Nick Hardt

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Nick Hardt
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Hardt at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports)Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
Residence Sosúa, Dominican Republic
Born (2000-09-20) 20 September 2000 (age 23)
Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two handed-backhand)
Prize money$301,881
Singles
Career record4–6 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 179 (12 August 2024)
Current rankingNo. 179 (12 August 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Q1 (2023)
French Open Q2 (2023)
Wimbledon Q2 (2024)
US Open Q1 (2024)
Doubles
Career record2–6 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 282 (24 August 2023)
Current rankingNo. 341 (20 May 2024)
Team competitions
Davis Cup 5–10
Medal record
Men's tennis
Representing the Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
Pan American Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Santiago Doubles
Last updated on: 5 August 2024.

Nick Hardt (born 20 September 2000) is a Dominican professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 180 achieved on 29 July 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 282 achieved on 24 August 2023. He is currently the No. 1 Dominican player. [1]

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Hardt represents the Dominican Republic in the Davis Cup. [2]

Junior career

Hardt was ranked No. 16 in the world junior rankings by the ITF on 5 March 2018. [3]

In 2016, he won the XXV Copa Merengue tournament in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, becoming the youngest Dominican to win the title at 15 years of age. [4]

In 2017, he reached the quarterfinals of the Eddie Herr Junior Championships ITF tournament where he lost to eventual champion, Bulgarian Adrian Andreev. [5]

In 2018, he reached the quarterfinals of the 2018 French Open Junior Championships and the third round in the 2018 U.S. Open Junior Championships. Hardt also reached the finals of the 2018 Porto Alegre Junior Championships losing to the No. 1 ranked junior in the world Sebastián Báez in the finals.

Professional career

2017: Davis Cup debut

Hardt was first nominated to the team for the 2017 Davis Cup and faced Chilean tennis player Nicolás Jarry in his first match.

2022: Maiden Challenger final, top 205 debut

He reached his maiden Challenger final at the 2022 JC Ferrero Challenger Open. As a result he moved more than 35 positions up to a new career-high in the top 250 on 10 October 2022. Two months later, he reached a career-high of No. 201 on 22 December 2022.

2024: Maiden Challenger title, ATP debut and first win, top 200

Ranked No. 301, he won his maiden Challenger title as an alternate at the Sánchez-Casal Mapfre Cup in Barcelona defeating wildcard and second seed Bernabe Zapata Miralles. He was only the second Challenger champion from the Dominican Republic. As a result he raised 70 positions up in the rankings to return to the top 230. [6] [7]

Ranked No. 229, he qualified for the ATP 500 tournament at the Barcelona Open making his ATP debut, having entered the qualifying competition as an alternate. There, he earned his first ATP Tour win, defeating wildcard Martin Landaluce in three sets, becoming the first Dominican player to win an ATP tour-level match since Víctor Estrella Burgos in 2018 Quito. [8] As a result of his win, he moved 25 positions up close to his career-high. [9] He lost to 13th seed Tomás Martín Etcheverry in the second round.

In May, he reached the top 200 after reaching the semifinals at the 2024 Internazionali di Tennis Francavilla al Mare Challenger in Italy.

ATP Challenger and Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 18 (12–6)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–1)
Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (11–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–3)
Clay (9–3)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Dec 2018Dominican Republic F3, Santo Domingo FuturesHard Flag of Chile.svg Alejandro Tabilo 7–5, 6–3
Win2–0Jul 2019M15 Saarlouis, GermanyWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Italy.svg Fabrizio Ornago6–0, 6–4
Loss2–1Dec 2019M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Peter Bertran 6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Win3–1Dec 2020M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of the United States.svg Oliver Crawford 6–4, 6–0
Win4–1May 2021M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Austria.svg Alexander Erler 6–0, 7–6(9–7)
Win5–1May 2021M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of the United States.svg Nicolas Moreno de Alboran 2–6, 7–5, 6–1
Win6–1Jul 2021M25 Belgrade, SerbiaWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Israel.svg Daniel Cukierman 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Loss6–2Jul 2021M25 Marburg, GermanyWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Germany.svg Louis Wessels 6–4, 5–7, 6–7(5–7)
Win7–2Jul 2021M25 Dénia, SpainWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of France.svg Calvin Hemery 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–4)
Loss7–3Feb 2022M25 Santo Domingo, Domican RepublicWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Wu Tung-lin 5–7, 3–6
Win8–3May 2022M25 La Nucia, SpainWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of France.svg Laurent Lokoli 6–0, 6–4
Win9–3Jul 2022M25 Dénia, SpainWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Argentina.svg Mariano Navone 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss9–4Aug 2022M25 Wetzlar, GermanyWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Germany.svg Rudolf Molleker 6–7(3–7), 1–6
Loss9–5 Oct 2022 Alicante, SpainChallengerHard Flag of Slovakia.svg Lukáš Klein 3–6, 4–6
Win10–5Dec 2022M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Liam Draxl 6–4, 6–3
Win11–5Feb 2024M25 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of France.svg Clement Tabur 6–1, 6–4
Loss11–6Feb 2024M25 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Spain.svg Daniel Merida Aguilar6–1, 5–7, 3–6
Win12–6 Apr 2024 Barcelona, SpainChallengerClay Flag of Spain.svg Bernabé Zapata Miralles 6–4, 3–6, 6–2

Doubles: 8 (6–2)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (6–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–2)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Dec 2017Dominican Republic F3, Santo Domingo FuturesHard Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg José Olivares Flag of Portugal.svg Bernardo Saraiva
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sem Verbeek 		3–6, 4–6
Win1–1Aug 2019M15 Brussels, BelgiumWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Germany.svg Luca Gelhardt Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jesper de Jong
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Alec Deckers		6–4, 6–4
Win2–1Aug 2019M15 Eupen, BelgiumWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Michael Geerts Flag of Argentina.svg Genaro Alberto Olivieri
Flag of Argentina.svg Gonzalo Villanueva 		6–7(10–12), 6–2, [10–3]
Win3–1Dec 2019M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of the United States.svg Maksim Tikhomirov Flag of Brazil.svg Alex Blumenberg
Flag of Brazil.svg João Hinsching		6–2, 6–3
Loss3–2Sep 2020M15 Sintra, PortugalWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Russia.svg Savriyan Danilov Flag of Germany.svg Fabian Fallert
Flag of the United States.svg Nicolas Moreno de Alboran 		6–7(4–7), 4–6
Win4–2Dec 2020M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Japan.svg Shintaro Mochizuki Flag of Chile.svg Gonzalo Lama
Flag of Ecuador.svg Antonio Cayetano March 		6–3, 6–3
Win5–2Dec 2020M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Japan.svg Shintaro Mochizuki Flag of the United States.svg Nick Chappell
Flag of the United States.svg Keegan Smith 		4–6, 7–6(7–2), [10–5]
Win6–2Feb 2021M15 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of the United States.svg Nicolas Moreno de Alboran Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Arnaud Bovy
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Aidan McHugh 		6–3, 6–4

Davis Cup

Participations: (5–10)

Group membership
World Group (0–0)
Qualifying Round (0–0)
WG play-off (0–0)
Group I (1–4)
Group II (4–6)
Group III (0–0)
Group IV (0–0)
Matches by surface
Hard (5–6)
Clay (0–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Matches by type
Singles (3–4)
Doubles (2–6)
Rubber outcomeNo.RubberMatch type (partner if any)Opponent nationOpponent player(s)Score
Decrease2.svg0–5; 3–5 February 2017; Centro De Tenis Parque Del Este, Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic; Americas Zone Group I first round; hard surface
Defeat1VSingles Flag of Chile.svg Chile Nicolás Jarry 3–6, 3–6
Decrease2.svg2–3; 2–3 February 2018; Club Deportivo Naco, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Americas Zone Group I first round; hard surface
Defeat2IIIDoubles (with José Olivares) Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil Marcelo Demoliner / Marcelo Melo 3–6, 4–6
Increase2.svg4–0; 6–7 April 2018; Centro De Tenis Parque Del Este, Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic; Americas Zone Group I second round; hard surface
Victory3IIIDoubles (with José Olivares) Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados Xavier Lawrence / Kaipo Marshall 6–3, 6–1
Decrease2.svg1–3; 14–15 September 2019; Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club, Montevideo, Uruguay; Americas Zone Group I first round; clay surface
Defeat4IIIDoubles (with Víctor Estrella Burgos) Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay Martín Cuevas / Pablo Cuevas 4–6, 3–6
Decrease2.svg1–3; 6-7 March 2020; Club de Tenis Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia; World Group I Play-off first round; clay surface
Defeat5IIIDoubles (with Roberto Cid Subervi) Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia Hugo Dellien / Federico Zeballos 3–6, 2–6
Decrease2.svg2–3; 17-18 September 2021; Cité Nationale Sportive El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia; World Group II first round; hard surface
Victory6ISingles Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia Malek Jaziri 4–6, 6–1, 6–5 ret.
Defeat7IIIDoubles (with Roberto Cid Subervi) Aziz Dougaz / Aziz Ouakaa 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Defeat8VSingles Aziz Dougaz 3–6, 4–6
Increase2.svg3–0; 4-5 March 2022; Centro Nacional De Tenis Parque Del Este, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; World Group II play-off; hard surface
Victory9ISingles Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam Trịnh Linh Giang 6–1, 6–4
Victory10IIIDoubles (with Peter Bertran) Lê Quốc Khánh / Lý Hoàng Nam 6–7(7–9), 6–4, 6–1
Decrease2.svg2–3; 16-17 September 2022; National Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia; World Group II first round; hard (indoor) surface
Defeat11IISingles Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia Kārlis Ozoliņš 3–6, 4–6
Defeat12IIIDoubles (with Víctor Estrella Burgos) Kārlis Ozoliņš / Robert Strombachs 3–6, 6–4, 3–6
Victory13IVSingles (dead rubber) Daniels Tens 6–2, 6–2
Decrease2.svg0–4; 4-5 February 2023; Monte Carlo Country Club, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France; World Group II play-off; clay surface
Defeat14IISingles Flag of Monaco.svg Monaco Lucas Catarina 3–6, 4–6
Defeat15IIIDoubles (with Roberto Cid Subervi) Romain Arneodo / Hugo Nys 6–7(1–7), 3–6

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  1. ↑ "ATP Rankings | Pepperstone ATP Rankings (Singles) | ATP Tour | Tennis | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  2. ↑ "Equipos Copa Davis de Chile y RD participan en un encuentro social y de confraternidad".
  3. ↑ "Nick Hardt Juniors Singles Overview".
  4. ↑ "Hardt hace historia; es campeón de la XXV Copa Merengue" (in Spanish). 16 July 2016.
  5. ↑ "Eddie Herr International: Home". tennislink.usta.com. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  6. ↑ https://twitter.com/ATPChallenger/status/1776938547041222684 [ bare URL ]
  7. ↑ "Tirante triumphs at Mexico City Challenger, hits career high: 'Possibility of Roland Garros main draw'; Hardt becomes second Challenger champion from Dominican Republic". 8 April 2024.
  8. ↑ "Qualifier Nick Hardt becomes first Dominican to win ATP match in six years". 15 April 2024.
  9. ↑ "Federer fan Hardt, the Dominican dreaming in Barcelona". 15 April 2024.


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