Diego del Río facts for kids
Country (sports) | Argentina |
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Born | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
4 September 1972
Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) |
Turned pro | 1990 |
Plays | Right-handed |
Prize money | $181,755 |
Singles | |
Career record | 0–1 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 274 (12 September 1994) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 19–34 |
Career titles | 1 |
Highest ranking | No. 66 (9 November 1998) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (1999, 2000) |
French Open | 3R (1999) |
Wimbledon | 1R (1999) |
US Open | 1R (1998, 1999) |
Diego del Río (born 4 September 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.
Career
del Rio was a doubles specialist and appeared in the main draw of seven Grand Slam tournaments. He only once progressed past the first round, which was in the 1999 French Open with Martín Rodríguez, where they made the round of 16. The Argentine also competed in the mixed doubles in that event (partnering Laura Montalvo), as well as at that year's Wimbledon (with María Fernanda Landa), but fell at the first round in each. He was involved in a long deciding set in the 1999 Australian Open, which he and partner Mariano Puerta lost 13–15, to Brent Haygarth and T. J. Middleton.
In 1998 he and Puerta won the Colombia Open. It would be the only final that del Rio reached during his career on the ATP Tour. He had also been a semi-finalist in Colombia two years earlier and made the semi-finals at the 1999 Merano Open.
ATP career finals
Doubles: 1 (1–0)
Result | W/L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Nov 1998 | Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | Mariano Puerta | Gábor Köves Eric Taino |
6–7, 6–3, 6–2 |
Challenger titles
Doubles: (12)
No. | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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1. | 1997 | Geneva, Switzerland | Clay | Mariano Puerta | Guillaume Marx Olivier Morel |
6–3, 6–4 |
2. | 1997 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | Daniel Orsanic | Pablo Albano Luis Lobo |
6–4, 4–6, 6–1 |
3. | 1998 | Biella, Italy | Clay | Eric Taino | Emanuel Couto João Cunha-Silva |
7–6, 5–7, 6–2 |
4. | 1998 | Contrexéville, France | Clay | Martín Rodríguez | Álex López Morón Jairo Velasco Jr. |
7–6, 4–6, 6–4 |
5. | 1998 | São Paulo, Brazil | Clay | Martín Rodríguez | Edwin Kempes Peter Wessels |
7–6, 6–3 |
6. | 1998 | Lima, Peru | Clay | Martín Rodríguez | Federico Browne Eduardo Medica |
6–4, 7–6 |
7. | 2000 | Geneva, Switzerland | Clay | Edgardo Massa | Yves Allegro Julien Cuaz |
7–5, 7–6(8–6) |
8. | 2001 | Montauban, France | Clay | Vadim Kutsenko | Tuomas Ketola Orlin Stanoytchev |
6–4, 6–2 |
9. | 2001 | Geneva, Switzerland | Clay | Orlin Stanoytchev | Feliciano López Francisco Roig |
2–6, 7–6(7–0), 7–6(7–3) |
10. | 2001 | Montevideo, Uruguay | Clay | Martín Vassallo Argüello | Gastón Etlis Mariano Hood |
W/O |
11. | 2002 | Freudenstadt, Germany | Clay | Leonardo Olguín | Juan Balcells Yuri Schukin |
7–6(7–2), 6–4 |
12. | 2002 | Aschaffenburg, Germany | Clay | Andrés Schneiter | Kornél Bardóczky Zoltán Nagy |
6–3, 3–6, 6–3 |
See also
In Spanish: Diego del Río para niños