Nicolás Alexander Lapentti Gomez (born August 13, 1976 in Guayaquil) is a professional tennis player from Ecuador. Currently he is ranked 80th.
Lapentti began playing tennis at the age of six. He first came to the tennis world's attention an outstanding junior player who won the Orange Bowl in Florida in 1994, when he also captured the junior doubles titles at the French Open (w Kuerten) and the US Open.
Lapentti turned professional in 1995 and won his first top-level singles title later that year at Bogotá.
In 1999, Lapentti was a semi-finalist at the Australian Open. He also won two tour singles titles that year and reached his career-high singles ranking of World No. 6 that November.
He is also member of Ecuador Davis Cup team since 1993. Has represented his country in Davis Cup since he was 17, and won the deciding rubber against Great Britain (July 2000) to put Ecuador into the World Group. Lapentti is the player with most games played with the Davis Cup team.
Set up the Nicolas Lapentti Foundation in late 2000 to help bring tennis to the underprivileged, and develop future champions. Other interests include soccer and reading Robert Ludlum books.