Bernabé Zapata Miralles (born 12 January 1997) is a Spanish tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 74 achieved on 15 August 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 503 achieved on 4 February 2019.

Bernabé Zapata Miralles

Zapata Miralles at the 2022 Monte-Carlo Masters
Country (sports)	Spain
Residence	Valencia, Spain
Born	(1997-01-12) 12 January 1997 (age 25) Valencia, Spain
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2015
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US $1,250,042
Singles
Career record	16–29 (35.6%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 74 (15 August 2022)
Current ranking	No. 79 (24 October 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2020, 2021, 2022)
French Open	4R (2022)
Wimbledon	1R (2021, 2022)
US Open	2R (2021)
Doubles
Career record	1–10 (9.1%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 503 (4 February 2019)
Current ranking	No. 562 (24 October 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open	1R (2022)
Last updated on: 24 October 2022.

Professional career

2018: ATP debut

Zapata Miralles made his ATP main draw debut at the 2018 Geneva Open after qualifying for the singles main draw and he had his first main draw win by defeating Florian Mayer in straight sets.

2020-21: Top 150 and Grand Slam debut and first win, two Challengers titles

He had his second ATP main draw win when he beat John Millman in the first round of 2021 Dubai Tennis Championships in straight sets.

On his Grand Slam debut he qualified for his first at the 2021 French Open, and then for his second Major at the 2021 Wimbledon Championships.

Zapata Miralles was the champion in the Challengers in Heilbronn and Poznań claiming his first and second ATP Challenger titles of 2021. As a result, he achieved a career-high ranking of World No. 110 on 2 August 2021.

He subsequently qualified for his third Slam in a row at the 2021 US Open as lucky loser. He reached the second round for the first time in his career defeating fellow Spaniard Feliciano López.

2022: Grand Slam fourth round & first top-15 win, top 75 debut

Ranked No. 130 at the 2022 French Open, Zapata Miralles qualified to make his second consecutive Grand Slam main draw at this Major.[1] He won his first match at this Major defeating wildcard Michael Mmoh. In the second round he recorded a career breakthrough, upsetting World No. 14 and 13th seed Taylor Fritz for his maiden third-round showing at a Grand Slam and first top-15 win.[2] He went one step further to reach the fourth round, having never past the second round of a Major before, defeating John Isner in a five set 3+1⁄2 hours match. He was the first Spanish qualifier to reach the fourth round of a Grand Slam since recording started in 1983.[3] As a result, he secured a top 100 debut at world No. 97 on 6 June 2022 and two weeks later he reached No. 90. Following his title at the 2022 Meerbusch Challenger he reached a career-high ranking of No. 74 on 15 August 2022.

Performance timelines

Singles

Current through the 2022 Basel.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 18 (12–6)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2015	Spain F21, Gandia	Futures	Clay	Albert Alcaraz Ivorra	1–6, 7–5, 7–67–2
Win	2–0	Nov 2015	Tunisia F30, El Kantaoui	Futures	Hard	Anis Ghorbel	6–4, 6–4
Win	3–0	Apr 2016	Spain F10, Majadahonda	Futures	Clay	Bastian Malla	6–74–7, 7–68–6, 4–0 ret
Win	4–0	Aug 2016	Spain F26, Vigo	Futures	Clay	Alberto Brizzi	6–3, 6–3
Win	5–0	Sep 2016	Spain F30, Madrid	Futures	Clay (i)	Gonzalo Villanueva	6–2, 6–1
Loss	5–1	Mar 2017	Spain F7, Javea	Futures	Clay	Pedro Cachin	3–6, 3–6
Win	6–1	Jun 2017	Germany F4, Kaltenkirchen	Futures	Clay	Nik Razborsek	6–4, 7–5
Win	7–1	Jul 2017	Spain F20, Getxo	Futures	Clay	Carlos Taberner	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Win	8–1	Jul 2017	Spain F21, Gandia	Futures	Clay	Sergio Gutiérrez Ferrol	6–3, 5–7, 7–5
Loss	8–2	Nov 2017	Morocco F5, Beni Mellal	Futures	Clay	Laurynas Grigelis	1–6, 2–6
Loss	8–3	Oct 2019	Hamburg, Germany	Challenger	Hard (i)	Botic Van De Zandschulp	3–6, 7–5, 1–6
Loss	8–4	Aug 2020	Todi, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Yannick Hanfmann	3–6, 3–6
Win	9–4	Sep 2020	Cordenons, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Carlos Alcaraz	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
Loss	9–5	Feb 2021	Quimper, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Brandon Nakashima	3–6, 4–6
Win	10–5	May 2021	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Daniel Elahi Galán	6–3, 6–4
Win	11–5	Aug 2021	Poznań, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Jiří Lehečka	6–3, 6–2
Win	12–5	Aug 2022	Meerbusch, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Dennis Novak	6–1, 6–2
Loss	12–6	Sep 2022	Seville, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Roberto Carballés Baena	3–6, 6–7(6–8)

Doubles: 3 (1–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2015	Egypt F8, Sharm el-Sheikh	Futures	Clay	Louis Tessa	Scott Clayton Richard Gabb	2–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	Sep 2015	Spain F31, Sabadell	Futures	Clay	Viktor Durasovic	Juan Samuel Arauzo Martinez Jean-Marc Werner	6–4, 6–1
Loss	1–2	Nov 2015	Tunisia F30, El Kantaoui	Futures	Hard	Samuel Ribeiro Navarrete	Felipe Cunha Silva Joao Domingues	6–74–7, 1–6

Record against top 10 players

Zapata Miralles's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered:

Player	Record	Win %	Hard	Clay	Grass	Last Match
Number 3 ranked players
Alexander Zverev	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (6–7(11-13), 5–7, 3–6) at 2022 French Open
Number 8 ranked players
John Isner	1–0	100%	–	1–0	–	Won (6–4, 3–6, 6–4, 6–7(5-7), 6–3) at 2022 French Open
Number 9 ranked players
Fabio Fognini	1–0	100%	–	1–0	–	Won (6–0, 4–4DEF) at 2021 Barcelona
Number 10 ranked players
Félix Auger-Aliassime	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (6–7(5-7), 3–6, 2–6) at 2021 US Open
Pablo Carreño Busta	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2021 Barcelona
Total	2–3	40%	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–0 ( – )	* Statistics correct as of 6 June 2022[update]

Notes

References

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