Nicolás Mejía

Nicolás Mejía (Spanish pronunciation: [nikoˈlas meˈxi.a]; born 11 February 2000) is a Colombian tennis player.

Nicolás Mejía

Mejía at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports)	Colombia
Residence	Miami, United States
Born	(2000-02-11) 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)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	Q1 (2023)
Doubles
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 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 2018 Barranquilla Doubles 2018 Barranquilla Team Youth Olympic Games 2018 Buenos Aires Mixed doubles South American Youth Games 2017 Santiago Mixed doubles 2017 Santiago Singles 2017 Santiago Doubles
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. 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 and sixth seed Maxime Cressy, he returned to the top 300 on 15 April 2024.

Performance timelines

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

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

Singles: 8 (4–4)

Legend (Singles) ATP Challenger Tour (1–3) M25 ITF tournaments (0–0) M15 ITF tournaments (2–1) ITF Futures Tour (1–0)

Finals by surface Hard (2–3) Clay (2–1) Grass (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
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

Doubles: 16 (8–8)

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

Doubles: 0–1

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

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.

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
Wins	0	0

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	NMR
2024

*As of 4 February 2023

External links

• Nicolás Mejía at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Nicolás Mejía at the International Tennis Federation
• Nicolás Mejía at the Davis Cup