Diego Nargiso

Diego Nargiso

Country (sports)	Italy
Born	15 March 1970 Naples, Italy
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Plays	Left-handed
Prize money	$1,807,857
Singles
Career record	100–154
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 67 (10 October 1988)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (1996)
French Open	2R (1992)
Wimbledon	3R (1988)
US Open	3R (1988)
Doubles
Career record	215–225
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 25 (5 March 1990)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	2R (1990)
Wimbledon	2R (1995, 2000)
US Open	QF (1993)

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

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.

Career finals

Singles

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	Sep 1993	Bordeaux	Hard	Sergi Bruguera	5–7, 2–6
Loss	2.	Oct 2000	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Olivier Rochus	6–7(14–16), 1–6

Doubles (5 titles, 15 runners-up)

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

References

External links

• Diego Nargiso at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Diego Nargiso at the International Tennis Federation
• Diego Nargiso at the Davis Cup