Pablo Carreño Busta
Spanish tennis player and Olympic bronze medalist.
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Pablo Carreño Busta, a Spanish tennis pro born in July 1991, peaked at world number 10 in 2017. He owns seven ATP singles titles, one from the Canadian Open, and made the US Open semifinals twice. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, he beat top-ranked Novak Djokovic to claim a bronze medal. He also helped Spain win the 2019 Davis Cup.
Career
In February 2009, Carreño Busta peaked at number six in the combined junior world rankings. His debut on the ATP Tour came at the 2011 Barcelona Open, where Benoît Paire defeated him in the first round. Over his career, he contested 18 ITF Futures singles finals, winning eleven: one in 2009, one in 2010, three in 2011, and six in 2013. He also claimed two Challenger titles from two finals in 2011, which lifted his career-high singles ranking to 133.
An injury forced him to sit out most of 2012, and he underwent back surgery later that year. After a five-month recovery, he returned in late 2012, playing four Futures events in Morocco but never advancing past the semifinals, finishing the year ranked 715. The first three months of 2013 saw him win 42 of 43 matches on the ITF Circuit. In April, he entered qualifying for the Grand Prix Hassan II in Casablanca, won all three qualifying matches, then beat top seed and two-time champion Pablo Andújar 6–4, 2–6, 6–3, before falling to eventual runner-up Kevin Anderson.
Later that month, he qualified for the Portugal Open and reached the semifinals, where Stan Wawrinka beat him in three sets. His first Grand Slam appearance came at the 2013 French Open as a qualifier; he won three qualifying matches but lost in the first round to Roger Federer in straight sets.
In April, he reached his second ATP final at Estoril by defeating Benoît Paire, then lost to fellow Spaniard Nicolás Almagro. August brought his first ATP singles title at the 2016 Winston-Salem Open, where he beat compatriot Roberto Bautista Agut in the final. That victory pushed him into the top 40 for the first time, to world number 39 on 29 August 2016.
Career statistics and honours
Medals
- Bronze 2021 — Tennis at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's singles
- Bronze 2020 Tokyo Singles
Singles
| Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | SR | W–L | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 4R | 4R | 3R | 3R | 4R | 2R | A | 2R | 1R | 0 / 12 | 17–12 | |
| French Open | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | QF | 3R | 3R | QF | 4R | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | 4R | 0 / 13 | 21–13 | |
| Wimbledon | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 1R | NH | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | 2R | 0 / 7 | 1–8 | |
| US Open | A | 3R | 2R | 3R | SF | 2R | 3R | SF | 1R | 4R | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 11 | 22–11 | |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 11–3 | 6–4 | 7–4 | 11–3 | 5–4 | 6–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 0 / 43 | 61–44 |
Doubles
| Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | SR | W–L | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Open | 3R | 2R | 3R | SF | 3R | 3R | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 9 | 13–9 | |
| French Open | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 5 | 2–4 | |
| Wimbledon | A | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | NH | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | |
| US Open | 1R | 1R | F | 1R | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 6 | 6–6 | |
| Win–loss | 2–2 | 2–4 | 8–4 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 4–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0 / 24 | 22–23 |
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 2016 | US Open | Hard | Guillermo García López | Jamie Murray / Bruno Soares | 2–6, 3–6 |
Summer Olympics (singles bronze medal)
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze | 2021 | Tokyo Summer Olympics | Hard | Novak Djokovic | 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 6–3 |
Singles: 1 (title)
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 2022 | Canadian Open | Hard | Hubert Hurkacz | 3–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 2018 | Italian Open | Clay | João Sousa | Juan Sebastián Cabal / Robert Farah | 6–3, 4–6, [4–10] |
| Win | 2020 | Cincinnati Open | Hard | Alex de Minaur | Jamie Murray / Neal Skupski | 6–2, 7–5 |
Tables copied from the source article, totals included as the source gives them: Wikipedia: Pablo Carreño Busta (CC BY-SA 4.0). Wide tables scroll sideways.
Did You Know?
- Carreño Busta was born in Gijón to parents Alfonso Carreño Morrondo and María Antonia Busta Vallina and has two sisters, Lucía and Alicia.
- He married tax advisor Claudia Díaz Borrego in December 2021.
- In December 2024, he split with coach Samuel López and the Ferrero Academy, and in early 2025 began training at the TEC Carles Ferrer Salat in Barcelona with new coach Víctor López Morón.
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Sources
Compiled from Wikipedia and the sources listed below. Text from Wikipedia is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is adapted from it.
- Wikipedia: Pablo Carreño Busta (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Statistics, medals and awards: the tables of the source article.
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