Diego del Río

Diego del Rio

Country (sports)	Argentina
Born	(1972-09-04) 4 September 1972 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	5'9" (175 cm)
Turned pro	1990
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$181,755
Singles
Career record	0–1
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 274 (12 September 1994)
Doubles
Career record	19–34
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 66 (9 November 1998)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1999, 2000)
French Open	3R (1999)
Wimbledon	1R (1999)
US Open	1R (1998, 1999)

Diego del Río (born 4 September 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.^[1]

Career

del Rio was a doubles specialist and appeared in the main draw of seven Grand Slam tournaments.^[2] He only once progressed past the first round, which was in the 1999 French Open with Martín Rodríguez, where they made the round of 16.^[2] The Argentine also competed in the mixed doubles in that event (partnering Laura Montalvo), as well as at that year's Wimbledon (with Maria Fernanda Landa), but fell at the first round in each.^[2] He was involved in a long deciding set in the 1999 Australian Open, which he and partner Mariano Puerta lost 13–15, to Brent Haygarth and T.J. Middleton.^[2]

In 1998 he and Puerta won the Colombia Open.^[3][2] It would be the only final that del Rio reached during his career on the ATP Tour.^[2] He had also been a semi-finalist in Colombia two years earlier and made the semi-finals at the 1999 Merano Open.^[2]

ATP Career Finals

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	1998	Bogotá, Colombia	Clay	Mariano Puerta	Gábor Köves Eric Taino	6–7, 6–3, 6–2

Challenger Titles

Doubles: (12)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
1.	1997	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Mariano Puerta	Guillaume Marx Olivier Morel	6–3, 6–4
2.	1997	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Daniel Orsanic	Pablo Albano Luis Lobo	6–4, 4–6, 6–1
3.	1998	Biella, Italy	Clay	Eric Taino	Emanuel Couto Joao Cunha-Silva	7–6, 5–7, 6–2
4.	1998	Contrexéville, France	Clay	Martín Rodríguez	Álex López Morón Jairo Velasco, Jr.	7–6, 4–6, 6–4
5.	1998	São Paulo, Brazil	Clay	Martín Rodríguez	Edwin Kempes Peter Wessels	7–6, 6–3
6.	1998	Lima, Peru	Clay	Martín Rodríguez	Federico Browne Eduardo Medica	6–4, 7–6
7.	2000	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Edgardo Massa	Yves Allegro Julien Cuaz	7–5, 7–6(8–6)
8.	2001	Montauban, France	Clay	Vadim Kutsenko	Tuomas Ketola Orlin Stanoytchev	6–4, 6–2
9.	2001	Geneva, Switzerland	Clay	Orlin Stanoytchev	Feliciano López Francisco Roig	2–6, 7–6(7–0), 7–6(7–3)
10.	2001	Montevideo, Uruguay	Clay	Martín Vassallo Argüello	Gastón Etlis Mariano Hood	W/O
11.	2002	Freudenstadt, Germany	Clay	Leonardo Olguin	Juan Balcells Yuri Schukin	7–6(7–2), 6–4
12.	2002	Aschaffenburg, Germany	Clay	Andrés Schneiter	Kornél Bardóczky Zoltán Nagy	6–3, 3–6, 6–3

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