Diego Veronelli

Diego Veronelli
Nation:	Argentina
Birthday:	5th December 1979
Size:	193 cm
Weight:	83 kg
1st professional season:	1996
Resignation:	2010
Playing hand:	Right
Prize money:	$ 179,686
singles
Career record:	2: 3
Highest ranking:	165 (December 12, 2004)
Double
Career record:	4: 2
Highest ranking:	171 (June 21, 2004)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Diego Veronelli (born December 5, 1979 in Buenos Aires ) is a former Argentine tennis player and current coach.

Career

Veronelli became a professional tennis player at the age of 17 and initially won a future and two satellites by 2000 . In September 1999 he was in Gramado for the first time in a final of the Challenger tournament , which he lost to Jamie Delgado and still led him for the first time in the top 300 of the world rankings . In 2000 and 2001, the Argentinean won five more futures, which made him his career high with 237th place at the end of the year and from then on he could take part in Challengers more often.

After a weaker year in 2002, Veronelli reached his second Challenger final of his career in 2003. In Scheveningen he lost to Todd Larkham in three sets, before reaching the semi-finals again the following week in Helsinki . He also made his debut on the ATP Tour in Palermo in September , where he won two matches at the same time and made it to the quarter-finals - these should remain his only victories at this level. There he was defeated by Paul-Henri Mathieu . This was his best season, finishing in 174th place. In June 2004 it was at number 165 on its highest listing. In doubles, he played his only second ATP tournament event this year in Buenos Aires , where he surprised with Federico Browne and made it to the final. There he was defeated by his compatriots Lucas Arnold Ker and Mariano Hood , but after that he was in his best career position with place 171. In 2005 and 2006 he achieved less good results and at times even flew out of the top 1000 in the world before moving back into the top 500 in 2007. He played less challengers and did not appear in tournaments so that he played his last tournament in 2010 at the World Team Cup in Düsseldorf.

After finishing his active career, he coached João Souza , Giovanni Lapentti and Heather Watson, among others . The latter won two singles and a double title under Veronelli as a coach. She also won the mixed title at Wimbledon in 2016.

Web links

• ATP profile of Diego Veronelli (English)
• ITF profile Diego Veronelli (English)
• ITF junior profile Diego Veronelli (English)
• Profile as trainer of the WTA (English)