Santiago Giraldo

Infobox Tennis player
playername= Santiago Giraldo


nickname=
country= Colombia
residence= Pereira, Colombia
datebirth= birth date and age|1987|27|11
placebirth= Pereira, Colombia
height= height|m=1.85
weight= convert|70|kg|lb st|abbr=on|lk=on
turnedpro= 2006
plays= Right-handed
careerprizemoney= $148,228
singlesrecord= 7–10
singlestitles= 0
highestsinglesranking= 115 (April 30 2007)
AustralianOpenresult=
FrenchOpenresult= 1R (2007, 2008)
Wimbledonresult=
USOpenresult=
doublesrecord=
doublestitles= 0
highestdoublesranking= 442 (May 14 2007)
updated =March 15, 2008

Santiago Giraldo (b. November 27 1987) is a Colombian male tennis player from Pereira in Colombia. He plays on the ATP tour and represents Colombia in the Davis Cup competition. He currently has an ATP tour ranking of #178.

ATP Tour

Since turning professional in 2006, Santiago Giraldo has competed in lower-tier events at Buenos Aries, Bogotá and Asuncion. He reached the final at Bogotá in October 2007 but he lost out in straight sets. Giraldo reached the main draw of his first slam in 2007, losing to eventual semi-finalist Novak Đoković at the French Open.

Santiago played in his first major non-Grand Slam singles tournament on 12–15 March 2008, the Indian Wells Masters Series, where he lost to world number 2 Rafael Nadal in straight sets, 6-3, 6-3, in the second round. [http://www.pacificlifeopen.com/1/news/newsarticle_722.asp Nadal beats Giraldo at Indian Wells] He beat Werner Eschauer in the first round after coming through two rounds of qualifying. Giraldo then qualified for the 2008 Miami Masters, where he lost in round 1. He played in the 2008 French Open after the withdrawal of home-favourite Richard Gasquet through injury, but he lost in the first round against Florent Serra of France.

Davis Cup

Career statistics

Performance Timeline

Runners-up(1)

References

External links

*ATP|id=G725
*ITF male profile|number=100020847
*DavisCupplayerlink|id=100020847