Nicolás Mejía (Spanish pronunciation: [nikoˈlas meˈxi.a];[a] born 11 February 2000) is a Colombian tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 215 achieved on 21 October 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 153 achieved on 7 November 2022. He is currently the No. 2 Colombian tennis player.[1]

Nicolás Mejía
Mejía at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports) Colombia
ResidenceMiami, United States
Born (2000-02-11) 11 February 2000 (age 24)
Bogotá, Colombia
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2019
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachJuan Felipe Mateus
Prize money$242,774
Singles
Career record3–13
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 215 (21 October 2024)
Current rankingNo. 219 (18 November 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
French OpenQ1 (2023)
Doubles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 153 (7 November 2022)
Current rankingNo. 400 (9 December 2024)
Medal record
Representing  Colombia
Men's Tennis
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
CAC Games 0 0 2
Youth Olympic Games 0 1 0
South American Youth Games 1 0 2
Total 1 1 4
Central American and Caribbean Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Barranquilla Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Barranquilla Team
Youth Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Buenos Aires Mixed doubles
South American Youth Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Santiago Mixed doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Santiago Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Santiago Doubles
Last updated on: 20 November 2024.

Mejía represents Colombia at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 3–9.

Career

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2024: Maiden Challenger title

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Mejía 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.[2] 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[3] and sixth seed Maxime Cressy, he returned to the top 300 on 15 April 2024.

Ranked No. 235, Mejía entered the main draw of the 2024 Winston-Salem Open as a lucky loser but lost to Corentin Moutet.

Performance timelines

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Key
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

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Tournament 2023 SR W–L Win %
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

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Singles: 9 (5–4)

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Legend (Singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–3)
M25 ITF tournaments (1–0)
M15 ITF tournaments (2–1)
ITF Futures Tour (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (3–1)
Grass (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2018 Niceville, USA F30 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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Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (2–2)
M25 ITF tournaments (3–0)
M15 ITF tournaments (3–4)
M10 ITF Futures Tour (0–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–2)
Clay (4–6)
Grass (0–0)
Result    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
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

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Doubles: 0–1

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 2018 Wimbledon Grass   Ondřej Štyler   Otto Virtanen
  Yankı Erel
6–7(5–7), 4–6

Record against top 10 players

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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
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.

Notes

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  1. ^ In isolation, Nicolás is pronounced [nikoˈlas].

References

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  1. ^ "Rankings | Singles". ATP Tour.
  2. ^ "Vallejo, 19, makes Challenger history; Nardi wins in Napoli". 2 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Walton Secures Semi-Final Spot At Morelos Open". 13 April 2024.
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