Gabriel Diallo

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Gabriel Diallo
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Diallo at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada
Born (2001-09-24) 24 September 2001 (age 23)
Montreal, Canada
Height2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Turned pro2023
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
College University of Kentucky
Coach Martin Laurendeau
Prize moneyUS$ 898,468 [1]
Singles
Career record13–18 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 86 (11 November 2024)
Current rankingNo. 87 (2 December 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 2R (2025)
French Open 1R (2024)
Wimbledon Q2 (2023, 2024)
US Open 3R (2024)
Doubles
Career record0–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 321 (8 January 2024) [1]
Current rankingNo. 1273 (6 January 2025)
Team competitions
Davis Cup W (2022)
Record: 4–3
Last updated on: 6 January 2025.

Gabriel Diallo (born 24 September 2001) is a Canadian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 86, achieved on 11 November 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 321 achieved on 8 January 2024.

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Personal life

Diallo was born in Montreal, Canada to a Guinean father and Ukrainian mother. [2]

College career

He played college tennis at the University of Kentucky. [3] [4]

Professional career

2022: Maiden Challenger title, ATP & top 250 debut, Davis Cup champion

In August, he made his ATP debut in the qualifying competition as a wildcard at the 2022 National Bank Open in Montreal where he defeated James Duckworth in the first round. [5]

Participating in a tournament also with a wildcard entry, Diallo won 5 consecutive matches to claim his maiden title at the 2022 Granby Challenger in only his fourth main-draw Challenger-level tournament. The 20-year-old was the youngest Canadian champion on the Challenger Tour since Félix Auger-Aliassime won the Tashkent Challenger in 2018. As a result, he rose to a career-high No. 335 in the ATP rankings. [6] He finished the year at a career-high ranking of No. 224 on 21 November 2022. [7]

2023–2024: Masters & Major debuts & third round, top 100, Maiden ATP final

After reaching the semifinals at the Challenger in Busan, South Korea where he lost to top seed Max Purcell, he made his top 150 debut at world No. 146 on 22 May 2023. He defeated Liam Broady and top seed Dan Evans of Great Britain at the 2023 Surbiton Trophy. [8]

Ranked No. 141, Diallo defeated again Daniel Evans to win his first ATP Tour match and first at the Masters 1000 level at the 2023 National Bank Open in Toronto. [9] He followed that up with winning the doubles title at the Winnipeg Challenger, partnering Leandro Riedi.[ citation needed ]

At the Davis Cup Finals group stage, Diallo recorded a shock upset victory over world No. 18 Lorenzo Musetti, winning in straight sets to give Canada the victory over Italy. [10] He won his second Challenger title at the 2023 Slovak Open and reached the top 130 on 16 October 2023. [7]

In May 2024, he qualified for his first Grand Slam at the 2024 French Open defeating two Argentinians Genaro Alberto Olivieri and Marco Trungelliti, and in the third round of qualifying, Alexander Ritschard. [11]

Ranked No. 144, he also qualified for the main draw of the 2024 US Open making his debut, with wins over Sho Shimabukuro and two French players, Titouan Droguet and Valentin Royer. [12] He defeated Jaume Munar and upset 24th seed Arthur Fils, his first two main-draw Grand Slam wins, to reach the third round for the first time in his career. As a result he moved 40 positions up to new career-high of world No. 103 in the rankings on 9 September 2024. [13] Diallo reached his maiden ATP Tour final at the 2024 Almaty Open, defeating Christopher O'Connell, Borna Ćorić, second seed Alejandro Tabilo, [14] and fourth seed Francisco Cerúndolo. [15] He lost the final to third seed Karen Khachanov in three sets. [16] As a result he reached the top 100 in the rankings on 21 October 2024. [17]

Performance timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#P#DNQAZ#POGSBNMSNTIPNH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (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.
Tournament 2023 2024 2025 SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 Q3 2R 0 / 11–150%
French Open Q1 1R 0 / 10–10%
Wimbledon Q2 Q2 0 / 00–0 – 
US Open Q1 3R 0 / 12–167%
Win–loss0–02–21–10 / 33–350%

ATP Tour finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP 500 (0–0)
ATP 250 (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (0–0)
Indoor (0–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Oct 2024 Almaty Open, KazakhstanATP 250Hard (i)Flag placeholder.svg Karen Khachanov 2–6, 7–5, 3–6

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (3–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0 Aug 2022 Granby, CanadaChallengerHard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shang Juncheng 7–5, 7–6(7–5)
Loss1–1 Oct 2022 Fairfield, USAChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Michael Mmoh 3–6, 2–6
Win2–1 Oct 2023 Bratislava, SlovakiaChallengerHard (i) Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Joris De Loore 6–0, 7–5
Win3–1 Jul 2024 Chicago, USAChallengerHard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Bu Yunchaokete 6–3, 7–6(7–3)

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win0–1 Aug 2023 Winnipeg, CanadaChallengerHard Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Leandro Riedi Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Taha Baadi
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Juan Carlos Aguilar 		6–2, 6–3

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF WTT (2–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Jun 2021M15 Champaign, USAWTTHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Kubler 2–6, 1–6
Loss0–2Nov 2021M15 East Lansing, USAWTTHard Flag of the United States.svg Raymond Sarmiento 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win1–2Jun 2022M25 East Lansing, USAWTTHard Flag of the United States.svg Andres Martin 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win2–2Mar 2023M25 Montreal, CanadaWTTHard (i) Flag of Germany.svg Henri Squire 7–6(7–5), 6–3

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
ITF WTT (0–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Nov 2019M15 East Lansing, USAWTTHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Millen Hurrion Flag of the United States.svg Jacob Dunbar
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Fox		4–6, 6–7(3–7)

National and international representation

Team competitions finals: 1 (1 title)

Finals by tournament
Davis Cup (1–0)
Laver Cup (0–0)
ATP Cup (0–0)
Finals by team
Canada (1–0)
World (0–0)
Result   Date   TournamentSurfacePartnersOpponentsScore
Win Nov 2022 Davis Cup, MálagaHard (i) Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Denis Shapovalov
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Vasek Pospisil
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alexis Galarneau
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Félix Auger-Aliassime 		Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex de Minaur
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jordan Thompson
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Thanasi Kokkinakis
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Max Purcell
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matthew Ebden 		2–0

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