Pablo Carreño Busta career statistics

This is a list of the main career statistics of professional Spanish tennis player Pablo Carreño Busta.[1]

Carreño Busta at the 2019 French Open
Career finals
Discipline Type Won Lost Total WR
Singles Grand Slam
Summer Olympics
ATP Finals
ATP Masters 1000
ATP Tour 500 1 2 3 0.33
ATP Tour 250 5 3 8 0.62
Total 6 5 11 0.55
Doubles Grand Slam 0 1 1 0.00
Summer Olympics
ATP Finals
ATP Masters 1000 1 1 2 0.50
ATP Tour 500 2 1 3 0.67
ATP Tour 250 1 2 3 0.33
Total 4 5 9 0.44
Total 11 9 20 0.55

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Only main-draw results in ATP Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Davis Cup/ATP Cup/Laver Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.[1]

Singles

Current through the 2022 Miami Open.

Tournament 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 1R 1R 1R 3R 4R 4R 3R 3R 4R 0 / 9 15–9 63%
French Open A A 1R 1R 2R 2R QF 3R 3R QF 4R 0 / 9 17–9 65%
Wimbledon A A A 1R 1R 1R A 1R 1R NH 1R 0 / 6 0–6 0%
US Open A A A 3R 2R 3R SF 2R 3R SF 1R 0 / 8 18–8 72%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–4 2–4 3–4 11–3 6–4 7–4 11–3 5–4 3–1 0 / 32 50–32 61%
Year-end championships
ATP Finals DNQ RR DNQ 0 / 1 0–2 0%
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A 1R 1R 2R SF 4R A NH 3R 2R 0 / 7 7–7 50%
Miami Masters A A A 1R 1R 1R 2R SF A NH A 3R 0 / 6 5–6 45%
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A 3R 1R 2R 3R A A NH 3R 0 / 5 7–5 58%
Madrid Open A A A 1R A 2R 1R 1R 1R NH 1R 0 / 6 1–6 14%
Italian Open A A A 1R Q1 A 2R QF 1R 2R 2R 0 / 6 5–5 50%
Canadian Open A A A A A A 2R 2R A NH A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A 1R 3R QF 3R 2R QF 0 / 6 10–6 63%
Shanghai Masters A A A A A 1R 2R 1R 2R NH 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Paris Masters A A Q2 A 1R 2R 2R 1R A QF 2R 0 / 6 5–6 45%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–5 0–4 4–7 9–9 13–8 3–4 4–3 7–5 1–2 0 / 48 43–47 48%
Career statistics
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Career
Tournaments 1 0 7 25 25 28 24 21 22 12 19 5 Career total: 189
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 Career total: 6
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 1 0 3 0 Career total: 10
Hard win–loss 0–0 0–0 2–3 4–9 6–11 21–12 16–17 17–11 23–11 16–10 19–12 9–5 4 / 96 133–101 57%
Clay win–loss 0–1 0–0 5–4 9–15 8–12 20–12 20–9 14–10 5–9 4–2 17–4 0–1 3 / 83 102–79 56%
Grass win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–0 0–1 2–2 0–0 2–2 0–0 0 / 10 4–10 29%
Overall win–loss 0–1 0–0 7–7 13–25 14–25 41–26 36–26 31–22 30–22 20–12 38–18 9–6 7 / 189 239–190 56%
Win (%) 0%    50% 34% 36% 61% 58% 58% 58% 63% 68% 60% 55.71%
Year-end ranking 136 654 64 51 67 30 10 23 27 16 20 $12,876,647

Doubles

Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 3R 2R 3R SF 3R 3R 1R 1R 0 / 8 13–8 62%
French Open A 2R 2R 1R[lower-alpha 1] A 1R A A 0 / 4 2–3 40%
Wimbledon A 1R 1R A 1R 2R NH A 0 / 4 1–4 20%
US Open 1R 1R F 1R A 2R A A 0 / 5 6–5 55%
Win–loss 2–2 2–4 8–4 4–2 2–2 4–4 0–1 0–1 0–0 0 / 21 22–20 52%

Significant finals

Men's Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2016 US Open Hard Guillermo García-López Jamie Murray
Bruno Soares
2–6, 3–6

Singles: 1 (1 Bronze Medal)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Bronze 2021 Tokyo Olympics 2020 Hard Novak Djokovic 6–4, 6–7(6–8), 6–3

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

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2018 Italian Open Clay João Sousa Juan Sebastián Cabal
Robert Farah
6–3, 4–6, [4–10]
Win 2020 Cincinnati Masters Hard Alex de Minaur Jamie Murray
Neal Skupski
6–2, 7–5

ATP career finals

Singles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runners-up)

Legend
Grand Slam (0-0)
ATP Finals (0-0)
ATP Masters 1000 (0-0)
ATP 500 Series (1–2)
ATP 250 Series (5–3)
Titles by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (3–4)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (5–4)
Indoor (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2016 Brasil Open, Brazil 250 Series Clay Pablo Cuevas 6–7(4–7), 3–6
Loss 0–2 May 2016 Estoril Open, Portugal 250 Series Clay Nicolás Almagro 7–6(8–6), 6–7(5–7), 3–6
Win 1–2 Aug 2016 Winston-Salem Open, United States 250 Series Hard Roberto Bautista Agut 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–1), 6–4
Win 2–2 Oct 2016 Kremlin Cup, Russia 250 Series Hard (i) Fabio Fognini 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss 2–3 Feb 2017 Rio Open, Brazil 500 Series Clay Dominic Thiem 5–7, 4–6
Win 3–3 May 2017 Estoril Open, Portugal 250 Series Clay Gilles Müller 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Win 4–3 Sep 2019 Chengdu Open, China 250 Series Hard Alexander Bublik 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Win 5–3 Apr 2021 Andalucía Open, Spain 250 Series Clay Jaume Munar 6–1, 2–6, 6–4
Win 6–3 Jul 2021 Hamburg European Open, Germany 500 Series Clay Filip Krajinović 6–2, 6–4
Loss 6–4 Sep 2021 Moselle Open, France 250 Series Hard (i) Hubert Hurkacz 6–7(2–7), 3–6
Loss 6–5 Apr 2022 Barcelona Open, Spain 500 Series Clay Carlos Alcaraz 3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runners-up)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–1)
ATP Finals (0-0)
ATP Masters 1000 (1–1)
ATP 500 Series (2–1)
ATP 250 Series (1–2)
Titles by surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (1–3)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (4–5)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2016 Ecuador Open, Ecuador 250 Series Clay Guillermo Durán Thomaz Bellucci
Marcelo Demoliner
7–5, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Feb 2016 Rio Open, Brazil 500 Series Clay David Marrero Juan Sebastián Cabal
Robert Farah
6–7(5–7), 1–6
Loss 1–2 Feb 2016 Brasil Open, Brazil 250 Series Clay David Marrero Julio Peralta
Horacio Zeballos
6–4, 1–6, [5–10]
Loss 1–3 Sep 2016 US Open, United States Grand Slam Hard Guillermo García-López Jamie Murray
Bruno Soares
2–6, 3–6
Loss 1–4 Oct 2016 Chengdu Open, China 250 Series Hard Mariusz Fyrstenberg Raven Klaasen
Rajeev Ram
6–7(2–7), 5–7
Win 2–4 Oct 2016 China Open, China 500 Series Hard Rafael Nadal Jack Sock
Bernard Tomic
6–7(6–8), 6–2, [10–8]
Win 3–4 Feb 2017 Rio Open, Brazil 500 Series Hard Pablo Cuevas Juan Sebastián Cabal
Robert Farah
6–4, 5–7, [10–8]
Loss 3–5 May 2018 Italian Open, Italy Masters 1000 Clay João Sousa Juan Sebastián Cabal
Robert Farah
6–3, 4–6, [4–10]
Win 4–5 Aug 2020 Cincinnati Masters, United States Masters 1000 Hard Alex de Minaur Jamie Murray
Neal Skupski
6–2, 7–5

ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 31 (23 titles, 8 runner–ups)

Legend
Challengers (11–1)
Futures (12–7)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2009 ITF Spain F22, Melilla Futures Hard Andoni Vivanco-Guzmán 6–4, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Mar 2010 ITF Spain F1, Zaragoza Futures Clay Daniel Muñoz de la Nava 3–6, 4–6
Win 2–1 Apr 2010 ITF Spain F11, Madrid Futures Hard Kārlis Lejnieks 7–5, 6–7(5), 6–3
Loss 2–2 Aug 2010 ITF Spain F27, Dénia Futures Clay Miguel Ángel López Jaén 6–7(5), 7–5, 3–6
Loss 2–3 Sep 2010 ITF Spain F32, Oviedo Futures Hard Roberto Carballés Baena 4–6, 2–6
Loss 2–4 Oct 2010 ITF Spain F36, Córdoba Futures Hard Malek Jaziri 4–6, 7–5, 4–6
Win 3–4 Jan 2011 ITF Spain F2, Mallorca Futures Clay Pedro Clar-Roselló 2–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss 3–5 Jan 2011 ITF Spain F3, Mallorca Futures Clay Pedro Clar-Roselló 5–7, 1–6
Win 4–5 Feb 2011 ITF Spain F5, Murcia Futures Clay Pablo Santos 1–0, ret.
Loss 4–6 Feb 2011 ITF Spain F6, Cartagena Futures Clay Pedro Clar-Roselló 3–6, 6–7(2)
Win 5–6 May 2011 Alessandria Challenger, Italy Challenger Clay Roberto Bautista-Agut 3–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win 6–6 Aug 2011 ITF Spain F28, Irun Futures Clay Martín Alund 6–4, 6–7(4), 6–4
Win 7–6 Sep 2011 Como Challenger, Italy Challenger Clay Andreas Beck 6–4, 7–6(4)
Loss 7–7 Jan 2013 ITF Turkey F2, Antalya Futures Hard Ilija Bozoljac 4–6, 4–6
Win 8–7 Jan 2013 ITF Turkey F3, Antalya Futures Hard Toni Androić 6–3, 6–2
Win 9–7 Feb 2013 ITF Spain F1, Mallorca Futures Clay Alessio di Mauro 6–1, 6–1
Win 10–7 Feb 2013 ITF Spain F2, Mallorca Futures Clay Taro Daniel 6–3, 5–7, 6–1
Win 11–7 Feb 2013 ITF Spain F3, Murcia Futures Clay Roberto Carballés Baena 6–7(7), 6–3, 6–3
Win 12–7 Mar 2013 ITF Spain F4, Cartagena Futures Clay Roberto Carballés Baena 6–1, 6–0
Win 13–7 Mar 2013 ITF Spain F6, Badalona Futures Clay Jordi Samper Montaña 2–6, 6–1, 7–6
Win 14–7 Mar 2013 ITF Spain F7, Villajoyosa Futures Carpet Roberto Carballés Baena 6–3, 6–7(3), 6–3
Win 15–7 Jun 2013 Tanger Challenger, Morocco Challenger Clay Mikhail Kukushkin 6–2, 4–1 ret.
Win 16–7 Aug 2013 Open Castilla y León, Spain Challenger Hard Albano Olivetti 6–4, 7–6(2)
Win 17–7 Aug 2013 Cordenons Internazionali, Italy Challenger Hard Grégoire Burquier 6–4, 6–4
Win 18–7 Sep 2013 Como Challenger, Italy (2) Challenger Clay Dominic Thiem 6–2, 5–7, 6–0
Win 19–7 Jun 2014 Caltanissetta Challenger, Italy Challenger Clay Facundo Bagnis 4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win 20–7 Jun 2014 Mohammedia Challenger, Morocco Challenger Clay Daniel Muñoz de la Nava 7–6(2), 2–6, 6–2
Win 21–7 Sep 2014 Copa Sevilla, Spain Challenger Clay Taro Daniel 6–4, 6–1
Win 22–7 Jun 2015 Perugia Internazionali, Italy Challenger Clay Matteo Viola 6–2, 6–2
Win 23–7 Jul 2015 Poznań Open, Poland Challenger Clay Radu Albot 6–4, 6–4
Loss 23–8 Sep 2015 Cope Sevilla, Spain Challenger Clay Pedro Cachín 5–7, 3–6

ATP Tour career earnings

Current as the end of 2021 season[1]

YearGrand Slam
singles titles
ATP
singles titles
Total
singles titles
Earnings ($)
2008 0 0 0 294
2009 0 0 0 6,859
2010 0 0 0 13,879
2011 0 0 0 49,834
2012 000 7,191
2013 000 175,465
2014 000 532,333
2015 000 427,994
2016 022 990,822
2017 011 2,553,481
2018 000 1,622,247
2019 011 1,275,369
2020 000 1,640,297
2021 022 1,284,265
Career 066 12,220,976

Grand Slam seedings

Year Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
2013 absent qualifier absent absent
2014 unseeded unseeded unseeded unseeded
2015 unseeded unseeded unseeded unseeded
2016 unseeded unseeded unseeded unseeded
2017 30th 20th absent 12th
2018 10th 10th 20th 12th
2019 23rd unseeded unseeded unseeded
2020 27th 17th not held 20th
2021 15th 12th 11th 9th
2022 19th

Record against other players

Record against top 10 players

Carreño Busta's record against those who have been ranked in the top 10, with active players in boldface.

Player Years Matches Record Win % Hard Clay Grass Last Match
Number 1 ranked players
Novak Djokovic 2014–21 6 2–4 33% 2–1 0–3 0–0 Win (4–6, 7–6(8–6), 3–6) at 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Daniil Medvedev 2017–21 7 2–5 29% 2–4 0–0 0–1 Loss (2–6, 6–7(3–7)) at 2021 Davis Cup Finals
Roger Federer 2013 1 0–1 0% 0–0 0–1 0–0 Loss (2–6, 2–6, 3–6) at 2013 French Open
Rafael Nadal 2015–21 8 0–8 0% 0–3 0–5 0–0 Loss (3–6, 2–6) at 2021 Barcelona
Number 2 ranked players
Tommy Haas 2015 1 1–0 100% 1–0 0–0 0–0 Win (3–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–3) at 2015 Winston-Salem
Number 3 ranked players
David Ferrer 2014–19 4 2–2 50% 1–1 1–0 0–1 Win (1–1r) at 2019 Auckland
Grigor Dimitrov 2014–21 7 3–4 43% 0–3 3–1 0–0 Loss (0–6, 0–1r) at 2021 Australian Open
Milos Raonic 2016–17 4 1–3 25% 0–2 1–0 0–1 Win (4–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–7(6–8), 6–4, 8–6) at 2017 French Open
Marin Čilić 2016–21 5 1–4 20% 1–3 0–1 0–0 Win (5–7, 6–4, 6–4) at 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Alexander Zverev 2018–20 2 0–2 0% 0–2 0–0 0–0 Loss (6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 4–6, 3–6) at 2020 US Open
Stefanos Tsitsipas 2018–21 3 0–3 0% 0–1 0–2 0–0 Lost (3–6, 2–6, 5–7) at 2021 French Open
Stan Wawrinka 2013–17 3 0–3 0% 0–1 0–2 0–0 Loss (3–6, 2–6) at 2017 Indian Wells Masters
Dominic Thiem 2015–19 7 0–7 0% 0–4 0–3 0–0 Lost (0–5r) at 2019 Vienna
Number 4 ranked players
Kei Nishikori 2019–21 2 1–1 50% 1–1 0–0 0–0 Win (7–5, 7–6(7–4), 6–2) at 2021 Australian Open
Number 5 ranked players
Tommy Robredo 2014–17 4 1–3 25% 0–0 1–3 0–0 Win (7–6(7–5), 7–5) at 2017 Estoril
Kevin Anderson 2013–20 6 1–5 17% 1–4 0–1 0–0 Loss (5–7, 1–6) at 2020 Vienna
Andrey Rublev 2015–19 2 0–2 0% 0–1 0–1 0–0 Loss (6–5, 5–7, 1–6) at 2019 Hamburg
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2014–16 2 0–2 0% 0–1 0–1 0–0 Loss (6–7(1–7), 6–7(5–7)) at 2016 Monte-Carlo Masters
Number 6 ranked players
Gilles Simon 2016–19 6 4–2 67% 2–1 2–1 0–0 Win (7–5, 7–6(7–4)) at 2019 Cincinnati Masters
Gaël Monfils 2014–21 6 3–3 50% 2–2 1–0 0–1 Win (7–5, 7–6(10–8)) at 2021 Metz
Number 7 ranked players
Richard Gasquet 2016–18 2 2–0 100% 2–0 0–0 0–0 Won (6–3, 2–6, 6–3) at 2018 Cincinnati Masters
Fernando Verdasco 2014–18 5 3–2 60% 2–0 1–2 0–0 Loss (4–6, 2–6) at 2018 Bastad
Casper Ruud 2017–22 4 2–2 50% 0–0 2–2 0–0 Won (4–6, 7–6(10–8), 6–3) at 2022 Barcelona
David Goffin 2013–19 4 2–2 50% 1–2 1–0 0–0 Loss (6–1, 6–7(8–10), 0–6) at 2019 Tokyo
Matteo Berrettini 2022 1 0–1 0% 0–1 0–0 0–0 Loss (5–7, 6–7(4–7), 4–6) at 2022 Australian Open
Number 8 ranked players
Janko Tipsarevic 2016 1 1–0 100% 1–0 0–0 0–0 Win (3–6, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–4) at 2016 US Open
John Isner 2019 1 1–0 100% 1–0 0–0 0–0 Win (6–4, 6–7(1–7), 7–6(8–6)) at 2019 Cincinnati Masters
Diego Schwartzman 2017–21 3 2–1 67% 1–1 1–0 0–0 Win (6–2, 3–6, 7–5) at 2021 Barcelona
Jurgen Melzer 2014–16 2 1–1 50% 1–0 0–1 0–0 Win (3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–2)) at 2016 Moscow
Karen Khachanov 2017–21 7 3–4 43% 1–4 2–0 0–0 Loss (0–6, 4–6) at 2021 Indian Wells Masters
Mikhail Youzhny 2014–16 3 1–2 33% 0–0 1–1 0–1 Loss (1–6, 4–6) at 2016 Nottingham
Marcos Baghdatis 2016 1 0–1 0% 0–1 0–0 0–0 Loss (7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), 6–7(5–7)) at 2016 Chengdu
Jack Sock 2015 2 0–2 0% 0–1 0–1 0–0 Loss (3–6, 7–6(7–1), 3–6) at 2015 Stockholm
Number 9 ranked players
Jannik Sinner 2020 1 1–0 100% 1–0 0–0 0–0 Win (7–5, 3–6, 7–6(8–6)) at 2020 Rotterdam
Fabio Fognini 2013–21 8 7–1 88% 3–1 4–0 0–0 Loss (2–6, 6–1, 4–6) at 2021 ATP Cup
Roberto Bautista Agut 2015–20 5 3–2 60% 2–1 1–1 0–0 Win (6–4, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4) at 2020 French Open
Hubert Hurkacz 2021 2 1–1 50% 1–1 0–0 0–0 Loss (6–7(2–7), 3–6) at 2021 Metz
Nicolás Almagro 2016–17 2 1–1 50% 0–0 1–1 0–0 Win (6–2, 6–4) at 2017 Estoril
Number 10 ranked players
Denis Shapovalov 2017–20 5 4–1 80% 4–0 0–1 0–0 Win (3–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4), 0–6, 6–3) at 2020 US Open
Felix Auger-Aliassime 2020 1 0–1 0% 0–1 0–0 0–0 Loss (6–7(2–7), 4–6) at 2020 Rotterdam
Total 2013–22 146 57–89 39% 34–49
(41%)
23–35
(40%)
0–5
(0%)
Statistics correct as of 23 April 2022.

Record against players ranked No. 11–20

Active players are in boldface.

*As of 27 October 2021

Wins over top 10 players

Pablo is currently 10–38 (20.8%) against top 10 players who were in the top 10 at the moment of the match. He got his first win against a top 10 player after 17 attempts.

Season 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Total
Wins 1 2 1 2 3 1 10
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score PCBR
2017
1. Milos Raonic No. 6 French Open Clay 4R 4–6, 7–6(2), 6–7(6), 6–4, 8–6 21
2018
2. Kevin Anderson No. 8 Miami Open, United States Hard QF 6–4, 5–7, 7–6(6) 19
3. Grigor Dimitrov No. 5 Barcelona Open, Spain Clay QF 6–3, 7–6(4) 11
2019
4. Fabio Fognini No. 10 Hamburg Open, Germany Clay QF 3–6, 6–2, 7–6(4) 59
2020
5. Novak Djokovic No. 1 US Open Hard 4R 6–5 (defaulted) 27
6. Roberto Bautista Agut No. 10 French Open Clay 3R 6–4, 6–3, 5–7, 6–4 21
2021
7. Diego Schwartzman No. 9 Barcelona Open, Spain Clay QF 6–4, 3–6, 7–5 12
8. Daniil Medvedev No. 2 Tokyo Olympics, Japan Hard QF 6–2, 7–6(5) 11
9. Novak Djokovic No. 1 Tokyo Olympics, Japan Hard SF-B 6–4, 6–7(6), 6–3 11
2022
10. Casper Ruud No. 7 Barcelona Open, Spain Clay QF 4–6, 7–6(8), 6–3 19

Notes

  1. Pablo Carreño Busta and Guillermo García López walkover in the first-round match at the 2017 French Open against Paolo Lorenzi and Rogério Dutra Silva (so doesn't count as a loss).

References

  1. "Pablo Carreño Busta [ESP] | career statistics". ATP Tour.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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