Gabriel Diallo
Gabriel Diallo (born 24 September 2001) is a Canadian tennis player.

Diallo has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 132, achieved on 21 August 2023. He is playing in his senior year at the University of Kentucky.

Early life
Diallo was born in Montreal, Canada to a Guinean father and Ukrainian mother.

Career

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: Top 150 debut 
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 Dan Evans of Great Britain at the 2023 Surbiton Trophy.

Diallo defeated again Dan Evans to win his first ever tour level match at the 2023 National Bank Open in Toronto.

He followed up his showing in Toronto by winning the doubles title at the Winnipeg Challenger, partnering Leandro Riedi

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 6 (3–3)

Doubles: 1 (1–1)

National and international representation

Team competitions finals: 1 (1 title)

References

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2001 births
Living people
Tennis players from Montreal
Canadian male tennis players
Canadian people of Guinean descent
Canadian people of Ukrainian descent
Kentucky Wildcats men's tennis players
21st-century Canadian people