Emilio Nava

Emilio Nava
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Born	2 December 2001 (age 20); West Hills, California, U.S.
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2018
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$44,411
Singles
Career record	0–3 (0%) (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 303 (28 February 2022)
Current ranking	No. 309 (7 March 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
US Open	1R (2021)
Australian Open Junior	F (2019)
French Open Junior	2R (2019)
Doubles
Career record	0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 464 (22 April 2019)
Current ranking	No. 1115 (7 March 2022)
	Last updated on: 22 November 2021.

Emilio Nava (born 2 December 2001) is an American professional tennis player of Mexican descent.^[1] Nava has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 302 achieved on 28 February 2022. He reached two finals of the Boys' Singles Grand Slam tournaments, losing to Lorenzo Musetti in the 2019 Australian Open^[2] and to Jonáš Forejtek in the 2019 US Open.

Early life and background[]

Nava is the son of former Olympians Eduardo Nava and Xóchitl Escobedo, and is also the cousin of fellow pro tennis player Ernesto Escobedo.^[3] His brother, Eduardo Nava, plays college tennis at Wake Forest University.^[4]

Professional career[]

2019: ATP main draw debut[]

Nava made his ATP main draw debut at the 2019 Abierto Mexicano Telcel after receiving a wildcard into the singles main draw.^[5] He lost to Mackenzie McDonald in the first round.

2021: Masters 1000, Grand Slam and top 350 debuts[]

At the 2021 Miami Open, Nava qualified for the main draw to make his debut at ATP 1000 level but lost in the first round to Lloyd Harris.^[6]

Nava made his grand slam debut at the 2021 US Open after being given a wildcard for the singles main draw. He lost to Lorenzo Musetti in the first round.^[7]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals[]

Singles: 2 (1–1)[]

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (1–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 2021	M15 La Nucia, Spain	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Nikolás Sánchez Izquierdo	7–6^(10–8), 7–5
Loss	1–1	Apr 2021	M25 Reus, Spain	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Matteo Martineau	4–6, 6–2, 6–7^(4–7)

Doubles: 2 (1–1)[]

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (1–1)

Titles by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–1	Sep 2020	M15 Sintra, Portugal	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Eduardo Nava	Sebastian Fanselow Maik Steiner	6–3, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Sep 2020	M15 Castelo Branco, Portugal	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Eduardo Nava	Mateus Alves Igor Marcondes	6–7^(4–7), 7–5, [8–10]

Junior Grand Slam finals[]

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)[]

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	2019	Australian Open	Hard	Lorenzo Musetti	6–4, 2–6, 6–7^(12–14)
Runner-up	2019	US Open	Hard	Jonáš Forejtek	7–6^(7–4), 0–6, 2–6

Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)[]

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runners-up	2018	US Open	Hard	Axel Nefve	Adrian Andreev Anton Matusevich	2–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Runners-up	2019	Australian Open	Hard	Cannon Kingsley	Jonáš Forejtek Dalibor Svrčina	6–7^(5–7), 4–6