Daniel Elahi Galán

Daniel Elahi Galán
Full name	Daniel Elahi Galán Riveros
Country (sports)	Colombia
Residence	Bogotá, Colombia
Born	18 June 1996 (age 25); Bucaramanga, Colombia
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	2015
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Santos Galán
Prize money	$929,225
Singles
Career record	23–23 (50.0% at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 102 (1 November 2021)
Current ranking	No. 111 (22 November 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2020)
French Open	3R (2020)
Wimbledon	2R (2021)
US Open	Q3 (2018, 2019)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (2021)
Doubles
Career record	0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 305 (26 February 2018)
Current ranking	No. 577 (22 November 2021)
	Last updated on: 22 November 2021.

Daniel Elahi Galán Riveros (born 18 June 1996 in Bucaramanga) is a Colombian tennis player. He has achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 102 on 1 November 2021. He is currently the No. 1 Colombian tennis player.^[1] He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 305 achieved on 26 February 2018. He makes part of the Colsanitas team, organization that supports the best players in Colombia.

Professional career[]

2015: ATP debut[]

Galán made his ATP main draw singles debut at the 2015 Claro Open Colombia where he was given a wildcard. He defeated Pere Riba in the first round.^[2]

2020: Grand Slam debut and third round at the French Open[]

Galán gained additional recognition after his 2020 French Open third round match with Novak Djokovic, his best showing at a Grand Slam thus far. He lost in straight sets (6–0, 6–3, 6–2), but his performance earned him new followers.

2021: Masters 1000 debut and third round, Olympics debut[]

As a result of his first and best ATP Masters 1000 third round showing thus far at the 2021 Miami Open, he reached a career-high of World No. 110 on 5 April 2021.

Galán qualified to represent Columbia at the 2020 Summer Olympics where he was defeated by World No. 5 and eventual Olympic champion Alexander Zverev in the second round.

Singles performance timeline[]

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	P#	DNQ	A	Z#	PO	G	F-S	SF-B	NMS	P	NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current through the 2021 Davis Cup Finals.

Tournament	2018	2019	2020	2021	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q1	1R	A	0–1
French Open	Q2	Q3	3R	1R	2–2
Wimbledon	Q1	Q2	NH	2R	1–1
US Open	Q3	Q3	A	Q1	0–0
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	2–2	1–2	3–4
National representation
Summer Olympics	Not Held			2R	1–1
Davis Cup	A	RR	RR		3–3
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	NH	1R	0–1
Miami Masters	A	A	NH	3R	2–1
Monte Carlo Masters	A	A	NH	A	0–0
Madrid Masters	A	A	NH	A	0–0
Rome Masters	A	A	Q1	A	0–0
Canada Masters	A	A	NH	Q2	0–0
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	NH	A	0–0
Shanghai Masters	A	A	NH		0–0
Paris Masters	A	A	Q1	A	0–0
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	2–2
Career statistics
Titles–Finals	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Year-end ranking	221	191	115	111

Challenger and ITF Finals[]

Singles: 16 (6–10)[]

Legend (Singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (2–3)
ITF Futures Tour (4–7)

Titles by Surface
Hard (2–3)
Clay (4–7)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2015	Mexico F8, Manzanillo	Futures	Hard	Felipe Mantilla	6–3, 7–6^(7–4)
Loss	1–1	Jul 2015	Colombia F4, Popayán	Futures	Hard	Eduardo Struvay	6–3, 6–7^(5–7), 6–7^(2–7),
Win	2–1	Oct 2015	Colombia F8, Bogota	Futures	Clay	Cristian Rodríguez	6–3, 3–2 Retired
Loss	2–2	Oct 2016	Colombia F4, Valledupar	Futures	Hard	Marcelo Tomás Barrios Vera	6–4, 3–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Loss	2–3	Oct 2016	Colombia F5, Manizales	Futures	Clay	Alejandro Gómez	6–7^(4–7), 4–6
Loss	2–4	Oct 2016	Colombia F6, Neiva	Futures	Clay	Alejandro Gómez	5–7, 4–6
Loss	2–5	Nov 2016	Colombia F8, Medellín	Futures	Clay	Alejandro Gómez	7–5, 2–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Loss	2–6	Dec 2016	Colombia F9, Villavicencio	Futures	Clay	Nicolas Santos	4–6, 2–6
Win	3–6	Jul 2017	Colombia F1, Valledupar	Futures	Hard	Christopher Díaz Figueroa	6–3, 7–5
Loss	3–7	Jul 2017	Colombia F2, Manizales	Futures	Hard	Facundo Argüello	4–6, 7–5, 2–6
Loss	3–8	Sep 2017	Bogotà, Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Marcelo Arévalo	5–7, 4–6
Win	4–8	Dec 2017	Peru F1, Lima	Futures	Clay	Nicolás Álvarez	7–5, 6–3
Win	5–8	Jul 2018	San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Sergio Gutiérrez Ferrol	6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Loss	5–9	Feb 2020	Newport Beach, USA	Challenger	Hard	Thai-Son Kwiatkowski	4–6, 1–6
Win	6–9	Nov 2020	Lima, Peru	Challenger	Clay	Thiago Agustin Tirante	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	6–10	May 2021	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Bernabé Zapata Miralles	3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 3 (2–1)[]

Legend (Singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
ITF Futures Tour (1–1)

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

Outcome	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Aug 2017	Pereira, Colombia F3	Clay	José Olivares	Christopher Díaz Figueroa Luis Patiño	6–2, 6–3
Loss	1–1	Aug 2017	Milex Open, Dominican Republic	Clay	Santiago Giraldo	Juan Ignacio Londero Luis David Martínez	4–6, 4–6
Win	2–1	Dec 2017	Lima, Peru F1	Clay	João Pedro Sorgi	Boris Arias Federico Zeballos	4–6, 6–4, [10–3]

References[]

External links[]

Daniel Elahi Galan at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Daniel Elahi Galan at the International Tennis Federation

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[1] "Rankings | Singles | ATP Tour | Tennis".

[2] "Daniel Elahi Galan | Player Activity | ATP Tour | Tennis".

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v t Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Latin American male singles tennis players
as of 29 November 2021
1. Diego Schwartzman (13 ) 2. Cristian Garín (17 ) 3. Federico Delbonis (44 ) 4. Federico Coria (63 6) 5. Guido Pella (75 )
6. Facundo Bagnis (76 ) 7. Thiago Monteiro (89 1) 8. Juan Manuel Cerúndolo (90 1) 9. Sebastián Báez (98 1) 10. Pablo Cuevas (99 1)

v t Association of Tennis Professionals: Top Colombian male singles tennis players
as of 20 September 2021
1. Daniel Elahi Galán (108 2) 2. Nicolás Mejía (295 1) 3. Cristian Rodríguez (406 10) 4. Alejandro González (431 4) 5. Alejandro Gómez (563 33)
6. Santiago Giraldo (593 1) 7. Eduardo Struvay (607 5) 8. Juan Sebastián Gómez (710 22) 9. Nicolás Barrientos (762 2) 10. Alejandro Hoyos (1097 87)

v t Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten Colombian male doubles tennis players
as of 1 February 2021
1. Robert Farah (1 ) 2. Juan Sebastián Cabal (2 ) 3. Alejandro Gómez (272 ) 4. Nicolás Barrientos (276 ) 5. Nicolás Mejía (419 )
6. Daniel Elahi Galán (432 38) 7. Cristian Rodríguez (450 1) 8. Eduardo Struvay (516 1) 9. José Daniel Bendeck (555 2) 10. Juan Sebastián Gómez (619 2)