Bolivian tennis player (born 1997)
Murkel DellienCountry (sports) | Bolivia |
---|
Born | (1997-09-16) 16 September 1997 (age 26) Trinidad, Bolivia |
---|
Plays | Right-handed |
---|
College | Wichita State |
---|
Prize money | $168,771 |
---|
Singles |
---|
Career record | 2–4 |
---|
Career titles | 4 ITF |
---|
Highest ranking | No. 168 (15 July 2024) |
---|
Current ranking | No. 181 (12 August 2024) |
---|
Grand Slam singles results |
---|
French Open | Q1 (2024) |
---|
Wimbledon | Q1 (2024) |
---|
Doubles |
---|
Career record | 0–0 |
---|
Career titles | 2 ITF |
---|
Highest ranking | No. 174 (1 April 2024) |
---|
Current ranking | No. 286 (5 August 2024) |
---|
Last updated on: 12 August 2024. |
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 in Brasov, Romania with a win over Dmitry Popko in the final.
Personal life
He is the younger brother of fellow tennis player Hugo Dellien.[4] Their father, Hugo Eduardo Dellien,[5] 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)
Legend | ATP Challenger Tour (1–1) | | |
Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)
Legend | ATP Challenger Tour (2–2) | | |
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-ups)
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)
Legend | ITF Futures/WTT (9–6) | | Finals by surface | Hard (1–0) | Clay (8–6) | Grass (0–0) | Carpet (0–0) | |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2012 | Bolivia F2, Bolivia | Futures | Clay | Hugo Dellien | Facundo Mena
Sebastian Serrano | 3–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 0–2 | Sep 2013 | Bolivia F3, Bolivia | Futures | Clay | Hugo Dellien | Franco Feitt
Jose Maria Paez | 3–6, 3–6 |
Win | 1–2 | Jun 2021 | M25 Wichita, USA | WTT | Hard | Nicolas 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 Martin 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 Monzon | 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 Kellovsky | 2–6, 4–6 |
Win | 9–5 | Jun 2023 | M25 Córdoba, Spain | WTT | Clay | Valerio Aboian | Imanol Lopez Morillo
Benjamin Winter Lopez | 6–3, 6–7(4–7), [11–9] |
Loss | 9–6 | Jul 2023 | M25 Kassel, Germany | WTT | Clay | Stefan Latinovic | Jiri 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.
- ^ "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.
External links
![Flag of Bolivia](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Bolivia.svg/30px-Flag_of_Bolivia.svg.png) ![Tennis icon](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Tennis_ball.svg/18px-Tennis_ball.svg.png) | This biographical article relating to Bolivian tennis is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |