Nicolás Jarry Fillol (Spanish pronunciation:[nikoˈlazˈʝari];[a][2]Template:Lang-fr, pronounced[nikɔlaʒaʁi]; born 11 October 1995) is a professional tennis player from Chile. He has won three tournaments in singles on ATP Challenger Tour. He achieved his highest ATP singles ranking of 39 in October 2018, at the end of his first full season on the ATP World Tour, in which he reached his first final of this tournament level at the Brasil Open. His highest doubles ranking of 48 was achieved in October 2018, and he has won one ATP World Tour tournament in this modality.
He is the grandson of Jaime Fillol, a former ATP player who won seven titles.
Jarry was called for the Chile Davis Cup team for the first time in September 2013 in the rubber against Dominican Republic. Chile lost and was relegated to the Group II of Americas Zone.
2015–16: Pro debut, top 200 and constant injuries
In February 2015 Jarry played his first match on an ATP tournament, after qualifying in the 2015 Ecuador Open Quito. Nicolás won his first match against local Gonzalo Escobar, but in second round lost to Dusan Lajovic. The points of this tournament helped him reach a top 200 position in the ranking ATP, but through the year he lost positions for constant injuries.
At the end of 2016, Jarry won three ITF Futures in his home country (two of them in consecutive weeks), ending the year as no. 330.
2017: Three Challengers, Grand Slam debut and top 100
Jarry started his 2017 with a final in Morelos Open challenger, and another one in Santiago. After these two lost finals, he was able to enter the qualifying competition for the 2017 French Open, where he won all the matches and entered the main tournament. In his first match in a Grand Slam, he lost in four sets to Karen Khachanov. Nicolás repeated the success in the qualifying competition for 2017 Wimbledon Championships, reaching the main draw and losing to Gilles Simon in straight sets.
In the second half of the year, Nicolás won three challenger tournaments: at Medellín, Quito, and Santiago. With these titles, Nicolás ended the year as no. 100.
2018: First ATP finals and top 40
Jarry entered a Grand Slam main draw directly for the first time in 2018 Australian Open, but lost in straight sets to Leonardo Mayer. After Australia, Nicolás played for Chile in Davis Cup competition, winning his two singles matches against Ecuador and partnering with Hans Podlipnik for a victory in doubles, resulting in a 3–1 win for Chile.
The next week, Nicolás took part of 2018 Ecuador Open Quito, where he reached quarterfinals of an ATP World Tour tournament for the first time. Jarry repeated the partnership with Podlipnik in the doubles tournament, and they won the championship, a maiden ATP title for both.
Two weeks after Quito, Nicolás surpassed his best results at the 2018 Rio Open, reaching his first semifinal of an ATP tournament, but losing against eventual champion Diego Schwartzman. The next tournament, he reached his first ATP final at the 2018 Brasil Open. He lost in the final to Fabio Fognini. This effort took him to career best ranking of world No. 61.[3]
After reaching the quarterfinals at the 2018 Estoril Open and losing in the first round of the 2018 French Open, Nicolás won his first match in a Grand Slam at 2018 Wimbledon, defeating 28th seed Filip Krajinovic in four sets. He lost to Mackenzie McDonald in five sets in the second round. Few weeks later at the 2018 German Open quarterfinals, Jarry had the best win of his career at the moment, toppling top seed Dominic Thiem in straight sets[4] before losing in the semifinals.
In the following months, Jarry had good runs in small tournaments, reaching semifinals in 2018 German Open and in 2018 Generali Open Kitzbühel, and quarterfinals in 2018 Winston-Salem Open. With these results, Jarry jumped to the no.42 in the rankings. In his first US Open, he reached second round in singles and quarterfinals in doubles. After the US Open, the only notable result for Jarry was reaching third round of 2018 Shanghai Masters, where he defeated Marin Čilić in three sets in second round, having the best win of his career. He lost to Kyle Edmund in the following round. With the points of this achievement, weeks later he would get to world No. 39.
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
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Chile
Fabio Fognini
Austin Krajicek
Andrea Collarini
Peđa Krstin
Mats Moraing
Miliaan Niesten
Alexander Bublik
Rogério Dutra Silva
Gerald Melzer
Marcelo Arévalo
Andriej Kapaś
Juan-Carlos Spir
Hugo Dellien
Pablo Cuevas
Péter Nagy
Victor-Mugurel Anagnastopol
Iván Endara
Filip Peliwo
Darian King
Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela
Sergio Galdós
Kyle Edmund
Frederico Ferreira Silva
Marin Čilić
David Ferrer
Gilles Simon
Albert Ramos 2–0
Pablo Cuevas 1–0
Andreas Seppi 1–0
Kyle Edmund 0–1
Benoit Paire 0–2
Diego Schwartzman 0–4
