Emilio Nava
Emilio Nava
Emilio Nava
Emilio Nava
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  • Personal
  • Career
    • Nickname is Young Nava.
    • Speaks English and Spanish.
    • Trainedat Juan Carlos Ferrero's Equelite Academy in Villena, Spain for about four years, until end of 2023.
    • Mother, Xochitl, one of nine siblings, was ranked in Top 300 on WTA Tour.
    • Father, Eduardo, was atrack star in Mexico and at University of Alabama.
    • Parents met whilecompeting at 1988 Seoul Olympics.
    • Brothers, Eduardo and Diego, played college tennis; cousin,Ernesto Escobedo, is a fellow ATP Tour player.
    • Started playing tennis with his brothers, while also running track, which "gave us the endurance and turned us into athletes."
    • Favourite surface is hard and shot is inside-out forehand.
    • Tennis idol is David Ferrer.
    • Best advice received is to "work hard, win or lose. It's so simple, but you really have to believe it."
    • Enjoys playinggolf and American football.
    • Favourite athlete is boxing legend Mike Tyson.
    • Dream job outside of tennis is to be a boxer.
    • Favourite book is Legacy by James Kerr, about the All Blacks rugby team,
    • Favourite movie is The Dark Knightand favourite actor is Tom Hardy.
    • Enjoys listening to hip-hop music, Eminem and NF.
    • Perfect day without tennis includes going for a run, doing yoga, eating a huge breakfast with pancakes, watching football and "just chilling."
    • Favourite food from home is mom's Ceviche, a Mexican dish with raw fish, tomatoes and onionsmarinated in lemon juice.

    (UPDATED 24 MAY 2025)

    • Former World No. 5 junior earned 1st ranking point at age 16 in October 2018 and broke into Top 200 in August 2022, achieving career-high No. 124 in April 2024.
    • Qualified at 2021 ATP Masters 1000 Miami and 2022 Winston-Salem, before earning 1st tour-level win at 2022 US Open over Millman.
    • In 2025, went on a 19-0 run at Challenger level, picking up titles in Asuncion, Concepcion and Sarasota before losing in final of Tallahassee to Rodesch.
    • Two-time Grand Slam boys’ singles runner-up and two-time Grand Slam boys’ doubles runner-up, finishing junior career as 2019 US Open boys’ singles finalist.
    • Also advanced to 2019 Australian Open boys’ singles final, squandering 1 MP vs. Musetti and falling 4-6 6-2 7-6(12).

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