# Alejandro Tabilo

Alejandro Tabilo Álvarez (born 2 June 1997) is a Chilean professional tennis player. He has been ranked by the ATP as high as world No. 19 in singles, achieved on 1 July 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 108, attained on 6 January 2025. He is currently the No. 1 player from Chile.

## Personal life

Alejandro Tabilo Álvarez was born in Toronto, Canada on June 2, 1997. His parents are Chileans, his father Ricardo (a native of Antofagasta) settled in North America in 1988, where he met his mother María, who is from San Felipe. After obtaining dual nationality, he traveled to Santiago for the first time to compete when he was 18 years old, taking the opportunity to get to know the country. He decided to move to Chile for a year, being adopted by Julio Rueda and Patricia Farías, a couple in charge of bringing him closer to Chilean culture. At the age of 19, he settled in Chile permanently, but always dreamt of representing the country of his parents.

## Career
### 2020: ATP Cup, Major debut and first win, top 200

He participated at the 2020 ATP Cup with the Chilean team as the No. 2 player, making his debut. At his second tournament of the year, Tabilo qualified for his first Grand Slam at the 2020 Australian Open. He defeated fellow qualifier Daniel Elahi Galán in five sets for his first Major win, before losing to John Isner in straight sets in the second round. As a result, he reached top 200 at world No. 172 on 3 February 2020.
Tabilo played in his home country tournament 2020 Chile Open as a wildcard, and defeated Paolo Lorenzi in the first round, losing to Casper Ruud in the second.
On 14 September 2020, Tabilo reached his career-high ranking of World No. 156. He finished the year at No. 169.

### 2021: Masters debut and first win, top 150

Tabilo tried to repeat his run at the 2021 Australian Open, but lost in first round of qualifying to Hugo Dellien. At the 2021 Chile Open, Tabilo won a main draw spot after qualifying, and won his first round match to Jozef Kovalík. He lost to fellow Chilean and eventual champion Cristian Garín in the second round.
In March, Tabilo qualified to the main draw of 2021 Miami Open, his first Masters 1000 tournament. He lost to Mikael Ymer in the first round.
In July, Tabilo reached his first Challenger final, at the Lexington Challenger. He lost the title to Jason Kubler.
In October, Tabilo qualified to the main draw of the Indian Wells Open, and got his first win on a Masters 1000 level, defeating Denis Kudla. He lost to Matteo Berrettini in the second round in his first match against a top 10 player. The following month, Tabilo reached his second Challenger final at Guayaquil, Ecuador. He won his first Challenger title defeating Jesper de Jong in the final. With the title Tabilo reached a career-high ranking of World No. 140 on 8 November 2021, becoming the No. 2 Chilean singles player.

### 2022: First ATP final, top 65, Chilean No. 1

Tabilo participated in the 2022 ATP Cup where Chile defeated Norway (won his singles match against Viktor Durasovic) and Serbia in singles and in doubles partnering Tomás Barrios Vera but lost to Spain and Chile finished second in Group A. Tabilo qualified for 2022 Australian Open after beating Australian local James McCabe in three sets, followed by victories over Constant Lestienne and Elias Ymer in straight sets. He lost to 31st seed Carlos Alcaraz in the first round.
In February, he reached his first ever ATP final at the Córdoba Open as a qualifier, defeating Francisco Cerúndolo, Carlos Taberner, Sebastián Báez and World No. 14 and the tournament's top seed Diego Schwartzman each in straight sets. He lost in the final to Albert Ramos-Viñolas 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, despite holding a double break lead at 4–1 in the third set.
At the 2022 Chile Open he reached the semifinals as a wildcard defeating top seed and compatriot Cristian Garín in the second round and sixth seed Miomir Kecmanović in the quarterfinals. As a result, he made his top 100 debut at World No. 98 on 28 February 2022.
In May, before the 2022 French Open, where he did not participate, he reached the top 80 on 16 May 2022. He made his debut at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships and recorded his first win at this Major defeating Laslo Đere in a tight five set match with a super tiebreak in the fifth. He reached a career high ranking of world No. 68 on 18 July 2022 and a week later another career high of No. 64 and became the Chilean player No. 1.
He also recorded his first victory at the US Open defeating Kamil Majchrzak.

### 2023: Masters fourth round, four Challenger titles

At the 2023 BNP Paribas Open as a qualifier, he reached the fourth round of a Masters for the first time in his career defeating another fellow qualifier Maximilian Marterer, 32nd seed Maxime Cressy and Jordan Thompson. Despite this result he dropped out of the top 175 on 17 April 2023.
He squared much better in the Challenger Tour level, where he won four titles between May and November and returned to the top 100 finishing the year at world No. 85, his highest year-end ranking.

### 2024: Two titles, top 20, Chilean and Latin American No. 1

At the 2024 ASB Classic he reached the final as a qualifier after a walkover from Cameron Norrie in the quarterfinal and a win over sixth seed Arthur Fils in straight sets. He won his maiden ATP Tour title defeating Taro Daniel also in straight sets. It made him the first Chilean to win a hardcourt ATP title since Fernando González in 2007 in Beijing and the third active Chilean ATP singles champion alongside Cristian Garín and Nicolás Jarry. As a result he reached the top 50 in the singles rankings on 15 January 2024 and became the Chilean No. 2 player.
At his home tournament, the 2024 Chile Open in Santiago, he reached the final in singles and won his first ATP title in doubles with compatriot Tomas Barrios Vera defeating another Chilean Matias Soto and Orlando Luz. As a result he reached the top 40 in the singles rankings.
He reached the final at the 2024 Open Aix Provence Challenger in France and moved into the top 35 in the rankings. He won the title defeating Jaume Munar in straight sets, becoming the first player to triumph on both the ATP Tour and the ATP Challenger Tour during the season.
The following week at the 2024 Italian Open, as the 29th seed he received a bye into the second round, and defeated Yannick Hanfmann to reach the third round. Tabilo continued his good form by upsetting world No. 1, Novak Djokovic, in straight sets for the biggest win in his career, to reach the fourth round at this tournament for the first time. This was also Tabilo's first victory over a top 10 player. He became the first Chilean player in 17 years to beat a world No. 1 since Fernando González defeated Roger Federer at the 2007 Nitto Finals. He reached the quarterfinals of a Masters for the first time in his career defeating 16th seed Karen Khachanov. He reached the first Masters 1000 semifinal in his career defeating Zhang Zhizhen and became the first Chilean to reach that level after Gonzalez in 2009 at this same event. As a result, he would reach the top 25 in the rankings on 20 May 2024. It was also the first time multiple Chilean players (with Nicolás Jarry) reached the semifinals at the same Masters 1000, and the first time at an ATP Tour event, since Fernando González and Nicolás Massú in Vina del Mar in 2006. He lost to third seed Alexander Zverev, in three sets.
At the 2024 Mallorca Championships, he made it to his third final of the season and fourth in his career, with a win over sixth seed Gaël Monfils. He defeated Sebastian Ofner in the final to win the second title of his career and first on grass, becoming the first Chilean man in the Open Era to win a grass court title. As a result, he reached the top 20 in the singles rankings on 1 July 2024 at world No. 19 and became the No. 1 Chilean player ahead of Nicolás Jarry. Tabilo became the eight-ever Chilean man to be ranked in the top 20, following Jarry who reached the milestone in 2023. At the same tournament he also reached his second career doubles final with partner Diego Hidalgo.
Following his participation at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, also seeded 15th he reached the round of 16 at the 2024 National Bank Open in Montreal on his debut at the tournament, with wins over Frances Tiafoe and Lorenzo Sonego. At the 2024 Almaty Open he reached the quarterfinals but lost to eventual finalist Gabriel Diallo.

### 2025

At the 2025 Rio Open Tabilo lost to qualifier Tseng Chun-hsin marking his sixth straight loss, with an 0-5 record, no matches won since the beginning of the season.

## Performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |

### Singles

Current through the 2025 Chile Open.
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | SR | W–L |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | 2R | Q1 | 1R | Q2 | 1R | 1R | 0 / 4 | 1–4 |
| French Open | A | A | Q3 | A | Q3 | 1R | | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| Wimbledon | A | NH | Q2 | 2R | Q1 | 3R | | 0 / 2 | 3–2 |
| US Open | A | A | Q1 | 2R | Q1 | 1R | | 0 / 2 | 1–2 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0 / 9 | 5–9 |
| National representation ||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | NH | NH | A | NH | NH | 1R | NH | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| Davis Cup | RR | WG1 | WG1 | WG1 | RR | RR | | 0 / 3 | 5–6 |
| ATP Masters 1000 ||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | NH | 2R | A | 4R | 2R | | 0 / 3 | 5–3 |
| Miami Open | A | NH | 1R | A | Q2 | 2R | | 0 / 2 | 1–2 |
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | NH | A | A | A | 2R | | 0 / 1 | 1–1 |
| Madrid Open | A | NH | A | Q2 | A | 1R | | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | SF | | 0 / 1 | 4–1 |
| Canadian Open | A | NH | A | A | A | 3R | | 0 / 1 | 2–1 |
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| Shanghai Masters | A | NH | NH | NH | A | 3R | | 0 / 1 | 1–1 |
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | | 0 / 1 | 1–1 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 11–9 | 0–0 | 0 / 12 | 15–12 |
| Career statistics ||||||||||
| | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Career | Career |
| Tournaments | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 25 | 6 | 56 | 56 |
| Titles / Finals | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 2 / 3 | 0 / 0 | 2 / 4 | 2 / 4 |
| Overall win–loss | 0–0 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 17–16 | 3–5 | 32–27 | 0–6 | 57–61 | 57–61 |
| Year-end ranking | 213 | 169 | 141 | 86 | 85 | 22 | | | |

### Doubles

| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | SR | W–L |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| French Open | A | A | A | 1R | A | 1R | | 0 / 2 | 0–1 |
| Wimbledon | A | NH | A | 1R | A | 1R | | 0 / 2 | 0–2 |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0 / 5 | 0–4 |
| National representation ||||||||||
| Davis Cup | RR | WG1 | WG1 | WG1 | RR | RR | | 0 / 3 | 4–6 |
| ATP Cup | NH | RR | A | RR | not held | not held | not held | 0 / 2 | 3–1 |
| Career statistics ||||||||||
| | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Career | Career |
| Tournaments | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 24 | 24 |
| Titles / Finals | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 3 | 1 / 3 |
| Overall win–loss | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 4–4 | 4–2 | 14–11 | 0–1 | 26–23 | 26–23 |
| Year-end ranking | 519 | 256 | 277 | 479 | 876 | 110 | | | |

## ATP Tour finals
### Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam (0–0)
* ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
* ATP 500 (0–0)
* ATP 250 (2–2)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–0)
* Clay (0–2)
* Grass (1–0)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoor (2–2)
* Indoor (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2022 | Córdoba Open, Argentina | ATP 250 | Clay | Albert Ramos Viñolas | 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Jan 2024 | Auckland Open, New Zealand | ATP 250 | Hard | Taro Daniel | 6–2, 7–5 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Mar 2024 | Chile Open, Chile | ATP 250 | Clay | Sebastián Báez | 6–3, 0–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–2 | Jun 2024 | Mallorca Championships, Spain | ATP 250 | Grass | Sebastian Ofner | 6–3, 6–4 |

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

* Legend
* Grand Slam (0-0)
* ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
* ATP 500 (0–0)
* ATP 250 (1–1)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–0)
* Clay (1–0)
* Grass (0–1)
* Finals by setting
* Outdoor (1–1)
* Indoor (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Mar 2024 | Chile Open, Chile | ATP 250 | Clay | Tomás Barrios Vera | Orlando Luz Matías Soto | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Jun 2024 | Mallorca Championships, Spain | ATP 250 | Grass | Diego Hidalgo | Julian Cash Robert Galloway | 4–6, 4–6 |

## ATP Challenger Tour finals
### Singles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner-ups)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger Tour (6–4)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1–2)
* Clay (5–2)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2021 | Lexington, USA | Challenger | Hard | Jason Kubler | 5–7, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$, 5–7 |
| Win | 1–1 | Nov 2021 | Guayaquil, Ecuador | Challenger | Clay | Jesper de Jong | 6–1, 7–5 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Nov 2021 | Puerto Vallarta, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | Daniel Altmaier | 3–6, 6–3, 3–6 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Mar 2022 | Santiago, Chile | Challenger | Clay | Hugo Dellien | 3–6, 6–4, 4–6 |
| Loss | 1–4 | Apr 2023 | Florianópolis, Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Tomás Barrios Vera | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 2–4 | May 2023 | Francavilla al Mare, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Benoît Paire | 6–1, 7–5 |
| Win | 3–4 | Jul 2023 | Karlsruhe, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Giulio Zeppieri | 2–6, 1–0 ret. |
| Win | 4–4 | Nov 2023 | Guayaquil, Ecuador (2) | Challenger | Clay | Daniel Elahi Galán | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 5–4 | Nov 2023 | Brasília, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | Román Burruchaga | 6–3, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$ |
| Win | 6–4 | May 2024 | Aix-en-Provence, France | Challenger | Clay | Jaume Munar | 6–3, 6–2 |

### Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2021 | Lima II, Peru | Challenger | Clay | Tomás Barrios Vera | Sergio Galdós Gonçalo Oliveira | 2–6, 6–2, [5–10] |

## ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
### Singles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)

* Legend
* ITF Futures/WTT (3–4)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (2–2)
* Clay (1–2)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Dec 2016 | Chile F6, Santiago | Futures | Clay | Genaro Olivieri | 6–4, 4–6, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Dec 2017 | Chile F3, Antofagasta | Futures | Clay | Tomás Barrios Vera | 7–5, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 2–6 |
| Win | 2–1 | Dec 2018 | Dominican Republic F2, Santo Domingo | Futures | Hard | José Olivares | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Dec 2018 | Dominican Republic F3, Santo Domingo | Futures | Hard | Nick Hardt | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 2–3 | Jan 2019 | M25 Weston, USA | WTT | Clay | Dmitry Popko | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2–4 | Feb 2019 | M25 Aktobe, Kazakhstan | WTT | Hard (i) | Niels Lootsma | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 3–4 | Feb 2019 | M25 Aktobe, Kazakhstan | WTT | Hard (i) | Niels Lootsma | 6–3, 6–4 |

### Doubles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner-ups)

* Legend
* ITF Futures/WTT (5–4)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (0–1)
* Clay (5–3)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jul 2014 | ITF Canada, Vancouver | Futures | Hard | Riaan du Toit | Daniel Chu Kyle McMorrow | 2–6, 7–5, [7–10] |
| Loss | 0–2 | Nov 2016 | ITF Bolivia, Santa Cruz de la Sierra | Futures | Clay | Franco Emanuel Egea | Hugo Dellien Federico Zeballos | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | Dec 2016 | ITF Chile, Santiago | Futures | Clay | Jorge Montero | Víctor Núñez Jorge Aguilar | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Jun 2017 | ITF Tunisia, Hammamet | Futures | Clay | Pedro Sakamoto | Riccardo Sinicropi Riccardo Bonadio | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 0–6 |
| Win | 2–3 | Oct 2017 | ITF Turkey, Antalya | Futures | Clay | Domagoj Biljesko | Federico Maccari Riccardo Bonadio | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 4–6, [10–3] |
| Win | 3–3 | Oct 2017 | ITF Turkey, Antalya | Futures | Clay | Domagoj Biljesko | Alexander Boborykin Timur Kiyamov | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 4–3 | Nov 2017 | ITF Chile, Curicó | Futures | Clay | Matías Franco Descotte | Mariano Kestelboim Matías Zukas | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 4–4 | Jan 2019 | M25 Naples, USA | WTT | Clay | Gonzalo Lama | Julian Bradley Strong Kirchheimer | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 5–4 | Jun 2019 | M25 Bacău, Romania | WTT | Clay | Juan Pablo Varillas | Manuel Peña López Alexander Merino | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |

## Wins over Top 10

* Tabilo has a 1–3 record against players who were ranked in the top 10 at the time the match was played.
| Season | 2024 | 2025 | Total |
| Wins | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| # | Player | Rk | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | Rk | Ref |
| 2024 |||||||||
| 1. | Novak Djokovic | 1 | Italian Open, Italy | Clay | 3R | 6–2, 6–3 | 32 | |
* Key: (Rk) first use, opponent rank; (Rd) round; (Rk) 2nd use, player rank; (Ref) reference; (F) final; (SF) semifinal; (QF) quarterfinal; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage
    * As of 17 May 2024.

## Davis Cup

Tabilo represents Chile at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 1–3. In 2019, he participated in his first tie against Germany in a doubles rubber against Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies.

### Participations (3–4)

* Group membership
* World Group (0–1)
* Qualifying Round (1–2)
* WG Play-off (0–0)
* Group I (2–1)
* Group II (0–0)
* Group III (0–0)
* Group IV (0–0)
* Matches by surface
* Hard (1–4)
* Clay (2–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (0–0)
* Matches by type
* Singles (2–1)
* Doubles (1–3)
* 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 |
| 1–2; 21 November 2019; Estadio Manolo Santana, Madrid, Spain; Davis Cup Final Group C Round robin; Hard (indoor) surface |||||||
| Defeat | 1 | III | Doubles (with Tomás Barrios Vera) | Germany | Kevin Krawietz / Andreas Mies | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 3–6 |
| 1–3; 6-7 March 2020; Royal Tennis Hall, Stockholm, Sweden; Davis Cup qualifying round; Hard (indoor) surface |||||||
| Victory | 2 | II | Singles | Sweden | Elias Ymer | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Defeat | 3 | III | Doubles (with Tomás Barrios Vera) | Sweden | Markus Eriksson / Robert Lindstedt | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Defeat | 4 | IV | Singles | Sweden | Mikael Ymer | 6–3, 5–7, 3–6 |
| 1–3; 17-18 September 2021; NTC Arena, Bratislava, Slovakia; Davis Cup World Group I; Hard (indoor) surface |||||||
| Defeat | 5 | III | Doubles (with Tomás Barrios Vera) | Slovakia | Filip Polášek / Igor Zelenay | 1–6, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ |
| 4–0; 4-5 March 2022; Club de Tenis Unión, Viña del Mar, Chile; Davis Cup World Group I play-offs; clay (outdoor) surface |||||||
| Victory | 6 | I | Singles | Slovenia | Bor Artnak | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Victory | 7 | III | Doubles (with Tomás Barrios Vera) | Slovenia | Sebastian Dominko / Blaž Rola | 6–2, 6–3 |