Diego Nargiso (born 15 March 1970) is a former tennis player from Italy. Having turned professional in 1987, Nargiso represented his native country at the

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, where he was defeated in the second round by America's eventual runner-up

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. He also competed in the men's doubles at the 1992 and

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. Nargiso was the first Italian tennis player to win the Junior Wimbledon championship, which he did in 1987. The left-handed Nargiso reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 10 October 1988, when he became the number 67 in the world.

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Doubles: 20 (5 titles, 15 runner-ups)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 7 (3–4)

Doubles: 13 (5–8)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

Mixed doubles

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nargiso, Diego 1970 births Living people Italian male tennis players Olympic tennis players of Italy Tennis players from Naples Tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 1996 Summer Olympics US Open (tennis) junior champions Wimbledon junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles 20th-century Italian people