Diego Veronelli (; born 5 December 1979) is a former professional
tennis
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player from
Argentina
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.
Career
Veronelli was a quarter-finalist in the
2003 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia.
[ATP World Tour Profile]
/ref> He upset second seed Nikolay Davydenko
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in the opening round and then had a win over Victor Hănescu
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Professional career
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.[ In the quarter-finals he was defeated by ]Paul-Henri Mathieu
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.[
He and partner ]Federico Browne
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Career
Browne was the number one ranked junior in the world in 1994, winning numerous titles that year, including the Banana Bowl. He was also the 1994 B ...
were doubles runners-up at Buenos Aires
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in 2004.[ The wild card entrants beat both the second and third seeds en route to the final.][
The Buenos Aires born player was a member of the Argentine team which won the 2010 World Team Cup. His only appearance in the campaign came after the title was secured, with he and ]Eduardo Schwank
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losing a dead rubber to Bob and Mike Bryan
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.['']Malaysia Star
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"Argentina beat US to lift World Team Cup"
24 May 2010
In 2013 he was married to Susana González and had a baby, Mateo Verronelli. Now he is tennis trainer all over the world.
ATP career finals
Doubles: 1 (0–1)
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1979 births
Living people
Argentine male tennis players
Tennis players from Buenos Aires
21st-century Argentine sportsmen