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Gabriel Diallo

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Gabriel Diallo
Diallo at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Canada
Born (2001-09-24) 24 September 2001 (age 22)
Montreal, Canada
Height2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Turned pro2023
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeUniversity of Kentucky
CoachMartin Laurendeau
Prize money$340,368[1]
Singles
Career record5–11 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 129 (26 February 2024)
Current rankingNo. 155 (12 August 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2024)
French Open1R (2024)
WimbledonQ2 (2023, 2024)
US OpenQ3 (2024)
Doubles
Career record0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 321 (8 January 2024)[1]
Current rankingNo. 381 (12 August 2024)
Team competitions
Davis CupW (2022)
Record: 4–3
Last updated on: 12 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

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Diallo was born in Montreal, Canada to a Guinean father and Ukrainian mother.[4]

Career

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2022: Maiden Challenger title, ATP & top 250 debut, Davis Cup champion

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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

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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]

ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals

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Singles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner-ups)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (3–1)
ITF WTT (2–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–3)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2021 M15 Champaign, USA WTT Hard Australia Jason Kubler 2–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Nov 2021 M15 East Lansing, USA WTT Hard United States Raymond Sarmiento 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 Jun 2022 M25 East Lansing, USA WTT Hard United States Andres Martin 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win 2–2 Aug 2022 Granby, Canada Challenger Hard China Shang Juncheng 7–5, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 2–3 Oct 2022 Fairfield, USA Challenger Hard United States Michael Mmoh 3–6, 2–6
Win 3–3 Mar 2023 M25 Montreal, Canada WTT Hard (i) Germany Henri Squire 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win 4–3 Oct 2023 Bratislava, Slovakia Challenger Hard (i) Belgium Joris De Loore 6–0, 7–5
Win 5–3 Jul 2024 Chicago, USA Challenger Hard China Bu Yunchaokete 6–3, 7–6(7–3)

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
ITF WTT (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2019 M15 East Lansing, USA WTT Hard United Kingdom Millen Hurrion United States Jacob Dunbar
United Kingdom David Fox 		4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 1–1 Aug 2023 Winnipeg, Canada Challenger Hard Switzerland Leandro Riedi Canada Taha Baadi
Canada Juan Carlos Aguilar 		6–2, 6–3

National and international representation

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Team competitions finals: 1 (1 title)

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Finals by tournament
Davis Cup (1–0)
Laver Cup (0–0)
ATP Cup (0–0)
Finals by team
Canada (1–0)
World (0–0)
Result    Date    Tournament Surface Partners Opponents Score
Win Nov 2022 Davis Cup, Málaga Hard (i) Canada Denis Shapovalov
Canada Vasek Pospisil
Canada Alexis Galarneau
Canada Félix Auger-Aliassime 		Australia Alex de Minaur
Australia Jordan Thompson
Australia Thanasi Kokkinakis
Australia Max Purcell
Australia Matthew Ebden 		2–0

References

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  1. ^ a b Gabriel Diallo at the Association of Tennis Professionals
  2. ^ "Gabriel Diallo, Liam Draxl Named ITA All-Americans for Singles". UK Athletics. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Gabriel Diallo". UK Athletics. 31 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Gabriel Diallo, un Canadien d'origine guinéenne présent dans l'ATP".
  5. ^ "Gabriel Diallo's rock-star moment in Montreal". opencourt.ca. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Four First-Time ATP Challenger Tour Champions Crowned Last Week | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  7. ^ "Canadian Gabriel Diallo, 21, Stuns Red-Hot Daniel Evans in Toronto | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  8. ^ "Canada's Galarneau, Diallo notch upset victories, beat Italy in Davis Cup". Sportsnet. 13 September 2023.
  9. ^ "Reigning #NextGenATP champ Medjedovic qualifies for Roland Garros". 23 May 2024.
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