| Nicolás Mejía | |
| Residence: | Miami, United States |
| Birth Date: | 2000 2, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Bogotá, Colombia |
| Height: | 1.83m (06feet) |
| Turnedpro: | 2019 |
| Coach: | Juan Felipe Mateus |
| Plays: | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Careerprizemoney: | $225,339 |
| Singlestitles: | 0 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 228 (17 April 2023) |
| Currentsinglesranking: | No. 235 (19 August 2024) |
| Frenchopenresult: | Q1 (2023) |
| Doublesrecord: | 0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Doublestitles: | 0 |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 153 (7 November 2022) |
| Currentdoublesranking: | No. 342 (12 August 2024) |
| Updated: | 20 August 2024 |
Nicolás Mejía (pronounced as /es/; born 11 February 2000) is a Colombian tennis player.He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 228 achieved on 17 April 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 153 achieved on 7 November 2022. He is currently the No. 2 Colombian tennis player.[1]
Mejía represents Colombia at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 3–9.
Mejía received wildcards for the qualifying competition at the 2024 Los Cabos Open and also for the 2024 Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco.
After coming through qualifying, Mejía won his first Challenger singles title in the 2024 San Luis Open Challenger in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, defeating fellow qualifier Matías Soto in the final. He became the first Colombian Challenger champion since Daniel Elahi Galán in 2022.[2] He rose 100 spots back to World No. 344 in the singles rankings on 1 April 2024.
Following a final showing at the 2024 Morelos Open also as a qualifier, defeating third seed Zachary Svajda, Dominik Palán, wildcard Vasek Pospisil[3] and sixth seed Maxime Cressy, he returned to the top 300 on 15 April 2024.
Ranked No. 235, Mejía entered the main draw of the 2024 Winston-Salem Open as a lucky loser.
| Tournament | 2023 | Win % | |||
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| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||
| Australian Open | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
| French Open | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
| Wimbledon | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
| US Open | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
| Career statistics | |||||
| Tournaments | Career total: 1 | ||||
| Overall win-loss | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
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| Win | 1–0 | Niceville, USA F30 | Futures | Clay |  Strong Kirchheimer | 6–4, 6–4 | ||
| Loss | 1–1 | Bucaramanga, Colombia | M15 | Clay |  Mauricio Echazú | 6–3, 3–6, 4–6 | ||
| Win | 2–1 | Cancún, Mexico | M15 | Hard | Nicolas Moreno de Alboran | 6–2, 7–5 | ||
| Win | 3–1 | Cancún, México | M15 | Hard | Gage Brymer | 6–1, 6–2 | ||
| Loss | 3–2 | Salinas, Ecuador | Challenger | Hard | Nicolás Jarry | 6–7(7–9), 1–6 | ||
| Loss | 3–3 | Orlando, USA | Challenger | Hard | Christopher Eubanks | 6–2, 6–7(3–7), 4–6 | ||
| Win | 4–3 | San Luis, Mexico | Challenger | Clay | Matías Soto | 6–1, 5–7, 6–2 | ||
| Loss | 4–4 | Morelos, Mexico | Challenger | Hard |  Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard | 5–7, 5–7 | ||
| Win | 5–4 | Anapoima, Colombia | M25 | Clay |  Kiranpal Pannu | 6-2, 6-2 |
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| Result | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | Boca Raton, United States | Future | Clay |  José Daniel Bendeck | Alejandro Gómez  Roberto Quiroz | 3–6, 6–7(2–7) | ||
| Loss | Cartagena, Colombia | Future | Clay | José Daniel Bendeck |  Facundo Mena Jorge Montero | 4–6, 6–7(5–7) | ||
| Win | Weston, United States | M15 | Clay | Sebastian Korda | Harrison Adams Jordi Arconada | 6–3, 4–6, [11–9] | ||
| Loss | Antalya, Turkey | M15 | Clay | Sebastian Korda |  Alexandru Ghilea Alexandru Jecan | 6–2, 6–2 | ||
| Loss | Antalya, Turkey | M15 | Clay | Sebastian Korda | Arklon Huertas Conner Huertas | 6–7(3–7), 6–4, [10–6] | ||
| Win | Cancún, Mexico | M15 | Hard | Axel Geller |  Jody Maginley Justin Roberts | 6–7(5–7), 6–1, [10–5] | ||
| Win | Cancún, Mexico | M15 | Hard |  Jack Draper | Aron Pierce Noah Schachter | 4–6, 7–6(7–2), [10–5] | ||
| Win | Portoviejo, Ecuador | M25 | Clay | Jose Daniel Bendeck | Juan P. Ficovich Agustin Riquelme | 6–7(4–7), 6–3, [10–7] | ||
| Loss | Antalya, Turkey | M15 | Clay |  Pedro Vives Marcos | Agustín Velotti Matias Zukas | 6–2, 5–7, [5–10] | ||
| Loss | Antalya, Turkey | M15 | Clay | Pedro Vives Marcos | Pedro Cachín Genaro A. Olivieri | 7–5, 1–6, [12–14] | ||
| Loss | Forlì, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | Alexander Ritschard | Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul | 2–6, 3–6 | ||
| Loss | Cuernavaca, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | JC Aragone Adrián Menéndez Maceiras | 6–7(4–7), 2-6 | |||
| Win | Coquimbo, Chile | Challenger | Clay | Guillermo Durán | Diego Hidalgo Cristian Rodríguez | 6–4, 1–6, [10–7] | ||
| Win | Bogotá, Colombia | Challenger | Clay | Andrés Urrea | 6–3, 6–4 | |||
| Win | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | M25 | Hard | Andrés Urrea | Charles Broom David Stevenson | 7–6(7–2), 3–6, [10–7] | ||
| Win | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | M25 | Hard | Andrés Urrea | Trey Hilderbrand Pranav Kumar | 6–7(5–7), 6-4, [10–5] |
Mejía record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered:
| Player | width=70 | Record | Win % | width=60 | Hard | width=60 | Clay | width=60 | Grass | Last Match |
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| Number 8 ranked players | ||||||||||
| Cameron Norrie | 0–1 | – | 0–1 | – | style=background:#ebc2af;text-align:left | Lost (4–6, 4–6) at 2023 Davis Cup | ||||
| Total | 0-1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
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