Diego Schwartzman

Diego Schwartzman
Country (sports)  Argentina
Residence Buenos Aires, Argentina
Born (1992-08-16) 16 August 1992
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro 2009
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money $1,387,160
Singles
Career record 31–48
Career titles 1
Highest ranking No. 52 (21 November 2016)
Current ranking No. 52 (21 November 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 1R (2015, 2016)
French Open 2R (2014, 2015)
Wimbledon 1R (2015, 2016)
US Open 2R (2015)
Doubles
Career record 20–26 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 69 (13 April 2015)
Current ranking No. 141 (21 November 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 2R (2015)
French Open 1R (2015)
Wimbledon 2R (2016)
US Open 1R (2014)
Last updated on: 21 November 2016.

Diego Sebastián Schwartzman (born 16 August 1992) is an Argentine professional tennis player of Jewish origin competing mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached the semifinals of Istanbul in 2015 and won his first title there in 2016. Schwartzman is often recognized as the shortest player on the ATP tour.

Schwartzman reached a career-high ATP rankings of world No. 52 in singles in November 2016 and No. 69 in doubles in April 2015.[1]

Personal life

Schwartzman is Jewish,[2] and is the son of Ricardo and Silvana.[3] He was born and resides in Buenos Aires, Argentina.[3] He has two brothers and a sister.[4]

Career

2010–13

In 2010 he won the Bolivia F3 Futures (CL), in 2011 he won the Chile F14 Futures (CL).[5] In 2012, he won titles at the Peru F2 Futures (CL), Argentina F11 Futures (CL), Argentina F14 Futures (CL), Argentina F20 Futures (CL), Argentina F21 Futures (CL), Argentina F22 Futures (CL), and Buenos Aires Challenger (CL).[5] At the 2013 Australian Open, he lost in the final round of qualifying.

2014

Diego made his first appearance in the main draw of a Grand Slam event at the French Open, he came through qualifying before making it to the second round, where he lost to Roger Federer.[6] He lost in the first round of the US Open to Novak Djokovic.

In the ATP Challenger Wout, he won four titles at Aix-en-Provence, Prague, Campinas and San Juan. In the ATP Challenger Tour Finals, he won over João Souza, Simone Bolelli and Guilherme Clezar to claim the title.

2016

Diego won his first ever singles title at the 2016 Istanbul Open - an outdoor 250 clay court event. He impressively defeated established top player Grigor Dimitrov in the final, coming back to win 6-0 in the final set after losing the first set in a tie-break. Later, Dimitrov excuses his behavior during the match, after he smashed three rackets, which ultimately led to a warning, a point penalty and then another point penalty. The second and final point penalty came with Dimitrov down 5-0 and gave the game, set and match to Schwartzman.[7] In October he reached his second final at 250 level, in Antwerp. He will play Richard Gasquet in the final.

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 (1–1)
Titles by Surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 1 May 2016 Istanbul Open, Istanbul, Turkey Clay Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–4), 6–0
Runner-up 1. 23 October 2016 European Open, Antwerp, Belgium Hard (i) France Richard Gasquet 6–7(4–7), 1–6

Doubles: 2 (2 runners-up)

Winner – Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–2)
Titles by Surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. February 15, 2015 Brasil Open, São Paulo, Brazil Clay Italy Paolo Lorenzi Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal
Colombia Robert Farah
4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 2. May 1, 2016 Istanbul Open, Istanbul, Turkey Clay Argentina Andrés Molteni Italy Flavio Cipolla
Israel Dudi Sela
3–6, 7–5, [7–10]

Challenger finals (15)

Singles (15)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour Finals (1–0)
ATP Challengers Tour (7–7)

Finals by Surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (8–7)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 28 October 2012 Buenos Aires, Argentina Clay France Guillaume Rufin 6–1, 7–5
Runner-up 1. 29 April 2013 Tunis, Tunisia Clay Romania Adrian Ungur 6–4, 0-6, 2-6
Runner-up 2. 24 June 2013 Marburg, Germany Clay Kazakhstan Andrey Golubev 1-6, 3-6
Runner-up 3. 7 September 2013 Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina Clay Slovenia Aljaz Bedene 3-6, 4-6
Runner-up 4. 7 October 2013 San Juan, Argentina Clay Argentina Guido Andreozzi 7–6(7-4), 6-7(5-7) 0-6
Runner-up 5. 28 October 2013 Montevideo, Uruguay Clay Brazil Thomaz Bellucci 4-6, 4-6
Runner-up 6. 7 April 2014 Itajaí, Brazil Clay Argentina Facundo Argüello 6-4 0-6 4-6
Winner 2. 12 May 2014 Aix-en-Provence, France Clay Germany Andreas Beck 6–7, 6-3, 6-2
Winner 3. 10 August 2014 Prague, Czech Republic Clay Brazil Andre Ghem 6–4, 7-5
Winner 4. 15 September 2014 Campinas, Brazil Clay Brazil Andre Ghem 4-6, 6–4, 7-5
Runner-up 7. 22 September 2014 Porto Alegre, Brazil Clay Argentina Carlos Berlocq 4-6, 6–4, 0-6
Winner 5. 19 October 2014 San Juan, Argentina Clay Brazil João Souza 7-6, 6-3
Winner 6. 23 November 2014 São Paulo, Brazil Clay (i) Brazil Guilherme Clezar 6-2, 6-3
Winner 7. 11 September 2016 Barranquilla, Colombia Clay Brazil Rogério Dutra Silva 6-4, 6-1
Winner 8. 19 November 2016 Montevideo, Uruguay Clay Brazil Rogério Dutra Silva 6-4, 6-1

Grand Slam tournament singles performance timeline

Tournament2013201420152016W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q3 Q1 1R 1R 0–2
French Open Q2 2R 2R 1R 2–3
Wimbledon A A 1R 1R 0–2
US Open Q3 1R 2R 1R 1–3
Win–Loss 0–0 1–2 2–4 0–4 3–10

Grand Slam tournament doubles performance timeline

Tournament20142015W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 2R 1–1
French Open A 1R 0–1
Wimbledon A 1R 0–1
US Open 1R 2R 1–2
Win–Loss 0–1 2–4 2–5

See also

References

  1. "Diego Schwartzman, la hinchada, sus proyecciones y su preparación" (in Spanish).
  2. "Israelis battle through to Aus Open main draw". The Australian Jewish News. 14 January 2013. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  3. 1 2 "Diego Sebastian Schwartzman – Tennis Players". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Pro Circuit – Player Profile – SCHWARTZMAN, Diego Sebastian (ARG)". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  5. "Federer kept on his toes in French Open second-round win". Reuters. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  6. "Dimitrov's meltdown leads to Schwartzman win". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2016-05-02.

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