Gabriel Diallo
Country (sports) | Canada |
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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 | $739,687[1] |
Singles | |
Career record | 7–12 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 103 (9 September 2024) |
Current ranking | No. 103 (9 September 2024) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | Q3 (2024) |
French Open | 1R (2024) |
Wimbledon | Q2 (2023, 2024) |
US Open | 3R (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. 629 (9 September 2024) |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | W (2022) Record: 4–3 |
Last updated on: 9 September 2024. |
Gabriel Diallo (born 24 September 2001) is a Canadian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 103, achieved on 9 September 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 321 achieved on 8 January 2024.
Personal life
[edit]Diallo was born in Montreal, Canada to a Guinean father and Ukrainian mother.[2]
College career
[edit]He played college tennis at the University of Kentucky.[3][4]
Professional 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: Masters & Major debuts, first wins and third round, top 105
[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.
Ranked No. 141, Diallo defeated again Daniel Evans to win his first ATP Tour match and first at the Masters 1000 level at the 2023 National Bank Open in Toronto.[7] He followed that up with 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]
Ranked No. 144, he also qualified for the main draw of the US Open making his debut, with wins over Sho Shimabukuro and two French players, Titouan Droguet and Valentin Royer.[10] He defeated Jaume Munar and upset 24th seed Arthur Fils, his first two main-draw Grand Slam wins, to reach the third round for the first time in his career. As a result he moved 40 positions up to new career-high of world No. 103 in the rankings on 9 September 2024.[11]
Performance Timelines
[edit]W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Tournament | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win% | ||
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||
Australian Open | Q1 | Q3 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||
French Open | Q1 | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||
Wimbledon | Q2 | Q2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||
US Open | Q1 | 3R | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% | ||
Win–loss | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% |
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 | Jason Kubler | 2–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Nov 2021 | M15 East Lansing, USA | WTT | Hard | Raymond Sarmiento | 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 1–2 | Jun 2022 | M25 East Lansing, USA | WTT | Hard | Andres Martin | 6–3, 7–6(7–4) |
Win | 2–2 | Aug 2022 | Granby, Canada | Challenger | Hard | Shang Juncheng | 7–5, 7–6(7–5) |
Loss | 2–3 | Oct 2022 | Fairfield, USA | Challenger | Hard | Michael Mmoh | 3–6, 2–6 |
Win | 3–3 | Mar 2023 | M25 Montreal, Canada | WTT | Hard (i) | Henri Squire | 7–6(7–5), 6–3 |
Win | 4–3 | Oct 2023 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Challenger | Hard (i) | Joris De Loore | 6–0, 7–5 |
Win | 5–3 | Jul 2024 | Chicago, USA | Challenger | Hard | Bu Yunchaokete | 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 | Millen Hurrion | Jacob Dunbar David Fox |
4–6, 6–7(3–7) |
Win | 1–1 | Aug 2023 | Winnipeg, Canada | Challenger | Hard | Leandro Riedi | Taha Baadi Juan Carlos Aguilar |
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) | Denis Shapovalov Vasek Pospisil Alexis Galarneau Félix Auger-Aliassime |
Alex de Minaur Jordan Thompson Thanasi Kokkinakis Max Purcell Matthew Ebden |
2–0 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Gabriel Diallo at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- ^ "Gabriel Diallo, un Canadien d'origine guinéenne présent dans l'ATP".
- ^ "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'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.
- ^ "Diallo putting himself on the map at the US Open". ATPTour. 30 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