# Emilio Nava

Emilio Nava (born December 2, 2001) is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 124 achieved on April 15, 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 187 achieved on October 28, 2024.
He reached two Grand Slam Boys' finals at the 2019 Australian Open and at the 2019 US Open losing to Lorenzo Musetti and to Jonáš Forejtek respectively.

## Early life and background

Nava is the son of Olympic sprinter Eduardo Nava and professional tennis player Xóchitl Escobedo, both of whom are originally from Mexico. He is also the cousin of fellow pro tennis player Ernesto Escobedo. His brother, Eduardo Nava is also a professional tennis player who played college tennis at TCU and Wake Forest University.

## 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. He lost to Mackenzie McDonald in the first round.

### 2021: Masters 1000, Grand Slam debuts

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

### 2022: First Challenger title & Major win, top 200

At the 2022 Shymkent Challenger, Nava won his first Challenger title after defeating Sebastian Fanselow in the final.
At the US Open as a wildcard, he defeated John Millman in the first round for his first win at a Major event.

### 2023: First Masters win, French Open debut, top 150

Ranked No. 182, he received a wildcard for the main draw of the 2023 Miami Open for a consecutive year, recording his first Masters 1000 win over John Isner in straight sets with two tiebreaks. He lost to Taylor Fritz in 58 minutes. He also received a wildcard for the Masters in Madrid.
He made his main draw debut at the 2023 French Open as a qualifier, losing to Roberto Carballés Baena. He won the Challenger title in Modena and moved to a new career-high ranking of No. 168 on 3 July 2023. He qualified for the 2023 US Open but lost to fifth seed and former US Open finalist Casper Ruud.

### 2024: Top 125 debut

He qualified for the 2024 Dallas Open defeating compatriot Aidan Mayo and Marco Trungelliti in the qualifying competition, before losing to Michael Mmoh in the first round of the main draw draw. In doubles, at the same tournament, he reached the semifinals with Ben Shelton. He received a wildcard for the 2024 Delray Beach Open. He also qualified for the 2024 Los Cabos Open defeating wildcard Nicolás Mejía and again alternate player Aidan Mayo. He scored his third ATP win and second outside the Majors, over wildcard Diego Schwartzman.
At the 2024 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, in the first qualifying round, he saved seven match points to defeat compatriot Steve Johnson in what was the last singles match of Johnson’s career. He lost to another compatriot Denis Kudla in the next round. At the next Masters, the 2024 Miami Open, he reached the main draw after qualifying with wins over Quentin Halys and Yoshihito Nishioka. As a result he reached the top 125 in the rankings on 1 April 2024.

## ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals
### Singles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger Tour (2–1)
* ITF WTT (1–1)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–1)
* Clay (3–1)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | May 2022 | Shymkent Challenger, Kazakhstan | Challenger | Clay | Sebastian Fanselow | 6–4, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ |
| Win | 2–0 | Jun 2023 | Modena Challenger, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Titouan Droguet | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2–1 | Aug 2023 | Golden Gate Open, USA | Challenger | Hard | Constant Lestienne | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 2–6 |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Mar 2021 | M15 La Nucia, Spain | WTT | Clay | Nikolás Sánchez Izquierdo | 7–6$^{(10–8)}$, 7–5 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Apr 2021 | M25 Reus, Spain | WTT | Clay | Matteo Martineau | 4–6, 6–2, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ |

### Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
* ITF WTT (1–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–1 | Sep 2020 | M15 Sintra, Portugal | WTT | Hard | Eduardo Nava | Sebastian Fanselow Maik Steiner | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Sep 2020 | M15 Castelo Branco, Portugal | WTT | 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 | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 2019 | Australian Open | Hard | Lorenzo Musetti | 6–4, 2–6, 6–7$^{(12–14)}$ |
| Loss | 2019 | US Open | Hard | Jonáš Forejtek | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 0–6, 2–6 |

### Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 2018 | US Open | Hard | Axel Nefve | Adrian Andreev Anton Matusevich | 2–6, 6–2, [8–10] |
| Loss | 2019 | Australian Open | Hard | Cannon Kingsley | Jonáš Forejtek Dalibor Svrčina | 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 4–6 |