Ulises Blanch

American tennis player

Ulises Blanch
Singles
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Orlando,Florida, USA
Born	(1998-03-25) 25 March 1998 (age 26) San Juan, Puerto Rico
Height	6 ft 2 in (188cm)
Turned pro	2016
Plays	Right-handed (two handed-backhand)
Prize money	$211,916
Career record	0–1
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 236 (12 October 2020)
Current ranking	No. 484 (18 March 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2021)
French Open	Q3 (2020)
US Open	1R (2020)
Doubles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 423 (20 May 2019)
Current ranking	No. 908 (3 May 2021)
Last updated on: 9 May 2021.

Ulises Blanch (born 25 March 1998) is an American professional tennis player. Blanch has reached seven career singles finals with a record of four wins and three losses, including two ATP Challenger titles and two ITF Futures. Additionally, he has reached three career doubles finals with a record of two wins and one loss, all coming at the ITF level.

Career

Juniors

As a junior, Blanch reached a career high ranking of World No. 2 achieved on 23 May 2016. His junior highlights include a final appearance at the Trofeo Bonfiglio, a GA event in Milan, Italy as well as winning a few Grade 1 level events in Brazil and Australia.

Professional

In July 2018, he won the Perugia Challenger tournament in Italy, defeating Italian Gianluigi Quinzi in the final 7–5, 6–2. A year and a half later, he won the 2020 Ann Arbor Challenger in Michigan, USA defeating Roberto Cid Subervi of the Dominican Republic 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 to capture the championship.

Blanch made his ATP Tour main draw debut at the 2020 US Open where he was granted a direct entry into the singles draw via wildcard. He was defeated in the first round in a five-set thrilling match despite taking a two sets to love lead, by Chilean player Cristian Garín 6–4, 7–5, 4–6, 4–6, 2–6.

Personal life

Blanch was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, but his family moved to Seattle when he was just 3 days old. Due to his father's job, Blanch has lived in multiple countries such as China, India, Thailand and Argentina. Ulises has two brothers and one sister. Dali, Darwin, and Krystal Blanch. All four of them play tennis and have won numerous tournaments.^[1]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 7 (4–3)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–0)
ITF Futures (2–3)

Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2017	Canada F5, Calgary	Futures	Hard	Filip Peliwo	6–4 ret.
Loss	1–1	Feb 2016	USA F37, Pensacola	Futures	Clay	Emilio Gómez	6–3, 5–7, 1–6
Loss	1–2	Jul 2018	France F11, Montauban	Futures	Clay	Juan Pablo Ficovich	7–6^(7–5), 3–6, 3–6
Win	2–2	Jul 2018	Perugia, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Gianluigi Quinzi	7–5, 6–2
Loss	2–3	Aug 2019	M25 Memphis, USA	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Roberto Cid Subervi	6–3, 3–6, 6–7^(8–10)
Win	3–3	Jan 2020	Ann Arbor, USA	Challenger	Hard (i)	Roberto Cid Subervi	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win	4–3	Feb 2024	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Matej Dodig	0–6, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles: 3 (2–1)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (2–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2018	Italy F11, Napoli	Futures	Clay	Franco Capalbo	Patricio Heras Franco Agamenone	3–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	Jun 2018	France F10, Toulouse	Futures	Clay	Juan Pablo Ficovich	Matteo Martineau Antoine Cornut Chauvinc	6–2, 6–2
Win	2–1	Jul 2018	France F11, Montauban	Futures	Clay	Ugo Humbert	Gonzalo Villanueva Patricio Heras	6–3, 3–6, [10–6]