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Nick Hardt

Nick Hardt (born 20 September 2000) is a Dominican professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 180 achieved on 29 July 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 282 achieved on 24 August 2023. He is currently the No. 1 Dominican player.[1]

Nick Hardt
Hardt at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports) Dominican Republic
ResidenceSosúa, Dominican Republic
Born (2000-09-20) 20 September 2000 (age 24)
Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two handed-backhand)
Prize money$301,881
Singles
Career record4–6 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 179 (12 August 2024)
Current rankingNo. 179 (12 August 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2023)
French OpenQ2 (2023)
WimbledonQ2 (2024)
US OpenQ1 (2024)
Doubles
Career record2–6 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 282 (24 August 2023)
Current rankingNo. 341 (20 May 2024)
Team competitions
Davis Cup5–10
Medal record
Men's tennis
Representing the  Dominican Republic
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Santiago Doubles
Last updated on: 5 August 2024.

Hardt represents the Dominican Republic in the Davis Cup.[2]

Junior career

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Hardt was ranked No. 16 in the world junior rankings by the ITF on 5 March 2018.[3]

In 2016, he won the XXV Copa Merengue tournament in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, becoming the youngest Dominican to win the title at 15 years of age.[4]

In 2017, he reached the quarterfinals of the Eddie Herr Junior Championships ITF tournament where he lost to eventual champion, Bulgarian Adrian Andreev.[5]

In 2018, he reached the quarterfinals of the 2018 French Open Junior Championships and the third round in the 2018 U.S. Open Junior Championships. Hardt also reached the finals of the 2018 Porto Alegre Junior Championships losing to the No. 1 ranked junior in the world Sebastián Báez in the finals.

Professional career

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2017: Davis Cup debut

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Hardt was first nominated to the team for the 2017 Davis Cup and faced Chilean tennis player Nicolás Jarry in his first match.

2022: Maiden Challenger final, top 205 debut

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He reached his maiden Challenger final at the 2022 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

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Ranked No. 301, he won his maiden Challenger title as an alternate at the Sánchez-Casal Mapfre Cup in Barcelona defeating wildcard and second seed Bernabe 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 the Barcelona Open making his ATP debut, having entered the qualifying competition as an alternate. There, he earned his first ATP Tour win, defeating wildcard Martin Landaluce in three sets, becoming the first Dominican player to win an ATP tour-level match since Víctor Estrella Burgos in 2018 Quito.[8] As a result of his win, he moved 25 positions up close to his career-high.[9] He lost to 13th seed Tomás Martín Etcheverry in the second round.

In May, he reached the top 200 after reaching the semifinals at the 2024 Internazionali di Tennis Francavilla al Mare Challenger in Italy.

ATP Challenger and Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour finals

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Singles: 18 (12–6)

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Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–1)
Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (11–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–3)
Clay (9–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Dec 2018 Dominican Republic F3, Santo Domingo Futures Hard   Alejandro Tabilo 7–5, 6–3
Win 2–0 Jul 2019 M15 Saarlouis, Germany World Tennis Tour Clay   Fabrizio Ornago 6–0, 6–4
Loss 2–1 Dec 2019 M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic World Tennis Tour Hard   Peter Bertran 6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Win 3–1 Dec 2020 M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic World Tennis Tour Hard   Oliver Crawford 6–4, 6–0
Win 4–1 May 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay   Alexander Erler 6–0, 7–6(9–7)
Win 5–1 May 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay   Nicolas Moreno de Alboran 2–6, 7–5, 6–1
Win 6–1 Jul 2021 M25 Belgrade, Serbia World Tennis Tour Clay   Daniel Cukierman 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss 6–2 Jul 2021 M25 Marburg, Germany World Tennis Tour Clay   Louis Wessels 6–4, 5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Win 7–2 Jul 2021 M25 Dénia, Spain World Tennis Tour Clay   Calvin Hemery 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–4)
Loss 7–3 Feb 2022 M25 Santo Domingo, Domican Republic World Tennis Tour Hard   Wu Tung-lin 5–7, 3–6
Win 8–3 May 2022 M25 La Nucia, Spain World Tennis Tour Clay   Laurent Lokoli 6–0, 6–4
Win 9–3 Jul 2022 M25 Dénia, Spain World Tennis Tour Clay   Mariano Navone 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss 9–4 Aug 2022 M25 Wetzlar, Germany World Tennis Tour Clay   Rudolf Molleker 6–7(3–7), 1–6
Loss 9–5 Oct 2022 Alicante, Spain Challenger Hard   Lukáš Klein 3–6, 4–6
Win 10–5 Dec 2022 M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic World Tennis Tour Hard   Liam Draxl 6–4, 6–3
Win 11–5 Feb 2024 M25 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay   Clement Tabur 6–1, 6–4
Loss 11–6 Feb 2024 M25 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay   Daniel Merida Aguilar 6–1, 5–7, 3–6
Win 12–6 Apr 2024 Barcelona, Spain Challenger Clay   Bernabé Zapata Miralles 6–4, 3–6, 6–2

Doubles: 8 (6–2)

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Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (6–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–2)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 2017 Dominican Republic F3, Santo Domingo Futures Hard   José Olivares   Bernardo Saraiva
  Sem Verbeek 		3–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Aug 2019 M15 Brussels, Belgium World Tennis Tour Clay   Luca Gelhardt   Jesper de Jong
  Alec Deckers 		6–4, 6–4
Win 2–1 Aug 2019 M15 Eupen, Belgium World Tennis Tour Clay   Michael Geerts   Genaro Alberto Olivieri
  Gonzalo Villanueva 		6–7(10–12), 6–2, [10–3]
Win 3–1 Dec 2019 M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic World Tennis Tour Hard   Maksim Tikhomirov   Alex Blumenberg
  João Hinsching 		6–2, 6–3
Loss 3–2 Sep 2020 M15 Sintra, Portugal World Tennis Tour Hard   Savriyan Danilov   Fabian Fallert
  Nicolas Moreno de Alboran 		6–7(4–7), 4–6
Win 4–2 Dec 2020 M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic World Tennis Tour Hard   Shintaro Mochizuki   Gonzalo Lama
  Antonio Cayetano March 		6–3, 6–3
Win 5–2 Dec 2020 M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic World Tennis Tour Hard   Shintaro Mochizuki   Nick Chappell
  Keegan Smith 		4–6, 7–6(7–2), [10–5]
Win 6–2 Feb 2021 M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt World Tennis Tour Hard   Nicolas Moreno de Alboran   Arnaud Bovy
  Aidan McHugh 		6–3, 6–4

Davis Cup

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Participations: (5–10)

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Group membership
World Group (0–0)
Qualifying Round (0–0)
WG play-off (0–0)
Group I (1–4)
Group II (4–6)
Group III (0–0)
Group IV (0–0)
Matches by surface
Hard (5–6)
Clay (0–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (3–4)
Doubles (2–6)
Rubber outcome No. Rubber Match type (partner if any) Opponent nation Opponent player(s) Score
 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
Defeat 1 V Singles   Chile 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
Defeat 2 III Doubles (with José Olivares)   Brazil 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
Victory 3 III Doubles (with José Olivares)   Barbados 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
Defeat 4 III Doubles (with Víctor Estrella Burgos)   Uruguay 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
Defeat 5 III Doubles (with Roberto Cid Subervi)   Bolivia 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
Victory 6 I Singles   Tunisia Malek Jaziri 4–6, 6–1, 6–5 ret.
Defeat 7 III Doubles (with Roberto 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
Victory 9 I Singles   Vietnam Trịnh Linh Giang 6–1, 6–4
Victory 10 III Doubles (with Peter 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
Defeat 11 II Singles   Latvia Kārlis Ozoliņš 3–6, 4–6
Defeat 12 III Doubles (with Víctor 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
Defeat 14 II Singles   Monaco Lucas Catarina 3–6, 4–6
Defeat 15 III Doubles (with Roberto Cid Subervi) Romain Arneodo / Hugo Nys 6–7(1–7), 3–6

References

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  1. ^ "ATP Rankings | Pepperstone ATP Rankings (Singles) | ATP Tour | Tennis | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  2. ^ "Equipos Copa Davis de Chile y RD participan en un encuentro social y de confraternidad".
  3. ^ "Nick Hardt Juniors Singles Overview".
  4. ^ "Hardt hace historia; es campeón de la XXV Copa Merengue" (in Spanish). 16 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Eddie Herr International: Home". tennislink.usta.com. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  6. ^ https://twitter.com/ATPChallenger/status/1776938547041222684 [bare URL]
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Qualifier Nick Hardt becomes first Dominican to win ATP match in six years". 15 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Federer fan Hardt, the Dominican dreaming in Barcelona". 15 April 2024.
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