Gabriel Diallo (born 24 September 2001) is a Canadian tennis player.
Diallo has a career-high
ATP singles ranking of World No. 211, achieved on 6 February 2023. He is playing in his senior year at the
University of Kentucky
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.
Career
2022: Maiden Challenger title, ATP & top 250 debut, Davis Cup champion
In August, he made his ATP debut in the qualifying competition as a wildcard at the
2022 National Bank Open
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in Montreal where he defeated
James Duckworth in the first round.
Participating in a tournament also with a wildcard entry, Diallo won 5 consecutive matches to claim his maiden title at the
2022 Granby Challenger in only his fourth main-draw
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-level tournament. The 20-year-old was the youngest Canadian champion on the Challenger Tour since Felix Auger-Aliassime won the Tashkent Challenger in 2018. As a result he rose to a career-high No. 335 in the ATP Rankings.
[https://www.atptour.com/en/news/atp-challenger-tour-diallo-and-vacherot-claim-maiden-titles]
He finished the year at a career-high ranking of No. 224 on 21 November 2022.
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 5 (2–3)
Doubles: 1 (0–1)
References
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2001 births
Living people
Canadian male tennis players
Tennis players from Montreal
Kentucky Wildcats men's tennis players
21st-century Canadian people
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