Alejandro Tabilo (24th) wins the ATP 250 Mallorca title and knows that he is living the best moment of his career. 2024 has not only become the year of explosion, but also of absolute positioning. In six months he won two ATP titles, managed to be a semifinalist in a Masters 1000enter the group of the 20 best tennis players in the world and as if that were not enough, this Monday he will be the number one racket in Chile.
A dreamed, immense journey that puts 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 that on grass for decades was an impossible feat. . In fact, he is the third Creole in the Open Era (1968) to compete in a final on grass and the first one to win itsince both Luis Ayala in Manchester 1968 and Jaime Fillol in Merion 1970 and Nottingham 1977 were left without the title.
It is also the Fourth South American to win a title on grass in the last 40 yearsreplicating what Javier Frana did in Nottingham 1995, Nicolás Pereira in Newport 1996 and Francisco Cerúndolo in Eastbourne 2023.
If it is about milestones, there is another that draws special attention. Alejandro Tabilo He joins Jaime Fillol as the only national tennis players who have reached an ATP final on all surfaces of the circuit, that is, grass, clay and cement. A special peculiarity is that both achieved it in calendar years, since Nicolás Jarry’s grandfather was in the final 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.
All the sporting achievements achieved in 2024 also add up to a considerable increase in their earnings. Without going any further, so far this season and considering his consecration in Mallorca, Jano has earned a total of $1,049,451 dollars. That is to say, 993 million pesos approximately.
He achieves that amount after having received a check for 152 thousand dollars for having reigned in the Spanish islands, who this season even reduced the amount given to the champion. One more prize in a season where he has earned almost half the money that he has earned during his entire career, since according to official ATP records, the Toronto-born has earned 2.39 million in US dollars since becoming a professional.
Ale has won money, titles and many points during the current season, 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 he will also once again be the number one racket in the country.
Now, yes, he achieves it on a totally different level than when he achieved that place for the first time. In 2022 Jano fought with Garin for the title at a time when both tennis players were among the top 60 in the ATP ranking, while in recent weeks he was fighting for the position against Jarry, who was 19th on the global list.
In fact, such is the level of both, that this Monday Chile will be one of the three countries that has two or more players among the top 20 of the ATPsharing that honor with Russia and the United States. Tabilo will be 19th and Jarry 20th.
If there is a peculiarity of Alejandro Tabilo this 2024 is that His greatest achievements have come just before a Grand SlamIn January, in the week before the Australian Open, he won his first ATP title in New Zealand. In mid-May, 10 days before the start of Roland Garros, he made history by reaching the semi-finals of the Rome Masters 1000. Now he is lifting the trophy in Mallorca just 48 hours before the start of Wimbledon.
That is why he will arrive in London with a mission: to break that curse that has been on the greats this year. In both Australia and Paris, Jano said goodbye in the first round, receiving a bucket of cold water after such important milestones as those in Auckland and Rome.The streak could be broken in his duel against Englishman Daniel Evans in the first round of the most historic tournament on the circuit.
