Daniel Rincón (tennis)

Daniel Rincón

Full name	Daniel Rincón Yagüe
Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Madrid, Spain
Born	(2003-01-07) 7 January 2003 (age 22) Ávila, Spain
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US $291,246
Singles
Career record	0–3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 181 (4 December 2023)
Current ranking	No. 273 (9 December 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2024)
French Open	Q3 (2024)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2024)
US Open	Q1 (2024)
Doubles
Career record	0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 148 (30 September 2024)
Current ranking	No. 166 (2 December 2024)
Last updated on: 15 December 2024.

Daniel Rincón Yagüe (born 7 January 2003) is a Spanish tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 181, achieved on 4 December 2023. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 148 achieved on 30 September 2024.[1] He has won one ATP Challenger Tour singles and four doubles titles.

Career

Juniors

Rincón won the 2021 US Open boys' singles title, defeating Shang Juncheng in the final.[2] He also reached the 2021 Wimbledon Boys' Doubles final alongside Abedallah Shelbayh, but was defeated by Edas Butvilas and Alejandro Manzanera Pertusa.[3]

2023-2024: Maiden Challenger titles, ATP singles debut

Rincón won his first ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2023 Murcia Open, partnering Abedallah Shelbayh after they received entry into the draw as alternates.[4]

He made his ATP Tour debut in Barcelona as a wildcard and lost to Jason Kubler.[5] He qualified for the main draw at the 2023 Geneva Open but lost in the first round to Roberto Carballes Baena in three sets.[6]

Rincón received a wildcard for the 2024 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell but lost to Facundo Díaz Acosta.[7] He won his first Challenger singles title at the 2024 Tampere Open, defeating Calvin Hemery in the final.[8]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	2021	US Open	Hard	Shang Juncheng	6–2, 7–6^(8–6)

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2021	Wimbledon	Grass	Abedallah Shelbayh	Edas Butvilas Alejandro Manzanera Pertusa	3–6, 4–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals

Singles: 10 (6–4)

Legend (singles) ATP Challenger Tour (1–0) Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (5–4)

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2022	M15 Alkmaar, Netherlands	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Jacopo Berrettini	7–5, 6–1
Win	2–0	Jul 2022	M25 Den Haag, Netherlands	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Jelle Sels	7–6^(8–6), 4–6, 6–1
Loss	2–1	Jul 2022	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Abedallah Shelbayh	1–2 ret.
Loss	2–2	Dec 2022	M25 Trnava, Slovakia	World Tennis Tour	Hard (i)	Marek Gengel	7–6^(8–6), 3–6, 3–6
Loss	2–3	Dec 2022	M15 Trnava, Slovakia	World Tennis Tour	Hard (i)	Abedallah Shelbayh	1–6, 4–6
Loss	2–4	Jan 2023	M15 Manacor, Spain	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Álvaro López San Martín	4–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win	3–4	Jan 2023	M25 Manacor, Spain	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Felix Gill	6–3, 6–3
Win	4–4	Jan 2023	M25 Manacor, Spain	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Abedallah Shelbayh	7–6^(7–0), 3–6, 7–6^(11–9)
Win	5–4	Jul 2024	Tampere, Finland	Challenger	Clay	Calvin Hemery	6–1, 7–6^[7-4]
Win	6–4	Oct 2024	M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Diego Dedura-Palomero	6–2, 6–7^(5–7), 6–3

Doubles: 12 (8–4)

Legend (doubles) ATP Challenger Tour (4–2) Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (4–2)

Finals by surface Hard (3–1) Clay (5–3) Grass (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	May 2022	M15, Valldoreix, Spain	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Alvaro Lopez San Martin	Franco Emanuel Egea Hazem Naw	6–3, 6–2
Loss	1–1	May 2022	M15, Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Ignacio Carou	Federico Arnaboldi Gianmarco Ferrari	7–5, 2–6, [6–10]
Loss	1–2	Dec 2022	M25, Trnava, Slovakia	World Tennis Tour	Hard (i)	Daniel Vallejo	Mats Hermans Mick Veldheer	6–1, 3–6, [8–10]
Win	2–2	Dec 2022	M15, Trnava, Slovakia	World Tennis Tour	Hard (i)	Daniel Vallejo	Abedallah Shelbayh Coleman Wong	6–4, 6–2
Win	3–2	Jan 2023	M15, Manacor, Spain	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Daniel Vallejo	Svyatoslav Gulin Ilya Snițari	6–4, 7–6^(7–5)
Win	4–2	Apr 2023	Murcia, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Abedallah Shelbayh	Sergio Martos Gornés Marco Bortolotti	7–6^(7–3), 6–4
Loss	4–3	Jul 2023	Troyes, France	Challenger	Clay	Álvaro López San Martín	Manuel Guinard Grégoire Jacq	walkover
Loss	4–4	Nov 2023	Valencia, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Oriol Roca Batalla	Andrea Pellegrino Andrea Vavassori	2–6, 4–6
Win	5–4	Jan 2024	Canberra, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Abedallah Shelbayh	André Göransson Albano Olivetti	7–6^(7–4), 6–3
Win	6–4	Apr 2024	Barcelona, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Oriol Roca Batalla	Jakob Schnaitter Mark Wallner	5–7, 6–4, [11–9]
Win	7–4	Apr 2024	M25, Sabadell, Spain	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Alejandro Turrizani Álvarez	David Pérez Sanz Eric Vanshelboim	6–4, 6–4
Win	8–4	Jul 2024	Tampere, Finland	Challenger	Clay	Íñigo Cervantes	Thomas Fancutt Johannes Ingildsen	6–3, 6–4

References

1. "Daniel Rincon | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis".
2. Junior Wrap: Robin Montgomery, Daniel Rincon win US Open singles titles
3. "Unseeded Samir Banerjee is boys' singles champion". wimbledon.com. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
4. "Rincon, Nadal Academy Graduate, Climbing Challenger Ladder". ATPTour.
5. "Battling on! Kubler wins to set up tie with slayer of Djokovic". The Western Australian. 18 April 2023.
6. "Geneva Open: Carballes Baena makes second round, will face Dimitrov". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
7. "Barcelona Open: Acosta into second round, faces Coric next". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
8. "Rincon, former US Open boys champ, wins first Challenger title". ATPTour. Retrieved 20 January 2025.

External links

• Daniel Rincón at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Daniel Rincón at the International Tennis Federation