Alejandro Moro Cañas (born 7 December 2000) is a Spanish tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 142 achieved on 26 August 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 419 achieved on 17 July 2023.
Career 2021-2023: First ITF title In July 2021, Moro Cañas won his first professional title at an ITF M25 tournament in Portugal.https://www.torresdelaalameda.org/primer-torneo-profesional-para-el-torresano-alejandro-moro/ He reached his second final in another tournament in Portugal two months later, losing to Paul Jubb in straight sets.https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/jubb-continues-winning-ways-in-good-week-for-brits/
In 2022, he started the season as a runner-up in two tournaments in February, losing in the finals in ITF tournaments in Spain and Portugal.
He received a wildcard into qualifying at the Madrid Masters 1000 tournament, where he defeated world No. 47 Francisco Cerúndolo before losing in the final round of qualifiers to Lorenzo Musetti. He won his first clay court title in Vic, Spain before losing in a hardcourt final in Bakio. He reached his fifth final of the 2022 season in Antalya, Turkey, defeating Timo Stodder.
In 2023, he only reached one final, a doubles ITF final in Spain, losing with partner John Echeverría to fellow Spaniards Íñigo Cervantes and Oriol Roca Batalla.
2024: ATP, Major debuts and first win, maiden Challenger title, top 150 Ranked No. 240, he qualified for the 2024 BMW Open making his ATP debut and stunned Dominic Thiem for his first ATP win. Three weeks later, he made his top 200 debut at world No. 172 on 6 May 2024.
Ranked No. 189, he made his Grand Slam debut at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships after qualifying with a win in the last qualifying round over tenth qualifying seed Damir Džumhur after his retirement.
Following a Challenger final showing at the 2024 Porto Open, he reached the top 150 at world No. 146 on 12 August 2024.
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament2022202320242025SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAQ20 / 00–0French OpenAAQ3Q10 / 00–0WimbledonAA1RQ10 / 10–1US OpenAAQ1A0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–10–00 / 10–1ATP Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersAAAA0 / 00–0Miami OpenAAAQ10 / 00–0Monte Carlo MastersAAAA0 / 00–0Madrid OpenQ2AAA0 / 00-0Italian OpenAAAA0 / 00–0Canadian OpenAAAA0 / 00–0Cincinnati MastersAAAA0 / 00–0Shanghai MastersNHAQ2A0 / 00–0Paris MastersAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00 / 00–0
ATP Challenger Tour finals
Singles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger Tour (1–4)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Garden Open, ItalyChallengerClay Vilius Gaubas7–5, 6–3Loss1–1Porto Open, PortugalChallengerHard August Holmgren6–7(3–7), 6–7(6–8)Loss1–2Tenerife Challenger, SpainChallengerHard Pablo Carreño Busta3–6, 2–6Loss1–3Tenerife Challenger II, SpainChallengerHard Lloyd Harris5–7, 5–7Loss1–4Città di Biella, ItalyChallengerClay Carlo Alberto Caniato6–7(1–6), 4–6
ITF World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 8 (3 titles, 5 runner-ups) LegendITF WTT (3–5)Finals by surfaceHard (1–4)Clay (2–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0M25 Idanha-a-Nova, PortugalWTTHard Simon Carr7–6(7–5), 6–4Loss1–1M25 Sintra, PortugalWTTHard Paul Jubb0–6, 2–6Loss1–2M15 Villena, SpainWTTHard Nikolás Sánchez Izquierdo6–7(3–7), 3–6Loss1–3M25 Vale do Lobo, PortugalWTTHard Laurent Lokoli2–6, 1–6Win2–3M25 Vic, SpainWTTClay Pol Martín Tiffon7–6(7–4), 5–7, 6–1Loss2–4M25 Bakio, SpainWTTHard Dominik Palán7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–7(4–7)Win3–4M25 Antalya, TurkeyWTTClay Timo Stodder7–5, 3–6, 7–6(7–4)Loss3–5M25 Zaragoza, SpainWTTClay Alexander Ritschard3–6, 2–6
Doubles: 1 (runner-up) LegendITF WTT (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1M25 Torelló, SpainWTTHard John Echeverría Íñigo Cervantes Oriol Roca Batalla5–7, 4–6
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