Murkel Dellien

Murkel Dellien
Country (sports)	Bolivia
Born	16 September 1997; Trinidad, Bolivia
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	Wichita State
Coach	Walter Grinovero
Prize money	US $428,927
Singles
Career record	3–6
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 168 (15 July 2024)
Current ranking	No. 307 (29 June 2026)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2025)
French Open	Q1 (2024, 2025)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2024, 2025)
US Open	Q2 (2024)
Doubles
Career record	1–0
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 174 (1 April 2024)
Current ranking	No. 308 (29 June 2026)
	Last updated on: 3 July 2026.

Murkel Alejandro Dellien Velasco (born 16 September 1997) is a Bolivian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 168 achieved on 15 July 2024 and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 174 achieved on 1 April 2024. He is the current No. 2 Bolivian tennis player.^[1] Dellien represents Bolivia at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 2–4.

College career

Dellien played college tennis at Wichita State.^[2]

Professional career

In 2021 Dellien defeated Zizou Bergs in his first Davis Cup rubber.^[3]

In July 2024, he won his maiden Challenger title at the 2024 Ion Țiriac Challenger in Brașov, Romania with a win over Dmitry Popko in the final.^[4] With his brother Hugo winning the title at the 2024 Iași Open, also in Romania, the Delliens became the first brothers to win a Challenger title in the same season since the Cerúndolos in 2022.^[5]

Personal life

He is the younger brother of fellow tennis player Hugo Dellien.^[6] Their father, Hugo Eduardo Dellien,^[7] represented Beni Department as a substitute member of the Chamber of Deputies for the Social Democratic Power alliance from 2006 to 2010.

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-up)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 2023	Tigre, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Juan Manuel Cerúndolo	6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Mar 2024	Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	Challenger	Clay	Camilo Ugo Carabelli	4–6, 2–6
Win	1–2	Jul 2024	Brașov, Romania	Challenger	Clay	Dmitry Popko	6–3, 7–5
Loss	1–3	Aug 2025	Sofia, Bulgaria	Challenger	Clay	Zdeněk Kolář	2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (3–6)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2022	Corrientes, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Nicolás Álvarez	Guido Andreozzi Guillermo Durán	5–7, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Aug 2022	Prague, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Adrian Andreev	Victor Vlad Cornea Andrew Paulson	3–6, 1–6
Win	1–2	May 2023	Coquimbo, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Valerio Aboian	Tomás Farjat Facundo Juárez	7–6^(7–4), 6–0
Loss	1–3	Sep 2023	Antofagasta, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Luciano Darderi	Boris Arias Federico Zeballos	7–5, 4–6, [8–10]
Win	2–3	Jan 2024	Punta del Este, Uruguay	Challenger	Clay	Federico Agustín Gómez	Guido Andreozzi Guillermo Durán	6–3, 6–2
Loss	2–4	Mar 2024	Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	Challenger	Clay	Hugo Dellien	Andrea Collarini Renzo Olivo	7–5, 4–6, [8–10]
Win	3–4	Sep 2024	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Facundo Mena	Felipe Meligeni Alves Marcelo Zormann	1–6, 6–2, [12–10]
Loss	3–5	Aug 2025	Cordenons, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Boris Arias	Andrew Paulson Michael Vrbenský	4–6, 2–6
Loss	3–6	Aug 2026	Sion, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Facundo Mena	Maximilian Neuchrist David Poljak	4–6, 4–6

ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF WTT (6–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2022	M15 Naples, USA	WTT	Clay	Pedro Boscardin Dias	3–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Win	1–1	May 2022	M15 Quito, Ecuador	WTT	Clay	Arklon Huertas del Pino	7–6^(7–1), 6–3
Win	2–1	Jun 2022	M15 Quito, Ecuador	WTT	Clay	Juan Bautista Otegui	6–3, 6–2
Loss	2–2	Sep 2022	M25 Maribor, Slovenia	WTT	Clay	Hernán Casanova	4–6, 3–6
Win	3–2	Oct 2022	M15 Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	WTT	Clay	Conner Huertas del Pino	6–0, 6–2
Win	4–2	Nov 2022	M15 Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	WTT	Clay	Franco Roncadelli	7–6^(7–5), 6–3
Loss	4–3	Mar 2023	M25 Río Cuarto, Argentina	WTT	Clay	Pol Martín Tiffon	6–7^(7–9), 6–3, 5–7
Win	5–3	Feb 2024	M25 Punta del Este, Uruguay	WTT	Clay	Gonzalo Bueno	6–4, 3–6, 7–5
Win	6–3	Feb 2024	M25 Punta del Este, Uruguay	WTT	Clay	Álvaro Guillén Meza	6–1, 6–0
Loss	6–4	Oct 2025	M25 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	WTT	Clay	Eduardo Ribeiro	7–5, 2–6, 1–6

Doubles: 18 (12 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF Futures/WTT (12–6)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (11–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2012	Bolivia F2, Bolivia	Futures	Clay	Hugo Dellien	Facundo Mena Sebastián Serrano	3–6, 5–7
Loss	0–2	Sep 2013	Bolivia F3, Bolivia	Futures	Clay	Hugo Dellien	Franco Feitt José María Páez	3–6, 3–6
Win	1–2	Jun 2021	M25 Wichita, USA	WTT	Hard	Nicolás Acevedo	John McNally Benjamin Sigouin	6–4, 2–6, [12–10]
Win	2–2	Sep 2021	M15 Ibagué, Colombia	WTT	Clay	Boris Arias	Alejandro Gómez Alejandro Hoyos	6–4, 3–6, [10–4]
Win	3–2	Oct 2021	M25 Lima, Peru	WTT	Clay	Jorge Panta	Cayetano March Pol Martín Tiffon	7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–3)
Loss	3–3	Nov 2021	M15 Córdoba, Argentina	WTT	Clay	Boris Arias	Ignacio Carou Alejo Lorenzo Lingua Lavallén	4–6, 7–5, [4–10]
Win	4–3	Apr 2022	M25 Rosario, Argentina	WTT	Clay	Arklon Huertas del Pino	Tomás Farjat Ignacio Monzón	6–3, 6–3
Win	5–3	Apr 2022	M25 Rosario, Argentina	WTT	Clay	Arklon Huertas del Pino	Román Andrés Burruchaga Juan Ignacio Galarza	6–3, 7–5
Loss	5–4	May 2022	M15 Quito, Ecuador	WTT	Clay	Arklon Huertas del Pino	Igor Gimenez Nicolas Zanellato	2–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Win	6–4	Jun 2022	M15 Quito, Ecuador	WTT	Clay	Arklon Huertas del Pino	Alejandro Mendoza Jorge Panta	6–3, 7–5
Win	7–4	Aug 2022	M25 Koksijde, Belgium	WTT	Clay	Hernán Casanova	Zvonimir Babić Simon Freund	6–1, 4–6, [10–5]
Win	8–4	Mar 2023	M25 San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina	WTT	Clay	Valerio Aboian	Franco Emanuel Egea Gabriel Alejandro Hidalgo	6–7^(5–7), 7–5, [10–7]
Loss	8–5	Jun 2023	M25 Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic	WTT	Clay	Pedro Sakamoto	Sebastian Fanselow Dominik Kellovský	2–6, 4–6
Win	9–5	Jun 2023	M25 Córdoba, Spain	WTT	Clay	Valerio Aboian	Imanol López Morillo Benjamín Winter López	6–3, 6–7^(4–7), [11–9]
Loss	9–6	Jul 2023	M25 Kassel, Germany	WTT	Clay	Stefan Latinović	Jiří Barnat Patrik Rikl	4–6, 4–6
Win	10–6	Oct 2025	M25 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	WTT	Clay	Ignacio Carou	Christian Oliveira Paulo André Saraiva dos Santos	Walkover
Win	11–6	Jul 2026	M15 Villa Constitución, Argentina	WTT	Clay	Lorenzo Joaquín Rodríguez	Segundo Goity Zapico Tadeo Meneo	7–6^(7–1), 6–2
Win	12–6	Jul 2026	M25 Wetzlar, Germany	WTT	Clay	Tomás Farjat	Edison Ambarzumjan Madhwin Kamath	6–2, 6–4

References

↑ "Rankings | Singles".
↑ "Murkel Dellien – Men's Tennis". Wichita State Athletics.
↑ Comunicaciones, Compañia Chilena de. "Bolivia tomó ventaja sobre Bélgica en Copa Davis gracias a triunfos de Hugo y Murkel Dellien". alairelibre.cl.
↑ "#NextGenATP teens Tien, Debru among youngest Challenger champions of 2024". ATPTour. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
↑ "Bonzi back in Challenger winners' circle: 'My best performance of the year'". ATPTour. 15 July 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
↑ "2019-20 Men's Tennis Roster: Murkel Dellien". Wichita State Schokers. Archived from the original on 2020-02-03. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
↑ "Papá de Hugo Dellien: 'Voy a ver el partido encerrado entre cuatro paredes'". El Deber (in Spanish). Santa Cruz de la Sierra. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2023.

External links

Murkel Dellien at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Murkel Dellien at World Tennis
Murkel Dellien at the Davis Cup (archived)

[1] "Rankings | Singles".

[2] "Murkel Dellien – Men's Tennis". Wichita State Athletics.

[3] Comunicaciones, Compañia Chilena de. "Bolivia tomó ventaja sobre Bélgica en Copa Davis gracias a triunfos de Hugo y Murkel Dellien". alairelibre.cl.

[4] "#NextGenATP teens Tien, Debru among youngest Challenger champions of 2024". ATPTour. Retrieved 25 January 2025.

[5] "Bonzi back in Challenger winners' circle: 'My best performance of the year'". ATPTour. 15 July 2024. Retrieved 22 August 2024.

[6] "2019-20 Men's Tennis Roster: Murkel Dellien". Wichita State Schokers. Archived from the original on 2020-02-03. Retrieved 2020-02-03.

[7] "Papá de Hugo Dellien: 'Voy a ver el partido encerrado entre cuatro paredes'". El Deber (in Spanish). Santa Cruz de la Sierra. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 26 September 2023.

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Association of Tennis Professionals Top Bolivian male singles tennis players
As of Aug 24, 2026
1. Hugo Dellien (140 1) 2. Juan Carlos Prado Angelo (155 1) 3. Murkel Dellien (370 35) 4. Federico Zeballos (1,168 83) 5. Boris Arias (T1,279 28)
6. Santiago Lora (T1,441 15) 7. Diego Munoz (T1,713 29) 8. Oliver Andre Solis Encinas (T1,713 29) 9. Andres Urquiola Montellano (T1,912 17) 10. Leonardo Suarez (T1,991 20)