Daniel Elahi Galán Riveros (born 18 June 1996 in
Bucaramanga
Bucaramanga () is the capital and largest city of the department of Santander, Colombia. Bucaramanga has the fifth-largest economy by GDP in Colombia, has the lowest unemployment rate and has the ninth-largest population in the country, with 6 ...
) is a Colombian
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
player.
He has reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 67 on 28 November 2022. He is currently the No. 1 Colombian tennis player. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 305 achieved on 26 February 2018.
Personal Information
He is part of the Colsanitas team, an organization that supports the best tennis players in Colombia.
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
Pere Riba Madrid (, ; born 7 April 1988) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. Riba competed on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP World Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking, No. 65, on May 16, ...
in the first round.
2020: Grand Slam debut and third round at the French Open
Galán gained additional recognition after his
2020 French Open
The 2020 French Open was a major tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was held at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. Originally scheduled for 24 May to 7 June, owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was first moved to 20 Septem ...
third round match with
Novak Djokovic
Novak Djokovic ( sr-Cyrl, Новак Ђоковић, translit=Novak Đoković, ; born 22 May 1987) is a Serbian professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 1 for a record total 373 weeks, and has finished as the year-end No. 1 ...
, 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
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
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 100
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
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where he reached the second round for a second consecutive year defeating
Dominik Koepfer
Dominik Koepfer (born 29 April 1994) is a German professional tennis player. He has achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 50 on 10 May 2021, and a doubles ranking of No. 92 on 14 February 2022.
He played college tennis at Tulan ...
. He moved to the third round for the first time at this Major after the withdrawal of 17th seed
Roberto Bautista Agut
Roberto Bautista Agut (; born 14 April 1988) is a Spanish professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 9 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in singles, which he first achieved on 4 November 2019.
Bautista A ...
due to a positive COVID-19 test.
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
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. At the
2022 Croatia Open Umag he defeated 2016 champion
Fabio Fognini
Fabio Fognini (; born 24 May 1987) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ranking of world No. 9 achieved on 15 July 2019. He is currently ranked (July 2022) in 64th place by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ...
.
He made his debut at the
US Open as a qualifier. 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
Iván Molina (born 16 June 1946) is a former professional Colombian tennis player.
Molina and Martina Navratilova teamed to win the 1974 French Open mixed doubles title, beating Rosie Reyes Darmon and Marcello Lara 6–3, 6–3 in the final. T ...
took down then-No. 3
Manuel Orantes
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in Tehran in 1975. 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. 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. 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 Martinez (tennis) before losing to fifth seed and eventual champion
Brandon Nakashima
Brandon Nakashima (born August 3, 2001) is an American professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 43 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved on 17 October 2022. On the same day, he ...
.
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.
Singles performance timeline
''Current through the
2022 Paris Masters.''
Challenger and ITF Finals
Singles: 18 (8–10)
Doubles: 3 (2–1)
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:
Wins over top 10 players
*He has a record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
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References
External links
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1996 births
Living people
Colombian male tennis players
Tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Bogotá
People from Bucaramanga
Olympic tennis players of Colombia
21st-century Colombian people