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Gabriel Diallo (born 24 September 2001) is a Canadian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 87, achieved on 21 October 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 321 achieved on 8 January 2024.
Personal life
Diallo was born in Montreal, Canada to a Guinean father and Ukrainian mother.
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.
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.
He finished the year at a career-high ranking of No. 224 on 21 November 2022.
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.
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. He followed that up with winning the doubles title at the Winnipeg Challenger, partnering Leandro Riedi.
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.
He won his second Challenger title at the 2023 Slovak Open and reached the top 130 on 16 October 2023.
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. 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. Diallo reached his maiden ATP Tour final at the 2024 Almaty Open, defeating Christopher O'Connell, Borna Ćorić, second seed Alejandro Tabilo, and fourth seed Francisco Cerundolo. He lost the final to third seed Karen Khachanov in three sets. As a result he reached the top 100 in the rankings on 21 October 2024.
Performance Timelines
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
P#
DNQ
A
Z#
PO
G
S
B
NMS
NTI
P
NH
(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.
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Diallo at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Canada
Karen Khachanov
Shang Juncheng
Michael Mmoh
Joris De Loore
Leandro Riedi
Jason Kubler
Henri Squire
Millen Hurrion
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