Nino Merola

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Nino Merola
Full nameNino Merola
Country (sports) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Residence Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Born (1991-10-29) 29 October 1991 (age 33)
PlaysRight-handed
Club Radley College Real Tennis Club
Singles
Career titles0
Highest ranking16
Current ranking16
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 1R (2023, 2024)
British Open QF (2024)
US Open 2R (2018)
Doubles
Career titles0
Highest ranking17
Current ranking17
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open QF (2023, 2024)
British Open SF (2024)
US Open QF (2023)

Nino Merola (born 29 October 1991) is a British professional real tennis player, currently working as the senior professional at Radley College. [1] He is currently ranked sixteenth in the world at singles and seventeenth in the world at doubles. His most notable result was reaching the doubles semi finals and singles quarter final at the 2024 British Open, as well as the quarter finals of the 2024 Champions Trophy.

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Career

Merola discovered real tennis while working at Radley College. He worked spells at the International Tennis Club of Washington and the Seacourt Tennis Club before returning to Radley as the senior professional under Chris Ronaldson. [2] Although he entered several major tournaments including the British Open and the US Open, he didn't proceed past the first round between 2016 and 2022.

Merola's breakout came at the 2023 British Open. Winning through qualifying, he beat Louis Gordon in the first round in five sets before taking a set off incumbent World Champion Camden Riviere, the lowest ranked player to do so in over 16 years. [3] In the doubles draw of the same tournament, he and Henry Henman also took a set from Riviere and Tim Chisholm, the incumbent World Doubles Champions.

In 2024, he won the Category A Open in Manchester and was awarded the Most Valuable Player at the IRTPA Super League. [4] He progressed through qualifying at the Champions Trophy and reached the second quarter finals, defeating Bryn Sayers in the first quarter final. [5] At that year's British Open, he reached his first Open singles quarter final, defeating French amateur champion Matthieu Sarlangue in the round of 16. In the doubles, he partnered with Ben Taylor-Matthews and reached the semi final stage, taking another set of Riviere and Chisholm in the process. [6]

Performance timeline

Singles

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.

Current through the 2025 Australian Open [7]

Tournament201620172018201920202021202220232024SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAAAAANHA 1R 1R 0 / 20–20%
British Open AAQ1 1R NH 1R Q1 2R QF 0 / 43–443%
US Open 1R1R2RAAAAQ2A0 / 30–30%
Win–loss0–10–10–10–10–00–10–01–22–20 / 93–925%
IRTPA Sanctioned Tournaments
Champions Trophy NHAAANHAA QF 0 / 11–150%
IRTPA ChampionshipNHAQ11RNH0 / 10–10%
US ProQ1A1RQ1NHAAAA0 / 10–10%
Win–loss0–00–00–10–10–00–00–00–01–10 / 31–325%
Career Statistics
201620172018201920202021202220232024Career
Tournaments112201023Career total: 12
Titles000000000Career total: 0
Finals000000000Career total: 0
Overall win–loss0–10–10–20–20–00–10–01–23–34–1225%
Win %0%0%0%0% – 0% – 33%50%Career total: 25%

Doubles

Tournament201620172018201920202021202220232024SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAQ1AAANHA QF QF 0 / 20–20%
British Open AAQ1 QF NHQ1 1R QF SF 0 / 43–443%
US Open 1RQ11RAAAA QF A0 / 31–325%
Win–loss0–10–00–11–10–00–00–12–31–20 / 94–931%
IRTPA Sanctioned Tournaments
IRTPA ChampionshipA1RQFNH0 / 22–250%
Win–loss0–00–12–10–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 22–250%
Career Statistics
201620172018201920202021202220232024Career
Tournaments112100132Career total: 11
Titles000000000Career total: 0
Finals000000000Career total: 0
Overall win–loss0–10–12–21–10–00–00–12–31–26–1135%
Win %0%0%50%50% –  – 0%40%33%Career total: 35%

References

  1. ↑ "Player Profile: Nino Merola". Royal Tennis Court. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  2. ↑ "US Open Program 2023" (PDF). United States Court Tennis Association. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  3. ↑ "British Open Singles and Doubles Championships 2023". Tennis and Rackets Association. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  4. ↑ "FLM Super League - Final Day". International Real Tennis Professionals Association. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  5. ↑ "The Real Tennis Champions Trophy 2024". Royal Tennis Court. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  6. ↑ "British Open Singles and Doubles Championships 2024". Tennis and Rackets Association. Retrieved 24 February 2025.
  7. ↑ "Player Profile – Nino Merola". International Real Tennis Professionals Association.
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