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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 23)
Montreal, Canada
Height2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Turned pro2023
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeUniversity of Kentucky
CoachMartin Laurendeau
Prize moneyUS$ 775,212[1]
Singles
Career record11–14 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 87 (21 October 2024)
Current rankingNo. 87 (21 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2024)
French Open1R (2024)
WimbledonQ2 (2023, 2024)
US Open3R (2024)
Doubles
Career record0–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 321 (8 January 2024)[1]
Current rankingNo. 524 (21 October 2024)
Team competitions
Davis CupW (2022)
Record: 4–3
Last updated on: 18 October 2024.

Gabriel Diallo (born 24 September 2001) is a Canadian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 87, achieved on 21 October 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 321 achieved on 8 January 2024.

Personal life

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Diallo was born in Montreal, Canada to a Guinean father and Ukrainian mother.[2]

College career

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He played college tennis at the University of Kentucky.[3][4]

Professional 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.[7]

2023-2024: Masters & Major debuts & third round, top 100, Maiden ATP final

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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.[8]

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.[9] He followed that up with winning the doubles title at the Winnipeg Challenger, partnering Leandro Riedi.[citation needed]

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.[10] He won his second Challenger title at the 2023 Slovak Open and reached the top 130 on 16 October 2023.[7]

In May 2024, he qualified for his first Grand Slam at the 2024 French Open defeating two Argentinians Genaro Alberto Olivieri and Marco Trungelliti, and in the third round of qualifying, Alexander Ritschard.[11]

Ranked No. 144, he also qualified for the main draw of the 2024 US Open making his debut, with wins over Sho Shimabukuro and two French players, Titouan Droguet and Valentin Royer.[12] 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.[13] Diallo reached his maiden ATP Tour final at the 2024 Almaty Open, defeating Christopher O'Connell, Borna Ćorić, second seed Alejandro Tabilo,[14] and fourth seed Francisco Cerundolo.[15] He lost the final to third seed Karen Khachanov in three sets.[16] As a result he reached the top 100 in the rankings on 21 October 2024.[17]

Performance Timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Tournament 2023 2024 SR W–L Win%
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 Tour finals

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Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP 500 (0–0)
ATP 250 (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (0–0)
Indoor (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2024 Almaty Open, Kazakhstan ATP 250 Hard (i) Karen Khachanov 2–6, 7–5, 3–6

ATP Challenger Tour finals

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Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (3–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2022 Granby, Canada Challenger Hard China Shang Juncheng 7–5, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 1–1 Oct 2022 Fairfield, USA Challenger Hard United States Michael Mmoh 3–6, 2–6
Win 2–1 Oct 2023 Bratislava, Slovakia Challenger Hard (i) Belgium Joris De Loore 6–0, 7–5
Win 3–1 Jul 2024 Chicago, USA Challenger Hard China Bu Yunchaokete 6–3, 7–6(7–3)

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 0–1 Aug 2023 Winnipeg, Canada Challenger Hard Switzerland Leandro Riedi Canada Taha Baadi
Canada Juan Carlos Aguilar 		6–2, 6–3

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

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Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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Legend
ITF WTT (2–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
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 Mar 2023 M25 Montreal, Canada WTT Hard (i) Germany Henri Squire 7–6(7–5), 6–3

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Legend
ITF WTT (0–1)
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)

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, un Canadien d'origine guinéenne présent dans l'ATP".
  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'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. ^ a b "GD Rankings". ATPTour.
  8. ^ "Dan Evans admits losing to better player at Surbiton". 9 June 2023.
  9. ^ "Canadian Gabriel Diallo, 21, Stuns Red-Hot Daniel Evans in Toronto | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  10. ^ "Canada's Galarneau, Diallo notch upset victories, beat Italy in Davis Cup". Sportsnet. 13 September 2023.
  11. ^ "Reigning #NextGenATP champ Medjedovic qualifies for Roland Garros". 23 May 2024.
  12. ^ "Gabriel Diallo Qualifies for Main Draw at US Open". 22 August 2024.
  13. ^ "Diallo putting himself on the map at the US Open". ATPTour. 30 August 2024.
  14. ^ "Diallo dialled in during breakout Almaty run". ATPTour. 18 October 2024.
  15. ^ "Diallo dreams on! Canadian sinks Cerundolo to reach maiden Tour final in Almaty". ATPTour. 19 October 2024.
  16. ^ "Khachanov resists Diallo in dramatic Almaty final". ATPTour. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  17. ^ "Aryna Sabalenka returns to No. 1 on the WTA rankings, replacing Iga Swiatek at the top spot". 21 October 2024.
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