Diego Junqueira
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Diego Junqueira is a professional tennis player who plays left-handed (with a double-handed backhand) from Argentina
. His career high rank was #68, achieved on March 9, 2009.
reaching the semifinal in Chile (losing to #140 Eduardo Schwank
), the final in Ecuador (beating #155 Fernando Vicente
along the way), and the semifinal in France (beating #105 Boris Pashanski and #192 Marc López
), to get himself back into the top-200 for the first time in almost 2 years.
In May, he won a Challenger in Italy, beating #206 Dick Norman
, #162 Harel Levy
, #97 Santiago Ventura
, #153 Nicolas Devilder
, and #149 Máximo González
, those last 4 being the #6, #1, #5,
and #4 seeds in the tournament. He then beat #102 Luis Horna
in the qualifying round to make the main draw of the 2008 French Open
.
, he lost to Richard Gasquet
in a four set match 6–7(5) 7–6(3) 6–3 6–4 in the first round.
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. His career high rank was #68, achieved on March 9, 2009.
Junior career
Diego "Chuky" Junqueira did not appear to have much of a juniors career, according to available ITF results, which show only one top-level tournament for him, in which he qualified and lost first round in Argentina in 1998.2008
During late February to early April, Junqueira had good success at the Challenger level,reaching the semifinal in Chile (losing to #140 Eduardo Schwank
Eduardo Schwank
Eduardo Jonatan Schwank is a professional tennis player from Argentina on the ATP Tour. He is currently coached by Javier Nalbandian, the brother of David Nalbandian....
), the final in Ecuador (beating #155 Fernando Vicente
Fernando Vicente
Fernando Vicente Fibla is a tennis player from Spain, who turned professional in 1996. He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 12 June 2000, when he became the World Number 29.-Singles: 6 :Wins...
along the way), and the semifinal in France (beating #105 Boris Pashanski and #192 Marc López
Marc López
Marc López i Tarrés is a professional male tennis player from Spain, who started playing tennis at the age of 8 years old and became professional in 1999...
), to get himself back into the top-200 for the first time in almost 2 years.
In May, he won a Challenger in Italy, beating #206 Dick Norman
Dick Norman
Dick Norman is a professional tennis player. He has achieved a degree of folk popularity among tennis fans due to his height , his left-handed power game and, in the last few years, his age .Turning professional in 1991, Norman notched up only his 14th Grand Slam...
, #162 Harel Levy
Harel Levy
Har'el Levy is an Israeli professional male tennis player. Levy's best singles ranking was # 30 in the world in 2001, and his best doubles ranking was # 76 in 2007....
, #97 Santiago Ventura
Santiago Ventura Bertomeu
Santiago Ventura is a retired tennis player from Spain. He was born in Castellón, Spain and lives in Burriana, Spain. He is a clay court specialist and is known for the considerable use of drop-shots during his matches.-Singles :...
, #153 Nicolas Devilder
Nicolas Devilder
Nicolas Devilder is a French male tennis player. He reached a career high singles ranking of 60 in the world on September 8, 2008, after reaching the semifinals of the Montevideo Challenger, where he lost to former top ten player, Guillermo Cañas...
, and #149 Máximo González
Máximo González
Máximo González Mereira is a professional tennis player from Argentina. His career high ranking is #58, achieved on July 6, 2009.- Early career through 2006 :...
, those last 4 being the #6, #1, #5,
and #4 seeds in the tournament. He then beat #102 Luis Horna
Luis Horna
Luis Horna Biscari is a former tour professional tennis player from Peru, who turned professional in 1998. Horna plays right-handed, he has a strong serve for a relatively short player and the forehand is his best stroke. He uses a single-handed backhand and his favourite surface is clay...
in the qualifying round to make the main draw of the 2008 French Open
2008 French Open
The 2008 French Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 107th edition of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from May 25 through June 8, 2008....
.
2009
In the 2009 Australian Open2009 Australian Open
The 2009 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 97th edition of the Australian Open, and the first Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia, from 19 January through 1 February 2009. The 2009 men's...
, he lost to Richard Gasquet
Richard Gasquet
Richard Gasquet is a French professional tennis player. He won the mixed doubles Grand Slam title at the 2004 French Open, partnering Tatiana Golovin. His highest ranking in singles is #7. His best achievements in tennis are reaching the semi-finals of Wimbledon in 2007 and later that year...
in a four set match 6–7(5) 7–6(3) 6–3 6–4 in the first round.