Emilio Nava

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Emilio Nava
File:Nava BLO22 (24) (52157277484).jpg
Nava at the 2022 Internationaux de Tennis de Blois
Country (sports)File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States
ResidenceLos Angeles, California, U.S.
Born (2001-12-02) December 2, 2001 (age 24)
West Hills, California, U.S.
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2018
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachDiego Cristin[1][2]
Prize moneyUS $ 1,524,200 [3]
Singles
Career record9–22
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 88 (10 November 2025)
Current rankingNo. 88 (10 November 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2023, 2024)
French Open2R (2025)
WimbledonQ2 (2024, 2025)
US Open2R (2022)
Doubles
Career record4–2
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 187 (28 October 2024)
Current rankingNo. 948 (10 November 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open3R (2024)
Last updated on: 20 July 2025.

Emilio Nava (born December 2, 2001) is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 88 achieved on 10 November 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 187 achieved on 28 October 2024.

Early life and background

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Nava is the son of Olympic sprinter Eduardo Nava and professional tennis player Maria Xóchitl Escobedo, both of whom are originally from Mexico. He is also the cousin of former professional tennis player Ernesto Escobedo.[4] His brother, Eduardo Nava is also a professional tennis player who played college tennis at TCU and Wake Forest University.[5][6]

Professional career

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2019–2021: ATP, Masters and Grand Slam debuts

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Nava reached two Grand Slam Boys' finals at the 2019 Australian Open[7] and at the 2019 US Open.

Nava made his ATP main draw debut at the 2019 Abierto Mexicano Telcel after receiving a wildcard into the singles main draw.[8][9] He lost to Mackenzie McDonald in the first round.

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.[10]

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.[11]

2022: First Challenger title & Major win, top 200

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At the 2022 Shymkent Challenger, Nava won his first Challenger title after defeating Sebastian Fanselow in the final.[12]

At the US Open as a wildcard, he defeated John Millman in the first round for his first win at a Major event.[13]

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

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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.[14] He qualified for the 2023 US Open but lost to fifth seed and former US Open finalist Casper Ruud.[15]

2024–2025: Three Challenger titles, Masters third round, Top 100

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Nava 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. In doubles, at the same tournament, he reached the semifinals with Ben Shelton. He received a wildcard for the 2024 Delray Beach Open.[16][17][18] 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.[19]

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.[20] At the next Masters, the 2024 Miami Open, he reached the main draw, after qualifying with wins over Quentin Halys and Yoshihito Nishioka, for a fourth consecutive year.[21] As a result he reached the top 125 in the rankings on 1 April 2024.

In 2025, he won three Challenger titles in a row, at the 2025 Paraguay Open in Ascuncion,[22] his fourth in Concepción, Chile and his fifth in Sarasota and returned to the top 150 on 15 April 2025. Nava and Borna Ćorić were the only players thus far with three Challenger trophies in 2025.[23][24] He was just the second American to win three clay-court Challenger trophies in the same season after his good friend Tristan Boyer who accomplished the feat in 2024.[1] Nava reached a fourth consecutive final in Tallahassee but lost to Chris Rodesch.[25][6][2]

He gained a wildcard entry into the 2025 French Open by winning the United States Tennis Association's Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge[26] and recorded his first win at the tournament over Botic van de Zandschulp in straight sets.[27][28] Nava lost to 10th seed Holger Rune in the second round.[29]

He reached his first ATP quarterfinal at the 2025 Los Cabos Open where he defeated Aleksandar Vukic and sixth seed Bu Yunchaokete en route[30] and secured a new career-high ranking in the top 120.[31] At the 2025 National Bank Open Nava qualified for the main draw defeating Mitchell Krueger making his debut in Canada. He recorded his first wins at the tournament over Zizou Bergs and then lucky loser Térence Atmane to reach his first career Masters third round. As a result he moved into the top 110 in the singles rankings on 4 August 2025 and into the top 100 on 15 September 2025.[32]

Performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (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.

Current through the 2025 US Open.

Tournament 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A Q3 Q3 Q1 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A A A A A 1R Q1 2R 0 / 2 1–2
Wimbledon A A NH A A A Q2 Q2 0 / 0 0–0
US Open A A A 1R 2R 1R Q1 1R 0 / 4 1–4
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–2 0 / 6 2–6
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A NH A Q1 Q2 Q2 A 0 / 0 0–0
Miami Open A A NH 1R 1R 2R 1R A 0 / 4 1–4
Madrid Open A A NH A A 1R Q1 A 0 / 1 0–1
Italian Open A A A A A Q2 Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0
Canadian Open A A NH A A A A 3R 0 / 1 2–1
Cincinnati Masters A A A A Q1 A A 2R 0 / 1 1–1
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 3–2 0 / 7 4–7
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 1 0 2 4 4 5 6 22
Overall win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–4 1–4 1–5 6–6 0 / 22 9–22
Year-end ranking 1366 944 665 323 178 147 212 29%

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals

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Singles: 10 (7 titles, 3 runner-ups)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (6–2)
ITF WT Tour (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (7–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 May 2022 Shymkent Challenger, Kazakhstan Challenger Clay Germany Sebastian Fanselow 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Win 2–0 Jun 2023 Modena Challenger, Italy Challenger Clay France Titouan Droguet 6–7(5–7), 7–6(8–6), 6–4
Loss 2–1 Aug 2023 Golden Gate Open, US Challenger Hard France Constant Lestienne 6–7(4–7), 2–6
Win 3–1 Mar 2025 Paraguay Open, Paraguay Challenger Clay Brazil Thiago Monteiro 7–5, 6–3
Win 4–1 Mar 2025 Challenger Concepción, Chile Challenger Clay Argentina Nicolás Kicker 6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Win 5–1 Apr 2025 Sarasota Open, US Challenger Clay Canada Liam Draxl 6–2, 7–6(7–2)
Loss 5–2 Apr 2025 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger, US Challenger Clay Luxembourg Chris Rodesch 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win 6–2 Sep 2025 Challenger de Villa María, Argentina Challenger Clay Argentina Alex Barrena 6–3, 6–3
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2021 M15 La Nucia, Spain WTT Clay Spain Nikolás Sánchez Izquierdo 7–6(10–8), 7–5
Loss 1–1 Apr 2021 M25 Reus, Spain WTT Clay France Matteo Martineau 4–6, 6–2, 6–7(4–7)

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF WT Tour (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–1 Sep 2020 M15 Sintra, Portugal WTT Hard United States Eduardo Nava Germany Sebastian Fanselow
Germany Maik Steiner 		6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Sep 2020 M15 Castelo Branco, Portugal WTT Hard United States Eduardo Nava Brazil Mateus Alves
Brazil Igor Marcondes 		6–7(4–7), 7–5, [8–10]

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 2019 Australian Open Hard Italy Lorenzo Musetti 6–4, 2–6, 6–7(12–14)
Loss 2019 US Open Hard Czech Republic Jonáš Forejtek 7–6(7–4), 0–6, 2–6

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2018 US Open Hard United States Axel Nefve Bulgaria Adrian Andreev
United Kingdom Anton Matusevich 		2–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Loss 2019 Australian Open Hard United States Cannon Kingsley Czech Republic Jonáš Forejtek
Czech Republic Dalibor Svrčina 		6–7(5–7), 4–6

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