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Nicolas Jarry

Chilean tennis player (born 1995)

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Nicolas Jarry Fillol (Spanish pronunciation: [nikoˈlas ˈʝari]; born 11 October 1995) is a Chilean professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 16, achieved on 20 May 2024, and a doubles ranking of No. 40, attained on 18 March 2019. He is currently the No. 4 singles player from Chile.

Jarry has won three ATP Tour titles in singles, at Båstad 2019, Santiago 2023 and Geneva 2023, and also reached a Masters 1000 final at the 2024 Italian Open. He has also won two ATP doubles titles.

Jarry is the grandson of Jaime Fillol, a former ATP player who won seven titles, and the great-nephew of Álvaro Fillol. His uncle, Jaime Fillol Jr., also played professionally, and his aunt, Catalina Fillol, is the tournament director of the Chile Open in Santiago, Chile. Another uncle, Martín Rodríguez, represented Argentina on the professional tour. His cousin, Martín Sáenz, is a track and field athlete who specializes in the 110 metre hurdles.

In 2020, Jarry married economist Laura Urruticoechea, with whom he has two sons: Juan (b. 2022) and Santiago (b. 2023).

Jarry has experienced respiratory issues throughout his career, including a deviated septum, inflamed turbinates, and allergies, causing him to often wear nasal strips during matches.

Jarry reached the final of the 2013 French Open in boys' doubles, partnering with Cristian Garín. The pair were later defeated by Kyle Edmund and Frederico Ferreira Silva. Jarry ended the year at No. 18 in the junior rankings.

Jarry was called for the Chile Davis Cup team for the first time in September 2013 in the rubber against Dominican Republic. Chile lost and was relegated to the Group II of the Americas Zone.

2015–16: Professional and top 200 debuts, constant injuries

In February 2015, Jarry played his first match at an ATP Tour tournament after qualifying in the 2015 Ecuador Open Quito. He won his first match against local Gonzalo Escobar, but in the second round, he lost to Dušan Lajović. The points he earned in this tournament helped him reach a top 200 position in the ATP ranking, although he lost position throughout the year due to constant injuries.

At the end of 2016, Jarry won three ITF Futures in his home country (two of them in consecutive weeks), ending the year as No. 330.

2017: Three Challenger titles, major & top 100 debuts

Jarry started his 2017 with a final at the Morelos Open and another one in Santiago. After these two lost finals, he was able to enter the qualifying competition for the 2017 French Open, where he won all the matches and entered the main tournament. In his first match in a major, he lost in four sets to Karen Khachanov. Jarry repeated the success in the qualifying competition for 2017 Wimbledon Championships, reaching the main draw and losing to Gilles Simon in straight sets.

In the second half of the year, he won three Challenger tournaments: at Medellín, Quito, and Santiago.

Jarry ended the year as No. 100.

2018: First ATP Tour finals & top 40, maiden doubles title

Jarry entered a Grand Slam main draw directly for the first time in 2018 Australian Open but lost in straight sets to Leonardo Mayer. After Australia, Nicolas played for Chile in Davis Cup competition, winning his two singles matches against Ecuador and partnering with Hans Podlipnik for a victory in doubles, resulting in a 3–1 win for Chile.

The following week, Nicolas participated in 2018 Ecuador Open Quito, where he reached the quarterfinals of an ATP Tour tournament for the first time. Jarry repeated his partnership with Podlipnik in the doubles tournament, and they won the championship, a maiden career title for both.

Two weeks after Quito, Jarry surpassed his best results at the 2018 Rio Open, reaching his first semifinal of an ATP tournament but losing against eventual champion Diego Schwartzman. The next tournament, he reached his first ATP final at the 2018 Brasil Open. He lost in the final to Fabio Fognini. This effort took him to career-best ranking of world No. 61.

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