Darwin Blanch

Darwin Blanch (born September 28, 2007) is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 211 achieved on 15 June 2026.

Early life Blanch was raised in Deerfield Beach, Florida. He started taking tennis lessons as a kid alongside his siblings Ulises, Dali and Krystal, who all currently play tennis at professional level. Their father Ernesto, who is of Spanish descent, was an international manager for Coca-Cola. Because of that, the family moved around the world with his job. His parents moved the whole family to Orlando, Florida, where the children could train at the USTA National Campus.

Blanch has trained at Juan Carlos Ferrero Academy in Alicante, Spain. During a practice session when Blanch was selected as a hitting partner of Carlos Alcaraz, the then-world No. 1 suffered an injury causing the Spaniard to miss the 2023 Australian Open.

Playing in the boys' singles category at the 2023 French Open, he defeated junior world No. 1 Rodrigo Pacheco Méndez and compatriot Cooper Williams on his way to the semifinals. Later that season, he reached another major junior semifinal in singles at the 2023 Wimbledon.

Blanch had good results on the Junior circuit, maintaining a 71–35 singles win-loss record. He reached a junior combined ranking of world No. 4 on 22 January 2024.

Blanch was part of the American team which finished third at the 2023 Junior Davis Cup, with Maxwell Exsted and Jagger Leach.

Professional career

2022-2023: First ATP point In February 2022, Blanch became the second youngest player to score an ATP ranking point when he defeated Gerald Planelles in three sets at an ITF tournament in Villena, Spain. At 14 years and five months, he was two months older than the Spaniard Nicolás Álvarez Varona (14 years and three months) when he scored an ATP point in 2015.

2024: Masters debut In March 2024, Blanch received a wildcard into the main draw in singles at the 2024 Miami Open for his ATP Tour-level debut. He was defeated in straight sets by Tomáš Macháč. The following month, he was given a wildcard to the 2024 Madrid Open and lost in the first round against Rafael Nadal, also in straight sets.

2025-2026: Major & top 250 debuts, first ATP win In August 2025, Blanch earned a wildcard for the singles main draw of the 2025 US Open after he defeated Jack Satterfield to win the USTA National Boy’s 18s Championships in Kalamazoo, Michigan. At the 2025 Winston-Salem Open, after he received a wildcard and qualified for the main draw, Blanch recorded his first ATP win over Borna Ćorić.

In April 2026, he made the semifinals at the 2026 Sarasota Open.

Coaching

Blanch began training in November 2025 with former professional Juan Ignacio Chela in Florida.

Performance timeline

Singles Current through the 2026 Wimbledon Championships.

ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger Tour (0–1)ITF WTT (2–3)Finals by surfaceHard (2–4)Clay (–)