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 Grand Slam tournaments.ATP World Tour Profile
/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

Laura Montalvo Laura Montalvo (born 29 March 1976) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. Montalvo won eight ITF singles titles and reached a career high of No. 191 in singles in June 1995. Her win–loss record for singles is 143–76, 266–152 f ...

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

Mariano Puerta Mariano Rubén Puerta (; born 19 September 1978) is an Argentine tennis coach and former professional player. He reached a career-high ATP world No. 9 singles ranking in August 2005. His career highlight is reaching the final of the French O ...

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

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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 sportsmen 21st-century Argentine sportsmen