Dyan Castillejo-Garcia (; born September 15, 1965), commonly known by her maiden name, Dyan Castillejo, is a Filipino former tennis player and sports reporter.

Tennis career

Castillejo represented the

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in the

Fed Cup The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The name was chan ...

ties from 1981 to 1990. She also competed in the Asian Games,

Southeast Asian Games The Southeast Asian Games, also known as the SEA Games, is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia. The games are under the regulation of the Southeast Asian Games Federation with sup ...

, Junior Wimbledon and Junior US Open. She was also the first Filipino to earn a WTA women's ranking. In 2017, Castillejo was conferred the Fed Cup Commitment Award, an award given to players that has played at least 20 World Group ties or 40 ties in any level, by the

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. She was the first Filipino to be given with the distinction.

Post-playing career

Castillejo has worked as a sports interviewer for

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, interviewing

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and his Mexican opponents. She is also host for a number of TV programs such as ''

The World Tonight ''The World Tonight'' is a British current affairs radio programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4, every weekday evening, which started out as an extension of the 10 pm news. It is produced by BBC News and features news, analysis and comment on domes ...

'', ''Gym Team'', ''The MBA-Beat'', ''

TV Patrol ''TV Patrol'' is a Philippine television newscast produced by ABS-CBN News. It premiered on March 2, 1987, at the former ABS-CBN television network, replacing ''Balita Ngayon''. ''TV Patrol'' is the flagship national newscast of the network a ...

'', and '' Sports Unlimited''.

Television

*'' Sports Unlimited / Sports U'' (1997–2020) *''

Metropolitan Basketball Association The Metropolitan Basketball Association (MBA), or Metroball, was a professional basketball league in the Philippines that ran from March 7, 1998, to July 26, 2002. History The MBA played its first game on March 7, 1998, at the Don Narciso Ramos ...

'' (1998) *''The MBA Beat'' (1998)

Personal life

Castillejo is married to Anton Garcia, a businessman since 1999. She has a son, Matthew who also plays competitive tennis. Her son has won the Under-14 national group tournament title in 2016.

References

Tennis match in Spanish

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Castillejo, Dyan 1965 births Living people Filipino female tennis players Filipino radio journalists Filipino television journalists Tennis players at the 1982 Asian Games Tennis players at the 1986 Asian Games ABS-CBN News and Current Affairs people Filipino television sportscasters Southeast Asian Games silver medalists for the Philippines Southeast Asian Games bronze medalists for the Philippines Southeast Asian Games medalists in tennis Women television journalists Women radio journalists Competitors at the 1981 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 1983 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 1985 Southeast Asian Games Competitors at the 1987 Southeast Asian Games Asian Games competitors for the Philippines