo, Ecuador | M25 | Clay | Jose Daniel Bendeck | Juan P. Ficovich Agustin Riquelme |
6–7(4–7), 6–3, [10–7] |
| Loss | Feb 2021 | Antalya, Turkey | M15 | Clay | Pedro Vives Marcos | Agustín Velotti Matias Zukas |
6–2, 5–7, [5–10] |
| Loss | Feb 2021 | Antalya, Turkey | M15 | Clay | Pedro Vives Marcos | Pedro Cachín Genaro A. Olivieri |
7–5, 1–6, [12–14] |
| Loss | Jan 2022 | Forlì, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | Alexander Ritschard | Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul |
2–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | Apr 2022 | Cuernavaca, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | Roberto Quiroz | JC Aragone Adrián Menéndez Maceiras |
6–7(4–7), 2-6 |
| Win | May 2022 | Coquimbo, Chile | Challenger | Clay | Guillermo Durán | Diego Hidalgo Cristian Rodríguez |
6–4, 1–6, [10–7] |
| Win | Jul 2022 | Bogotá, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | Andrés Urrea | Ignacio Monzón Gonzalo Villanueva |
6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | Mar 2024 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | M25 | Hard | Andrés Urrea | Charles Broom David Stevenson |
7–6(7–2), 3–6, [10–7] |
| Win | Mar 2024 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | M25 | Hard | Andrés Urrea | Trey Hilderbrand Pranav Kumar |
6–7(5–7), 6-4, [10–5] |
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 0–1
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Runner-up | 2018 | Wimbledon | Grass | Ondřej Štyler | Otto Virtanen Yankı Erel |
6–7(5–7), 4–6 |
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:
| Player | Record | Win % | Hard | Clay | Grass | Last Match |
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| Number 8 ranked players | ||||||
| Cameron Norrie | 0–1 | 0% | – | 0–1 | – | Lost (4–6, 4–6) at 2023 Davis Cup |
| Total | 0-1 | 0% | 0–0 ( – ) |
0–1 (0%) |
0–0 ( – ) |
* Statistics correct as of 4 February 2023. |
Wins over top 10 players
- He has a 0–0 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
| Season | 2024 | Total |
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| Wins | 0 | 0 |
| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | NMR |
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| 2024 | |||||||
- *As of 4 February 2023
Notes
- In isolation, Nicolás is pronounced [nikoˈlas].
References
- "Vallejo, 19, makes Challenger history; Nardi wins in Napoli". 2 April 2024.
- "Walton Secures Semi-Final Spot At Morelos Open". 13 April 2024.
External links
- Nicolás Mejía at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Nicolás Mejía at the International Tennis Federation
- Nicolás Mejía at the Davis Cup
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