#NextGenATP is inside Top 60 for his just third main-draw appearance at a major

Martin Landaluce may have limited experience on grass, but that has done little to dent the confidence he carries into his first Wimbledon main-draw appearance following a breakthrough 2026 season.

One of the standout #NextGenATP performers this year, Landaluce has climbed inside the world's Top 60 in the PIF ATP Rankings after an impressive run of results. The 20-year-old Spaniard reached the quarter-finals at both ATP Masters 1000 events in Miami and Rome, taking another significant step from exciting prospect to established contender.

“I’ve improved a lot. I’m really happy to be here,” Landaluce told ATPTour.com ahead of his Wimbledon main-draw debut. “The past three months have been incredible. I had some injuries at the end of last year and I had to stop in November for three or four weeks. Since then, it has been little by little, getting the level back again.

“It all came together in Miami and since then, my confidence has improved a lot. I saw myself beating the top guys, playing incredible matches and feeling good on court. So since then, I’m feeling more capable of everything. I think I’m feeling great on grass and playing good. I lost many close matches [recently], but the season is feeling great, and I’m improving in all areas.”

Raised on the clay courts of Madrid alongside fellow rising star Rafael Jodar, who arrives at Wimbledon as a seeded player following his rapid rise, Landaluce naturally feels more comfortable on slower surfaces. Yet he has already shown his potential on grass, reaching the boys' semi-finals at the All England Club in 2022 — the same year he went on to capture the US Open boys' title as a 16-year-old.

Four years on, the former Rafa Nadal Academy player is beginning to fulfil that promise on the ATP Tour. While his tour-level grass record stands at 1-3, the numbers tell only part of the story.

After earning his maiden tour-level grass victory in Stuttgart, Landaluce fell to Taylor Fritz in a third-set tie-break in the second round and, a week later in Halle, he was edged by Terence Atmane by the same result, before suffering a 7-5 third-set defeat to Jan-Lennard Struff in Mallorca.

“I lost three tournaments by either 7-6 or 7-5 in the third set, so it’s been the little details that I have to improve,” Landaluce said. “For next year, for sure, I’m going to do even better and better. I think those tournaments would have been great if I [won] those close matches.

“I think I’m doing everything better [on grass]. I’m volleying better, using the serve and volley, returning better. Every match is different. Every player is different.”

A major factor behind Landaluce's rise during the first half of 2026 has been his physical development. That progress was on full display at Roland Garros, where he battled through two five-set victories to reach the third round of a major for the first time before eventually falling to Juan Manuel Cerundolo in a marathon lasting five hours, 58 minutes.

After taking four weeks off last November before competing at the Next Gen ATP Finals in December, Landaluce and coach Oscar Burrieza made physical improvement a priority, aiming to transform the 6'4" Spaniard into an even more dangerous all-surface threat.

“The physical side was one of the most important things,” Landaluce said, when asked about what he has been working on. “I think that’s why we stopped in December: To heal everything I need to heal and get bigger, faster and more explosive. Since then, I’ve improved a lot.

“At Roland Garros, I had many tough moments, and it was looking like I was in better condition than my opponents. It was tough conditions, but I was feeling great. My game has improved, but also my physicality has improved a lot so that gives me a chance to play in three-out-of-five sets, to cancel the options of my opponents and make it physical.”

Landaluce will hope that improved fitness helps fuel a memorable Wimbledon debut, where he is making just his third main-draw appearance at a major. The Spaniard opens against South Korean qualifier Soonwoo Kwon on Monday, with Queen's Club finalist and 21st seed Tommy Paul a potential second-round opponent.