Christopher Díaz Figueroa

Christopher Díaz Figueroa
Nation:	Guatemala
Birthday:	March 14, 1990
Size:	175 cm
Weight:	70 kg
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money:	$ 114,826
singles
Career record:	14:14
Highest ranking:	326 (October 31, 2011)
Double
Career record:	4: 8
Highest ranking:	267 (October 1, 2018)
Last update of the infobox: March 14, 1990
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Christopher Moisés Díaz Figueroa (born March 14, 1990 in Guatemala City ) is a Guatemalan tennis player . He is the record player for his country in the Davis Cup .

Career

On the Junior Tour, Díaz Figueroa reached 83rd place as the highest position. He only took part in a Grand Slam tournament , the US Open, in 2008 , where he was able to win a match.

In his career he mainly played on the lowest level of tennis, the ITF Future Tour . There he was able to reach a final in a singles tournament for the first time in 2010 and win his first title in doubles. In addition to two titles in futures in 2011, he reached the quarter-finals at the Challenger in León for the only time so far. He finished the year best in his career so far - at 357th place. In October he had also achieved his overall best with 326th place. Between 2012 and 2014 he won a single future. His position in the tennis world rankings was mostly in the range between 350 and 500 until 2018, but from 2016 he fell out of the top 600. In doubles he has so far won 27 titles, the year 2018 being particularly strong, where he won 7 times alone was successful. At Challengers, he had good results twice: 2013 in Quito he was with Carlos Salamanca in the final, which they lost to Kevin King and Juan-Carlos Spir ; In 2016 in Santo Domingo , he also made it to the semi-finals. In October 2018 he rose to his career high in doubles from place 267. In 2018 Díaz Figueroa took part in the Central American and Caribbean Games. Both in doubles and in the team , he won the silver medal there.

As a record player for the Guatemalan Davis Cup team , he played in 29 matches from 2009. He has a score of 41:21. With that he has contested the most victories as well as the most individual victories for his country. In addition, at the age of 10, he played most often for his country so far (shared record).

In November 2018, the Guatemalan was sentenced to a fine of 5,000 euros and a sentence of 2 years. He admitted a game postponement at the Czech Republic F12 ITF Future , where he lost in the first round.

Web links

• ATP profile of Christopher Diaz Figueroa (English)
• ITF Profile of Christopher Diaz Figueroa (English)
• ITF junior profile for Christopher Diaz Figueroa (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Christopher Diaz Figueroa (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Christopher Diaz-Figueroa banned and fined for tennis match-fixing offenses. In: sportsintegrityinitiative.com. November 14, 2018, accessed June 26, 2020 .