Ulises Blanch
American tennis player

Ulises Blanch

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25 March 1998(San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA)
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Introduction

Ulises Blanch (born 25 March 1998) is an American professional tennis player. Blanch has reached seven career singles finals with a record of four wins and three losses, including two ATP Challenger titles and two ITF Futures. Additionally, he has reached three career doubles finals with a record of two wins and one loss, all coming at the ITF level.

Career

Juniors

As a junior, Blanch reached a career high ranking of World No. 2 achieved on 23 May 2016. His junior highlights include a final appearance at the Trofeo Bonfiglio, a GA event in Milan, Italy as well as winning a few Grade 1 level events in Brazil and Australia.

Professional

In July 2018, he won the Perugia Challenger tournament in Italy, defeating Italian Gianluigi Quinzi in the final 7–5, 6–2. A year and a half later, he won the 2020 Ann Arbor Challenger in Michigan, USA defeating Roberto Cid Subervi of the Dominican Republic 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 to capture the championship.

Blanch made his ATP Tour main draw debut at the 2020 US Open where he was granted a direct entry into the singles draw via wildcard. He was defeated in the first round in a five-set thrilling match despite taking a two sets to love lead, by Chilean player Cristian Garín 6–4, 7–5, 4–6, 4–6, 2–6.

Personal life

Blanch was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, but his family moved to Seattle when he was just 3 days old. Due to his father's job, Blanch has lived in multiple countries such as China, India, Thailand and Argentina. Ulises has two brothers and one sister. Dali, Darwin, and Krystal Blanch. All four of them play tennis and have won numerous tournaments. He is of Spanish descent through his father.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 7 (4–3)

Finals by surface
Legend
ATP Challenger (2–0)
ITF Futures (2–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ATP Challenger (2–0)
ITF Futures (2–3)
Hard (3–1)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win Sep 2017 Canada F5, Calgary Futures Hard Filip Peliwo 6–4 ret.
Loss Feb 2016 USA F37, Pensacola Futures Clay Emilio Gómez 6–3, 5–7, 1–6
Loss Jul 2018 France F11, Montauban Futures Clay Juan Pablo Ficovich 7–6, 3–6, 3–6
Win Jul 2018 Perugia, Italy Challenger Clay Gianluigi Quinzi 7–5, 6–2
Loss Aug 2019 M25 Memphis, USA World Tennis Tour Hard Roberto Cid Subervi 6–3, 3–6, 6–7
Win Jan 2020 Ann Arbor, USA Challenger Hard (i) Roberto Cid Subervi 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win Feb 2024 M15 Monastir, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Hard Matej Dodig 0–6, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles: 3 (2–1)

Finals by surface
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ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (2–1)
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss May 2018 Italy F11, Napoli Futures Clay Franco Capalbo Patricio Heras
Franco Agamenone
3–6, 4–6
Win Jun 2018 France F10, Toulouse Futures Clay Juan Pablo Ficovich Matteo Martineau
Antoine Cornut Chauvinc
6–2, 6–2
Win Jul 2018 France F11, Montauban Futures Clay Ugo Humbert Gonzalo Villanueva
Patricio Heras
6–3, 3–6, [10–6]