The Chilean wins his second title of the season and the first of his career on grass. He is living the best moment of his career.
Alejandro Tabilo (24th) wins the ATP 250 title in Mallorca and knows he is living the best moment of his career. 2024 has not only become the year of the explosion, but also of absolute positioning. In six months he has won two ATP titles, managed to be a semi-finalist in a Masters 1000 enter the group of the 20 best tennis players in the world and as if that were not enough, this Monday will be the number one racket in Chile.
A dream and immense journey which places him among the most successful tennis players in the history of the country and if it is already difficult for the national player to win titles in the most important circuit on the planet, achieving it on turf for decades has been an impossible feat. In fact, he is the third Creole of the open era (1968) to participate in a final on grass and the first to win it since Luis Ayala in Manchester 1968 and Jaime Fillol in Merion 1970 and Nottingham 1977 found themselves without a title.
It is also the fourth South American to win a grass court title in the last 40 years replicating what Javier Frana did in Nottingham in 1995, Nicolás Pereira in Newport in 1996 and Francisco Cerúndolo in Eastbourne in 2023.
If these are milestones, there is another one that particularly attracts attention. Alexandre Tabilo He joins Jaime Fillol as the only national tennis player to have reached an ATP final on all surfaces of the circuit, that is, grass, clay and cement. A peculiarity is that both have achieved this in calendar years, since Nicolás Jarry’s grandfather participated in the definition of five tournaments in 1977 (Montreal, Madrid, Santiago, Buenos Aires and Nottingham) and Alejandro Tabilo has accumulated the finals of Auckland, Santiago and Mallorca in the current season.
More millions for the Chilean
All the sporting exploits achieved in 2024 also result in a considerable increase in their income. Without going any further, so far this season and taking into account his consecration in Mallorca, Jano has earned a total of 1,049,451 dollars. That’s to say, Approximately 993 million pesos.
He reached this amount after receiving a check for 152 thousand dollars for reigning over the Spanish islands, which this season has even reduced the amount paid to the champion. One more prize in a season in which he has won almost half of the money he has earned throughout his career, since according to the official ATP records, the Toronto native He has earned 2.39 million North American dollars since turning professional.
Chile’s number one
Money, titles and many points that Ale has won during the current journey, to the point that this Monday he will not only enter for the first time the select group of the 20 best players on the planet, but will also once again be the number one racket in the country.
Now, yes, he’s achieving it on a totally different level than when he first got this spot. In 2022, Jano fought with Garin for the title at a time when both tennis players were among the top 60 in the ATP rankings, while in recent weeks he was fighting for the title against Jarry, 19th on the list worldwide.
In fact, the level of both is such that this Monday Chile will be one of three countries with two or more players in the ATP top 20. , sharing this honor with Russia and the United States. Tabilo will be 19 years old and Jarry 20 years old.
Wimbledon on the horizon
If there is one particularity of Alejandro Tabilo in this 2024, it is that His big steps came just before a Grand Slam . In January, the week before the Australian Open, he won his first ATP title in New Zealand. In mid-May, with 10 days remaining before the start of Roland-Garros, he made history by reaching the semi-finals of the Masters 1000 in Rome. He now lifts the trophy in Mallorca, just 48 hours before the start of Wimbledon.
That’s why he will arrive in London with a mission: to break this curse that weighs on the greatest this year. In Australia as in Paris, Jano said goodbye in the first round, receiving a bucket of cold water after such important stages as Auckland and Rome. The streak could be interrupted during the duel he will have against the Englishman Daniel Evans in the first round of the most historic tournament on the circuit.
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