Diego del Río (born 4 September 1972) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.Tenistas.org – El sitio oficial del Tenis Argentino – Noticias Feb 2011 "Entre los capitanes figuran Natalia Gussoni, Diego Del Río, Guillermo Carry, Jésica Orselli y Marcelo García."
Career del Rio was a doubles specialist and appeared in the main draw of seven Grand Slam tournaments.ATP World Tour Profile 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. The Argentine also competed in the mixed doubles in that event (partnering Laura Montalvo), as well as at that year's Wimbledon (with María Fernanda Landa), but fell at the first round in each. 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.
In 1998 he and Puerta won the Colombia Open.El circuito de tenis de la ATP ya tiembla ante la Armada Argentina It would be the only final that del Rio reached during his career on the ATP Tour. He had also been a semi-finalist in Colombia two years earlier and made the semi-finals at the 1999 Merano Open.
ATP career finals Doubles: 1 (1–0) ResultW/L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Nov 1998Bogotá, ColombiaClay Mariano Puerta Gábor Köves Eric Taino6–7, 6–3, 6–2
Challenger titles Doubles: (12) No.YearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore1.1997Geneva, SwitzerlandClay Mariano Puerta Guillaume Marx Olivier Morel6–3, 6–42.1997Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClay Daniel Orsanic Pablo Albano Luis Lobo6–4, 4–6, 6–13.1998Biella, ItalyClay Eric Taino Emanuel Couto João Cunha-Silva7–6, 5–7, 6–24.1998Contrexéville, FranceClay Martín Rodríguez Álex López Morón Jairo Velasco Jr.7–6, 4–6, 6–45.1998São Paulo, BrazilClay Martín Rodríguez Edwin Kempes Peter Wessels7–6, 6–36.1998Lima, PeruClay Martín Rodríguez Federico Browne Eduardo Medica6–4, 7–67.2000Geneva, SwitzerlandClay Edgardo Massa Yves Allegro Julien Cuaz7–5, 7–6(8–6)8.2001Montauban, FranceClay Vadim Kutsenko Tuomas Ketola Orlin Stanoytchev6–4, 6–29.2001Geneva, SwitzerlandClay Orlin Stanoytchev Feliciano López Francisco Roig2–6, 7–6(7–0), 7–6(7–3)10.2001Montevideo, UruguayClay Martín Vassallo Argüello Gastón Etlis Mariano HoodW/O11.2002Freudenstadt, GermanyClay Leonardo Olguín Juan Balcells Yuri Schukin7–6(7–2), 6–412.2002Aschaffenburg, GermanyClay Andrés Schneiter Kornél Bardóczky Zoltán Nagy6–3, 3–6, 6–3
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