Max Alcalá Gurri (born 11 September 2002) is a Spanish tennis player. He reached a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 138 achieved on 28 September 2026 and a doubles ranking of No. 594 achieved on 22 May 2023.

Career 2022-2024: ITF titles, ATP Tour qualifying debut In April 2022, he was entered at a wildcard in the qualifying competition of the 2022 Barcelona Open. He won against seeded player, Peter Gojowczyk in the first round due to a match retirement, but lost out of a chance to qualify in the main tournament to another wildcard entrant, Nicolás Álvarez Varona, in straight sets in the final round. In June, partnered with compatriot Bruno Pujol Navarro, he won his first ITF doubles tournament at M15 Wrocław. He won his first ITF singles tournament in the same year, defeating his compatriot Álvaro López San Martín in straight sets at M15 Sabadell. In the first quarter of the 2023 season, he triumphed to a second M15 ITF doubles title in Antalya, Turkey with Àlex Martí Pujolràs, defeating Tuna Altuna and Arthur Reymond in straight sets. Alcalá Gurri was granted another wildcard in the qualifying draw of the 2023 Barcelona Open, but lost to seeded player Geoffrey Blancaneaux in the first round.

In March 2024, Alcalá Gurri defeated Czech player Dominik Kellovsky in two tiebreak sets in his first final at the M15 Antalya, Turkey. He was also given a third wildcard in the qualifying draw at the 2024 Barcelona Open, but lost to in the first round against Duje Ajduković. In June 2024, he won his maiden M25 final in Rabat, Morocco, against Carlos López Montagud in straight sets. His first doubles M25 final was only a month later at Getxo, Spain, where he was partnered with Àlex Martí Pujolràs but lost against the French duo of Louis Dussin and Matt Ponchet in straight sets.

2025-2026: First ATP Challenger titles, top 150

In the first quarter of 2025, he competed in four ITF Finals, but only won one of them, M15 Valencia. His only other final of any kind was at ITF Madrid in December, winning against Ștefan Paloși in straight sets.

On the ATP Tour level he was granted a fourth wildcard in the qualifying of the 2025 Barcelona Open, and a fifth in 2026 at the same event but lost in the first round against third seed Damir Džumhur and seventh seed Alexandre Müller respectively.

After being close to winning three ITF titles in the span of two months in the season, he won his first one of 2026 in M25 Castelldefels, Spain, against Johan Nikles in straight sets. Alcala Gurri titles

In May, he won his maiden ATP Challenger singles title at the 2026 Challenger Città di Cervia, defeating top seed Andrea Guerrieri in the semifinals and sixth seed Buvaysar Gadamauri in the final and reached a new career-high ranking in the top 300 of world No. 277 on 25 May 2026. A month later he won his second title, at the Royan Atlantique Open, defeating Cosme Rolland de Ravel, followed by lifting the Serena Wines 1881 Acqua Maniva Tennis Cup in Cordenons and reached the top 200 on 20 July 2026.

He won his fifth title of the year and fourth at the Challenger level at the 2026 Plovdiv Challenger IV, and reached the top 150 on 28 September 2026.

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals Singles: 19 (10–9) Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (4–0)ITF World Tennis Tour (6–9)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (10–9)Grass (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0M15 Sabadell, SpainWorld Tennis TourClay Álvaro López San Martín6–4, 6–1Loss1–1M15 Melilla, SpainWorld Tennis TourClay Alejo Sánchez Quílez6–4, 0–6, 1–6Loss1–2M15, Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Dmitry Popko4–6, 5–7Win2–2M15, Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Dominik Kellovsky7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–5)Win3–2M25, Rabat, MoroccoWorld Tennis TourClay Carlos López Montagud6–2, 6–3Loss3–3M15 Valencia, SpainWorld Tennis TourClay Pol Martín Tiffon2–6, 2–6Win4–3M15 Valencia, SpainWorld Tennis TourClay Gabriele Pennaforti3–6, 6–4, 6–4Loss4–4M15 Valencia, SpainWorld Tennis TourClay Carlos Sánchez Jover4–2 ret.Loss4–5M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Luka Mikrut3–6, 6–7(4–7)Loss4–6M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyWorld Tennis TourClay Gabriele Piraino3–6, 4–6Win5–6M15 Madrid, SpainWorld Tennis TourClay Ștefan Paloși6–2, 6–4Loss5–7M25 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Gabi Adrian Boitan4–6, 6–7(1–7)Loss5–8M25 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Andrey Chepelev6–1, 4–6, 1–6Loss5–9M25 Reus, SpainWorld Tennis TourClay Àlex Martí Pujolràs6–2, 5–7, 4–6Win6–9M25 Castelldefels, SpainWorld Tennis TourClay Johan Nikles6–3, 6–1Win7–9Challenger Città di Cervia, ItalyATP Challenger TourClay Buvaysar Gadamauri2–6, 6–1, 6–1Win8–9Royan Atlantique Open, FranceATP Challenger TourClay Cosme Rolland de Ravel7–6(7–4), 6–1Win9–9 2026 Serena Wines 1881 Cup, Cordenons, ItalyATP Challenger TourClay Federico Bondioli6–2, 6–0Win10–9Plovdiv Challenger IV, BulgariaATP Challenger TourClay Jonáš Forejtek6–4, 6–2

Doubles: 5 (2–3) Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)ITF World Tennis Tour (2–3)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (2–3)Grass (0–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceTeammateOpponentsScoreWin1–0M15 Wrocław, PolandWorld Tennis TourClay Bruno Pujol Navarro Jiří Barnat Filip Duda6–4, 7–5Loss1–1M15 Xàtiva, SpainWorld Tennis TourClay Bruno Pujol Navarro Alejandro García Mario Mansilla Díez 2–6, 6–7 (2–7)Win2–1M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Àlex Martí Pujolràs Tuna Altuna Arthur Reymond6–4, 6–4Loss2–2M15 Casablanca, MoroccoWorld Tennis TourClay Jorge Martínez Martínez Alejandro Manzanera Pertusa Carles Hernández4–6, 2–6Loss2–3M25 Getxo, SpainWorld Tennis TourClay Àlex Martí Pujolràs Louis Dussin Matt Ponchet 6–7(4–7), 3–6

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