🇨🇱 Nicolas Jarry has broken into the Top 20, rising to a new career-high of #20 today. 👏 The Chilean is the second member of his family to reach the Top 20—his grandfather, Jaime Fillol Sr., got to #14 in 1974. He also gave Nicolas his first tennis racquet when he was a kid:
Rise of Nicolas Jarry continues, joins grandfather as second member of his family to reach top 20 of ATP Rankings
ATPMonday, 23 October 2023 at 20:30
Nicolas Jarry has reached the top 20, becoming the second member of his family to achieve this milestone, matching his grandfather Jaime Fillol.
The Chilean is having the best season of his career in 2023, establishing himself as one of the most consistent players in the ATP Ranking. He achieved this through a steady ascent, thanks to his titles at ATP 250 Geneva and Santiago Open.
Notably, the tournament in his hometown provided a significant boost at the beginning of the year, playing in front of his home crowd in an event organized by his own family. His aunt, Catalina Fillol, serves as the director of the tournament, as his family has a deep-rooted history in tennis.
Jarry is the grandson of Jaime Fillol, who was one of the leading Latin American tennis players in the 1970s. He won eight singles titles, 16 doubles titles, reached the finals of the Roland Garros in 1975 in both men's doubles and mixed doubles, and was part of the Davis Cup finals in 1976.
With the latest ATP ranking update on Monday, Nicolas Jarry reached world No. 20, becoming the second top-20 player in his family, as his grandfather reached world No. 14 in early 1974. Another family member, Alvaro Fillol, was also a tennis player, although he only reached world No. 106.
This year, Nicolas Jarry not only clinched two titles but also made it to the semifinals of the ATP 500 Rio Open (where he was defeated by Carlos Alcaraz). Jarry recorded eight victories and four losses in Grand Slam events, achieving his best result at the French Open, where he reached the fourth round before falling to Casper Ruud.
His recent performance at the Masters 1000 Shanghai Open, where he reached the quarterfinals but lost to Grigor Dimitrov, paved the way for him to achieve his career-best ranking.
On October 24, he will make his debut at the Swiss Indoors Open against world No. 24 Adrian Mannarino, with no prior matchups recorded between them.
claps 0visitors 109
Just In
Popular News
Latest Comments
- Why do you even publish this TwatCaster's PATHETIC stunt for attention? There's plenty of reasons why imbeciles like him are 'talking' and people like Iga Swiatek are 'walking the walk'. Tennisuptodate should be above this tripe.
mandoist16-12-2024 - If and when Political Correctness and gullible hearts over-rule BIOLOGY, the Human world begins its already seeming decline.mandoist15-12-2024
- The new generation has arrived and these guys need to do it with the left overs.
AceOfBase13-12-2024 - Every young, inexperiend CEO has "better" ideas (and friends to hire).mandoist12-12-2024
- What a load of nonsense. Emotional stress definitely didn’t cause her wrist or ankle injuries.Lyca10-12-2024
- Taylor Fritz 🎾 – the surprising third for many. 🎄 A great Christmas tree quiz question! 🎅✨MrAndreeva10-12-2024
- Simona Halep taking the axe out 🪓😮💨MrAndreeva08-12-2024
- ITIA is literally a Secret Organization. Way past time for a neutral entity to oversee, if not guide, these Elitists within ITIA whom enjoy their ability to keep their "investigations" in a business as usual format behind closed doors!!mandoist08-12-2024
- Poor Emma has 3 problems I can see from the peanut gallery: 1. She has not shown the comittment it takes; tennis has not been her priority. 2. Her body seems to fail. Frailty is not an athlete's friend. 3. She is throwing everything at the wall to keep her sponsors.mandoist07-12-2024
- As for ITIA -- who, or what entity, oversees this untrustworthy organization?? Too many recent cases of suspensions over tests proving minimal stats at best. Neither Iga nor Simona showed even a hint at prolonged use. Sinner, we don't know because the secrecy was extreme. Now we find ITIA flat-out LIED about speaking directly with the manufacturer of the drug in question associated with Iga. Are we to believe ITIA can be trusted? Not according to the past few years of questionable corporate conduct. ITIA can no longer be trusted to fairly regulate nor investigate itself... so who or what will??mandoist06-12-2024
