Diego del Río

Diego del Río (born 4 September 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.[1]

Diego del Rio
Country (sports) Argentina
Born (1972-09-04) 4 September 1972
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Turned pro1990
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$181,755
Singles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 274 (12 September 1994)
Doubles
Career record19–34
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 66 (9 November 1998)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open1R (1999, 2000)
French Open3R (1999)
Wimbledon1R (1999)
US Open1R (1998, 1999)

Career

del Rio was a doubles specialist and appeared in the main draw of seven Grand Slam tournaments.[2] He only once progressed past the first round, which was in the 1999 French Open with Martín Rodríguez, where they made the round of 16.[2] The Argentine also competed in the mixed doubles in that event (partnering Laura Montalvo), as well as at that year's Wimbledon (with María Fernanda Landa), but fell at the first round in each.[2] He was involved in a long deciding set in the 1999 Australian Open, which he and partner Mariano Puerta lost 13–15, to Brent Haygarth and T.J. Middleton.[2]

In 1998 he and Puerta won the Colombia Open.[3][2] It would be the only final that del Rio reached during his career on the ATP Tour.[2] He had also been a semi-finalist in Colombia two years earlier and made the semi-finals at the 1999 Merano Open.[2]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1–0)
Outcome No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. 1998 Bogotá, Colombia Clay Mariano Puerta Gábor Köves
Eric Taino		 6–7, 6–3, 6–2

Challenger titles

Doubles: (12)
No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
1. 1997 Geneva, Switzerland Clay Mariano Puerta Guillaume Marx
Olivier Morel		 6–3, 6–4
2. 1997 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay Daniel Orsanic Pablo Albano
Luis Lobo		 6–4, 4–6, 6–1
3. 1998 Biella, Italy Clay Eric Taino Emanuel Couto
Joao Cunha-Silva		 7–6, 5–7, 6–2
4. 1998 Contrexéville, France Clay Martín Rodríguez Álex López Morón
Jairo Velasco, Jr.		 7–6, 4–6, 6–4
5. 1998 São Paulo, Brazil Clay Martín Rodríguez Edwin Kempes
Peter Wessels		 7–6, 6–3
6. 1998 Lima, Peru Clay Martín Rodríguez Federico Browne
Eduardo Medica		 6–4, 7–6
7. 2000 Geneva, Switzerland Clay Edgardo Massa Yves Allegro
Julien Cuaz		 7–5, 7–6(8–6)
8. 2001 Montauban, France Clay Vadim Kutsenko Tuomas Ketola
Orlin Stanoytchev		 6–4, 6–2
9. 2001 Geneva, Switzerland Clay Orlin Stanoytchev Feliciano López
Francisco Roig		 2–6, 7–6(7–0), 7–6(7–3)
10. 2001 Montevideo, Uruguay Clay Martín Vassallo Argüello Gastón Etlis
Mariano Hood		 W/O
11. 2002 Freudenstadt, Germany Clay Leonardo Olguín Juan Balcells
Yuri Schukin		 7–6(7–2), 6–4
12. 2002 Aschaffenburg, Germany Clay Andrés Schneiter Kornél Bardóczky
Zoltán Nagy		 6–3, 3–6, 6–3

References
  1. Tenistas.org – El sitio oficial del Tenis Argentino – Noticias Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Feb 2011 "Entre los capitanes figuran Natalia Gussoni, Diego Del Río, Guillermo Carry, Jésica Orselli y Marcelo García."
  2. ATP World Tour Profile
  3. El circuito de tenis de la ATP ya tiembla ante la Armada Argentina
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