# Nick Hardt

Nick Hardt (born 20 September 2000) is a Dominican professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 180 achieved on 29 July 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 282 achieved on 24 August 2023. He is currently the No. 1 Dominican player.
Hardt represents the Dominican Republic in the Davis Cup.

## Junior career

Hardt was ranked No. 16 in the world junior rankings by the ITF on 5 March 2018.
In 2016, he won the XXV Copa Merengue tournament in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, becoming the youngest Dominican to win the title at 15 years of age.
In 2017, he reached the quarterfinals of the Eddie Herr Junior Championships ITF tournament where he lost to eventual champion, Bulgarian Adrian Andreev.
In 2018, he reached the quarterfinals of the 2018 French Open Junior Championships and the third round in the 2018 U.S. Open Junior Championships. Hardt also reached the finals of the 2018 Porto Alegre Junior Championships losing to the No. 1 ranked junior in the world Sebastián Báez in the finals.

## Professional career
### 2017: Davis Cup debut

Hardt was first nominated to the team for the 2017 Davis Cup and faced Chilean tennis player Nicolás Jarry in his first match.

### 2022: Maiden Challenger final, top 205 debut

He reached his maiden Challenger final at the 2022 JC Ferrero Challenger Open. As a result he moved more than 35 positions up to a new career-high in the top 250 on 10 October 2022. Two months later, he reached a career-high of No. 201 on 22 December 2022.

### 2024: Maiden Challenger title, ATP debut and first win, top 200

Ranked No. 301, he won his maiden Challenger title as an alternate at the Sánchez-Casal Mapfre Cup in Barcelona defeating wildcard and second seed Bernabe Zapata Miralles. He was only the second Challenger champion from the Dominican Republic. As a result he raised 70 positions up in the rankings to return to the top 230.
Ranked No. 229, he qualified for the ATP 500 tournament at the Barcelona Open making his ATP debut, having entered the qualifying competition as an alternate. There, he earned his first ATP Tour win, defeating wildcard Martin Landaluce in three sets, becoming the first Dominican player to win an ATP tour-level match since Víctor Estrella Burgos in 2018 Quito. As a result of his win, he moved 25 positions up close to his career-high. He lost to 13th seed Tomás Martín Etcheverry in the second round.
On 20 May 2024, he made into the top 200 in the singles rankings after reaching the semifinals at the 2024 Internazionali di Tennis Francavilla al Mare Challenger in Italy.

## ATP Challenger and Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour finals
### Singles: 18 (12–6)

* Legend (singles)
* ATP Challenger Tour (1–1)
* Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (11–5)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (3–3)
* Clay (9–3)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Dec 2018 | Dominican Republic F3, Santo Domingo | Futures | Hard | Alejandro Tabilo | 7–5, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–0 | Jul 2019 | M15 Saarlouis, Germany | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Fabrizio Ornago | 6–0, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2–1 | Dec 2019 | M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Peter Bertran | 6–4, 1–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 3–1 | Dec 2020 | M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Oliver Crawford | 6–4, 6–0 |
| Win | 4–1 | May 2021 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Alexander Erler | 6–0, 7–6$^{(9–7)}$ |
| Win | 5–1 | May 2021 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Nicolas Moreno de Alboran | 2–6, 7–5, 6–1 |
| Win | 6–1 | Jul 2021 | M25 Belgrade, Serbia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Daniel Cukierman | 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 6–2 | Jul 2021 | M25 Marburg, Germany | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Louis Wessels | 6–4, 5–7, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$ |
| Win | 7–2 | Jul 2021 | M25 Dénia, Spain | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Calvin Hemery | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |
| Loss | 7–3 | Feb 2022 | M25 Santo Domingo, Domican Republic | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Wu Tung-lin | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Win | 8–3 | May 2022 | M25 La Nucia, Spain | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Laurent Lokoli | 6–0, 6–4 |
| Win | 9–3 | Jul 2022 | M25 Dénia, Spain | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Mariano Navone | 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 9–4 | Aug 2022 | M25 Wetzlar, Germany | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Rudolf Molleker | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 1–6 |
| Loss | 9–5 | Oct 2022 | Alicante, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Lukáš Klein | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 10–5 | Dec 2022 | M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Liam Draxl | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 11–5 | Feb 2024 | M25 Antalya, Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Clement Tabur | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Loss | 11–6 | Feb 2024 | M25 Antalya, Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Daniel Mérida | 6–1, 5–7, 3–6 |
| Win | 12–6 | Apr 2024 | Barcelona, Spain | Challenger | Clay | Bernabé Zapata Miralles | 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 |

### Doubles: 8 (6–2)

* Legend (doubles)
* ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
* Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (6–2)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (4–2)
* Clay (2–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Dec 2017 | Dominican Republic F3, Santo Domingo | Futures | Hard | José Olivares | Bernardo Saraiva Sem Verbeek | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Aug 2019 | M15 Brussels, Belgium | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Luca Gelhardt | Jesper de Jong Alec Deckers | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–1 | Aug 2019 | M15 Eupen, Belgium | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Michael Geerts | Genaro Alberto Olivieri Gonzalo Villanueva | 6–7$^{(10–12)}$, 6–2, [10–3] |
| Win | 3–1 | Dec 2019 | M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Maksim Tikhomirov | Alex Blumenberg João Hinsching | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 3–2 | Sep 2020 | M15 Sintra, Portugal | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Savriyan Danilov | Fabian Fallert Nicolas Moreno de Alboran | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 4–6 |
| Win | 4–2 | Dec 2020 | M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Shintaro Mochizuki | Gonzalo Lama Antonio Cayetano March | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 5–2 | Dec 2020 | M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Shintaro Mochizuki | Nick Chappell Keegan Smith | 4–6, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, [10–5] |
| Win | 6–2 | Feb 2021 | M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Nicolas Moreno de Alboran | Arnaud Bovy Aidan McHugh | 6–3, 6–4 |

## Davis Cup
### Participations: (5–10)

* Group membership
* World Group (0–0)
* Qualifying Round (0–0)
* WG play-off (0–0)
* Group I (1–4)
* Group II (4–6)
* Group III (0–0)
* Group IV (0–0)
* Matches by surface
* Hard (5–6)
* Clay (0–4)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
* Matches by type
* Singles (3–4)
* Doubles (2–6)
* indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.
| Rubber outcome | No. | Rubber | Match type (partner if any) | Opponent nation | Opponent player(s) | Score |
| 0–5; 3–5 February 2017; Centro De Tenis Parque Del Este, Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic; Americas Zone Group I first round; hard surface |||||||
| Defeat | 1 | V | Singles | Chile | Nicolás Jarry | 3–6, 3–6 |
| 2–3; 2–3 February 2018; Club Deportivo Naco, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Americas Zone Group I first round; hard surface |||||||
| Defeat | 2 | III | Doubles (with José Olivares) | Brazil | Marcelo Demoliner / Marcelo Melo | 3–6, 4–6 |
| 4–0; 6–7 April 2018; Centro De Tenis Parque Del Este, Santo Domingo Este, Dominican Republic; Americas Zone Group I second round; hard surface |||||||
| Victory | 3 | III | Doubles (with José Olivares) | Barbados | Xavier Lawrence / Kaipo Marshall | 6–3, 6–1 |
| 1–3; 14–15 September 2019; Carrasco Lawn Tennis Club, Montevideo, Uruguay; Americas Zone Group I first round; clay surface |||||||
| Defeat | 4 | III | Doubles (with Víctor Estrella Burgos) | Uruguay | Martín Cuevas / Pablo Cuevas | 4–6, 3–6 |
| 1–3; 6-7 March 2020; Club de Tenis Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia; World Group I Play-off first round; clay surface |||||||
| Defeat | 5 | III | Doubles (with Roberto Cid Subervi) | Bolivia | Hugo Dellien / Federico Zeballos | 3–6, 2–6 |
| 2–3; 17-18 September 2021; Cité Nationale Sportive El Menzah, Tunis, Tunisia; World Group II first round; hard surface |||||||
| Victory | 6 | I | Singles | Tunisia | Malek Jaziri | 4–6, 6–1, 6–5 ret. |
| Defeat | 7 | III | Doubles (with Roberto Cid Subervi) | Tunisia | Aziz Dougaz / Aziz Ouakaa | 4–6, 6–7$^{(3–7)}$ |
| Defeat | 8 | V | Singles | Tunisia | Aziz Dougaz | 3–6, 4–6 |
| 3–0; 4-5 March 2022; Centro Nacional De Tenis Parque Del Este, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; World Group II play-off; hard surface |||||||
| Victory | 9 | I | Singles | Vietnam | Trịnh Linh Giang | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Victory | 10 | III | Doubles (with Peter Bertran) | Vietnam | Lê Quốc Khánh / Lý Hoàng Nam | 6–7$^{(7–9)}$, 6–4, 6–1 |
| 2–3; 16-17 September 2022; National Tennis Centre, Jūrmala, Latvia; World Group II first round; hard (indoor) surface |||||||
| Defeat | 11 | II | Singles | Latvia | Kārlis Ozoliņš | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Defeat | 12 | III | Doubles (with Víctor Estrella Burgos) | Latvia | Kārlis Ozoliņš / Robert Strombachs | 3–6, 6–4, 3–6 |
| Victory | 13 | IV | Singles (dead rubber) | Latvia | Daniels Tens | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 0–4; 4-5 February 2023; Monte Carlo Country Club, Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France; World Group II play-off; clay surface |||||||
| Defeat | 14 | II | Singles | Monaco | Lucas Catarina | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Defeat | 15 | III | Doubles (with Roberto Cid Subervi) | Monaco | Romain Arneodo / Hugo Nys | 6–7$^{(1–7)}$, 3–6 |