Diego Galeano (tennis)

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Diego Galeano
Full nameDiego Sebastian Galeano
Country (sports)Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay
Born (1992-02-01) 1 February 1992 (age 30)
Asunción, Paraguay
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$8,447
Singles
Career record9–5
Highest rankingNo. 663 (15 August 2011)
Doubles
Career record2–5
Highest rankingNo. 411 (15 August 2011)

Diego Sebastian Galeano (born 1 February 1992) is a Paraguayan former professional tennis player.

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Tennis career

Born in Asunción, Galeano was a top 100 junior and made his Davis Cup debut as a 17-year old in 2009. He represented Paraguay at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, where he lost a bronze medal playoff in the doubles. [1]

Galeano played college tennis for Baylor University from 2012 to 2015. He won the USTA/ITA Texas Regional singles championship in 2013 and was a doubles semi-finalist (with Julian Lenz) at the 2015 NCAA Championships. [2] [3]

In 2015 he competed at the Pan American Games in Toronto and won a bronze medal in the mixed doubles, partnering Verónica Cepede Royg. He made it through to the quarter-finals of the singles draw, beating seeded players Marcelo Arévalo and Giovanni Lapentti en route. [4]

Galeano has featured in a total of 13 ties for the Paraguay Davis Cup team, most recently in 2018.

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References

  1. "Youth Olympics 2010: Britain's Olly Golding falls short of tennis finals". The Telegraph . 19 August 2010.
  2. "Baylor's Galeano takes title at tennis regional". Waco Tribune-Herald . 23 October 2013.
  3. "Galeano, Lenz Fall Short of NCAA Doubles Title Match". KXXV . 24 May 2015.
  4. "Argentina domina en el tenis masculino". Listín Diario (in Spanish). 13 July 2015.