Steven Diez
| Country |
 Canada |
|---|---|
| Residence | Barcelona and Marbella, Spain |
| Born |
March 17, 1991 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Plays | Right-handed |
| Prize money | $131,949 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 195 (January 27, 2014) |
| Current ranking | No. 195 (January 27, 2014) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | Q2 (2013) |
| French Open | Q1 (2013) |
| Wimbledon | Q2 (2013) |
| US Open | Q1 (2013) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 334 (November 14, 2011) |
| Current ranking | No. 507 (January 27, 2014) |
| Last updated on: January 27, 2014. | |
Steven Diez (born March 17, 1991) is a Canadian and former Spanish professional tennis player. Raised primarily in and competing for Spain early in his career, he has since gone on to represent the country of his birth, Canada, in the Davis Cup.[1]
Tennis career
2007
Diez competed in the main draw of two senior level ITF Futures tournaments in the autumn, losing both times in the first round. In his first match, at Spain F39 in late October, he fell to World No. 422 Carles Poch-Gradin, 1-6, 0-6. He fared much better a month later taking a set off World No. 425 Juan Albert Viloca-Puig before losing 6-4, 2-6, 1-6.
2008
Diez won his first tour match in his third tournament of the year, Spain F11. He won his first ever doubles match too, partnering Ignacio Morente-Gemas to the second round of Spain F13. He then won two matches partnering Javier Valenzuela-Gonzalez to reach the semi-finals of Spain F14. The same pairing reached the semis in their next tournament too, in July, at Spain F26.
In late April he competed in qualifying for an ATP World Tour event, the 2008 Torneo Godó, losing in the first round to Marc López. In July in consecutively played Futures he won his first round match, but he failed, in singles, to reach the second round in his last five events of the year. Partnering Valenzuela-Gonzalez, he reached the second round in more events than not during this same stretch. He finished the year ranked World No. 1190 in singles and No. 1274 in doubles.
2009
In his third main draw for the year Diez had a break through in reaching the semi-finals of Spain F5. Two weeks later he reached his first career final, in doubles partnering Jose Checa-Calvo at Spain F7. In June, he competed in his first main draw in an ATP Challenger, as a wild card entrant at the 2009 Open Diputación Ciudad de Pozoblanco, and reached the quarter-finals, where he lost to eventual runner-up, Thiago Alves.
The following week Diez captured his first tour title, that of Spain F23 in singles, defeating David Canudas-Fernandez in the final. His singles wins stopped there as he won only one further tour main draw main for the remainder of the year while losing 8. In doubles however Diez continued to do well not losing in the first round for the year aside from his very first tourney. He finished the year ranked World No. 571 in singles and No. 893 in doubles.
2010
Diez did not win a singles main draw match in his first five events of the year leading into a call-up of sorts by Tennis Canada to represent the country of this birth in Davis Cup. Diez was recruited for his clay court ability as Canada faced Colombia on red clay in Bogota. Despite breaking the serve in the first game of the match, Diez went down to World No. 93 Santiago Giraldo in straight sets as Canada lost the tie, 1-4.
In April, Diez finally won a main draw singles match, at Spain F11. He reached the second round in three consecutive events before taking his second title of this career, Spain F15 in May. He then reached the semi-finals in two of his next three events. As one of the top-ranked Canadians, Diez received wild cards into events in Canada this summer. After losing in the first round of the 2010 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby, he qualified for the main draw of the 2010 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open, but lost in three close sets to Alex Kuznetsov in the first round. He managed to win a set from Michael Russell before falling in the first round of qualifying for the 2010 Rogers Cup in Toronto in early August.
After reaching the semi-finals of Spain F30 the week after the Rogers Cup, and losing in the first round of Belgium F3 the following week, Diez was off from match play until last week, where, as the No. 6 seed at Canada F4, he reached the semi-finals. En route he won his quarter-final match over No. 2 seed Brendan Evans, 3-6, 6-1, 3-0 retired. In doubles, he and partner Nikolai Haessig, a top Canadian junior, lost in the first round.
The following week Diez was upset in the first round of Canada F5, as the No. 4 seed, to World No. 792 Phillip Simmonds , 2-6, 3-6. He and partner Haessig reached the semi-finals in doubles however. This result saw Steven's doubles ranking reach a new career high the following week, of World No. 769. After two weeks off, he played three consecutive Futures events in Spain, reaching the second round in Spain F37 in Sabadell, the quarter-finals at Spain F38 in Sant Cugat, and losing in the first round of Spain F39 in Vilafranca del Penedes. In doubles, he and partner Abraham Gonzalez-Jimenez reached the second round of Spain F37 and lost in the first round of Spain F38. They did not compete at Spain F39.
ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 17 (12 titles, 5 runners-up)
| Legend |
|---|
| ATP Challenger Tour (0–1) |
| ITF Futures (12–4) |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | July 19, 2009 | Spain F23, Elche | Clay |  David Cañudas-Fernández |
6–1, 6–4 |
| Winner | 2. | May 9, 2010 | Spain F15, Balaguer | Clay | David Estruch |
6–2, 6–1 |
| Winner | 3. | April 30, 2011 | Brazil F11, Aracaju | Clay (i) |  Roman Vogeli |
6–1, 6–2 |
| Runner–up | 1. | July 24, 2011 | Canada F3, Mississauga | Hard |  Zhe Li |
2–6, 3–6 |
| Winner | 4. | October 30, 2011 | Spain F39, Vilafranca | Clay | Jordi Samper-Montana |
3–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
| Winner | 5. | November 6, 2011 | Spain F41, Madrid | Clay |  Matthew Pierot |
6–0, 6–2 |
| Runner–up | 2. | January 29, 2012 | Turkey F3, Antalya | Hard |  Dimitar Kutrovsky |
3–6, 0–6 |
| Winner | 6. | February 26, 2012 | Spain F3, Murcia | Clay |  Pedro Sousa |
2–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Runner–up | 3. | May 13, 2012 | Spain F11, Lleida | Clay | Sergio Gutiérrez Ferrol |
6–3, 1–6, 5–7 |
| Winner | 7. | May 27, 2012 | Poland F1, Sobota | Clay |  Andriej Kapaś |
7–6(7–4), 6–3 |
| Winner | 8. | October 13, 2012 | Algeria F1, Annaba | Clay |  Gerald Melzer |
6–2, 6–3 |
| Winner | 9. | October 20, 2012 | Algeria F2, Annaba | Clay |  Alexander Slabinsky |
4–6, 6–4, 6–1 |
| Winner | 10. | October 26, 2012 | Algeria F3, Alger | Clay |  Francesco Picco |
6–1, 4–6, 6–2 |
| Runner–up | 4. | May 19, 2013 | Spain F14, Valldoreix | Clay |  Taro Daniel |
3–6, 2–6 |
| Winner | 11. | June 9, 2013 | Spain F16, Barcelona | Hard | Jose Checa-Calvo |
6–1, 6–2 |
| Winner | 12. | June 16, 2013 | Spain F17, Martos | Hard |  Ramkumar Ramanathan |
7–5, 6–7(4–7), 6–4 |
| Runner–up | 5. | January 4, 2014 | Nouméa, New Caledonia | Hard |  Alejandro Falla |
2–6, 2–6 |
ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures doubles titles (7)
| Legend |
|---|
| ATP Challenger Tour (0) |
| ITF Futures (7) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | March 6, 2011 | Portugal F1, Faro | Hard | Fernando Vicente |
Agustín Boje-Ordóñez Pablo Martin-Adalia |
6–3, 6–4 |
| 2. | April 16, 2011 | Brazil F9, Santa Maria | Clay | Roman Vogeli |
 Daniel-Alejandro Lopez  Martín Ríos-Benítez |
7–6(7–5), 6–3 |
| 3. | April 30, 2011 | Brazil F11, Aracaju | Clay (i) | Roman Vogeli |
 Mauricio Doria-Medina Daniel-Alejandro Lopez |
6–1, 7–6(7–0) |
| 4. | October 2, 2011 | Spain F35, Seville | Clay | Fernando Vicente |
Axel Álvarez Llamas Ricardo Ojeda Lara |
6–2, 6–1 |
| 5. | October 23, 2011 | Spain F38, Sabadell | Clay | João Sousa |
Miguel Ángel López Jaén Gabriel Trujillo-Soler |
6–3, 3–6, [10–7] |
| 6. | October 20, 2012 | Algeria F2, Annaba | Hard | Marc Giner |
Francesc Montanes-Roca  Ronald Slobodchikov |
6–4, 6–2 |
| 7. | March 23, 2013 | Croatia F5, Rovinj | Clay |  Tomislav Brkić |
Nikolaus Moser Tristan-Samuel Weissborn |
6–2, 6–2 |
References
External links
- Steven Diez at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Steven Diez at the International Tennis Federation
- Steven Diez at the Davis Cup
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