Diego Junqueira

Diego Junqueira

Country	Argentina
Residence	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Born	December 28, 1980 (1980-12-28) (age 30) Tandil, Argentina
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	2001
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	US$552,046
Singles
Career record	7–24
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 68 (March 9, 2009)
Current ranking	No. 88 (October 31, 2011)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	1R (2009)
French Open	2R (2008, 2009)
Wimbledon	1R (2009)
US Open	2R (2011)
Doubles
Career record	1–11
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 156 (September 27, 2010)
Last updated on: December 30, 2010.

Diego Junqueira (born December 28, 1980 in Tandil, Argentina) 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.

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.^[1]

Professional career

2000 to 2007

Junqueira reached a career high of #146 in June 2006.

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), 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.

2009

In the 2009 Australian 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.

References

1. ^ ITF Junior Profile for Junqueira

External links

• Diego Junqueira at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Junqueira Recent Match Results
• Junqueira World Ranking History

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Name	Junqueira, Diego
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Date of birth	December 28, 1980
Place of birth	Tandil, Argentina
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