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Emilio Nava (born December 2, 2001) is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 90 achieved on 22 September 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 187 achieved on 28 October 2024.
Nava made his ATP main draw debut at the 2019 Abierto Mexicano Telcel after receiving a wildcard into the singles main draw. He lost to Mackenzie McDonald in the first round.
At the 2021 Miami Open, Nava qualified for the main draw to make his debut at ATP Masters 1000 level but lost in the first round to Lloyd Harris.
Nava made his Grand Slam debut at the 2021 US Open after being given a wildcard for the singles main draw. He lost to Lorenzo Musetti in the first round.
At the US Open as a wildcard, he defeated John Millman in the first round for his first win at a Major event.
He made his main draw debut at the 2023 French Open as a qualifier, losing to Roberto Carballés Baena. He won the Challenger title in Modena and moved to a new career-high ranking of No. 168 on 3 July 2023. He qualified for the 2023 US Open but lost to fifth seed and former US Open finalist Casper Ruud.
At the 2024 BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, in the first qualifying round, he saved seven match points to defeat compatriot Steve Johnson in what was the last singles match of Johnson’s career. He lost to another compatriot Denis Kudla in the next round. At the next Masters, the 2024 Miami Open, he reached the main draw, after qualifying with wins over Quentin Halys and Yoshihito Nishioka, for a fourth consecutive year. As a result he reached the top 125 in the rankings on 1 April 2024.
In 2025, he won three Challenger titles in a row, at the 2025 Paraguay Open in Ascuncion, his fourth in Concepción, Chile and his fifth in Sarasota and returned to the top 150 on 15 April 2025. Nava and Borna Ćorić were the only players thus far with three Challenger trophies in 2025. He was just the second American to win three clay-court Challenger trophies in the same season after his good friend Tristan Boyer who accomplished the feat in 2024. Nava reached a fourth consecutive final in Tallahassee but lost to Chris Rodesch.
He gained a wildcard entry into the 2025 French Open by winning the United States Tennis Association's Roland Garros Wild Card Challenge and recorded his first win at the tournament over Botic van de Zandschulp in straight sets. Nava lost to 10th seed Holger Rune in the second round.
He reached his first ATP quarterfinal at the 2025 Los Cabos Open where he defeated Aleksandar Vukic and sixth seed Bu Yunchaokete en route and secured a new career-high ranking in the top 120. At the 2025 National Bank Open Nava qualified for the main draw defeating Mitchell Krueger making his debut in Canada. He recorded his first wins at the tournament over Zizou Bergs and then lucky loser Térence Atmane to reach his first career Masters third round. As a result he moved into the top 110 in the singles rankings on 4 August 2025 and into the top 100 on 15 September 2025.
| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | Q3 | Q3 | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||||||||
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | Q1 | 2R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | ||||||||
| Wimbledon | A | A | NH | A | A | A | Q2 | Q2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||||||||
| US Open | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | Q1 | 1R | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | ||||||||
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0 / 6 | 2–6 | ||||||||
| ATP Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | NH | A | Q1 | Q2 | Q2 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||||||||
| Miami Open | A | A | NH | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | 0 / 4 | 1–4 | ||||||||
| Madrid Open | A | A | NH | A | A | 1R | Q1 | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||||||||
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||||||||
| Canadian Open | A | A | NH | A | A | A | A | 3R | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | ||||||||
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | ||||||||
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0 / 7 | 4–7 | ||||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tournaments | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 22 | |||||||||
| Overall win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–4 | 1–5 | 6–6 | 0 / 22 | 9–22 | ||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 1366 | 944 | 665 | 323 | 178 | 147 | 212 | |||||||||||
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| ATP Challenger Tour (6–2) |
| ITF WT Tour (1–1) |
| Hard (0–1) |
| Clay (7–2) |
| Win | 1–0 | Shymkent Challenger, Kazakhstan | Challenger | Clay | Sebastian Fanselow | 6–4, 7–6(7–3) | |
| Win | 2–0 | Modena Challenger, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Titouan Droguet | 6–7(5–7), 7–6(8–6), 6–4 | |
| Loss | 2–1 | Golden Gate Open, US | Challenger | Hard | Constant Lestienne | 6–7(4–7), 2–6 | |
| Win | 3–1 | Paraguay Open, Paraguay | Challenger | Clay | Thiago Monteiro | 7–5, 6–3 | |
| Win | 4–1 | Challenger Concepción, Chile | Challenger | Clay | Nicolás Kicker | 6–1, 7–6(7–3) | |
| Win | 5–1 | Sarasota Open, US | Challenger | Clay | Liam Draxl | 6–2, 7–6(7–2) | |
| Loss | 5–2 | Tallahassee Tennis Challenger, US | Challenger | Clay | Chris Rodesch | 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 | |
| Win | 6–2 | Challenger de Villa María, Argentina | Challenger | Clay | Alex Barrena | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 1–0 | M15 La Nucia, Spain | WTT | Clay | Nikolás Sánchez Izquierdo | 7–6(10–8), 7–5 | |
| Loss | 1–1 | M25 Reus, Spain | WTT | Clay | Matteo Martineau | 4–6, 6–2, 6–7(4–7) |
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| ATP Challenger Tour (0–0) |
| ITF WT Tour (1–1) |
| Hard (1–1) |
| Clay (0–0) |
| Win | 1–1 | M15 Sintra, Portugal | WTT | Hard | Eduardo Nava | Sebastian Fanselow Maik Steiner | 6–3, 6–4 | |
| Loss | 1–1 | M15 Castelo Branco, Portugal | WTT | Hard | Eduardo Nava | Mateus Alves Igor Marcondes | 6–7(4–7), 7–5, 8–10 |
| Loss | 2019 | Australian Open | Hard | Lorenzo Musetti | 6–4, 2–6, 6–7(12–14) |
| Loss | 2019 | US Open | Hard | Jonáš Forejtek | 7–6(7–4), 0–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 2018 | US Open | Hard | Axel Nefve | Adrian Andreev Anton Matusevich | 2–6, 6–2, 8–10 |
| Loss | 2019 | Australian Open | Hard | Cannon Kingsley | Jonáš Forejtek Dalibor Svrčina | 6–7(5–7), 4–6 |
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