Nicolás Barrientos

Nicolás Barrientos
Country (sports) Colombia
ResidenceCali, Colombia
Born (1987-04-24) 24 April 1987
Colombia
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro2009
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeUniversity of West Florida
Prize money$ 767,365
Singles
Career record1–5
Highest rankingNo. 237 (21 September 2015)[1]
Doubles
Career record63–66
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 47 (22 April 2024)
Current rankingNo. 68 (16 June 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2023, 2024)
French Open2R (2023)
Wimbledon2R (2024, 2025)
US Open2R (2014, 2023, 2024)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon1R (2024)
Medal record
Representing Colombia
Men's tennis
Pan American Games
2023 Santiago Mixed doubles
2015 Toronto Singles
South American Games
2014 Santiago Doubles
Central American and Caribbean Games
2014 Veracruz Team
2014 Veracruz Singles
Last updated on: 16 June 2025.

Nicolás Barrientos (Spanish pronunciation: [nikoˈlas βaˈrjentos];[a] born 24 April 1987) is a Colombian professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He reached his highest ATP doubles ranking of world No. 47 on 23 April 2024 and a singles ranking of No. 237 on 21 September 2015.[1] Barrientos has won one ATP Tour doubles title at the 2024 Rio Open with Rafael Matos. He has also won 21 titles on the ATP Challenger Tour.

Career

Barrientos made his first appearance on an ATP World Tour in July 2013 when he lost in the first round of 2013 Claro Open Colombia against Ruben Bemelmans.

He made his doubles Major debut at the 2014 US Open partnering compatriot Santiago Giraldo and won his first Major match against Colin Fleming and Ross Hutchins.

At the 2023 Córdoba Open he reached the quarterfinals with Ariel Behar.[2] At the next Golden swing tournament, he reached the final at the 2023 Argentina Open also with Behar where they lost to Bolelli/Fognini.[3]

In 2024, Barrientos began a partnership with Rafael Matos which started to produce good results. At the ATP 250 in Buenos Aires, they reached the semifinals, and in the following ATP 500 tournament in Rio de Janeiro, they won their biggest title, defeating strong pairs such as Krawietz/Putz, Bolelli/Vavassori and Erler/Miedler in the final.[4][5] As a result he reached the top 50 in the rankings on 4 March 2024.[6][1]

Partnering Skander Mansouri, he was runner-up at the 2024 Almaty Open, losing to Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli and Arjun Kadhe in the final.[7][8]

Doubles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (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.

Current till 2024 Australian Open.

Tournament 2013 2014 ... 2022 2023 2024 2025 SR W-L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 2R 2R 1R 0 / 3 2–3
French Open A A A 2R 1R 1R 0 / 3 1–3
Wimbledon A A 1R A 2R 0 / 2 1–2
US Open A 2R 1R 2R 2R 0 / 4 3–4
Win–loss 0–0 1–1 0–2 3–3 3–4 0–2 0 / 12 7–12
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Miami Open A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Madrid Open A A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Italian Open A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Canadian Open A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Shanghai Masters A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Paris Masters A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0 / 1 0–1
Career statistics
Titles–Finals 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–5
Year-End Ranking 134 84 60 66 49

ATP Tour career finals

Doubles: 6 (2 title, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP 500 (1–0)
ATP 250 (1–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–3)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (2–4)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2014 Claro Open Colombia, Colombia ATP 250 Hard Juan Sebastián Cabal Sam Groth
Chris Guccione
6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–3), [9–11]
Loss 0–2 Oct 2022 Korea Open, South Korea ATP 250 Hard Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela Raven Klaasen
Nathaniel Lammons
1–6, 5–7
Loss 0–3 Feb 2023 Argentina Open, Argentina ATP 250 Clay Ariel Behar Simone Bolelli
Fabio Fognini
2–6, 4–6
Win 1–3 Feb 2024 Rio Open, Brazil ATP 500 Clay Rafael Matos Alexander Erler
Lucas Miedler
6–4, 6–3
Loss 1–4 Oct 2024 Almaty Open, Kazakhstan ATP 250 Hard (i) Skander Mansouri Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli
Arjun Kadhe
6–3, 6–7(3–7), [12–14]
Win 2–4 Mar 2025 Chile Open, Chile ATP 250 Clay Rithvik Choudary Bollipalli Máximo González
Andrés Molteni
6–3, 6–2

ATP Challenger & ITF Futures

Singles: 10 (6–4)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures (6–4)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 5 December 2011 F15 Futures Tehuacán Hard Chris Letcher 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–1)
Runner–up 2. 12 December 2011 F16 Futures Guadalajara Clay César Ramírez 6–2, 6–1
Runner–up 3. 16 August 2012 F1 Futures Bogotá Clay Víctor Estrella Burgos 7–5, 6–4
Winner 4. 18 January 2013 F2 Futures Tijuana Hard Antoine Benneteau 5–7, 6–3, 7–5
Runner–up 5. 6 May 2013 F1 Futures Guatemala City Hard Carlos Salamanca 7–5, 6–2
Winner 6. 26 Apr 2014 F2 Futures Pereira Clay Arthur De Greef 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Winner 7. 21 Sep 2014 F6 Futures Armenia Clay José Hernández 6–4, 6–2
Runner–up 8. 16 Nov 2014 F7 Futures Manizales Clay Eduardo Struvay 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–4
Winner 9. 3 May 2015 F1 Futures Mexico Hard Alexander Sarkissian 5–7, 6–3, 6–4
Winner 10. 9 August 2015 Colombia Futures 7 Clay José Pereira 1–6, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles: 62 (31–31)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (21–22)
ITF Futures (10–9)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Winner 1. 6 September 2010 F1 Futures, Ecuador Hard Sebastián Serrano Julio César Campozano
Diego Hidalgo
6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5), [10–7]
Winner 2. 6 June 2011 F6 Futures Puebla, Mexico Hard Manuel Sánchez Daniel Garza
Gustavo Loza
6–3, 6–3
Runner–up 3. 26 September 2011 Futures F7 Barquisimeto, Venezuela Hard Sebastián Serrano Maciek Sykut
Denis Zivkovic
6–3, 6–2
Runner–up 4. 20 August 2011 F2 Futures Medellín, Colombia Clay Michael Quintero Ariel Behar
Duilio Beretta
2–1, Retired.
Winner 5. 4 February 2013 F3 Futures Mexico City, Mexico Hard Christopher Díaz Figueroa Roman Borvanov
Adam El Mihdawy
7–5, 7–6 (8–6)
Runner–up 6. 13 May 2013 F1 FuturesSanta Tecla, El Salvador Hard Chris Letcher Marcelo Arévalo
Vahid Mirzadeh
6–4, 6–3
Winner 1. 25 March 2013 Pereira, Colombia (1) Clay Eduardo Struvay Facundo Bagnis
Federico Delbonis
3–6, 6–3,[10–7]
Runner–up 2. 22 July 2013 Medellín, Colombia Clay Eduardo Struvay Emilio Gómez
Roman Borvanov
6–3, 7–6 (7–4)
Runner–up 3. 30 July 2013 São Paulo, Brazil Clay Marcelo Arévalo Fernando Romboli
Eduardo Schwank
6–7(6–8), 6–4, [10–8]
Winner 4. 13 October 2013 São José do Rio Preto, Brazil Clay Carlos Salamanca Marcelo Demoliner
João Souza
6–4, 6–4
Runner–up 5. 10 November 2013 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Eduardo Struvay Juan Sebastián Cabal
Alejandro González
6–3, 6–2
Runner–up 6. 6 January 2014 São Paulo, Brazil Hard Víctor Estrella Gero Kretschmer
Alexander Satschko
4–6, 7–5, [10–6]
Runner–up 7. 26 April 2014 F2 Futures Pereira, Colombia Clay Eduardo Struvay Alex Llompart
Mateo Nicolás Martínez
6–3, 3–6, [6–10]
Runner–up 7. 3 May 2014 Cali, Colombia Clay Eduardo Struvay Facundo Bagnis
Eduardo Schwank
6–3, 6–3
Runner–up 8. 14 June 2014 Fergana, Uzbekistan Hard Stanislav Vovk Sergey Betov
Aliaksandr Bury
6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–1), [10–3]
Winner 8. 13 September 2014 F5 Futures Ibagué, Colombia Clay Dean O'Brien Fabiano de Paula
Marcelo Demoliner
6–3, 5–7, [10–7]
Winner 9. 27 September 2014 Pereira, Colombia (2) Clay (red) Eduardo Struvay Guido Pella
Horacio Zeballos
3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Winner 9. 16 November 2014 F7 Futures Manizales, Colombia Clay Eduardo Struvay Mateo Nicolás Martínez
Facundo Mena
7–5, 2–6, [10–5]
Winner 10. 22 November 2014 F8 Futures Popayán, Colombia Hard Eduardo Struvay Felipe Mantilla
Federico Zeballos
6–1, 3–6, [10–3]
Runner–up 10. 31 January 2015 Bucaramanga, Colombia Clay (red) Eduardo Struvay Guillermo Durán
Andrés Molteni
7–5, 6–7(8–10), [10–0]
Winner 11. 27 July 2015 Colombia F6 Medellín Clay Eduardo Struvay Facundo Mena
Jorge Montero
6–3, 7–5
Runner–up 12. 9 August 2015 Colombia F7 Bucaramanga Hard Juan Montes Facundo Mena
Jorge Montero
2–6, 2–6
Winner 11. 11 October 2015 Medellín, Colombia Clay (red) Eduardo Struvay Alejandro Gómez
Felipe Mantilla
7–6(8–6), 6–7(5–7), [10–4]
Runner–up 12. 8 November 2015 Bogotá, Colombia (2) Clay Eduardo Struvay Julio Peralta
Horacio Zeballos
3–6, 4–6
Runner–up 13. 23 May 2016 Romania F4 Bacau Clay Emilio Gómez Andreas Mies
Oscar Otte
3–6, 3–6
Runner–up 13. 13 June 2016 Perugia, Italy Clay Fabricio Neis Andres Molteni
Rogerio Dutra Silva
5–7, 3–6
Runner–up 14. 20 Jun 2016 Spain F18 Palma del Rio Hard Jaume Pla Malfeito Frederik Nielsen
David O'Hare
4–6, 2–6
Runner–up 14. 18 July 2016 Gimcheon, South Korea Hard Ruben Gonzales Hsieh Cheng-peng
Yang Tsung-hua
w/o
Runner–up 15. 12 September 2016 Nanchang, China Hard Ruben Gonzales Wu Di
Zhang Zhizhen
6–7(4–7), 3–6
Winner 15. 2 Dec 2019 M15 Santa Marta, Colombia Hard Alejandro Gomez Alejandro Hoyos
Cayetano March
6–3, 6–4
Runner–up 16. 6 January 2020 Ann Arbor, United States Hard Alejandro Gómez Robert Galloway
Hans Hach Verdugo
6–4, 4–6, [8–10]
Runner-up 16. 10 Feb 2020 M25 Naples, United States Clay Cristian Rodríguez Martin Damm
Toby Kodat
6–4, 4–6, [7–10]
Winner 17. 2 Mar 2020 M25 Las Vegas, United States Hard Junior A. Ore Nick Chappell
Reese Stalder
7–6(7–1), 6–3
Winner 17. 1 May 2021 Salinas, Ecuador Hard Sergio Galdós Antonio Cayetano March
Thiago Agustín Tirante
w/o
Winner 18. 17 May 2021 M25 Pensacola, United States Clay JC Aragone Alejandro Gómez
Junior A. Ore
6–2, 4–6, [10–6]
Winner 18. 6 June 2021 Little Rock, United States Hard Ernesto Escobedo Christopher Eubanks
Roberto Quiroz
4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
Runner–up 19. 12 June 2021 Orlando, United States Hard JC Aragone Christian Harrison
Peter Polansky
2–6, 3–6
Runner-up 19. 19 June 2021 M25 Tulsa, United States Hard JC Aragone Strong Kirchheimer
Michail Pervolarakis
1–6, 6–4, [7–10]
Runner–up 20. 31 July 2021 El Espinar, Spain Hard JC Aragone Robert Galloway
Alex Lawson
6–7(8–10), 4–6
Runner–up 21. 2 October 2021 Lima, Peru Clay Fernando Romboli Julian Lenz
Gerald Melzer
6–7(4–7), 6–7(3–7)
Runner–up 22. 23 October 2021 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Alejandro Gómez Nicolás Jarry
Roberto Quiroz
7–6(7–4), 5–7, [4–10]
Winner 23. 4 December 2021 São Paulo, Brazil Clay Alejandro Gómez Rafael Matos
Felipe Meligeni Alves
w/o
Winner 24. 11 December 2021 Florianópolis, Brazil Clay Alejandro Gómez Martín Cuevas
Rafael Matos
6–3, 6–3
Runner–up 25. 26 March 2022 Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia Clay Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela Jesper de Jong
Bart Stevens
4–6, 6–3, [6–10]
Winner 26. 16 April 2022 San Luis Potosí, Mexico Clay Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela Luis David Martínez
Felipe Meligeni Alves
7–6(13–11), 6–2
Winner 27. 23 April 2022 Aguascalientes, Mexico Clay Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela Gonçalo Oliveira
Divij Sharan
7–5, 6–3
Runner-up 28. 8 May 2022 Aix-en-Provence, France Clay Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela Titouan Droguet
Kyrian Jacquet
2–6, 3–6
Winner 29. 14 May 2022 Heilbronn, Germany Clay Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela Jelle Sels
Bart Stevens
7–5, 6–3
Winner 30. 21 May 2022 Tunis, Tunisia Clay Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela Alexander Erler
Lucas Miedler
6–7(3–7), 6–3, [11–9]
Winner 31. 4 June 2022 Forlì, Italy Clay Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela Sadio Doumbia
Fabien Reboul
7–5, 4–6, [10–4]
Runner-up 32. 16 July 2022 Amersfoort, Netherlands Clay Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela Robin Haase
Sem Verbeek
4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Runner-up 33. 20 August 2022 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Clay Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela Ruben Gonzales
Reese Stalder
6–7(5–7), 3–6
Winner 34. 5 October 2022 Gwangju, South Korea Hard Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela Yuki Bhambri
Saketh Myneni
2–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Winner 35. 29 April 2023 Rome, Italy Clay Francisco Cabral Andrey Golubev
Denys Molchanov
6–3, 6–1
Winner 36. 14 May 2023 Francavilla al Mare, Italy Clay Ariel Behar Sander Arends
Petros Tsitsipas
7–6(7–1), 3–6, [10–6]
Winner 37. Jul 2023 Iași, Romania Clay Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi Gabi Adrian Boitan
Bogdan Pavel
6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 38. Nov 2023 Lima, Peru Clay Orlando Luz Mateus Alves
Eduardo Ribeiro
6–3, 5–7, [8–10]
Winner 39. Nov 2023 Brasilia, Brazil Clay André Göransson Marcelo Demoliner
Rafael Matos
7–6(7–3), 4–6, [11–9]
Runner-up 40. Jun 2024 Surbiton, United Kingdom Grass Diego Hidalgo Julian Cash
Robert Galloway
4–6, 4–6
Winner 41. Oct 2024 Roanne,
France
Hard (i) David Pel Jakub Paul
Matěj Vocel
4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Winner 42. Oct 2024 Brest, France Hard (i) Skander Mansouri Jakub Paul
Matěj Vocel
7–5, 4–6, [10–5]
Winner 43. Nov 2024 Bratislava, Slovakia Hard (i) Julian Cash André Göransson
Sem Verbeek
6–3, 6–4

National representation

Pan American Games

Singles 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 15 July 2015 Toronto, Canada Hard Facundo Bagnis 1–6, 2–6

Central American and Caribbean Games

Singles: 1 Bronze Medal Matches (1–0)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Bronze 2014 Veracruz Clay Daniel Garza 6–4, 6–2

South American Games

Doubles 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 15 March 2014 Santiago, Chile Clay Carlos Salamanca Guido Andreozzi
Facundo Bagnis
6–7(5–7), 5–7

Notes

  1. ^ In isolation, Barrientos is pronounced [baˈrjentos].

References

  1. ^ a b c "Player rankings at ATP Tour".
  2. ^ "Doubles Drama: Barrientos/Behar, Doumbia/Reboul Save MPs In Cordoba".
  3. ^ "Simone Bolelli & Fabio Fognini Return to Buenos Aires Winners' Circle". ATP Tour.
  4. ^ Brasileiros param na semifinal do ATP 250 de Buenos Aires
  5. ^ Matos é finalista na dupla e tenta título inédito para o Brasil no Rio
  6. ^ @ATPTour (25 February 2024). "CHAMPS 🏆🇧🇷 Rafael Matos & Nicolas Barrientos secure the title after knocking out Erler & Miedler 6-4 6-3. @RioOpenOficial #RioOpen10anos" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ^ "Almaty Open 2024 tennis: Arjun Kadhe-Rithvik Bollipalli win maiden ATP Tour title". olympics.com. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  8. ^ "Indian duo Arjun and Rithvik win first ATP Tour Title in Almaty". Inside Sport. Retrieved 20 October 2024.