Darwin Blanch

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Darwin Blanch
Country (sports)Flag of the United States.svg United States
Born (2007-09-28) September 28, 2007 (age 16)
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro2020
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhanded)
Singles
Career record0–2
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 1000 (18 March 2024)
Current rankingNo. 1000 (18 March 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open  JuniorSF (2023)
Wimbledon  JuniorSF (2023)
US Open  Junior3R (2023)
Doubles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open  Junior2R (2023)
Wimbledon  JuniorSF (2023)
US Open  Junior2R (2022)
Last updated on: June 8 2023.

Darwin Blanch (born 28 September 2007) is an American tennis player. [1] [2]

Contents

Early life

From Deerfield Beach, Florida, he was later based in Orlando to train at the USTA National Campus. [3] He is of Spanish descent through his father. [4]

Career

Blanch trains at Juan Carlos Ferrero Academy in Alicante, Spain where he was the hitting partner of Carlos Alcaraz. [5] [6] In a practice match against Alcaraz at the academy, then world No. 1 Alcaraz suffered an injury causing him to miss the 2023 Australian Open. [7]

Juniors

He won the USTA U-16 title as a fourteen-year-old in August 2022. [8]

Playing in the Boys' Singles at the 2023 French Open, Blanch defeated junior world No.1 Rodrigo Pacheco Méndez in straight sets, and compatriot Cooper Williams on his way to the semifinals. [9] [10]

At the 2023 Wimbledon Championships, he played Italy's Lorenzo Sciahbasi on the way to a semifinal appearance in singles. [11]

With Maxwell Exsted and Jagger Leach, he was part of the American team which finished third at the 2023 Junior Davis Cup. [12]

Professional

In February 2022, Blanch became the second youngest player to score an ATP ranking point when he defeated Gerald Planelles in three sets in Villena. At 14 years and five months, he was two months older than the Spaniard Nicolás Álvarez Varona (14 years and three months) when he scored an ATP point in 2015. [13]

In March 2024, he was awarded a wildcard into the men's singles at the 2024 Miami Open for his ATP Tour level debut. [14] He was beaten in straight sets by Tomas Machac. The following month, he was given a wildcard to the 2024 Madrid Open and lost in the first round against Rafael Nadal, also in straight sets. [15]

Personal life

He is the younger brother of tennis player Ulises Blanch. He has siblings named Dali and Krystal who also play tennis. His father Ernesto worked for Coca-Cola and the family moved around the world with his job. [16] [17] [18]

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  2. ↑ "Darwin Blanch". ATP. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Deerfield Beach's Blanch rolls into Junior Orange Bowl tennis boys' 14s final". Miami Herald. December 20, 2021. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
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