Daniel Elahi Galán Explained

Daniel Elahi Galán
Fullname:Daniel Elahi Galán Riveros
Residence:Bogotá, Colombia
Birth Date:1996 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Bucaramanga, Colombia
Height:1.91m (06.27feet)
Turnedpro:2015
Coach:Santos Galán
Plays:Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$2,822,947
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 56 (17 July 2023)
Currentsinglesranking:No. 130 (12 August 2024)
Australianopenresult:2R (2024)
Frenchopenresult:3R (2020)
Wimbledonresult:4R (2023)
Usopenresult:3R (2022)
Othertournaments:yes
Olympicsresult:2R (2020)
Doublestitles:0
Highestdoublesranking:No. 305 (26 February 2018)
Wimbledondoublesresult:1R (2023)
Usopendoublesresult:1R (2023)
Updated:20 August 2024

Daniel Elahi Galán Riveros (born 18 June 1996 in Bucaramanga) is a Colombian professional tennis player. He reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 56 on 17 July 2023. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 305 achieved on 26 February 2018. He is currently the No. 1 Colombian tennis player.[1] His best result at a Major is a fourth-round appearance at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.

Personal information

He is part of the Colsanitas team, an organization that supports the best tennis players in Colombia.[2] [3]

Professional career

2015: ATP debut

Galán made his ATP main draw singles debut at the 2015 Claro Open Colombia where he was given a wildcard. He defeated Pere Riba in the first round.[4]

2020: Grand Slam debut and third round at the French Open

Galán gained additional recognition after his 2020 French Open third round match with Novak Djokovic, his best showing at a Grand Slam thus far. He lost in straight sets (6–0, 6–3, 6–2), but his performance earned him new followers.

2021: Masters 1000 debut and third round, Olympics debut

As a result of his first and best Masters 1000 third round showing thus far at the 2021 Miami Open, he reached a career-high of World No. 110 on 5 April 2021.

Galán qualified to represent Colombia at the 2020 Summer Olympics where he was defeated by World No. 5 and eventual Olympic champion Alexander Zverev in the second round.

2022: Wimbledon & US Open third rounds, first top-5 win, top 75

At the 2022 Córdoba Open he reached his first ATP quarterfinal of the year as a lucky loser where he lost to top seed Diego Schwartzman.

After missing three major events, he returned to the 2022 Wimbledon Championships where he reached the second round for a second consecutive year defeating Dominik Koepfer. He moved to the third round for the first time at this Major after the withdrawal of 17th seed Roberto Bautista Agut due to a positive COVID-19 test.[5]

He reached the top 100 at World No. 99 on 25 July 2022, after a second round showing as a qualifier at the 2022 Hamburg European Open defeating Federico Coria. At the 2022 Croatia Open Umag he defeated 2016 champion Fabio Fognini.[6]

He made his debut at the US Open as a qualifier.[7] In the first round, he upset world No. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas to advance to the second round, recording his first victory over a Top-5 player and for Colombia since Iván Molina took down then-No. 3 Manuel Orantes in Tehran in 1975.[8] He became only the third player in the last five years to win a set 6–0 against him. Although Tsitsipas saved eight match points, Galán capitalised on his ninth.[9] [10] [11] He defeated Jordan Thompson in the second round in five sets to reach the third round at this Major for the second time in his career.[12] As a result, he moved into the top 75 in the rankings.

At the 2022 San Diego Open he reached his second quarterfinal of the season defeating fourth seed Pedro Martínez (tennis)[13] before losing to fifth seed and eventual champion Brandon Nakashima.[14] As a result, he moved to the top 70 in the rankings No. 69 on 26 September.

He achieved an ATP career-high singles ranking of No. 67 on 28 November 2022.

2023: Wimbledon fourth round, top 60

In April, Galan reached the final at the 2023 Sarasota Open where he was the defending champion but lost to Daniel Altmaier.[15]

At the 2023 Mutua Madrid Open in the first round, he played in the longest tiebreak of the ATP season thus far, falling 17-15 in 25-minutes to Alexander Bublik.[16]

At the 2023 Wimbledon Championships he upset 24th seed Yoshihito Nishioka.[17] Next he defeated qualifier Oscar Otte to reach a second consecutive third round. He defeated Mikael Ymer to reach his first fourth round at this Major and in his career. As a result, he moved to a new career high in the top 56 in the rankings on 17 July 2023.

2024: First Australian Open win

At the 2024 Australian Open, Galan needed almost five hours to the minute to win his first round match at this Major over local wildcard Jason Kubler.[18] In Buenos Aires he recorded his second win of the season over wildcard Diego Schwartzman.

At the 2024 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships he set a record in the history of the tournament, by winning the longest tiebreak 15-13 in the first set on his 10th set point, defeating Benoit Paire in straight sets in his first round match.[19]

Performance timeline

Current through the 2024 Miami Open.

Tournament2018201920202021202220232024W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAQ11RAQ11R2R1–3
French OpenQ2Q33R1RQ11R1R2–4
WimbledonQ1Q2style=color:#767676NH2R3R4R1R6–4
US OpenQ3Q3AQ13R1RQ22–2
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–02–21–24–23–41–311–13
National representation
Summer OlympicsNot Held2RNot HeldA1–1
Davis CupARRRRAWG13–3
ATP Masters 1000 tournaments
Indian Wells MastersAAstyle=color:#767676NH1RQ21R1R0–3
Miami MastersAAstyle=color:#767676NH3R2R1R1R3–4
Monte-Carlo MastersAAstyle=color:#767676NHAAAA0–0
Madrid MastersAAstyle=color:#767676NHAA1R1R0–2
Rome MastersAAQ1AAQ11R0–1
Canada MastersAAstyle=color:#767676NHQ2AA0–0
Cincinnati MastersAAAAAQ20–0
Shanghai MastersAANot Held1R0–1
Paris MastersAAQ1AQ1A0–0
style=text-align:leftWin–loss0–00–00–02–21–10–40–43–11
Career statistics
style=text-align:leftTitles–Finals0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0
Year-end ranking2211911151116793

Challenger and ITF Finals

Singles: 19 (8–11)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (4–4)
ITF Futures Tour (4–7)
Titles by surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (6–8)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Mexico F8, ManzanilloFuturesHard Felipe Mantilla6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Loss1–1Colombia F4, PopayánFuturesHard Eduardo Struvay6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(2–7),
Win2–1Colombia F8, BogotáFuturesClay Cristian Rodríguez6–3, 3–2 Retired
Loss2–2Colombia F4, ValleduparFuturesHard6–4, 3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss2–3Colombia F5, ManizalesFuturesClay6–7(4–7), 4–6
Loss2–4Colombia F6, NeivaFuturesClay5–7, 4–6
Loss2–5Colombia F8, MedellínFuturesClay7–5, 2–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss2–6Colombia F9, VillavicencioFuturesClay4–6, 2–6
Win3–6Colombia F1, ValleduparFuturesHard6–3, 7–5
Loss3–7Colombia F2, ManizalesFuturesHard4–6, 7–5, 2–6
Loss3–8Bogotá, ColombiaChallengerClay Marcelo Arévalo5–7, 4–6
Win4–8Peru F1, LimaFuturesClay Nicolás Álvarez7–5, 6–3
Win5–8San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy ChallengerClay Sergio Gutiérrez Ferrol6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Loss5–9Newport Beach, USAChallengerHard Thai-Son Kwiatkowski4–6, 1–6
Win6–9Lima, PeruChallengerClay Thiago Agustin Tirante6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Loss6–10Heilbronn, GermanyChallengerClay Bernabé Zapata Miralles3–6, 4–6
Win7–10Concepción, ChileChallengerClay Santiago Rodríguez Taverna6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Win8–10Sarasota, USAChallengerClay Steve Johnson7–6(9–7), 4–6, 6–1
Loss8–11Sarasota, USAChallengerClay Daniel Altmaier7–6(7–1), 6–1

Doubles: 3 (2–1)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0-1)
ITF Futures Tour (2-0)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
bgcolor=98FB98 Win1–0Aug 2017Colombia F3, PereiraFuturesClay José Olivares Christopher Díaz Figueroa
Luis Patiño
6–2, 6–3
Loss1–1Aug 2017bgcolor=moccasinSanto Domingo, Dominican Republicbgcolor=moccasinChallengerClay Santiago Giraldo Juan Ignacio Londero
Luis David Martínez
4–6, 4–6
bgcolor=98FB98 Win2–1Dec 2017Peru F1, LimaFuturesClay João Pedro Sorgi Boris Arias
4–6, 6–4, [10–3]

Record against top 10 players

Galán's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered:

Playerwidth=70RecordWin %width=60Hardwidth=60Claywidth=60GrassLast Match
Number 1 ranked players
Novak Djokovic0–10–1style=background:#ebc2af;text-align:left
Jannik Sinner0–20–10–1style=background:#ebc2af;text-align:leftLost (6–7(4–7), 4–6, 3–6) at 2023 Wimbledon
Number 2 ranked players
Alexander Zverev0–10–1style=background:#ebc2af;text-align:leftLost (2–6, 2–6) at 2020 Summer Olympics
Casper Ruud0–20–10–1style=background:#ebc2af;text-align:leftLost (4–6, 1–6) at 2021 Acapulco
Number 3 ranked players
Stefanos Tsitsipas1–0bgcolor=lime1–0style=background:#cfc;text-align:leftWon (6–0, 6–1, 3–6, 7–5) at 2022 US Open
Number 4 ranked players
Holger Rune0–10–1style=background:#ebc2af;text-align:leftLost (4–6, 2–6) at 2024 BMW Open
Number 6 ranked players
Matteo Berrettini0–10–1style=background:#ebc2af;text-align:leftLost (4–6, 2–6) at 2024 Swiss Open Gstaad
Number 7 ranked players
David Goffin0–10–1style=background:#ebc2af;text-align:leftLost (6–3, 3–6, 3–6) at 2019 Davis Cup
Number 8 ranked players
John Isner1–0bgcolor=lime1–0style=background:#cfc;text-align:left
Cameron Norrie1–0bgcolor=lime1–0style=background:#cfc;text-align:leftWon (4–6, 6–3, 5–7, 6–1, 6–1) at 2020 French Open
Diego Schwartzman1–11–1style=background:#cfc;text-align:left
Hubert Hurkacz0–10–1style=background:#ebc2af;text-align:leftLost (2–6, 2–6) at 2021 Delray Beach
Number 9 ranked players
Fabio Fognini1–0bgcolor=lime1–0style=background:#cfc;text-align:left
Alex de Minaur1–11–1style=background:#cfc;text-align:leftWon (4–6, 6–3, 6–4) at 2021 Miami
Number 10 ranked players
Frances Tiafoe0–10–1style=background:#ebc2af;text-align:leftLost (7–6(10–8)), 3–6, 3–6) at 2024 Mubadala Citi DC
Total6–133–7
3–5
0–1
  • Statistics correct .

Wins over top 10 players

PlayerRankEventSurfaceRdScore
2022
1. Stefanos Tsitsipasalign=center bgcolor=eee8aa5US Open, United StatesHard1R6–0, 6–1, 3–6, 7–594

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rankings | Singles. ATP Tour.
  2. Web site: Colsanitas: por qué una empresa de salud le invierte tanto al tenis. es. September 3, 2022. El Tiempo (Colombia). 29 September 2019 .
  3. Web site: Madre de Daniel Galán aclara que Ricardo Sánchez no es su entrenador. es. September 3, 2022. Caracol Radio. 30 August 2022 .
  4. Web site: Daniel Elahi Galan | Player Activity . ATP Tour.
  5. Web site: Tennis: Daniel Elahi Galan into third round of WImbledon. Tennis Majors et ses. partenaires. 30 June 2022. Tennismajors.com. 28 July 2022.
  6. Web site: Giulio Zeppieri Earns Maiden Tour Win In Umag . ATP Tour. 28 July 2022.
  7. https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2022-08-26/meet_the_2022_us_open_mens_qualifiers.html
  8. Web site: Daniel Galan's US Open Run: "A Reward for the Sacrifice" | ATP Tour | Tennis .
  9. Web site: Daniel Elahi Galan Stuns Stefanos Tsitsipas On 9th Match Point At US Open ATP Tour Tennis . 30 August 2022 . ATP Tour.
  10. Web site: Scenes from Queens: Stefanos Tsitsipas, Simona Halep shocked by qualifiers Daniel Galan and Daria Snigur; more from US Open's Day 1 .
  11. Web site: "There's a reason why I'm here": How Daniel Elahi Galán pulled off a Stefanos Tsitsipas stunner .
  12. Web site: Wins for Holt, Cressy, Korda Among Biggest Grand Slam Upsets of 2022 | ATP Tour | Tennis .
  13. Web site: Jenson Brooksby and Daniel Evans Advance to San Diego QFS | ATP Tour | Tennis .
  14. Web site: Daniel Evans Battles into San Diego SFS | ATP Tour | Tennis .
  15. Web site: Challenger Tour Weekly Recap: Shevchenko Breaks the Top 100 . 18 April 2023 .
  16. Web site: Bublik Beats Galan in Longest Tie-break of 2023 So Far in Madrid | ATP Tour | Tennis .
  17. Web site: Tennis: Recuperating Nishioka exits Wimbledon in 1st round .
  18. Web site: Five-set fever: A record-breaking opening round at AO 2024.
  19. Web site: Multiple "Longest" Tournament Records Broken on Tuesday.