Diego del Río (born 4 September 1972) is a former professional

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player from

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Career

del Rio was a doubles specialist and appeared in the main draw of seven

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/ref> He only once progressed past the first round, which was in the

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with Martín Rodríguez, where they made the round of 16. The Argentine also competed in the mixed doubles in that event (partnering

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), as well as at that year's Wimbledon (with

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), but fell at the first round in each. He was involved in a long deciding set in the

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, which he and partner

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lost 13–15, to

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and T. J. Middleton. In 1998 he and Puerta won the Colombia Open.El circuito de tenis de la ATP ya tiembla ante la Armada Argentina
/ref> It would be the only final that del Rio reached during his career on the

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. He had also been a semi-finalist in Colombia two years earlier and made the semi-finals at the 1999 Merano Open.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Challenger titles

Doubles: (12)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:del Rio, Diego 1972 births Living people Argentine male tennis players Tennis players from Buenos Aires 20th-century Argentine people 21st-century Argentine people