Diego Galeano (tennis) explained

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)
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Diego Sebastian Galeano (born 1 February 1992) is a Paraguayan former professional tennis player.

Tennis career

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.

Notes and References

  1. News: Youth Olympics 2010: Britain's Olly Golding falls short of tennis finals . . 19 August 2010.
  2. News: Baylor's Galeano takes title at tennis regional . Waco Tribune-Herald. 23 October 2013 . en.
  3. Web site: Galeano, Lenz Fall Short of NCAA Doubles Title Match . . en . 24 May 2015.
  4. News: Argentina domina en el tenis masculino . . 13 July 2015 . Spanish.