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 32)
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)
Medal record
Pan American Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Toronto Mixed Doubles

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.