Diego Hartfield
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Residence | Buenos Aires, Argentina | |
Date of birth | Jan 31, 1981 | |
Place of birth | Oberá, Argentina | |
Height | 185cm (6ft 1in) | |
Weight | 80kg (177lb) | |
Turned Pro | N/A | |
Plays | Right; Two-handed backhand | |
Career Prize Money | $221,820 | |
Singles | ||
Career record: | 6 - 6 | |
Career titles: | 0 | |
Highest ranking: | No. 89 (Mar 05, 2007) | |
Grand Slam results | ||
Australian Open | Nil | |
French Open | 1st (2006) | |
Wimbledon | Nil | |
U.S. Open | Nil | |
Doubles | ||
Career record: | 1-3 | |
Career titles: | 0 | |
Highest ranking: | 225 (June 6, 2005) |
Diego Hartfield (born. January 31, 1981 in Oberá, Misiones), nicknamed El Gato Hartfield (Hartfield the Cat in Spanish) is a professional tennis player on the ATP Tour from Argentina. His first tour-level match was against world number one Roger Federer in the first round of the French Open in 2006. Hartfield lost to Federer in straight sets, but pushed the world number one in each of the sets they played. In June 2006, Hartfield advanced to the third, and final, qualifying round of Wimbledon, but was defeated by Kevin Kim. He gets his first semifinal in Buenos Aires, during the 2007 Telmex Cup but lost against Alessio di Mauro (6-1, 6-4). As of March, 2007, Hartfield is 89th in the ATP rankings.