Alejandro Moro Cañas

Alejandro Moro Cañas
Country (sports)	Spain
Born	7 December 2000 (age 23); Madrid, Spain
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$140,389
Singles
Career record	1–1
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 172 (6 May 2024)
Current ranking	No. 189 (24 June 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	Q3 (2024)
Wimbledon	1R (2024)
Doubles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 419 (17 July 2023)
Current ranking	No. 936 (24 June 2024)
	Last updated on: 24 June 2024.

Alejandro Moro Cañas (born 7 December 2000) is a Spanish tennis player. Moro Cañas has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 172 achieved on 6 May 2024. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 419 achieved on 17 July 2023.^[1]

Career[edit]

2021-2023: First ITF title[edit]

In July 2021, Moro Cañas won his first professional title at an ITF M25 tournament in Portugal.^[2] He reached his second final in another tournament in Portugal two months later, losing to Paul Jubb in straight sets.^[3]

In 2022, he started the season as a runner-up in two tournaments in February, losing in the finals in ITF tournaments in Spain and Portugal.^[4]

He received a wildcard into qualifying at the Madrid Masters 1000 tournament, where he defeated world No. 47 Francisco Cerúndolo before losing in the final round of qualifiers to Lorenzo Musetti.^[5]^[6] He won his first clay court title in Vic, Spain before losing in a hardcourt final in Bakio. He reached his fifth final of the 2022 season in Antalya, Turkey, defeating Timo Stodder.

In 2023, he only reached one final, a doubles ITF final in Spain, losing with partner John Echeverría to fellow Spaniards Íñigo Cervantes and Oriol Roca Batalla.

2024: ATP and Major debuts and first win, top 175[edit]

Ranked No. 240, he qualified for the 2024 BMW Open making his ATP debut and stunned Dominic Thiem for his first ATP win.^[7]^[8]^[9] Three weeks later, he made his top 200 debut at world No. 172 on 6 May 2024.

Ranked No. 189, he made his Grand Slam debut at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships after qualifying with a win in the last qualifying round over tenth qualifying seed Damir Dzumhur after his retirement.^[10]

ATP Challenger Tour finals[edit]

Singles: 1 (1 title)[edit]

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2024	Garden Open, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Vilius Gaubas	7–5, 6–3

ITF World Tennis Tour finals[edit]

Singles: 7 (3 titles, 4 runner-ups)[edit]

Legend
ITF WTT (3–4)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–4)
Clay (2–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2021	M25 Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal	WTT	Hard	Simon Carr	7–6^(7–5), 6–4
Loss	1–1	Sep 2021	M25 Sintra, Portugal	WTT	Hard	Paul Jubb	0–6, 2–6
Loss	1–2	Feb 2022	M15 Villena, Spain	WTT	Hard	Nikolás Sánchez Izquierdo	6–7^(3–7), 3–6
Loss	1–3	Feb 2022	M25 Vale do Lobo, Portugal	WTT	Hard	Laurent Lokoli	2–6, 1–6
Win	2–3	May 2022	M25 Vic, Spain	WTT	Clay	Pol Martín Tiffon	7–6^(7–4), 5–7, 6–1
Loss	2–4	Jul 2022	M25 Bakio, Spain	WTT	Hard	Dominik Palán	7–6^(7–4), 4–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Win	3–4	Nov 2022	M25 Antalya, Turkey	WTT	Clay	Timo Stodder	7–5, 3–6, 7–6^(7–4)