Pablo Carreño Busta

Pablo Carreño Busta (; born 12 July 1991) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 10 by the ATP, achieved on 11 September 2017. His doubles career highlights include a runner-up finish at the 2016 US Open, partnering Guillermo García López, and a victory at the 2020 Cincinnati Masters, partnering Alex de Minaur.

Career

Juniors Carreño Busta reached as high as world No. 6 in the combined junior world rankings in February 2009.

2009–13: Early pro tour, Grand Slam debut His first appearance in an ATP Tour tournament was at the 2011 Barcelona Open, where he lost in the first round to Benoît Paire.

He has reached 18 singles finals competing in ITF Futures tournaments; and won eleven of these: one in 2009, one in 2010, three in 2011, and six in 2013. He also won two challenger titles from two finals in 2011, and at this point reached a career high singles ranking of no. 133. Carreño returned towards the latter stages of 2012, after five months of recovery, and played in four Futures tournaments to end the year, all in Morocco, although he did not progress past the semi-final stage in any. He ended the year with a singles ranking of No. 715. He lost in the following round to eventual runner-up, Kevin Anderson. Later on that month, Carreño Busta reached the semi-final stage of the 2013 Portugal Open, again progressing through the qualification rounds, before losing to Stan Wawrinka in three sets.

Carreño Busta participated in his first ever Grand Slam tournament when he was a qualifier at the 2013 French Open. He won his three qualification matches, before losing to Roger Federer in straight sets in the opening round.

2016: Breakthrough, first ATP title, US Open doubles final, top 40 In April, Carreño Busta reached his second ATP final at ATP Estoril after defeating Benoît Paire. He was defeated in the finals by compatriot Nicolás Almagro. In August, he won his first ever ATP singles title at the 2016 Winston-Salem Open, defeating compatriot Roberto Bautista Agut in the final. As a result, he entered the top 40 of the ATP rankings for the first time at world No. 39 on 29 August 2016. He also made the semifinals of the doubles alongside Guillermo García López. In Buenos Aires, he lost to the eventual champion Alexandr Dolgopolov in straight sets in the semifinals. The following week, Carreño Busta reached his first ATP 500 final at the Rio Open, saving a match point against rising teen Casper Ruud en route before losing to Dominic Thiem. However, he won the doubles title with Pablo Cuevas.

At the Indian Wells Open in March, Carreño Busta avenged his defeat to Cuevas, saving two match points in the process to advance to his first ATP Masters 1000 semifinal where he lost to world No. 3, Stan Wawrinka, in straight sets. As a result, he rose to a new career high of world No. 19. He received a first round bye at the Miami Open but was upset by Federico Delbonis in the second. In Spain's quarterfinal Davis Cup tie against Serbia, he lost both of his matches to Viktor Troicki in singles and to Troicki and Nenad Zimonjić in doubles.

Carreño Busta began his clay-court season at the Monte-Carlo Masters, where he lost to world No. 2 Novak Djokovic, in three sets in the third round. He reached the same round in Barcelona, losing to lucky loser Yūichi Sugita who had defeated Tommy Robredo and Richard Gasquet in the first two rounds. After early losses in Madrid and Rome, Carreño Busta played his maiden Grand Slam quarterfinal at the French Open, upsetting eleventh seed Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets and fifth seed Milos Raonic in five sets en route. In his quarterfinal against compatriot Rafael Nadal, Carreño Busta was forced to retire at a set and 0–2 down due to injury.

At the US Open he made his first Grand Slam semifinal without dropping a set, beating Diego Schwartzman at the quarterfinal stage. He then lost to Kevin Anderson in four sets. At the year-end ATP Finals, he served as an Alternate in replacement of Rafael Nadal, who withdrew from playing his first round. Carreño Busta then went on lose to Dominic Thiem and to eventual champion Grigor Dimitrov. His year end ranking was No. 10.

Carreño Busta won the biggest title of his career, and sixth title overall at Hamburg, when he defeated Filip Krajinović in straight sets in the final to win the title.

At the Olympics, Carreño Busta beat Tennys Sandgren, Marin Čilić, Dominik Koepfer and world No. 2 Daniil Medvedev to reach the semifinals. There, he lost to 12th seed Karen Khachanov in straight sets, but bounced back to defeat world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in three sets to claim the bronze medal.

At the US Open, Carreño Busta was upset in the first round by American qualifier Maxime Cressy, losing a two sets to love lead for the second consecutive year at the US Open and failing to convert four match points in the fifth set tiebreak.

2022: ATP Cup and home finalist, Maiden Masters title Carreño Busta began his 2022 season representing Spain at the ATP Cup. He went undefeated in singles in the group stage, recording victories over Alejandro Tabilo of Chile, Viktor Durasovic of Norway, and Filip Krajinović of Serbia, as Spain advanced to the semifinals. In the semifinals against Poland, Carreño Busta defeated Jan Zieliński to help Spain advance to the finals.

At the Barcelona Open, he defeated second seed Casper Ruud in the quarterfinals after saving three match points, following another three setter win in the round of 16 against Lorenzo Sonego in the same day. Then, Carreño Busta beat Diego Schwartzman in straight sets, after the match was suspended early in the first set and moved to the next day for his first all Spanish final in Barcelona against Carlos Alcaraz. He lost in the final in straight sets against Alcaraz. He lost in the first round in the French Open and at Wimbledon to Gilles Simon in five sets and to Dušan Lajović via retirement, respectively. At the Swedish Open in Båstad, he reached the semifinals defeating Diego Schwartzman in straight sets conceding only one game in the entire match. He fell to the eventual champion Francisco Cerundolo.

At the Canadian Open, he reached the quarterfinals at this Masters for the first time, defeating 11th seed Matteo Berrettini, Holger Rune and seventh seed Jannik Sinner. Next he reached his third semifinal at a Masters level defeating Jack Draper. In the semifinals, he defeated Briton Dan Evans to advance to his first career Masters 1000 final. He played eighth seed Hubert Hurkacz in the final and won the title to become the first unseeded player to win this event in 20 years since Guillermo Cañas in 2002 and the first player ranked outside the Top 20 since a No. 43-ranked Andrei Pavel the year before in 2001.

At the US Open, Carreño Busta reached the fourth round after defeating Dominic Thiem, Alexander Bublik, and Alex de Minaur. In the fourth round, he lost to Karen Khachanov in a five set match lasting more than 3 hours. He also reached the round of 16 at the 2022 Rolex Paris Masters where he lost to Tommy Paul.

2023–24: Hiatus, surgery, back to ATP Tour

Carreño Busta started his 2023 season at the Adelaide International 2. Seeded second, he lost in the second round to the eventual champion Kwon Soon-woo. Seeded 14th at the Australian Open, he lost in a second round five-set thriller to Benjamin Bonzi.

In February, Carreño Busta competed at the Rotterdam Open. Seeded seventh, he was eliminated in the first round by Richard Gasquet in three sets. He had to take eight months off from tennis to recover from an elbow injury.

In October 2023, Carreño Busta returned to the Challenger tour at the JC Ferrero Challenger and lost to compatriot Pedro Martínez in the first round. He entered the Málaga Open as a wildcard, defeating Arthur Cazaux before losing to Mattia Bellucci in the second round. In November, he underwent surgery for his elbow injury.

Following more than a six-month hiatus, he entered for the main draw of the 2024 French Open using protected ranking in singles and doubles and also the 2024 Olympics in doubles with compatriot Marcel Granollers, where he reached the second round.

Also using protected ranking, ranked No. 796, he entered the 2024 National Bank Open, playing in his first Masters event since 2022, he recorded his first ATP win since January 2023, over Fábián Marozsán. As a result, he returned a couple of positions shy of the top 500 on 12 August 2024, climbing close to 290 positions in the rankings. Ranked No. 513, at the 2024 Cincinnati Open, with first back-to-back wins in two years, over 16th seed Sebastian Korda and Max Purcell, he reached the third round and returned to the top 300 in the singles rankings on 19 August 2024, climbing more than 200 positions.

2025: Top 100, Challenger Titles and Davis Cup Finals Carreño Busta started his season representing Spain at the United Cup, where Spain lost in the round robin. Then, he received a Lucky Loser entry at the ASB Classic in Aukland after losing in the first round of qualifying to eventual finalist Zizou Bergs. He lost out to Jakub Mensik in the first round.

At the Australian Open, using his protected ranking of World No. 18 to enter, Carreño Busta won his first round against qualifier Kamil Majchrzak in straights. He then lost in the second round to Ben Shelton in straights.

After losing in qualifying at the 2025 Open Occitanie, which brought his ranking back into the top 150, Carreño Busta entered both the Tenerife Challenger I & Tenerife Challenger II, winning both titles. After the back-to-back titles, he admitted he had "thought about retirement".

He then qualified for Indian Wells, however lost in the first round to Quentin Halys. He then lost in Murcia (1st round) and Girona (quarter-finals).

At the 2025 Grand Prix Hassan II in Marrakech Carreño Busta recorded his first clay win since October 2022 over local wildcard Younes Lalami Laaroussi. He returned to the top 100 on 14 April 2025 at world No. 99 prior to the 2025 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell where he received a wildcard.

He then entered Roland Garros, and won his first match at the tournament since 2021 against Francisco Comesana in straight sets. He then lost out to eventual quarter-finalist Frances Tiafoe in straight sets.

After some poor results at the Challenger level (in Lyon and Heilbronn), Carreño Busta attempted to play at Wimbledon, however pulled out last minute, likely due to injury, however this is not confirmed.

He then entered the National Bank Open in Toronto. He won the first round against wildcard Liam Draxl, however then lost the second round to Arthur Fils. After this, Carreño Busta lost in the first round of qualifying in Cincinnati to World No. 522 Leandro Riedi, then made the second round of the Winston-Salem Open, beating Yoshihito Nishioka, however losing out to Sebastian Baez, both in straights.

At the US Open, the two-time former semi-finalist won his first round against fellow countryman Pablo Llamas Ruiz in straights, his first win at the tournament since 2023, then lost out to Ben Shelton in the second round.

Then, after some Challenger Tour success, winning the Villena Open, where he made his professional debut, and making the final of the Olbia Challenger, Carreño Busta then competed for Spain in the 2025 Davis Cup Finals. He lost his first match against Jakub Mensik, however Spain prevailed 2-1 overall against Czechia, booking their spot in the semi-final. In the semi-final, Carreño Busta won his match against Jan-Lennard Struff, aiding Spain in a 2-1 win over Germany. In the final, he lost his match against Matteo Berrettini, helping a 2-0 win for Italy against Spain. This brought Carreño Busta's 2025 season to an end.

2026: Continued Challenger success & French Open 4th round Carreño Busta began his 2026 season in Australia. He qualified for the Brisbane International, and lost out to Grigor Dimitrov in the first round. He lost in the first round of qualifying at the ASB Classic, then lost in the first round of the Australian Open in 5 sets to Jakub Mensik, despite having break points to serve for the match in the 4th set.

Next, Carreño Busta, entered the Open Occitanie and won his first round against Miomir Kecmanovic in a 3rd set tiebreak. He then lost in the first round of qualifying at the ABN AMRO Open then qualified for the Qatar ExxonMobil Open, however lost out to Quentin Halys in the first round in 3 sets. He also received wildcard entry into the doubles in Doha, with Reda Bennani, however lost out to Halys and Pierre-Hugues Herbert in straights.

In Dubai, Carreño Busta came through a tight 3 set match against Luca Nardi in qualifying to enter the tournament. He then beat World No. 34 Denis Shapovalov in straights in the first round, then lost out to Jiri Lehecka in the second round.

Carreño Busta then won the Murcia Open (Challenger), beating fellow countryman Roberto Carballés Baena in the final. The next week, he made it to the final of the Montemar Challenger, losing out to Pablo Llamas Ruiz in the final. This brought his ranking back into the top 100.

After retiring from his first round qualifying match in Barcelona, Carreño Busta received wildcard entry into the Madrid Open, winning his first round against Marton Fucsovics in 3 sets, however then lost in straights to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. Also, after a walkover from Stan Wawrinka in the second round of qualifying, he entered the Italian Open, however lost in straights to Alejandro Tabilo.

At the 2026 French Open, Carreño Busta won his first round against 12th seed Jiri Lehecka, and then won against Thanasi Kokkinakis, after the Australian retired in the third set. In the third round, he beat Thiago Agustín Tirante in 4 sets, setting up a 4th round encounter with rising star Rafael Jodar, whom he said "doesn't crumble under pressure". In the match, despite winning the first 2 sets, Jodar beat Carreño Busta in 5 sets. This was his best performance at the tournament since reaching the 4th round in 2021.

At Wimbledon, Carreño Busta earned his first ever main draw singles win at the tournament, after Denis Shapovalov retired after the second set in the first round. He then lost out, again, to Rafael Jodar in 5 sets over 2 days.

Personal life Carreño Busta was born in Gijón to parents Alfonso Carreño Morrondo and María Antonia Busta Vallina and has two sisters, Lucía and Alicia. He married tax advisor Claudia Díaz Borrego in December 2021. They welcomed their first child, a son, in 2025.

Coaching In 2015, Carreño Busta joined the Ferrero Tennis Academy in Alicante to train with coach Samuel López.

In December 2024, it was announced that he had split with coach López and the Ferrero Academy. In the beginning of the 2025 season, he started training at the TEC Carles Ferrer Salat in Barcelona with a new coach Víctor López Morón.

Career statistics

Grand Slam performance timelines

Singles Current through the 2026 US Open.

Doubles

Grand Slam final

Doubles: 1 (runner-up)

Other significant finals Summer Olympics (singles bronze medal)

ATP Masters 1000

Singles: 1 (title)

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)