Diego Nargiso

Diego Nargiso

Country (sports)	Italy
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Born	(1970-03-15) 15 March 1970 (age 54) Naples, Italy
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	1987
Retired	2001
Plays	Left-handed
Prize money	$1,807,857
Singles
Career record	100–154
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 67 (10 October 1988)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (1996)
French Open	2R (1992)
Wimbledon	3R (1988)
US Open	3R (1988)
Doubles
Career record	215–225
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 25 (5 March 1990)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1993)
French Open	3R (1989)
Wimbledon	2R (1989, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1996, 2000)
US Open	3R (1989, 1993, 1996)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open	2R (1990)
Wimbledon	2R (1995, 2000)
US Open	QF (1995)

Having turned professional in 1987, Nargiso represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he was defeated in the second round by America's eventual runner-up Tim Mayotte. He also competed in the men's doubles at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics.

Nargiso was the first Italian tennis player to win the Junior Wimbledon championship, which he did in 1987.

The left-handed Nargiso reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 10 October 1988, when he became the number 67 in the world.

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 1993	Bordeaux, France	World Series	Hard	Sergi Bruguera	5–7, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Oct 2000	Palermo, Italy	World Series	Clay	Olivier Rochus	6–7(14–16), 1–6

Doubles: 20 (5 titles, 15 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 1988	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Grand Prix	Carpet	Magnus Gustafsson	Patrik Kühnen   Tore Meinecke	6–7, 6–7
Loss	0–2	Apr 1988	Nice, France	Grand Prix	Clay	Heinz Günthardt	Guy Forget   Henri Leconte	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	0–3	Jul 1988	Bordeaux, France	Grand Prix	Clay	Christian Miniussi	Joakim Nyström   Claudio Panatta	1–6, 4–6
Loss	0–4	Apr 1989	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Grand Prix	Clay	Paolo Canè	Tomáš Šmíd   Mark Woodforde	6–1, 4–6, 2–6
Loss	0–5	Oct 1989	Palermo, Italy	Grand Prix	Clay	Goran Ivanišević	Peter Ballauff   Rüdiger Haas	2–6, 7–6, 4–6
Win	1–5	Feb 1990	Milan, Italy	World Series	Carpet	Omar Camporese	Udo Riglewski   Tom Nijssen	6–4, 6–4
Loss	1–6	Mar 1990	Rotterdam, Netherlands	World Series	Carpet	Nicolás Pereira	Leonardo Lavalle   Jorge Lozano	6–7, 4–6
Win	2–6	Apr 1991	Barcelona, Spain	Championship Series	Clay	Horacio de la Peña	Boris Becker   Eric Jelen	3–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss	2–7	Aug 1991	Long Island, United States	World Series	Hard	Doug Flach	Eric Jelen   Carl-Uwe Steeb	6–0, 4–6, 6–7
Loss	2–8	Jun 1992	London (Queen's), United Kingdom	World Series	Grass	Goran Ivanišević	John Fitzgerald   Anders Järryd	4–6, 6–7
Win	3–8	Jan 1993	Jakarta, Indonesia	World Series	Hard	Guillaume Raoux	Jacco Eltingh   Paul Haarhuis	7–6, 6–7, 6–3
Loss	3–9	Jun 1994	Rosmalen, Netherlands	World Series	Grass	Peter Nyborg	Stephen Noteboom   Fernon Wibier	3–6, 6–1, 6–7
Loss	3–10	Sep 1994	Bordeaux, France	World Series	Hard	Guillaume Raoux	Olivier Delaître   Guy Forget	2–6, 6–2, 5–7
Loss	3–11	Mar 1995	Mexico City, Mexico	World Series	Clay	Marc-Kevin Goellner	Javier Frana   Leonardo Lavalle	5–7, 3–6
Loss	3–12	Apr 1995	Estoril, Portugal	World Series	Clay	Marc-Kevin Goellner	Yevgeny Kafelnikov   Andrei Olhovskiy	7–5, 5–7, 2–6
Loss	3–13	May 1996	Munich, Germany	World Series	Clay	Olivier Delaître	Lan Bale   Stephen Noteboom	6–4, 6–7, 4–6
Win	4–13	Mar 1998	Casablanca, Morocco	World Series	Clay	Andrea Gaudenzi	Cristian Brandi   Filippo Messori	6–4, 7–6
Win	5–13	May 2000	Majorca, Spain	World Series	Clay	Michaël Llodra	Alberto Martín   Fernando Vicente	7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–3)
Loss	5–14	May 2000	St. Polten, Austria	World Series	Clay	Andrea Gaudenzi	Mahesh Bhupathi   Andrew Kratzmann	6–7(10–12), 7–6(7–2), 4–6
Loss	5–15	Jul 2000	Båstad, Sweden	World Series	Clay	Andrea Gaudenzi	Nicklas Kulti   Mikael Tillström	6–4, 2–6, 3–6

Singles: 7 (3–4)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 1990	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Challenger	Clay	Magnus Larsson	5–7, 7–6, 6–7
Win	1–1	Jan 1991	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Markus Zoecke	3–6, 7–6, 6–3
Win	2–1	Jun 1994	Annenheim, Austria	Challenger	Grass	Martin Damm	6–4, 6–2
Win	3–1	Aug 1997	Olbia, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Daniele Musa	5–7, 6–2, 6–3
Loss	3–2	Aug 1998	Winnetka, United States	Challenger	Hard	Geoff Grant	7–5, 3–6, 5–7
Loss	3–3	Aug 1998	Binghamton, United States	Challenger	Hard	Takao Suzuki	3–5 ret.
Loss	3–4	Feb 1999	Wolfsburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Axel Pretzsch	walkover

Doubles: 13 (5–8)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 1990	Agadir, Morocco	Challenger	Clay	Omar Camporese	Josef Čihák   Cyril Suk	walkover
Win	1–1	Jan 1991	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Stefano Pescosolido	Christian Saceanu   Michiel Schapers	6–2, 6–2
Loss	1–2	Jul 1991	Neu-Ulm, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Carl Limberger	Tarik Benhabiles   Olivier Delaître	4–6, 6–7
Loss	1–3	Oct 1991	Siracusa, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Stefano Pescosolido	Massimo Boscatto   Cristian Brandi	6–3, 6–7, 6–7
Win	2–3	Jun 1995	Annenheim, Austria	Challenger	Grass	Nicolás Pereira	Karsten Braasch   Joern Renzenbrink	6–7, 6–4, 7–6
Loss	2–4	Jul 1995	Manchester, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Massimo Bertolini	Tim Henman   Mark Petchey	3–6, 4–6
Loss	2–5	Jan 1996	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Udo Riglewski	Pavel Vízner   Lorenzo Manta	3–6, 6–7
Win	3–5	Apr 1996	Napoli, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Omar Camporese	Ģirts Dzelde   Tomas Nydahl	3–6, 6–4, 7–6
Loss	3–6	Jun 1997	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Scott Melville	Jiří Novák   David Rikl	4–6, 2–6
Win	4–6	Feb 2000	Lübeck, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Giorgio Galimberti	Karsten Braasch   Dirk Dier	6–4, 6–4
Loss	4–7	Apr 2000	Cagliari, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Andrea Gaudenzi	Tomáš Cibulec   Leoš Friedl	1–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win	5–7	May 2000	Zagreb, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Michaël Llodra	Eduardo Nicolás Espin   Germán Puentes Alcañiz	6–2, 6–3
Loss	5–8	Jul 2000	Venice, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Andrea Gaudenzi	Julian Alonso   Aleksandar Kitinov	6–7(3–7), 5–7

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1987	Wimbledon	Grass	Jason Stoltenberg	7–6, 6–4

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partnet	Opponents	Score
Loss	1987	Wimbledon	Grass	Eugenio Rossi	Todd Woodbridge   Jason Stoltenberg	3–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win	1987	US Open	Hard	Goran Ivanišević	Zeeshan Ali   Brett Steven	3–6, 6–4, 6–3

Singles

Doubles

Mixed doubles