Gabriel Diallo

Gabriel Diallo (born 24 September 2001) is a Canadian tennis player.

Gabriel Diallo
Diallo at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Canada
Born (2001-09-24) 24 September 2001
Montreal, Canada
Height2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Turned pro2023
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeUniversity of Kentucky
CoachMartin Laurendeau
Prize money$229,782 [1]
Singles
Career record3–6 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam matches)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 130 (16 October 2023)
Current rankingNo. 130 (16 October 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2023)
French OpenQ1 (2023)
WimbledonQ2 (2023)
US OpenQ1 (2023)
Doubles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 450 (28 August 2023)[2]
Current rankingNo. 450 (28 August 2023)
Team competitions
Davis CupW (2022)
Record: 2–1 (66.7%)
Last updated on: 15 October 2023.

Diallo has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 130, achieved on 16 October 2023. He is playing in his senior year at the University of Kentucky.[3][4]

Early life

Diallo was born in Montreal, Canada to a Guinean father and Ukrainian mother.[5]

Career

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

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.[6]

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. [7] He finished the year at a career-high ranking of No. 224 on 21 November 2022.

2023: Top 150 debut

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 Dan Evans to win his first ever tour level match at the 2023 National Bank Open in Toronto.[8] 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.[9]

He won his second Challenger title at the 2023 Slovak Open and reached the top 130 on 16 October 2023.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 7 (4–3)
Legend
ATP Challenger (2–1)
ITF Futures (2–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–3)
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 World Tennis Tour Hard Australia Jason Kubler 2–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Nov 2021 M15 East Lansing, USA World Tennis Tour Hard United States Raymond Sarmiento 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win 1–2 Jun 2022 M25 East Lansing, USA World Tennis Tour 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 World Tennis Tour 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

Doubles: 1 (1–1)
Legend
ATP Challenger (1–0)
ITF Futures (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 World Tennis Tour 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

Team competitions finals: 1 (1 title)
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
  1. "Gabriel Diallo Overview". ATP Tour. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  2. "Gabriel Diallo Tennis Player Profile". ITF Tour. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  3. "Gabriel Diallo, Liam Draxl Named ITA All-Americans for Singles". UK Athletics. 8 June 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  4. "Gabriel Diallo". UK Athletics. 31 August 2019.
  5. "Gabriel Diallo, un Canadien d'origine guinéenne présent dans l'ATP".
  6. "Gabriel Diallo's rock-star moment in Montreal". opencourt.ca. 7 August 2022. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  7. "Four First-Time ATP Challenger Tour Champions Crowned Last Week | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  8. "Canadian Gabriel Diallo, 21, Stuns Red-Hot Daniel Evans in Toronto | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  9. "Canada's Galarneau, Diallo notch upset victories, beat Italy in Davis Cup". Sportsnet. 13 September 2023.


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