Ramón Delgado (; born 14 November 1976) is a Paraguayan retired

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player and current tennis coach. He turned professional in 1995 and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 52 in April 1999. He reached the final at Bogotá in 1998 and the fourth round of the 1998 French Open, defeating

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in the second round.

Tennis career

2002

In April 2002, Delgado lost in the first round of the Mallorca Open to a 15-year-old

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in Nadal's first ever ATP match. Nadal would go on to win 22

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titles as of the 2022 French Open.

2006

Delgado also nearly qualified for the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, but was defeated in the third and final qualifying round by

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2010

In October 2010, Delgado defeated Chilean

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in three sets (7–5, 2–6, 6–3) to advance and face Spanish player Pere Riba at the last 16 stage of the Copa Petrobras.

2011

He announced his retirement from tennis in May 2011.

Coaching career

In 2011, Delgado began coaching tennis. Delgado was captain of Paraguay's 2015 Fed Cup team, which was made up of

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, Sarita Giménez, Camila Giangreco and Montserrat González.

ATP Tour career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 15 (9–6)

Doubles: 17 (6–11)

Performance timeline

Singles

References

External links

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