Diego Junqueira


Diego Junqueira is a professional tennis player who plays left-handed from Argentina. His career high rank was #68, achieved on March 9, 2009.

Junior career

Diego "Chuky" 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.

Professional career

2000 to 2007

Junqueira reached a career high of #146 in June 2006.

2008

During late February to early April, Junqueira had good success at the Challenger level,
reaching the semifinal in Chile, the final in Ecuador, and the semifinal in France, 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 Máximo González, 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.

2009

In the 2009 Australian Open, he lost to Richard Gasquet in a four set match 6–7, 7–6, 6–3, 6–4 in the first round.