Emilio Nava

Emilio Nava
Singles
Nava at the 2022 Internationaux de Tennis de Blois
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Born	(2001-12-02) 2 December 2001 (age 22) West Hills, California, U.S.
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2018
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Oscar Martinez
Prize money	US$773,261
Career record	3–15 (16.7%) (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 124 (15 April 2024)
Current ranking	No. 127 (22 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2023, 2024)
French Open	1R (2023)
US Open	2R (2022)
Doubles
Career record	0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 422 (19 February 2024)
Current ranking	No. 422 (19 February 2024)
Last updated on: 18 April 2024.

Emilio Nava (born 2 December 2001) is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 124 achieved on 15 April 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 422 achieved on 19 February 2024. He reached two finals of the Boys' Singles Grand Slam tournaments, losing to Lorenzo Musetti in the 2019 Australian Open^[1] and to Jonáš Forejtek in the 2019 US Open.

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Early life and background

Nava is the son of Olympic sprinter Eduardo Nava and professional tennis player Xóchitl Escobedo, both of whom are originally from Mexico. He is also the cousin of fellow pro tennis player Ernesto Escobedo.^[2] His brother, Eduardo Nava is also a professional tennis player who played college tennis at TCU and Wake Forest University.^[3]

Professional career

2019: ATP main draw debut

Nava made his ATP main draw debut at the 2019 Abierto Mexicano Telcel after receiving a wildcard into the singles main draw.^[4]^[5] He lost to Mackenzie McDonald in the first round.

2021: Masters 1000, Grand Slam debuts

At the 2021 Miami Open, Nava qualified for the main draw to make his debut at ATP Masters 1000 level but lost in the first round to Lloyd Harris.^[6]

Nava made his Grand Slam debut at the 2021 US Open after being given a wildcard for the singles main draw. He lost to Lorenzo Musetti in the first round.^[7]

2022: First Challenger title & Major win, top 200

At the 2022 Shymkent Challenger, Nava won his first Challenger title after defeating Sebastian Fanselow in the final.^[8]

At the US Open as a wildcard, he defeated John Millman in the first round for his first win at a Major event.^[9]

2023: First Masters win, French Open debut, top 150

Ranked No. 182, he received a wildcard for the main draw of the 2023 Miami Open for a consecutive year, recording his first Masters 1000 win over John Isner in straight sets with two tiebreaks. He lost to Taylor Fritz in 58 minutes. He also received a wildcard for the Masters in Madrid.

He made his main draw debut at the 2023 French Open as a qualifier, losing to Roberto Carballés Baena. He won the Challenger title in Modena and moved to a new career-high ranking of No. 168 on 3 July 2023.^[10] He qualified for the 2023 US Open but lost to fifth seed and former US Open finalist Casper Ruud.^[11]

2024: Top 125 debut

He qualified for the 2024 Dallas Open defeating compatriot Aidan Mayo and Marco Trungelliti in the qualifying competition, before losing to Michael Mmoh in the first round of the main draw draw. In doubles, at the same tournament, he reached the semifinals with Ben Shelton. He received a wildcard for the 2024 Delray Beach Open.^[12] He also qualified for the 2024 Los Cabos Open defeating wildcard Nicolás Mejía and again alternate player Aidan Mayo. He scored his third ATP win and second outside the Majors, over wildcard Diego Schwartzman.^[13]

At the 2024 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, in the first qualifying round, he saved seven match points to defeat compatriot Steve Johnson in what was the last singles match of Johnson’s career. He lost to another compatriot Denis Kudla in the next round.^[14] At the next Masters, the 2024 Miami Open, he reached the main draw after qualifying with wins over Quentin Halys and Yoshihito Nishioka. As a result he reached the top 125 in the rankings on 1 April 2024.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 5 (3–2)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (2–1)
ITF Futures Tour (1–1)

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 2021	M15 La Nucia, Spain	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Nikolás Sánchez Izquierdo	7–6^(10–8), 7–5
Loss	1–1	Apr 2021	M25 Reus, Spain	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Matteo Martineau	4–6, 6–2, 6–7^(4–7)
Win	2–1	May 2022	Shymkent, Kazakhstan	Challenger	Clay	Sebastian Fanselow	6–4, 7–6^(7–3)
Win	3–1	Jun 2023	Modena, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Titouan Droguet	6–7^(5–7), 7–6^(8–6), 6–4
Loss	3–2	Aug 2023	Stanford, USA	Challenger	Hard	Constant Lestienne	6–7^(4–7), 2–6

Doubles: 2 (1–1)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (1–1)

Titles by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–1	Sep 2020	M15 Sintra, Portugal	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Eduardo Nava	Sebastian Fanselow Maik Steiner	6–3, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Sep 2020	M15 Castelo Branco, Portugal	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Eduardo Nava	Mateus Alves Igor Marcondes	6–7^(4–7), 7–5, [8–10]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	2019	Australian Open	Hard	Lorenzo Musetti	6–4, 2–6, 6–7^(12–14)
Runner-up	2019	US Open	Hard	Jonáš Forejtek	7–6^(7–4), 0–6, 2–6

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runners-up	2018	US Open	Hard	Axel Nefve	Adrian Andreev Anton Matusevich	2–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Runners-up	2019	Australian Open	Hard	Cannon Kingsley	Jonáš Forejtek Dalibor Svrčina	6–7^(5–7), 4–6