Gabriel Diallo
![]() Diallo at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships | |
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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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 | $229,782 [1] |
Singles | |
Career record | 3–7 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam matches) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 130 (16 October 2023) |
Current ranking | No. 130 (16 October 2023) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | Q1 (2023) |
French Open | Q1 (2023) |
Wimbledon | Q2 (2023) |
US Open | Q1 (2023) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 0–1 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 450 (28 August 2023)[2] |
Current ranking | No. 450 (28 August 2023) |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | W (2022) Record: 2–2 |
Last updated on: 9 November 2023. |
Gabriel Diallo (born 24 September 2001) is a Canadian tennis player.
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)
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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 | World Tennis Tour | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Nov 2021 | M15 East Lansing, USA | World Tennis Tour | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 1–2 | Jun 2022 | M25 East Lansing, USA | World Tennis Tour | 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 | World Tennis Tour | Hard (i) | ![]() |
7–6(7–5), 6–3 |
Win | 4–3 | Oct 2023 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Challenger | Hard (i) | ![]() |
6–0, 7–5 |
Doubles: 1 (1–1)
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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 | World Tennis Tour | 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
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
- ^ "Gabriel Diallo Overview". ATP Tour. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
- ^ "Gabriel Diallo Tennis Player Profile". ITF Tour. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
- ^ "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.
External links
- Gabriel Diallo at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Gabriel Diallo at the International Tennis Federation
- Gabriel Diallo at the Davis Cup