Gabriel Diallo
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Born | Montreal, Canada | 24 September 2001
Height | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) |
Turned pro | 2023 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
College | University of Kentucky |
Coach | Martin Laurendeau |
Prize money | $340,368[1] |
Singles | |
Career record | 5–11 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 129 (26 February 2024) |
Current ranking | No. 155 (12 August 2024) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | Q3 (2024) |
French Open | 1R (2024) |
Wimbledon | Q2 (2023, 2024) |
US Open | 1R (2024) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 321 (8 January 2024)[1] |
Current ranking | No. 381 (12 August 2024) |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | W (2022) Record: 4–3 |
Last updated on: 22 August 2024. |
Gabriel Diallo (born 24 September 2001) is a Canadian professional tennis player.
Diallo has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 129, achieved on 26 February 2024. He played college tennis at the University of Kentucky.[2][3]
Early life
[edit]Diallo was born in Montreal, Canada to a Guinean father and Ukrainian mother.[4]
Career
[edit]2022: Maiden Challenger title, ATP & top 250 debut, Davis Cup champion
[edit]In August, he made his ATP debut in the qualifying competition as a wildcard at the 2022 National Bank Open in Montreal where he defeated James Duckworth in the first round.[5]
Participating in a tournament also with a wildcard entry, Diallo won 5 consecutive matches to claim his maiden title at the 2022 Granby Challenger in only his fourth main-draw Challenger-level tournament. The 20-year-old was the youngest Canadian champion on the Challenger Tour since Félix Auger-Aliassime won the Tashkent Challenger in 2018. As a result, he rose to a career-high No. 335 in the ATP Rankings. [6] He finished the year at a career-high ranking of No. 224 on 21 November 2022.
2023-2024: Top 150 and Major debuts
[edit]After reaching the semifinals at the Challenger in Busan, South Korea where he lost to top seed Max Purcell, he made his top 150 debut at world No. 146 on 22 May 2023. He defeated Liam Broady and top seed Dan Evans of Great Britain at the 2023 Surbiton Trophy.
Diallo defeated again Daniel Evans to win his first ever tour level match at the 2023 National Bank Open in Toronto.[7] He followed up his showing in Toronto by winning the doubles title at the Winnipeg Challenger, partnering Leandro Riedi.
At the Davis Cup Finals group stage, Diallo recorded a shock upset victory over world No. 18 Lorenzo Musetti, winning in straight sets to give Canada the victory over Italy.[8]
He won his second Challenger title at the 2023 Slovak Open and reached the top 130 on 16 October 2023.
In May 2024, he qualified for his first Grand Slam at the 2024 French Open defeating two Argentines Genaro Alberto Olivieri and Marco Trungelliti, and in the third round of qualifying Alexander Ritschard.[9]
He also qualified for the main draw of the US Open making his debut at this Major, defeating two French players, Titouan Droguet and Valentin Royer.[10]
ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals
[edit]Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner-ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2021 | M15 Champaign, USA | WTT | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Nov 2021 | M15 East Lansing, USA | WTT | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 1–2 | Jun 2022 | M25 East Lansing, USA | WTT | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 7–6(7–4) |
Win | 2–2 | Aug 2022 | Granby, Canada | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
7–5, 7–6(7–5) |
Loss | 2–3 | Oct 2022 | Fairfield, USA | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 2–6 |
Win | 3–3 | Mar 2023 | M25 Montreal, Canada | WTT | Hard (i) | ![]() |
7–6(7–5), 6–3 |
Win | 4–3 | Oct 2023 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Challenger | Hard (i) | ![]() |
6–0, 7–5 |
Win | 5–3 | Jul 2024 | Chicago, USA | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 7–6(7–3) |
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2019 | M15 East Lansing, USA | WTT | Hard | ![]() |
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4–6, 6–7(3–7) |
Win | 1–1 | Aug 2023 | Winnipeg, Canada | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–3 |
National and international representation
[edit]Team competitions finals: 1 (1 title)
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Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partners | Opponents | Score |
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Win | Nov 2022 | Davis Cup, Málaga | Hard (i) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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2–0 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Gabriel Diallo at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- ^ "Gabriel Diallo, Liam Draxl Named ITA All-Americans for Singles". UK Athletics. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
- ^ "Gabriel Diallo". UK Athletics. 31 August 2019.
- ^ "Gabriel Diallo, un Canadien d'origine guinéenne présent dans l'ATP".
- ^ "Gabriel Diallo's rock-star moment in Montreal". opencourt.ca. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
- ^ "Four First-Time ATP Challenger Tour Champions Crowned Last Week | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
- ^ "Canadian Gabriel Diallo, 21, Stuns Red-Hot Daniel Evans in Toronto | ATP Tour | Tennis".
- ^ "Canada's Galarneau, Diallo notch upset victories, beat Italy in Davis Cup". Sportsnet. 13 September 2023.
- ^ "Reigning #NextGenATP champ Medjedovic qualifies for Roland Garros". 23 May 2024.
- ^ "Gabriel Diallo Qualifies for Main Draw at US Open". 22 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- Gabriel Diallo at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Gabriel Diallo at the International Tennis Federation
- Gabriel Diallo at the Davis Cup
- 2001 births
- Living people
- Tennis players from Montreal
- Canadian male tennis players
- Canadian people of Guinean descent
- Canadian people of Ukrainian descent
- Kentucky Wildcats men's tennis players
- Canadian expatriate tennis players in the United States
- 21st-century Canadian sportspeople
- North American tennis biography stubs
- Canadian sportspeople stubs