Nick Hardt
 Hardt at the2023 French Open | |||||||||||||||
| Country (sports) |  Dominican Republic | ||||||||||||||
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| Residence | Sosúa,Dominican Republic | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 September 2000 Santiago de los Caballeros,Dominican Republic | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (two handed-backhand) | ||||||||||||||
| Prize money | $257,077 | ||||||||||||||
| Singles | |||||||||||||||
| Career record | 4–6 (atATP Tourlevel,Grand Slamlevel, and inDavis Cup) | ||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 193 (27 May 2024) | ||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 198 (24 June 2024) | ||||||||||||||
| Grand Slam singles results | |||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | Q1 (2023) | ||||||||||||||
| French Open | Q2 (2023) | ||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | Q2 (2024) | ||||||||||||||
| Doubles | |||||||||||||||
| Career record | 2–6 (atATP Tourlevel,Grand Slamlevel, and inDavis Cup) | ||||||||||||||
| Career titles | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 282 (24 August 2023) | ||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 341 (20 May 2024) | ||||||||||||||
| Team competitions | |||||||||||||||
| Davis Cup | 5–10 | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated on: 24 June 2024. | |||||||||||||||
Nick Hardt(born 20 September 2000) is aDominicanprofessionaltennisplayer. He has a career highATPsingles ranking of world No. 193 achieved on 27 May 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 282 achieved on 24 August 2023.
Hardt represents theDominican Republicin theDavis Cup.[1]He is currently the No. 1 Dominican player.[2]
Junior career
[edit]Hardt was ranked No. 16 in the world junior rankings by theITFon 5 March 2018.[3]
In 2016, he won the XXV Copa Merengue tournament inSanto Domingo,Dominican Republic,becoming the youngest Dominican to win the title at 15 years of age.[4]
In 2017, he reached the quarterfinals of theEddie Herr Junior ChampionshipsITF tournament where he lost to eventual champion, BulgarianAdrian Andreev.[5]
In 2018, he reached the quarterfinals of the2018 French Open Junior Championshipsand the third round in the2018 U.S. Open Junior Championships.Hardt also reached the finals of the 2018Porto Alegre Junior Championshipslosing to the No. 1 ranked junior in the worldSebastián Báezin the finals.
Professional career
[edit]2017: Davis Cup debut
[edit]Hardt was first nominated to the team for the2017 Davis Cupand facedChileantennis playerNicolás Jarryin his first match.
2022: Maiden Challenger final, top 205 debut
[edit]He reached his maiden Challenger final at the2022 JC Ferrero Challenger Open.As a result he moved more than 35 positions up to a new career-high in the top 250 on 10 October 2022. Two months later, he reached a career-high of No. 201 on 22 December 2022.
2024: Maiden Challenger title, ATP debut and first win, top 200
[edit]Ranked No. 301, he won his maiden Challenger title as an alternate at theSánchez-Casal Mapfre Cupin Barcelona defeating wildcard and second seedBernabe Zapata Miralles.He was only the second Challenger champion from the Dominican Republic. As a result he raised 70 positions up in the rankings to return to the top 230.[6][7]
Ranked No. 229, he qualified for the ATP 500 tournament at theBarcelona Openmaking his ATP debut, having entered the qualifying competition as an alternate. There, he earned his first ATP Tour win, defeating wildcardMartin Landalucein three sets, becoming the firstDominicanplayer to win an ATP tour-level match sinceVíctor Estrella Burgosin2018 Quito.[8]As a result of his win, he moved 25 positions up close to his career-high.[9]He lost to 13th seedTomás Martín Etcheverryin the second round.
In May, he reached the top 200 after reaching the semifinals at the2024 Internazionali di Tennis Francavilla al MareChallenger in Italy.
ATP Challenger and Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour finals
[edit]Singles: 18 (12–6)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Dec 2018 | Dominican Republic F3,Santo Domingo | Futures | Hard |  Alejandro Tabilo
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7–5, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–0 | Jul 2019 | M15Saarlouis,Germany | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Fabrizio Ornago
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6–0, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2–1 | Dec 2019 | M15Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Peter Bertran
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6–4, 1–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 3–1 | Dec 2020 | M15Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Oliver Crawford
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6–4, 6–0 |
| Win | 4–1 | May 2021 | M15Antalya,Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Alexander Erler
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6–0, 7–6(9–7) |
| Win | 5–1 | May 2021 | M15Antalya,Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Nicolas Moreno de Alboran
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2–6, 7–5, 6–1 |
| Win | 6–1 | Jul 2021 | M25Belgrade,Serbia | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Daniel Cukierman
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3–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 6–2 | Jul 2021 | M25Marburg,Germany | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Louis Wessels
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6–4, 5–7, 6–7(5–7) |
| Win | 7–2 | Jul 2021 | M25Dénia,Spain | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Calvin Hemery
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7–6(7–3),7–6(7–4) |
| Loss | 7–3 | Feb 2022 | M25Santo Domingo,Domican Republic | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Wu Tung-lin
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5–7, 3–6 |
| Win | 8–3 | May 2022 | M25La Nucia,Spain | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Laurent Lokoli
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6–0, 6–4 |
| Win | 9–3 | Jul 2022 | M25Dénia,Spain | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Mariano Navone
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3–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 9–4 | Aug 2022 | M25Wetzlar,Germany | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Rudolf Molleker
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6–7(3–7),1–6 |
| Loss | 9–5 | Oct 2022 | Alicante,Spain | Challenger | Hard |  Lukáš Klein
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3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 10–5 | Dec 2022 | M15Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Liam Draxl
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6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 11–5 | Feb 2024 | M25Antalya,Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Clement Tabur
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6–1, 6–4 |
| Loss | 11–6 | Feb 2024 | M25Antalya,Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Daniel Merida Aguilar
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6–1, 5–7, 3–6 |
| Win | 12–6 | Apr 2024 | Barcelona,Spain | Challenger | Clay | Bernabé Zapata Miralles
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6–4, 3–6, 6–2 |
Doubles: 8 (6–2)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Dec 2017 | Dominican Republic F3,Santo Domingo | Futures | Hard | José Olivares
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 Bernardo Saraiva Sem Verbeek
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3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Aug 2019 | M15Brussels,Belgium | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Luca Gelhardt
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Jesper de JongAlec Deckers
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6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–1 | Aug 2019 | M15Eupen,Belgium | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Michael Geerts
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Genaro Alberto OlivieriGonzalo Villanueva
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6–7(10–12),6–2, [10–3] |
| Win | 3–1 | Dec 2019 | M15Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Maksim Tikhomirov
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 Alex BlumenbergJoão Hinsching
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6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 3–2 | Sep 2020 | M15Sintra,Portugal | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Savriyan Danilov
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Fabian FallertNicolas Moreno de Alboran
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6–7(4–7),4–6 |
| Win | 4–2 | Dec 2020 | M15Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Shintaro Mochizuki
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Gonzalo Lama Antonio Cayetano March
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6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 5–2 | Dec 2020 | M15Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Shintaro Mochizuki
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Nick ChappellKeegan Smith
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4–6, 7–6(7–2),[10–5] |
| Win | 6–2 | Feb 2021 | M15Sharm El Sheikh,Egypt | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Nicolas Moreno de Alboran
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Arnaud Bovy Aidan McHugh
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6–3, 6–4 |
Davis Cup
[edit]Participations: (5–10)
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indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed bythe score,date, place of event,the zonal classification and its phase,andthe court surface.
| Rubber outcome | No. | Rubber | Match type (partner if any) | Opponent nation | Opponent player(s) | Score |
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| 0–5;3–5 February 2017;Centro De Tenis Parque Del Este,Santo Domingo Este,Dominican Republic; Americas Zone Group I first round; hard surface
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| Defeat | 1 | V | Singles | Chile
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Nicolás Jarry | 3–6, 3–6 |
| 2–3;2–3 February 2018;Club Deportivo Naco,Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic; Americas Zone Group I first round; hard surface
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| Defeat | 2 | III | Doubles (withJosé Olivares) | Brazil
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Marcelo Demoliner/Marcelo Melo | 3–6, 4–6 |
| 4–0;6–7 April 2018;Centro De Tenis Parque Del Este,Santo Domingo Este,Dominican Republic; Americas Zone Group I second round; hard surface
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| Victory | 3 | III | Doubles (withJosé Olivares) |  Barbados
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Xavier Lawrence/Kaipo Marshall | 6–3, 6–1 |
| 1–3;14–15 September 2019;Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club,Montevideo,Uruguay; Americas Zone Group I first round; clay surface
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| Defeat | 4 | III | Doubles (withVíctor Estrella Burgos) |  Uruguay
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Martín Cuevas/Pablo Cuevas | 4–6, 3–6 |
| 1–3;6-7 March 2020;Club de Tenis Santa Cruz,Santa Cruz de la Sierra,Bolivia; World Group I Play-off first round; clay surface
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| Defeat | 5 | III | Doubles (withRoberto Cid Subervi) |  Bolivia
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Hugo Dellien/Federico Zeballos | 3–6, 2–6 |
| 2–3;17-18 September 2021;Cité Nationale Sportive El Menzah,Tunis,Tunisia; World Group II first round; hard surface
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| Victory | 6 | I | Singles |  Tunisia
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Malek Jaziri | 4–6, 6–1, 6–5 ret. |
| Defeat | 7 | III | Doubles (withRoberto Cid Subervi) | Aziz Dougaz/Aziz Ouakaa | 4–6, 6–7(3–7) | |
| Defeat | 8 | V | Singles | Aziz Dougaz | 3–6, 4–6 | |
| 3–0;4-5 March 2022;Centro Nacional De Tenis Parque Del Este,Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic; World Group II play-off; hard surface
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| Victory | 9 | I | Singles |  Vietnam
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Trịnh Linh Giang | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Victory | 10 | III | Doubles (withPeter Bertran) | Lê Quốc Khánh/Lý Hoàng Nam | 6–7(7–9),6–4, 6–1 | |
| 2–3;16-17 September 2022;National Tennis Centre,Jūrmala,Latvia; World Group II first round; hard (indoor) surface
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| Defeat | 11 | II | Singles |  Latvia
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Kārlis Ozoliņš | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Defeat | 12 | III | Doubles (withVíctor Estrella Burgos) | Kārlis Ozoliņš/Robert Strombachs | 3–6, 6–4, 3–6 | |
| Victory | 13 | IV | Singles (dead rubber) | Daniels Tens | 6–2, 6–2 | |
| 0–4;4-5 February 2023;Monte Carlo Country Club,Roquebrune-Cap-Martin,France; World Group II play-off; clay surface
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| Defeat | 14 | II | Singles |  Monaco
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Lucas Catarina | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Defeat | 15 | III | Doubles (withRoberto Cid Subervi) | Romain Arneodo/Hugo Nys | 6–7(1–7),3–6 | |
References
[edit]- ^"Equipos Copa Davis de Chile y RD participan en un encuentro social y de confraternidad".
- ^"ATP Rankings | Pepperstone ATP Rankings (Singles) | ATP Tour | Tennis | ATP Tour | Tennis".
- ^"Nick Hardt Juniors Singles Overview".
- ^"Hardt hace historia; es campeón de la XXV Copa Merengue"(in Spanish). 16 July 2016.
- ^"Eddie Herr International: Home".tennislink.usta.com.Retrieved2 February2018.
- ^https://twitter.com/ATPChallenger/status/1776938547041222684
- ^"Tirante triumphs at Mexico City Challenger, hits career high: 'Possibility of Roland Garros main draw';Hardt becomes second Challenger champion from Dominican Republic".8 April 2024.
- ^"Qualifier Nick Hardt becomes first Dominican to win ATP match in six years".15 April 2024.
- ^"Federer fan Hardt, the Dominican dreaming in Barcelona".15 April 2024.
External links
[edit]- Nick Hardtat theAssociation of Tennis Professionals
- Nick Hardtat theInternational Tennis Federation
- Nick Hardtat theDavis Cup
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