Diego Nargiso (born 15 March 1970) is a former tennis player from Italy.

Diego Nargiso
Country (sports) Italy
ResidenceMonte Carlo, Monaco
Born (1970-03-15) 15 March 1970 (age 54)
Naples, Italy
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro1987
Retired2001
PlaysLeft-handed
Prize money$1,807,857
Singles
Career record100–154
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 67 (10 October 1988)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (1996)
French Open2R (1992)
Wimbledon3R (1988)
US Open3R (1988)
Doubles
Career record215–225
Career titles5
Highest rankingNo. 25 (5 March 1990)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (1993)
French Open3R (1989)
Wimbledon2R (1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2000)
US Open3R (1989, 1993, 1996)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open2R (1990)
Wimbledon2R (1995, 2000)
US OpenQF (1995)

Having turned professional in 1987, Nargiso represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he was defeated in the second round by America's eventual runner-up Tim Mayotte. He also competed in the men's doubles at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics.[1]

Nargiso was the first Italian tennis player to win the Junior Wimbledon championship, which he did in 1987.

The left-handed Nargiso reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 10 October 1988, when he became the number 67 in the world.

ATP career finals

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Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour World Series (0–2)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (0–2)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 1993 Bordeaux, France World Series Hard   Sergi Bruguera 5–7, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 2000 Palermo, Italy World Series Clay   Olivier Rochus 6–7(14–16), 1–6

Doubles: 20 (5 titles, 15 runner-ups)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters Series(0–1)
ATP World Tour Championship Series (1–0)
ATP World Tour World Series (4–14)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (3–9)
Grass (0–2)
Carpet (1–2)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (4–13)
Indoor (1–2)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 1988 Rotterdam, Netherlands Grand Prix Carpet   Magnus Gustafsson   Patrik Kühnen
  Tore Meinecke
6–7, 6–7
Loss 0–2 Apr 1988 Nice, France Grand Prix Clay   Heinz Günthardt   Guy Forget
  Henri Leconte
6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 0–3 Jul 1988 Bordeaux, France Grand Prix Clay   Christian Miniussi   Joakim Nyström
  Claudio Panatta
1–6, 4–6
Loss 0–4 Apr 1989 Monte Carlo, Monaco Grand Prix Clay   Paolo Canè   Tomáš Šmíd
  Mark Woodforde
6–1, 4–6, 2–6
Loss 0–5 Oct 1989 Palermo, Italy Grand Prix Clay   Goran Ivanišević   Peter Ballauff
  Rüdiger Haas
2–6, 7–6, 4–6
Win 1–5 Feb 1990 Milan, Italy World Series Carpet   Omar Camporese   Udo Riglewski
  Tom Nijssen
6–4, 6–4
Loss 1–6 Mar 1990 Rotterdam, Netherlands World Series Carpet   Nicolás Pereira   Leonardo Lavalle
  Jorge Lozano
6–7, 4–6
Win 2–6 Apr 1991 Barcelona, Spain Championship Series Clay   Horacio de la Peña   Boris Becker
  Eric Jelen
3–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss 2–7 Aug 1991 Long Island, United States World Series Hard   Doug Flach   Eric Jelen
  Carl-Uwe Steeb
6–0, 4–6, 6–7
Loss 2–8 Jun 1992 London (Queen's), United Kingdom World Series Grass   Goran Ivanišević   John Fitzgerald
  Anders Järryd
4–6, 6–7
Win 3–8 Jan 1993 Jakarta, Indonesia World Series Hard   Guillaume Raoux   Jacco Eltingh
  Paul Haarhuis
7–6, 6–7, 6–3
Loss 3–9 Jun 1994 Rosmalen, Netherlands World Series Grass   Peter Nyborg   Stephen Noteboom
  Fernon Wibier
3–6, 6–1, 6–7
Loss 3–10 Sep 1994 Bordeaux, France World Series Hard   Guillaume Raoux   Olivier Delaître
  Guy Forget
2–6, 6–2, 5–7
Loss 3–11 Mar 1995 Mexico City, Mexico World Series Clay   Marc-Kevin Goellner   Javier Frana
  Leonardo Lavalle
5–7, 3–6
Loss 3–12 Apr 1995 Estoril, Portugal World Series Clay   Marc-Kevin Goellner   Yevgeny Kafelnikov
  Andrei Olhovskiy
7–5, 5–7, 2–6
Loss 3–13 May 1996 Munich, Germany World Series Clay   Olivier Delaître   Lan Bale
  Stephen Noteboom
6–4, 6–7, 4–6
Win 4–13 Mar 1998 Casablanca, Morocco World Series Clay   Andrea Gaudenzi   Cristian Brandi
  Filippo Messori
6–4, 7–6
Win 5–13 May 2000 Majorca, Spain World Series Clay   Michaël Llodra   Alberto Martín
  Fernando Vicente
7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–3)
Loss 5–14 May 2000 St. Polten, Austria World Series Clay   Andrea Gaudenzi   Mahesh Bhupathi
  Andrew Kratzmann
6–7(10–12), 7–6(7–2), 4–6
Loss 5–15 Jul 2000 Båstad, Sweden World Series Clay   Andrea Gaudenzi   Nicklas Kulti
  Mikael Tillström
6–4, 2–6, 3–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 7 (3–4)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (3–4)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (1–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 1990 Ljubljana, Slovenia Challenger Clay   Magnus Larsson 5–7, 7–6, 6–7
Win 1–1 Jan 1991 Heilbronn, Germany Challenger Carpet   Markus Zoecke 3–6, 7–6, 6–3
Win 2–1 Jun 1994 Annenheim, Austria Challenger Grass   Martin Damm 6–4, 6–2
Win 3–1 Aug 1997 Olbia, Italy Challenger Hard   Daniele Musa 5–7, 6–2, 6–3
Loss 3–2 Aug 1998 Winnetka, United States Challenger Hard   Geoff Grant 7–5, 3–6, 5–7
Loss 3–3 Aug 1998 Binghamton, United States Challenger Hard   Takao Suzuki 3–5 ret.
Loss 3–4 Feb 1999 Wolfsburg, Germany Challenger Carpet   Axel Pretzsch walkover

Doubles: 13 (5–8)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (5–8)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–6)
Grass (1–1)
Carpet (2–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Mar 1990 Agadir, Morocco Challenger Clay   Omar Camporese   Josef Čihák
  Cyril Suk
walkover
Win 1–1 Jan 1991 Heilbronn, Germany Challenger Carpet   Stefano Pescosolido   Christian Saceanu
  Michiel Schapers
6–2, 6–2
Loss 1–2 Jul 1991 Neu-Ulm, Germany Challenger Clay   Carl Limberger   Tarik Benhabiles
  Olivier Delaître
4–6, 6–7
Loss 1–3 Oct 1991 Siracusa, Italy Challenger Clay   Stefano Pescosolido   Massimo Boscatto
  Cristian Brandi
6–3, 6–7, 6–7
Win 2–3 Jun 1995 Annenheim, Austria Challenger Grass   Nicolás Pereira   Karsten Braasch
  Joern Renzenbrink
6–7, 6–4, 7–6
Loss 2–4 Jul 1995 Manchester, United Kingdom Challenger Grass   Massimo Bertolini   Tim Henman
  Mark Petchey
3–6, 4–6
Loss 2–5 Jan 1996 Heilbronn, Germany Challenger Carpet   Udo Riglewski   Pavel Vízner
  Lorenzo Manta
3–6, 6–7
Win 3–5 Apr 1996 Napoli, Italy Challenger Clay   Omar Camporese   Ģirts Dzelde
  Tomas Nydahl
3–6, 6–4, 7–6
Loss 3–6 Jun 1997 Prostějov, Czech Republic Challenger Clay   Scott Melville   Jiří Novák
  David Rikl
4–6, 2–6
Win 4–6 Feb 2000 Lübeck, Germany Challenger Carpet   Giorgio Galimberti   Karsten Braasch
  Dirk Dier
6–4, 6–4
Loss 4–7 Apr 2000 Cagliari, Italy Challenger Clay   Andrea Gaudenzi   Tomáš Cibulec
  Leoš Friedl
1–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win 5–7 May 2000 Zagreb, Croatia Challenger Clay   Michaël Llodra   Eduardo Nicolás Espin
  Germán Puentes Alcañiz
6–2, 6–3
Loss 5–8 Jul 2000 Venice, Italy Challenger Clay   Andrea Gaudenzi   Julian Alonso
  Aleksandar Kitinov
6–7(3–7), 5–7

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Singles: 1 (1 title)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1987 Wimbledon Grass   Jason Stoltenberg 7–6, 6–4

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partnet Opponents Score
Loss 1987 Wimbledon Grass   Eugenio Rossi   Todd Woodbridge
  Jason Stoltenberg
3–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win 1987 US Open Hard   Goran Ivanišević   Zeeshan Ali
  Brett Steven
3–6, 6–4, 6–3

Performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

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Tournament 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 1R A A 1R 1R 1R A 2R Q1 A A A 0 / 6 1–6 14%
French Open A A 1R A A 2R A Q1 1R Q1 A A A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Wimbledon Q1 3R 1R Q1 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R Q1 A Q2 Q2 0 / 8 3–8 27%
US Open A 3R 1R 1R 1R 2R Q3 1R A Q1 A A A Q2 0 / 6 3–6 33%
Win–loss 0–0 4–3 0–4 0–1 1–2 2–4 0–2 0–3 0–2 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 23 8–23 26%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics NH 2R Not Held A Not Held A Not Held A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A A A Q1 A 1R A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Miami Open A A 2R A A QF 1R 2R 1R Q3 A A A A 0 / 5 6–5 55%
Monte Carlo A A 2R 1R A A 1R Q2 1R 1R A 1R Q2 A 0 / 6 1–6 14%
Stuttgart NH A A A A A A Q2 A Q1 A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Hamburg A A 3R A A A Q1 2R A A A Q1 A A 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Rome A 2R 3R 2R A 1R 1R 2R Q1 1R 1R 1R 1R A 0 / 10 5–10 33%
Canada Masters A A 3R A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A 1R Q1 A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Paris Masters A A A A A A Q2 Q1 A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 1–1 8–5 1–2 0–0 4–3 0–3 3–3 0–2 0–3 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 0 / 26 17–26 40%

Doubles

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Tournament 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 1R 1R A 1R 2R 1R A 1R 1R A A A A 0 / 8 1–8 11%
French Open A 1R 3R 1R 1R 1R A 2R 1R 1R A A A 1R A 0 / 9 3–9 25%
Wimbledon Q1 1R 2R 2R 1R 2R A 1R 2R 2R A A Q3 2R 1R 0 / 10 6–10 38%
US Open A 2R 3R 1R 1R 1R 3R 1R 1R 3R A A A 1R A 0 / 10 7–10 41%
Win–loss 0–0 1–4 5–4 1–4 0–3 1–4 3–2 1–4 1–3 3–4 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–3 0–1 0 / 37 17–37 31%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics NH 1R Not Held 2R Not Held 1R Not Held A NH 0 / 3 1–3 25%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A 2R A A 1R A A Q1 1R Q1 A A A A A 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Miami Open A 1R QF A 2R 1R A A 1R 1R A A A A A 0 / 6 4–6 40%
Monte Carlo A 1R F QF 1R 1R 1R 1R A 1R 1R 1R QF 1R A 0 / 12 8–12 40%
Stuttgart NH A A A A A A SF A A A A A A A 0 / 1 3–1 75%
Hamburg A QF 1R A A 1R 2R SF A 2R A Q2 A A A 0 / 6 7–6 54%
Rome 1R 2R 2R 1R A QF 1R SF 2R 1R 1R 2R A 2R A 0 / 12 10–12 45%
Canada Masters A A 2R A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Cincinnati Masters A A A 1R A 1R 1R A A A A A A A A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Paris Masters A A A 2R A 1R A 1R A A A A A SF A 0 / 4 4–4 50%
Win–loss 0–1 4–5 8–5 3–4 1–3 2–6 1–4 9–5 1–3 1–4 0–2 1–2 2–1 4–3 0–0 0 / 48 37–48 44%

Mixed doubles

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Tournament 1988 1989 1990 9194 1995 9699 2000 2001 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A A 2R A A A A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Wimbledon A A 1R A 2R A 2R 1R 0 / 4 2–4 33%
US Open 1R A A A QF A 2R A 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 3–2 0–0 2–2 0–1 0 / 8 6–8 43%

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Diego Nargiso". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
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