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Durin late February to early April, Junqueira had good success at the Challenger level, |
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reaching the semifinal in Chile (losing to #140 [[Eduardo Schwank]]), the final in Ecuador (beating #155 [[Fernando Vicente]] along the way), and the semifinal in France (beating #105 [[Boris Pashanski]] and #192 [[Marc Lopez]]), to get himself back into the top-200 for the first time in almost 2 years. |
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In May, he won a Challenger in Italy, beating #206 [[Dick Norman]], #162 [[Harel Levy]], #97 [[Santiago Ventura]], #153 [[Nicolas Devilder]], and #149 [[Maximo Gonzalez]], those last 4 being the #6, #1, #5, |
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and #4 seeds in the tournament. He then beat #102 [[Luis Horna]] in the qualifying round to make the main draw of the [[2008 French Open]]. |
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Revision as of 09:12, 29 May 2008
Diego Junqueira (born December 28, 1980 in Tandil, Argentina) is a professional tennis player from Argentina.
Junior Career
Junqueira did not appear to have much of a juniors career, according to available ITF results, which show only one top-level tournament for him, in which he qualified and lost first round in Argentina in 1998.[1]
Professional Career
2000 to 2007
Junqueira reached a career high of #146 in June of 2006.
2008
Durin late February to early April, Junqueira had good success at the Challenger level, reaching the semifinal in Chile (losing to #140 Eduardo Schwank), the final in Ecuador (beating #155 Fernando Vicente along the way), and the semifinal in France (beating #105 Boris Pashanski and #192 Marc Lopez), to get himself back into the top-200 for the first time in almost 2 years.
In May, he won a Challenger in Italy, beating #206 Dick Norman, #162 Harel Levy, #97 Santiago Ventura, #153 Nicolas Devilder, and #149 Maximo Gonzalez, those last 4 being the #6, #1, #5, and #4 seeds in the tournament. He then beat #102 Luis Horna in the qualifying round to make the main draw of the 2008 French Open.