Diego Galeano | |
Fullname: | Diego Sebastian Galeano |
Birth Date: | 1 February 1992 |
Birth Place: | Asunción, Paraguay |
Height: | 5 ft 11 in |
Plays: | Right-handed |
Careerprizemoney: | $8,447 |
Singlesrecord: | 9–5 |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 663 (15 August 2011) |
Doublesrecord: | 2–5 |
Highestdoublesranking: | No. 411 (15 August 2011) |
Medaltemplates-Expand: | yes |
Diego Sebastian Galeano (born 1 February 1992) is a Paraguayan former professional tennis player.
Born in Asunción, Galeano was a top 100 junior and made his Davis Cup debut as a 17-year old in 2009. He represented Paraguay at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, where he lost a bronze medal playoff in the doubles.[1]
Galeano played college tennis for Baylor University from 2012 to 2015. He won the USTA/ITA Texas Regional singles championship in 2013 and was a doubles semi-finalist (with Julian Lenz) at the 2015 NCAA Championships.[2] [3]
In 2015 he competed at the Pan American Games in Toronto and won a bronze medal in the mixed doubles, partnering Verónica Cepede Royg. He made it through to the quarter-finals of the singles draw, beating seeded players Marcelo Arévalo and Giovanni Lapentti en route.[4]
Galeano has featured in a total of 13 ties for the Paraguay Davis Cup team, most recently in 2018.