Daniel Elahi Galán Riveros (born 18 June 1996 in Bucaramanga) is a Colombian tennis player. He has achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 68 on 24 October 2022. He is currently the No. 1 Colombian tennis player.[1] He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 305 achieved on 26 February 2018.

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Daniel Elahi Galán

Full name	Daniel Elahi Galán Riveros
Country (sports)	Colombia
Residence	Bogotá, Colombia
Born	(1996-06-18) 18 June 1996 (age 26) Bucaramanga, Colombia
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	2015
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Santos Galán
Prize money	$1,459,312
Singles
Career record	36–35 (50.7% at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 68 (24 October 2022)
Current ranking	No. 68 (24 October 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2020)
French Open	3R (2020)
Wimbledon	3R (2022)
US Open	3R (2022)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (2021)
Doubles
Career record	0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 305 (26 February 2018)
Last updated on: 7 October 2022.

Personal Information

He is part of the Colsanitas team, an organization that supports the best tennis players in Colombia.[2][3]

Professional career

2015: ATP debut

Galán made his ATP main draw singles debut at the 2015 Claro Open Colombia where he was given a wildcard. He defeated Pere Riba in the first round.[4]

2020: Grand Slam debut and third round at the French Open

Galán gained additional recognition after his 2020 French Open third round match with Novak Djokovic, his best showing at a Grand Slam thus far. He lost in straight sets (6–0, 6–3, 6–2), but his performance earned him new followers.^{[citation needed]}

2021: Masters 1000 debut and third round, Olympics debut

As a result of his first and best Masters 1000 third round showing thus far at the 2021 Miami Open, he reached a career-high of World No. 110 on 5 April 2021.

Galán qualified to represent Colombia at the 2020 Summer Olympics where he was defeated by World No. 5 and eventual Olympic champion Alexander Zverev in the second round.

2022: Wimbledon & US Open third rounds, first top 10 win, top 100

At the 2022 Córdoba Open he reached his first ATP quarterfinal of the year as a lucky loser where he lost to top seed Diego Schwartzman.

After missing three major events, he returned to the 2022 Wimbledon Championships where he reached the second round for a second consecutive year defeating Dominik Koepfer. He moved to the third round for the first time at this Major after the withdrawal of 17th seed Roberto Bautista Agut due to a positive COVID-19 test.[5]

He reached the top 100 at World No. 99 on 25 July 2022, after a second round showing as a qualifier at the 2022 Hamburg European Open defeating Federico Coria. At the 2022 Croatia Open Umag he defeated 2016 champion Fabio Fognini.[6]

He made his debut at the US Open as a qualifier.[7] In the first round, he upset world No. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas to advance to the second round, recording his first victory over a Top-5 player and for Colombia since Iván Molina took down then-No. 3 Manuel Orantes in Tehran in 1975.[8] He became only the third player in the last five years to win a set 6–0 against him.^{[citation needed]} Although Tsitsipas saved eight match points, Galán capitalised on his ninth.[9][10][11] He defeated Jordan Thompson in the second round in five sets to reach the third round at this Major for the first time in his career. As a result he moved into the top 75 in the rankings.

At the 2022 San Diego Open he reached his second quarterfinal of the season defeating fourth seed Pedro Martinez (tennis)[12] before losing to fifth seed and eventual champion Brandon Nakashima.[13] As a result he moved to the top 70 in the rankings No. 69 on 26 September.

Singles performance timeline

Current through the 2022 Paris Masters.

Challenger and ITF Finals

Singles: 18 (8–10)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2015	Mexico F8, Manzanillo	Futures	Hard	Felipe Mantilla	6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	1–1	Jul 2015	Colombia F4, Popayán	Futures	Hard	Eduardo Struvay	6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(2–7),
Win	2–1	Oct 2015	Colombia F8, Bogota	Futures	Clay	Cristian Rodríguez	6–3, 3–2 Retired
Loss	2–2	Oct 2016	Colombia F4, Valledupar	Futures	Hard	Marcelo Tomás Barrios Vera	6–4, 3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	2–3	Oct 2016	Colombia F5, Manizales	Futures	Clay	Alejandro Gómez	6–7(4–7), 4–6
Loss	2–4	Oct 2016	Colombia F6, Neiva	Futures	Clay	Alejandro Gómez	5–7, 4–6
Loss	2–5	Nov 2016	Colombia F8, Medellín	Futures	Clay	Alejandro Gómez	7–5, 2–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss	2–6	Dec 2016	Colombia F9, Villavicencio	Futures	Clay	Nicolas Santos	4–6, 2–6
Win	3–6	Jul 2017	Colombia F1, Valledupar	Futures	Hard	Christopher Díaz Figueroa	6–3, 7–5
Loss	3–7	Jul 2017	Colombia F2, Manizales	Futures	Hard	Facundo Argüello	4–6, 7–5, 2–6
Loss	3–8	Sep 2017	Bogotà, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Marcelo Arévalo	5–7, 4–6
Win	4–8	Dec 2017	Peru F1, Lima	Futures	Clay	Nicolás Álvarez	7–5, 6–3
Win	5–8	Jul 2018	San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Sergio Gutiérrez Ferrol	6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Loss	5–9	Feb 2020	Newport Beach, USA	Challenger	Hard	Thai-Son Kwiatkowski	4–6, 1–6
Win	6–9	Nov 2020	Lima, Peru	Challenger	Clay	Thiago Agustin Tirante	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	6–10	May 2021	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Bernabé Zapata Miralles	3–6, 4–6
Win	7–10	Jan 2022	Concepción, Chile	Challenger	Clay	Santiago Rodríguez Taverna	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Win	8–10	Apr 2022	Sarasota, USA	Challenger	Clay	Steve Johnson	7–6(9–7), 4–6, 6–1

Doubles: 3 (2–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2017	Colombia F3, Pereira	Futures	Clay	José Olivares	Christopher Díaz Figueroa Luis Patiño	6–2, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Aug 2017	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	Challenger	Clay	Santiago Giraldo	Juan Ignacio Londero Luis David Martínez	4–6, 4–6
Win	2–1	Dec 2017	Peru F1, Lima	Futures	Clay	João Pedro Sorgi	Boris Arias Federico Zeballos	4–6, 6–4, [10–3]

Record against top 10 players

Galán's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered:

Player	Record	Win %	Hard	Clay	Grass	Last Match
Number 1 ranked players
Novak Djokovic	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (0–6, 3–6, 2–6) at 2020 French Open
Number 2 ranked players
Alexander Zverev	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (2–6, 2–6) at 2020 Summer Olympics
Number 3 ranked players
Stefanos Tsitsipas	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–0, 6–1, 3–6, 7–5) at 2022 US Open
Number 7 ranked players
David Goffin	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Lost (6–3, 3–6, 3–6) at 2019 Davis Cup
Casper Ruud	0–2	0%	0–1	0–1	–	Lost (4–6, 1–6) at 2021 Acapulco
Number 8 ranked players
John Isner	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Won (6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–5)) at 2021 Davis Cup
Diego Schwartzman	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Lost (6–3, 0–6, 5–7) at 2022 Córdoba
Number 9 ranked players
Fabio Fognini	1–0	100%	–	1–0	–	Won (6–3, 7–5, 6–3) at 2022 Croatia Open Umag
Number 10 ranked players
Cameron Norrie	1–0	100%	–	1–0	–	Won (4–6, 6–3, 5–7, 6–1, 6–1) at 2020 French Open
Total	4-6	40%	2–3 (40%)	2–3 (50%)	0–0 ( – )	* Statistics correct as of 29 August 2022[update].

Wins over top 10 players

• He has a 1–3 (25.0%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	DEGR
2022
1.	Stefanos Tsitsipas	5	US Open, United States	Hard	1R	6–0, 6–1, 3–6, 7–5	94

*As of 29 August 2022^[update]

References

External links

• Daniel Elahi Galan at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Daniel Elahi Galan at the International Tennis Federation

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