Daniel Elahi Galán

Daniel Elahi Galán Riveros (born 18 June 1996 in Bucaramanga) is a Colombian professional tennis 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.

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, 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 en route, and then losing to Lorenzo Sonego, he reached a career-high of World No. 110 on 5 April 2021.

Galán qualified to represent Colombia at the 2020 Summer Olympics 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 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.

After missing three major events, he returned to the 2022 Wimbledon Championships 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 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. At the 2022 Croatia Open Umag he defeated 2016 champion Fabio Fognini.

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 took down then-No. 3 Manuel Orantes 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 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.

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.

At the 2023 Wimbledon Championships he upset 24th seed Yoshihito Nishioka. Next he defeated qualifier Oscar Otte to reach a second consecutive third round. He defeated Mikael Ymer 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.
In Buenos Aires he recorded his second win of the season over wildcard Diego Schwartzman. 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 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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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