Steven Diez

Steven Diez
Birthdate	March 17, 1991
Birthplace	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
From	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Residence	Lliçà d'Amunt, Spain
Height	5’9” (1,75m)
Style of play	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Turned pro	2008
Best ATP singles ranking	No. 134 (November 18, 2019)
Best ATP doubles ranking	No. 267 (February 8, 2021)
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Biography

Steven Diez (born March 17, 1991 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Spanish-Canadian professional tennis player. He reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 134 on November 18, 2019 and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 267 on February 8, 2021.

Raised primarily in and competing for Spain early in his career, Diez has since gone on to represent the country of his birth Canada. In 2014, he reached his first ATP Challenger final but lost to Alejandro Falla in Nouméa. He advanced to the second ATP Challenger final of his career in 2016, losing to Mikhail Kukushkin in Moscow. Also in 2016, he reached the second round of the ATP Masters 1000 Rogers Cup with a win over Kyle Edmund in the first round. He lost to the 12th seed Bernard Tomic in the next round. In 2019, Diez won his first ATP Challenger title at the tournament in Burnie, Australia. Also in 2019, he reached his biggest singles final to date, losing to Yasutaka Uchiyama at the ATP Challenger 125 in Ningbo.

Other finals

Team competitions: 1 (1 title)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Team	Partners	Opponent team	Opponent players	Score
Win	Jan 2022	ATP Cup, Sydney, Australia	Hard	Canada	Félix Auger-Aliassime (CAN) Brayden Schnur (CAN) Denis Shapovalov (CAN)	Spain	Roberto Bautista Agut (ESP) Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP) Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (ESP) Pedro Martínez (ESP) Albert Ramos Viñolas (ESP)	2–0

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 6 (1 title, 5 runners-up)

Legend ATP Challenger 175 (0–0) ATP Challenger 125 (0–1) ATP Challenger 110 (0–0) ATP Challenger 100 (0–0) ATP Challenger 90 (0–0) ATP Challenger 80 (1–2) ATP Challenger 75 (0–0) ATP Challenger 50 (0–0) ATP Challenger Tour prior to 2019 (0–2)

Titles by surface Hard (1–2) Clay (0–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 2014	Nouméa, New Caledonia	$75,000	Hard	Alejandro Falla (COL)	2–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Jun 2016	Moscow, Russia	$75,000	Clay	Mikhail Kukushkin (KAZ)	3–6, 3–6
Win	1–2	Jan 2019	Burnie, Australia	80 Series	Hard	Maverick Banes (AUS)	7–5, 6–1
Loss	1–3	Oct 2019	Ningbo, China	125 Series	Hard	Yasutaka Uchiyama (JPN)	1–6, 3–6
Loss	1–4	Feb 2021	Las Palmas, Spain	80 Series	Clay	Enzo Couacaud (FRA)	6–7(5–7), 6–7(3–7)
Loss	1–5	Dec 2022	Maspalomas, Spain	80 Series	Clay	Dušan Lajović (SRB)	1–6, 4–6

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend ATP Challenger 175 (0–0) ATP Challenger 125 (0–0) ATP Challenger 110 (0–0) ATP Challenger 100 (0–0) ATP Challenger 90 (0–0) ATP Challenger 80 (0–0) ATP Challenger 75 (0–0) ATP Challenger 50 (0–0) ATP Challenger Tour prior to 2019 (0–1)

Titles by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2014	Como, Italy	$40,000	Clay	Enrique López-Pérez (ESP)	Guido Andreozzi (ARG) Facundo Argüello (ARG)	2–6, 2–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 35 (22 titles, 13 runners-up)

Legend ITF $25,000 tournaments (1–2) ITF $15,000 tournaments (4–4) ITF $10,000 tournaments (17–7)

Titles by surface Hard (5–5) Clay (17–8) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2009	Spain F23, Elche	$10,000	Clay	David Cañudas-Fernández (ESP)	6–1, 6–4
Win	2–0	May 2010	Spain F15, Balaguer	$10,000	Clay	David Estruch (ESP)	6–2, 6–1
Win	3–0	Apr 2011	Brazil F11, Aracaju	$10,000	Clay (i)	Roman Vogeli (CZE)	6–1, 6–2
Loss	3–1	Jul 2011	Canada F3, Mississauga	$15,000	Hard	Zhe Li (CHN)	2–6, 3–6
Win	4–1	Oct 2011	Spain F39, Vilafranca	$10,000	Clay	Jordi Samper-Montana (ESP)	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
Win	5–1	Nov 2011	Spain F41, Madrid	$10,000	Clay	Matthew Pierot (NED)	6–0, 6–2
Loss	5–2	Jan 2012	Turkey F3, Antalya	$10,000	Hard	Dimitar Kutrovsky (BUL)	3–6, 0–6
Win	6–2	Feb 2012	Spain F3, Murcia	$10,000	Clay	Pedro Sousa (POR)	2–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	6–3	May 2012	Spain F11, Lleida	$10,000	Clay	Sergio Gutiérrez Ferrol (ESP)	6–3, 1–6, 5–7
Win	7–3	May 2012	Poland F1, Sobota	$15,000	Clay	Andriej Kapaś (POL)	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win	8–3	Oct 2012	Algeria F1, Annaba	$10,000	Clay	Gerald Melzer (AUT)	6–2, 6–3
Win	9–3	Oct 2012	Algeria F2, Annaba	$10,000	Clay	Alexander Slabinsky (GBR)	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
Win	10–3	Oct 2012	Algeria F3, Alger	$10,000	Clay	Francesco Picco (ITA)	6–1, 4–6, 6–2
Loss	10–4	May 2013	Spain F14, Valldoreix	$10,000	Clay	Taro Daniel (JPN)	3–6, 2–6
Win	11–4	Jun 2013	Spain F16, Barcelona	$10,000	Hard	Jose Checa-Calvo (ESP)	6–1, 6–2
Win	12–4	Jun 2013	Spain F17, Martos	$10,000	Hard	Ramkumar Ramanathan (IND)	7–5, 6–7(4–7), 6–4
Win	13–4	Aug 2015	Switzerland F4, Sion	$10,000	Clay	Federico Coria (ARG)	5–7, 7–5, 6–1
Win	14–4	Oct 2015	Spain F32, Sant Cugat del Vallès	$10,000	Clay	Marcos Giraldi Requena (ESP)	6–1, 6–0
Loss	14–5	Oct 2015	Greece F8, Heraklion	$10,000	Hard	Václav Šafránek (CZE)	6–7(8–10), 4–6
Win	15–5	Nov 2015	Greece F9, Heraklion	$10,000	Hard	Stefanos Tsitsipas (GRE)	6–2, 6–0
Loss	15–6	Jan 2016	Spain F1, Castelldefels	$10,000	Clay	Gerard Granollers (ESP)	3–6, 1–6
Win	16–6	Feb 2016	Spain F2, Peguera	$10,000	Clay	Paweł Ciaś (POL)	4–6, 6–2, 7–6(9–7)
Win	17–6	Feb 2016	Spain F4, Murcia	$10,000	Clay	Alex de Minaur (AUS)	6–3, 6–4
Win	18–6	Mar 2016	Spain F6, Tarragona	$10,000	Clay	Gerard Granollers (ESP)	5–7, 6–1, 6–0
Loss	18–7	Mar 2016	Morocco F2, Beni Mellal	$10,000	Clay	Lamine Ouahab (MAR)	2–6, 6–4, 2–6
Loss	18–8	Apr 2016	Spain F7, Madrid	$10,000	Hard	Akira Santillan (JPN)	4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	18–9	Oct 2017	Spain F31, Sabadell	$25,000	Clay	Sergio Gutiérrez Ferrol (ESP)	3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win	19–9	Oct 2017	Spain F32, Melilla	$15,000	Clay	Miguel Semmler (ESP)	6–2, 6–0
Loss	19–10	Oct 2017	Tunisia F31, Hammamet	$15,000	Clay	Nino Serdarušić (CRO)	3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	19–11	Jan 2018	China F2, Anning	$15,000	Clay	Yang Tsung-hua (TPE)	3–6, 6–3, 6–7(4–7)
Win	20–11	Apr 2018	Spain F10, Majadahonda	$25,000	Clay	Pedro Cachín (ARG)	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
Loss	20–12	Nov 2018	Tunisia F39, Monastir	$15,000	Hard	Ivan Gakhov (RUS)	6–3, 2–6, 1–6
Win	21–12	Dec 2018	Tunisia F43, Monastir	$15,000	Hard	Gabriel Petit (FRA)	6–2, 6–3
Win	22–12	Dec 2018	Tunisia F45, Monastir	$15,000	Hard	Clément Tabur (FRA)	6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Loss	22–13	Oct 2022	Girona, Spain	$25,000	Clay	Oriol Roca Batalla (ESP)	3–6, 3–6

Doubles: 20 (9 titles, 11 runners-up)

Legend ITF $25,000 tournaments (0–1) ITF $15,000 tournaments (3–4) ITF $10,000 tournaments (6–6)

Titles by surface Hard (2–8) Clay (7–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2009	Spain F7, Terrassa	$10,000	Clay	José Checa Calvo (ESP)	Francesco Aldi (ITA) Alessandro Piccari (ITA)	0–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Oct 2009	Spain F34, Córdoba	$15,000	Hard	Juan Lizariturry (ESP)	Agustín Boje-Ordóñez (ESP) Pablo Martín-Adalia (ESP)	3–6, 3–6
Loss	0–3	Jan 2011	Israel F1, Eilat	$10,000	Hard	Fernando Vicente (ESP)	Jozef Kovalík (SVK) Adrian Sikora (SVK)	6–2, 3–6, [10–12]
Loss	0–4	Jan 2011	Israel F2, Eilat	$10,000	Hard	Nikola Čačić (SRB)	Damir Džumhur (BIH) Ismar Gorčić (BIH)	3–6, 4–6
Win	1–4	Mar 2011	Portugal F1, Faro	$10,000	Hard	Fernando Vicente (ESP)	Agustín Boje-Ordóñez (ESP) Pablo Martín-Adalia (ESP)	6–3, 6–4
Win	2–4	Apr 2011	Brazil F9, Santa Maria	$10,000	Clay	Roman Vogeli (CZE)	Daniel-Alejandro Lopez (PAR) Martín Ríos-Benítez (ARG)	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win	3–4	Apr 2011	Brazil F11, Aracaju	$10,000	Clay (i)	Roman Vogeli (CZE)	Mauricio Doria-Medina (BOL) Daniel-Alejandro Lopez (PAR)	6–1, 7–6(7–0)
Loss	3–5	Jun 2011	Spain F20, Martos	$15,000	Hard	Ilya Belyaev (RUS)	Harri Heliövaara (FIN) Denys Molchanov (UKR)	3–6, 4–6
Win	4–5	Oct 2011	Spain F35, Seville	$10,000	Clay	Fernando Vicente (ESP)	Axel Álvarez Llamas (ESP) Ricardo Ojeda Lara (ESP)	6–2, 6–1
Win	5–5	Oct 2011	Spain F38, Sabadell	$15,000	Clay	João Sousa (POR)	Miguel Ángel López Jaén (ESP) Gabriel Trujillo-Soler (ESP)	6–3, 3–6, [10–7]
Win	6–5	Oct 2012	Algeria F2, Annaba	$10,000	Clay	Marc Giner (ESP)	Francesc Montañés-Roca (ESP) Ronald Slobodchikov (RUS)	6–4, 6–2
Win	7–5	Mar 2013	Croatia F5, Rovinj	$10,000	Clay	Tomislav Brkić (BIH)	Nikolaus Moser (AUT) Tristan-Samuel Weissborn (AUT)	6–2, 6–2
Loss	7–6	Jun 2013	Russia F8, Moscow	$15,000	Clay	Vladislav Dubinsky (RUS)	Aliaksandr Bury (BLR) Vladimir Uzhylovsky (UKR)	0–6, 1–6
Loss	7–7	Oct 2015	Spain F32, Sant Cugat del Vallès	$10,000	Clay	Andrés Artuñedo (ESP)	Sergio Martos Gornés (ESP) Pol Toledo Bague (ESP)	2–6, 3–6
Loss	7–8	Nov 2015	Cyprus F2, Limassol	$10,000	Hard	Andrés Artuñedo (ESP)	Pétros Chrysochós (CYP) Nino Serdarušić (CRO)	6–1, 4–6, [3–10]
Loss	7–9	Dec 2015	Cyprus F3, Larnaca	$10,000	Hard	Andrés Artuñedo (ESP)	Konstantinos Economidis (GRE) Markos Kalovelonis (RUS)	6–4, 3–6, [5–10]
Win	8–9	Oct 2017	Tunisia F31, Hammamet	$15,000	Clay	Bruno Mardones (ESP)	Guy den Heijer (NED) Sidane Pontjodikromo (NED)	6–2, 6–4
Loss	8–10	Mar 2018	Portugal F6, Lisbon	$25,000	Hard	Bruno Mardones (ESP)	Kenneth Raisma (EST) Emil Ruusuvuori (FIN)	6–7(2–7), 2–6
Win	9–10	Nov 2018	Tunisia F40, Monastir	$15,000	Hard	Sergio Martos Gornes (ESP)	Mikalai Haliak (BLR) Alexander Zgirovsky (BLR)	6–3, 6–1
Loss	9–11	Dec 2018	Tunisia F43, Monastir	$15,000	Hard	Marco Bortolotti (ITA)	Evan Hoyt (GBR) Luke Johnson (GBR)	4–6, 2–6

Singles performance timeline

This table is current through the 2023 US Open.

Tournament	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	Q2	Q1	A	A	Q1	A	A	Q2	Q2	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
French Open	Q1	Q1	A	A	Q2	A	A	1R	Q2	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Wimbledon	Q2	Q1	A	Q1	Q2	A	Q2	NH	Q1	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	Q1	A	A	Q3	A	A	Q3	A	Q1	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 1	0–1	0%

Notes

• ^NB The French Open was played in September and after the US Open due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

External links

• Profile on CdnTennis.ca