Diego Veronelli

Diego Veronelli
Country (sports) Argentina Argentina
Born (1979-12-05) 5 December 1979
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro 1996
Plays Right-handed
Prize money $179,686
Singles
Career record 2–3
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 165 (12 Jan 2004)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Q2 (2002, 2004)
French Open Q1 (2004)
Wimbledon Q3 (2002)
US Open Q3 (2001)
Doubles
Career record 4–2
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 171 (21 Jun 2004)

Diego Veronelli (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈdjeɣo βeɾoˈneli];[lower-alpha 1] born 5 December 1979) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.[1]

Career

Veronelli was a quarter-finalist in the 2003 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia.[2] He upset second seed Nikolay Davydenko in the opening round and then had a win over Victor Hanescu.[2] In the quarter-finals he was defeated by Paul-Henri Mathieu.[2]

He and partner Federico Browne were doubles runners-up at Buenos Aires in 2004.[2] The wild card entrants beat both the second and third seeds en route to the final.[2]

The Buenos Aires born player was a member of the Argentine team which won the 2010 World Team Cup. His only appearance in the campaign came after the title was secured, with he and Eduardo Schwank losing a dead rubber to Bob and Mike Bryan.[3]

In 2013 he was married to Susana Gonzalez and had a baby, Mateo Verronelli. Now he is tennis trainer all over the world.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 2004 Argentina Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Argentina Federico Browne Argentina Lucas Arnold Ker
Argentina Mariano Hood
5–7, 7–6(7–2), 4–6

Notes

  1. In isolation, Veronelli is pronounced [beɾoˈneli].

References

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