Country (sports) | Argentina |
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Residence | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Born |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
16 August 1992
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 | 33–51 |
Career titles | 1 |
Highest ranking | No. 50 (13 February 2017) |
Current ranking | No. 50 (13 February 2017) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2017) |
French Open | 2R (2014, 2015) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2015, 2016) |
US Open | 2R (2015) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 22–29 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 69 (13 April 2015) |
Current ranking | No. 124 (13 February 2017) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2015) |
French Open | 1R (2015) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2016) |
US Open | 1R (2014) |
Last updated on: 13 February 2017. |
Diego Sebastián Schwartzman (Spanish pronunciation: [ʃβaɾtsman]; 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. 50 in singles in February 2017 and No. 69 in doubles in April 2015.
Schwartzman is Jewish, and is the son of Ricardo and Silvana. He was born and resides in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He has two brothers and a sister.
In 2010 he won the Bolivia F3 Futures (CL), in 2011 he won the Chile F14 Futures (CL). 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). At the 2013 Australian Open, he lost in the final round of qualifying.
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. 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.
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. In October he reached his second final at 250 level, in Antwerp. He lost to Richard Gasquet 67, 16 in the final.