Daniel Elahi Galán Riveros (born 18 June 1996 in
Bucaramanga
Bucaramanga () is the capital and largest city of the department of Santander Department, Santander, Colombia. Bucaramanga has the fifth-largest economy by GDP in Colombia, has the lowest unemployment rate and is the ninth most populous city i ...
) is a Colombian professional
tennis
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player. He reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 56 on 17 July 2023. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 305 achieved on 26 February 2018. He is currently the No. 1 Colombian tennis player. His best result at a
Grand Slam is a fourth-round appearance at the
2023 Wimbledon Championships
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Tournament
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.
Personal information
He is part of the Colsanitas team, an organization that supports the best tennis players in Colombia.
Professional career
2015-2020: ATP, Grand Slam debut and third round at the French Open
Galán made his ATP main draw singles debut at the
2015 Claro Open Colombia where he was given a wildcard. He defeated
Pere Riba in the first round.
Galán gained additional recognition after he reached the third round match at the
2020 French Open on his debut, as a lucky loser, to setup a match with top seed
Novak Djokovic
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, 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, defeating 15th seed
Alex de Minaur
Alex de Minaur Román (born 17 February 1999) is an Australian professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of No. 6 on 15 July 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 58 on 12 October ...
en route, and then losing to
Lorenzo Sonego
Lorenzo Sonego (; born 11 May 1995) is an Italian professional tennis player. Sonego has won four singles titles on the ATP Tour, and two doubles titles. He has a career high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ATP rankings, ranking o ...
, 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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where he was defeated by World No. 5 and eventual Olympic champion
Alexander Zverev
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in the second round.
2022: Wimbledon & US Open third rounds, first top-5 win, top 75
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
Diego Sebastián Schwartzman (, ; born 16 August 1992) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. He won four ATP Tour singles titles and reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 in October 2020. As a clay court specialist ...
.
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. He moved to the third round for the first time at this Major after the withdrawal of 17th seed
Roberto Bautista Agut
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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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Coria has won ...
. At the
2022 Croatia Open Umag he defeated 2016 champion
Fabio Fognini
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.
He made his debut at the
US Open as a qualifier. In the first round, he upset world No. 5
Stefanos Tsitsipas
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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 Marcelo Lara 6–3, 6–3 in the final. ...
took down then-No. 3
Manuel Orantes
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in Tehran in 1975. 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 Martínez
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As of 2023, M ...
before losing to fifth seed and eventual champion
Brandon Nakashima. 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.
2023: Wimbledon fourth round, top 60
In April, Galan reached the final at the
2023 Sarasota Open where he was the defending champion but lost to
Daniel Altmaier
Daniel Altmaier (; born 12 September 1998) is a German professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 47, achieved on 2 October 2023. He is the current German No. 2.
Personal life
Altmaier's father Jurij is Ukr ...
.
At the
2023 Mutua Madrid Open in the first round, he played in the longest tiebreak of the ATP season thus far, falling 17-15 in 25-minutes to
Alexander Bublik
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.
At the
2023 Wimbledon Championships
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he upset 24th seed
Yoshihito Nishioka
is a Japanese professional tennis player. He has won three ATP Tour singles titles and achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 24 on 19 June 2023.
He is currently the No. 2 Japanese player.
Personal life
Marriage
Nishioka marr ...
. Next he defeated qualifier
Oscar Otte
Oscar Otte (; born 16 July 1993) is a German professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 36 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved on 27 June 2022, and has a career-high doubles ra ...
to reach a second consecutive third round. He defeated
Mikael Ymer
Mikael Ymer (born 9 September 1998) is a Swedish professional tennis player. He had a career high Association of Tennis Professionals, ATP singles ranking of world No. 50, achieved on 17 April 2023. In the ATP doubles ranking his career high is N ...
to reach his first fourth round at this Major and in his career. As a result, he moved to a new career high in the top 56 in the rankings on 17 July 2023.
2024-2025: First Australian Open win
At the
2024 Australian Open, Galan needed almost five hours to the minute to win his first round match at this Major over local wildcard
Jason Kubler
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.
In
Buenos Aires
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he recorded his second win of the season over wildcard
Diego Schwartzman
Diego Sebastián Schwartzman (, ; born 16 August 1992) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. He won four ATP Tour singles titles and reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 in October 2020. As a clay court specialist ...
. At the
2024 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships he set a record in the history of the tournament, by winning the longest tiebreak 15-13 in the first set on his 10th set point, defeating
Benoît Paire
Benoît "Ben" Paire (; born 8 May 1989) is a French professional tennis player.
His best result in a Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam has been reaching the fourth round, which he has achieved on four occasions. He has won three singles titles, ...
in straight sets in his first round match.
In January 2025, at the
Punta del Este Open in Uruguay, Galan claimed his fifth Challenger title and first since April 2022.
Performance timeline
''Current through the
2025 French Open.''
ATP Challenger Tour finals
Singles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runner-ups)
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
ITF Tour finals
Singles: 11 (4 titles, 7 runner-ups)
Doubles: 2 (2 titles)
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
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1996 births
Living people
Colombian male tennis players
Tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Tennis players from Bogotá
Sportspeople from Bucaramanga
Olympic tennis players for Colombia
21st-century Colombian sportsmen