Diego Dedura

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Diego Dedura
Full nameDiego Dedura-Palomero
Country (sports)Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Born (2008-03-12) 12 March 2008 (age 17)
Berlin, Germany
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro2025
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS $117,456
Singles
Career record1–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 328 (27 October 2025)
Current rankingNo. 386 (29 December 2025)
Doubles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 1,647 (3 November 2025)
Current rankingNo. 1,680 (29 December 2025)
Last updated on: 29 December 2025.

Diego Dedura-Palomero (born 12 March 2008) is a German professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 328, achieved on 27 October 2025 and a best doubles ranking of No. 1,647, reached on 3 November 2025. [1]

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Early life

Dedura was born in Berlin, Germany to parents Cesar Palomero and Ruta (née Deduraite) Deduraite-Palomero. [2] He started taking tennis lessons as a kid with his own father, a former tennis coach.

Juniors

Despite his early focus on Professional Tour, Dedura had a few good results on ITF junior circuit. In June 2024, he and compatriot Niels McDonald won the doubles title at the J300 tournament in Bamberg. [3]

He reached an ITF junior combined ranking of No. 27 on 6 January 2025. [4]

Professional career

2024

Dedura made his ATP Challenger Tour main draw debut at the age of 16 as a qualifier at the Schwaben Open in Augsburg, reaching the second round. [5] [6]

2025: First ATP win at age 17, maiden Futures title, top 400

In April, at the age of 17, Dedura made his ATP Tour main draw debut as a lucky loser at the BMW Open in Munich, where he won against eight seed Denis Shapovalov via retirement in the first round and became the first player born in 2008 or later to win an ATP Tour match. [7] [8] He lost to Zizou Bergs in the second round. [9]

Later that month, the German announced that he would forgo the second part of his surname as a player. [10]

In December, Dedura won his first professional title, a Futures-level event at M15 Agadir, Morocco. [11]

Personal life

Dedura has a diverse family background: His father, Cesar, is from Chile and his mother, Ruta, is from Lithuania. He has an older brother, Mariano, who also plays tennis. [12]

His mother is a former professional tennis player. [13]

Dedura speaks four languages: German, English, Spanish and Lithuanian.

Singles performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current through the 2025 ATP Tour.

Tournament 2025 2026 SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AA0 / 00–0
French Open A0 / 00–0
Wimbledon A0 / 00–0
US Open A0 / 00–0
Win–loss0–00–00 / 00–0
ATP 1000 tournaments
Madrid Open Q1 0 / 00–0
Career statistics
Tournaments202
Overall win–loss1–20–01–2
Year-end ranking386

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF WTT (1–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (–)
Clay (1–3)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Oct 2024M25 Pula, ItalyClay Flag of Spain.svg Daniel Rincón 2–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6
Loss0–2May 2025M15 Villach, AustriaClay Flag of Argentina.svg Alex Barrena 3–6, 3–6
Win1–2Dec 2025M15 Agadir, MoroccoClay Flag of Morocco.svg Reda Bennani6–2, 7–5
Loss1–3Dec 2025M25 Marrakech, MoroccoClay Flag of France.svg Sean Cuenin1–6, 6–2, 6–7(1–7)

References

  1. "Diego Dedura - Overview". ATP Tour.
  2. "Who is Diego Dedura-Palomero? Meet Germany's latest teenage star". tennis.com. 17 April 2025.
  3. Becker, Rolf (17 June 2024). "McDonald holt sich die nächsten Punkte für die Junioren-Weltrangliste". Nordkurier (in German). Retrieved 4 June 2025.
  4. "Diego Dedura Junior Results". www.itftennis.com. Retrieved 2025-10-31.
  5. "Diego Dedura-Palomero writes Challenger history at 16". Tennis World USA. 23 May 2024.
  6. "Munich breakout star Dedura on his tennis identity and love of 'the grind'". ATP Tour. 16 April 2025.
  7. "17-year-old Dedura-Palomero becomes the first player born in 2008 to win on the ATP Tour". The Washington Post. 15 April 2025.
  8. "17-year-old Dedura-Palomero makes history in Munich opener". ATP Tour. 15 April 2025.
  9. "Dedura-Palomeros erster großer Auftritt endet im Achtelfinale". Sportschau.de (in German). 17 April 2025.
  10. "Diego Dedura-Palomero legt Doppelnamen im Tennis ab - künftig fällt "Palomero" beim Youngster weg". Europsort.de (in German). 17 April 2025.
  11. "Moroccan tennis stars shine at ITF M15 Agadir tournament". Yabiladi. 29 December 2025.
  12. "Dedura-Palomero, il figlio d'arte con Nadal nel destino: e quell'esultanza ha un perché". ubi.tennis (in Italian). 18 April 2025.
  13. "Ruta Deduraite Profile". WTA Tour. 30 December 2025.