Murkel Dellien
| Country (sports) | Bolivia |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 September 1997 Trinidad, Bolivia |
| Plays | Right-handed |
| College | Wichita State |
| Prize money | $335,147 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 2–5 |
| Career titles | 4 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 168 (15 July 2024) |
| Current ranking | No. 223 (16 June 2025) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | Q1 (2025) |
| French Open | Q1 (2024, 2025) |
| Wimbledon | Q1 (2024, 2025) |
| US Open | Q2 (2024) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 0–0 |
| Career titles | 2 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 174 (1 April 2024) |
| Current ranking | No. 276 (16 June 2025) |
| Last updated on: 16 June 2025. | |
Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco (born 16 September 1997) is a Bolivian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 168, achieved on 15 July 2024. He is the current No. 2 Bolivian tennis player.[1] He also has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 174 achieved on 1 April 2024. Dellien represents Bolivia at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 2–4.
College career
Dellien played college tennis at Wichita State.[2]
Professional career
In 2021 Dellien defeated Zizou Bergs in his first Davis Cup rubber.[3]
In July 2024, he won his maiden Challenger title at the 2024 Ion Țiriac Challenger in Brașov, Romania with a win over Dmitry Popko in the final.[4] With his brother Hugo winning the title at the 2024 Iași Open, also in Romania, the Delliens became the first brothers to win a Challenger title in the same season since the Cerúndolos in 2022.[5]
Personal life
He is the younger brother of fellow tennis player Hugo Dellien.[6] Their father, Hugo Eduardo Dellien,[7] represented Beni Department as a substitute member of the Chamber of Deputies for the Social Democratic Power alliance from 2006 to 2010.
ATP Challenger Tour finals
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Jan 2023 | Tigre, Argentina | Challenger | Clay | Juan Manuel Cerúndolo | 6–4, 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Jul 2024 | Brașov, Romania | Challenger | Clay | Dmitry Popko | 6–3, 7–5 |
Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2022 | Corrientes, Argentina | Challenger | Clay | Nicolás Álvarez | Guido Andreozzi Guillermo Durán |
5–7, 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Aug 2022 | Prague, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | Adrian Andreev | Victor Vlad Cornea Andrew Paulson |
3–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | May 2023 | Coquimbo, Chile | Challenger | Clay | Valerio Aboian | Tomás Farjat Facundo Juárez |
7–6(7–4), 6–0 |
| Win | 2–2 | Jan 2024 | Punta del Este, Uruguay | Challenger | Clay | Federico Agustín Gómez | Guido Andreozzi Guillermo Durán |
6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 3–2 | Sep 2024 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Challenger | Clay | Facundo Mena | Felipe Meligeni Alves Marcelo Zormann |
1–6, 6–2, [12–10] |
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2022 | M15 Naples, USA | WTT | Clay | Pedro Boscardin Dias | 3–6, 6–7(5–7) |
| Win | 1–1 | May 2022 | M15 Quito, Ecuador | WTT | Clay | Arklon Huertas del Pino | 7–6(7–1), 6–3 |
| Win | 2–1 | Jun 2022 | M15 Quito, Ecuador | WTT | Clay | Juan Bautista Otegui | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Sep 2022 | M25 Maribor, Slovenia | WTT | Clay | Hernán Casanova | 4–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 3–2 | Oct 2022 | M15 Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia | WTT | Clay | Conner Huertas del Pino | 6–0, 6–2 |
| Win | 4–2 | Nov 2022 | M15 Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia | WTT | Clay | Franco Roncadelli | 7–6(7–5), 6–3 |
| Loss | 4–3 | Mar 2023 | M25 Río Cuarto, Argentina | WTT | Clay | Pol Martín Tiffon | 6–7(7–9), 6–3, 5–7 |
| Win | 5–3 | Feb 2024 | M25 Punta del Este, Uruguay | WTT | Clay | Gonzalo Bueno | 6–4, 3–6, 7–5 |
| Win | 6–3 | Feb 2024 | M25 Punta del Este, Uruguay | WTT | Clay | Álvaro Guillén Meza | 6–1, 6–0 |
Doubles: 15 (9 titles, 6 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2012 | Bolivia F2, Bolivia | Futures | Clay | Hugo Dellien | Facundo Mena Sebastián Serrano |
3–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Sep 2013 | Bolivia F3, Bolivia | Futures | Clay | Hugo Dellien | Franco Feitt José María Páez |
3–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | Jun 2021 | M25 Wichita, USA | WTT | Hard | Nicolás Acevedo | John McNally Benjamin Sigouin |
6–4, 2–6, [12–10] |
| Win | 2–2 | Sep 2021 | M15 Ibagué, Colombia | WTT | Clay | Boris Arias | Alejandro Gómez Alejandro Hoyos |
6–4, 3–6, [10–4] |
| Win | 3–2 | Oct 2021 | M25 Lima, Peru | WTT | Clay | Jorge Panta | Cayetano March Pol Martín Tiffon |
7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–3) |
| Loss | 3–3 | Nov 2021 | M15 Córdoba, Argentina | WTT | Clay | Boris Arias | Ignacio Carou Alejo Lorenzo Lingua Lavallén |
4–6, 7–5, [4–10] |
| Win | 4–3 | Apr 2022 | M25 Rosario, Argentina | WTT | Clay | Arklon Huertas del Pino | Tomás Farjat Ignacio Monzón |
6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 5–3 | Apr 2022 | M25 Rosario, Argentina | WTT | Clay | Arklon Huertas del Pino | Román Andrés Burruchaga Juan Ignacio Galarza |
6–3, 7–5 |
| Loss | 5–4 | May 2022 | M15 Quito, Ecuador | WTT | Clay | Arklon Huertas del Pino | Igor Gimenez Nicolas Zanellato |
2–6, 6–7(5–7) |
| Win | 6–4 | Jun 2022 | M15 Quito, Ecuador | WTT | Clay | Arklon Huertas del Pino | Alejandro Mendoza Jorge Panta |
6–3, 7–5 |
| Win | 7–4 | Aug 2022 | M25 Koksijde, Belgium | WTT | Clay | Hernán Casanova | Zvonimir Babić Simon Freund |
6–1, 4–6, [10–5] |
| Win | 8–4 | Mar 2023 | M25 San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina | WTT | Clay | Valerio Aboian | Franco Emanuel Egea Gabriel Alejandro Hidalgo |
6–7(5–7), 7–5, [10–7] |
| Loss | 8–5 | Jun 2023 | M25 Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic | WTT | Clay | Pedro Sakamoto | Sebastian Fanselow Dominik Kellovský |
2–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 9–5 | Jun 2023 | M25 Córdoba, Spain | WTT | Clay | Valerio Aboian | Imanol López Morillo Benjamin Winter López |
6–3, 6–7(4–7), [11–9] |
| Loss | 9–6 | Jul 2023 | M25 Kassel, Germany | WTT | Clay | Stefan Latinović | Jiří Barnat Patrik Rikl |
4–6, 4–6 |
References
- ^ "Rankings | Singles".
- ^ "Murkel Dellien – Men's Tennis". Wichita State Athletics.
- ^ Comunicaciones, Compañia Chilena de. "Bolivia tomó ventaja sobre Bélgica en Copa Davis gracias a triunfos de Hugo y Murkel Dellien". alairelibre.cl.
- ^ "#NextGenATP teens Tien, Debru among youngest Challenger champions of 2024". ATPTour. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
- ^ "Bonzi back in Challenger winners' circle: 'My best performance of the year'". ATPTour. 15 July 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ "2019-20 Men's Tennis Roster: Murkel Dellien". Wichita State Schokers. Archived from the original on 2020-02-03. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
- ^ "Papá de Hugo Dellien: 'Voy a ver el partido encerrado entre cuatro paredes'". El Deber (in Spanish). Santa Cruz de la Sierra. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2023.