Darwin Blanch

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Darwin Blanch
Country (sports)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Born (2007-09-28) September 28, 2007 (age 18)
Boca Raton, Florida, US
Height6ft 4in (1.93cm)
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhanded)
CoachFran Penalva
Prize moneyUS$ 235,005
Singles
Career record1–4 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 285 (17 November 2025)
Current rankingNo. 303 (15 December 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
US Open 1R (2025)
Doubles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 1,642 (30 January 2023)
Last updated on: 22 December 2025.

Darwin Blanch (born September 28, 2007) is an American tennis player. [1] [2] He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 285, achieved on 17 November 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 1,642, reached on 30 January 2023.

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Early life

Blanch was born in Boca Raton, Florida, but was raised in Deerfield Beach. He started taking tennis lessons as a kid alongside his siblings. Soon, his parents moved the whole family to Orlando, where the children could train at the USTA National Campus. [3]

Juniors

In August 2022, Blanch won the USTA U-16 title as a fourteen-year-old. [4]

Blanch had good results on ITF junior circuit. Playing in the boys' singles category at the 2023 French Open, he defeated junior world No. 1 Rodrigo Pacheco Méndez in straight sets, and compatriot Cooper Williams on his way to the semifinals. [5] [6] Later that season, he reached another major jr. semifinal in singles, at the 2023 Wimbledon. [7] As a result, he achieved a junior combined ranking of world No. 4 on 22 January 2024. [8]

Blanch was part of the American team which finished third at the 2023 Junior Davis Cup, with Maxwell Exsted and Jagger Leach. [9]

Career

2022-2023: First ATP point

In February 2022, Blanch became the second youngest player to score an ATP ranking point when he defeated Gerald Planelles in three sets at an ITF tournament in Vilhena, Spain. 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. [10]

2024: More pro matches and Masters debut

In March 2024, Blanch received a wildcard into the main draw in singles at the 2024 Miami Open for his ATP Tour level debut. [11] He was defeated in straight sets by Tomáš Macháč. 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. [12]

2025: Major debut, first ATP Tour win

In August 2025, Blanch earned a wildcard for the singles main draw of the 2025 US Open after he defeated Jack Satterfield to win the USTA National Boy’s 18s Championships in Kalamazoo, Michigan. [13] [14] At the 2025 Winston-Salem Open, after he received a wildcard and qualified for the main draw, Blanch recorded his first ATP win over Borna Ćorić. [15]

Personal life

Blanch has three siblings, Ulises, Dali and Krystal, who also play tennis at professional level. Their father, Ernesto, was an international manager for Coca-Cola. Because of that, the family moved around the world with his job. [16] [17] [18]

Blanch is of Spanish descent through his father. [19]

Blanch currently trains at Juan Carlos Ferrero Academy in Alicante, Spain. [20] [21] During a practice session when Blanch was selected as a hitting partner of Carlos Alcaraz, then world No. 1 suffered an injury causing the Spaniard to miss the 2023 Australian Open. [22]

Performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(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.

Singles

Tournament 2024 2025 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AA0 / 00–0 – 
French Open AA0 / 00–0 – 
Wimbledon AA0 / 00–0 – 
US Open A 1R 0 / 10–10%
Win–loss0–00–10 / 10–10%
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters AA0 / 00–0 – 
Miami Open 1R Q2 0 / 10–10%
Monte Carlo Masters AA0 / 00–0 – 
Madrid Open 1R Q1 0 / 10-10%
Italian Open AA0 / 00–0 – 
Canadian Open AA0 / 00–0 – 
Cincinnati Masters AA0 / 00–0 – 
Shanghai Masters AA0 / 00–0 – 
Paris Masters A0 / 00–0 – 
Win–loss0–20–00 / 20–20%

ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
ITF WTT (2–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–4)
Clay (–)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Nov 2025 Knoxville Challenger, USChallengerHard (i) Flag of the United States.svg Mitchell Krueger 7–6(7–2), 4–6, 1–6
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Jul 2024M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Eliakim Coulibaly 2–6, 2–6
Loss0–2Nov 2024M15 Madrid, SpainWTTHard Flag of Bulgaria.svg Iliyan Radulov4–6, 5–7
Win1–2Feb 2025M15 Villena, SpainWTTHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Oliver Crawford 1–6, 7–5, 7–5
Win2–2Jun 2025M25 Martos, SpainWTTHard Flag of France.svg Clément Chidekh 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss2–3Jun 2025M25 Figueira da Foz, PortugalWTTHard Flag of Portugal (official).svg Tiago Pereira 2–6, 1–6

References

  1. ↑ "Darwin Blanch". ITF. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  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.
  4. ↑ Lewis, Colette (August 18, 2022). "Rain Can't Halt Blanch's March to Boys 16s Title" . Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  5. ↑ Bouchard, Carole (June 5, 2023). "BLANCH, 15, STUNS BOYS' TOP SEED PACHECO MENDEZ AT ROLAND GARROS". itftennis. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  6. ↑ "DAY 12 DIARY: BLANCH BENEFITING FROM ALCARAZ SESSIONS". Roland Garros. June 8, 2023. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Wimbledon 2023: Darwin Blanch wins impressive 26-shot rally against Lorenzo Sciahbasi". BBC Sport. July 12, 2023. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  8. ↑ Darwin Blanch Junior Results | ITF (itftennis.com)
  9. ↑ Raya, Antonio (November 5, 2023). "España acaba en una cruel cuarta plaza en la Copa Davis Júnior de Cordoba". Disriocordoba. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
  10. ↑ "Darwin Blanch conquista il primo punto ATP a soli 14 anni". February 4, 2022. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Miami Open 2024 Preview: When is it, who is playing & what is the prize money?". Tennishead.net. March 15, 2024. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
  12. ↑ Dickson Jefford, Oli (April 22, 2024). "Who is Darwin Blanch, the 16-year-old US star playing Rafael Nadal in Madrid?". Tennis365. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
  13. ↑ "Darwin Blanch Earns A U.S. Open Wild Card With Kalamazoo Win… Two Years After Declining One!". August 10, 2025.
  14. ↑ "Which players received a US Open wild card?". ATPTour. August 13, 2025.
  15. ↑ "17 Year-Old Darwin Blanch into Second Round". August 18, 2025.
  16. ↑ Marshall, Ashley (March 22, 2019). "GETTING TO KNOW: ULISES BLANCH". usta.com. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  17. ↑ Wilson, David B. (December 3, 2015). "Ulises Blanch's unique odyssey leaves him as top remaining American boy in Eddie Herr quarters". Bradenton Herald. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  18. ↑ Patten, George (August 24, 2023). "Dali Blanch - Tennis' family affair". Vavel.com. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
  19. ↑ "It Runs in the Family – Courts Club".
  20. ↑ Gaba, Ripunjay (March 20, 2024). "Who Is Darwin Blanch? The 16-Year-Old Ben Shelton Lookalike Touted by Serena Williams' Ex-coach to End American Grand Slam Drought". EssentiallySports.
  21. ↑ Ciriza, Alejandro (June 8, 2023). "The Carlos Alcaraz formula: Family, feet on the ground and no social media". elpais.com. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  22. ↑ Ciotti, Lorenzo (January 14, 2023). "The truth about Carlos Alcaraz's injury". tennisworldusa.org. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
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