Challenger
Third Challenger title since start of October? Barrios Vera keeps charge alive in Montevideo
Vallejo, 21, reaches quarter-finals at Challenger 100 event
November 13, 2025
Kia Open
Tomas Barrios Vera won the Cali Challenger in October and also the Lima Challenger last week.
By ATP Staff
Tomas Barrios Vera has enjoyed a late-season surge on the ATP Challenger Tour, boosting his chances of finishing the season inside the Top 100 of the PIF ATP Rankings. In action this week at the Uruguay Open, the Chilean is seeking his third Challenger title since the start of October, having triumphed in Cali, Colombia and then in Lima, Peru last week.
The 27-year-old cruised into the Montevideo quarter-finals on Thursday with a 6-3, 6-3 victory against local wild card Franco Roncadelli.
At No. 110 in the PIF ATP Live Rankings, Barrios Vera would have a chance of returning to the Top 100 for the first time in 21 months should he win the Montevideo crown.
Last week in Lima, Barrios Vera saved five match points in a four-hour, 24-minute minute quarter-final thriller against Argentine Juan Bautista Torres 7-6(2) 6-7(6) 7-6(10) en route to lifting his third Challenger trophy of the season and seventh overall.
In other action, Paraguay’s 21-year-old Adolfo Daniel Vallejo rallied past Alvaro Guillen Meza 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 to reach the last eight. Guillen Meza conquered top seed Sebastian Baez in the opening round.
Former World No. 17 Cristian Garin beat Alex Barrena 6-2, 6-4 and fourth seed Carlos Taberner ousted Zdenek Kolar 7-6(2), 6-3.
Carlos with the great escape 😱
Taberner fights back from 0-5 to take the opener 7-6(2) before closing out Kolar in straight sets to reach the Montevideo QFs! 🇺🇾#ATPChallenger | @uruguayopen pic.twitter.com/rDNBiY8aFU
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