Nineteen-year-old Spanish rising star Rafael Jodar enjoyed a late-season surge to book his spot in the Next Gen ATP Finals, which will take place in Jeddah from 17 to 21 December 2025. 

Jodar will join his compatriot and friend Martin Landaluce in the line-up that also features Jakub Mensik, Learner Tien, Alexander Blockx, Dino Prizmic, Nicolai Budkov Kjaer and Nishesh Basaraveddy.

Jodar started playing tennis at the age of six. He grew up in Madrid and trained at the same tennis club as Landaluce, the Club de Tenis Chamartin. 

Jodar won the boys’ singles title at the 2024 US Open and reached the ITF junior combined ranking of world number 4 on 9 September 2024. 

Jodar won three ATP Challenger tournaments in Crete, Lincoln and Charlottesville. He became the third Spanish teenager to win at least three ATP Challenger titles, joining Carlos Alcaraz and Nicolas Almagro. He reached a career-high of world number 166 and moved to ninth in the Next Gen ATP Race Live to Jeddah. He is currently attending the University of Virginia in the United States, where he is a stand-out sophomore. He is balancing his professional career with college coursework. His tennis idol is Rafael Nadal.Â