Daniel Rincón (tennis)

Daniel Rincón
Full nameDaniel Rincón Yagüe
Country (sports) Spain
ResidenceMadrid, Spain
Born (2003-01-07) 7 January 2003
Ávila, Spain
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS $ 424,427
Singles
Career record0–3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 181 (4 December 2023)
Current rankingNo. 203 (30 June 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2024)
French OpenQ3 (2024)
WimbledonQ1 (2024, 2025)
US OpenQ1 (2024)
Doubles
Career record0–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 148 (30 September 2024)
Current rankingNo. 189 (30 June 2025)
Last updated on: 30 June 2025.

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 Carballés 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.