Diego Moyano (born 14 March 1975) is a coach and former professional tennis player from Argentina.[1]

Diego Moyano
Country (sports) Argentina
Born (1975-03-14) 14 March 1975 (age 49)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1997
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$213,394
Singles
Career record0–3
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 130 (20 November 2000)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2003, 2004)
French Open1R (1999)
WimbledonQ1 (2000, 2004)
Doubles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 158 (14 June 2004)
Last updated on: 5 December 2022.

Coaching

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Moyano has worked as a USTA coach, training American ATP players Tommy Paul, Reilly Opelka and Frances Tiafoe,[2] as well as helping Denis Kudla and Andrea Collarini.

He formerly coached WTA tennis pro Coco Gauff until April 2023[3] and subsequently reunited with Frances Tiafoe in December 2023.[2] Prior to that he coached Kevin Anderson from 2020 until his retirement in May 2022 and is currently coaching him since his comeback a year later in 2023.

Professional career

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Moyano took part in the 1999 French Open and lost a four set opening round match to American player Chris Woodruff.[4]

His next appearance on the ATP Tour was in the 2001 Cerveza Club Colombia Open, where he was unable to get past qualifier Alexandre Simoni in the first round.[4] He was also an opening round casualty at his next ATP tournament, the 2004 Buenos Aires Open, losing to Óscar Hernández.[4]

The Argentine played in the doubles at the 2003 BellSouth Open, with Phillip Harboe.[4] They lost in the first round to José Acasuso and Andrés Schneiter.[4]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 27 (10–17)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (4–4)
ITF Futures (6–13)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (10–17)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 1997 Buenos Aires, Argentina Challenger Clay   Franco Squillari 1–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 May 1998 Germany F8, Schwaigern Futures Clay   Olivier Malcor 1–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss 0–3 Sep 1998 Belgrade, Serbia Challenger Clay   Jiří Vaněk 3–6, 3–6
Loss 0–4 Apr 1999 Argentina F1, Córdoba Futures Clay   Damián Furmanski 2–6, 3–6
Loss 0–5 May 1999 Argentina F2, Córdoba Futures Clay   Marcelo Charpentier 6–0, 4–6, 2–6
Loss 0–6 Jun 1999 Germany F5, Augsburg Futures Clay   Martin Verkerk 3–6, 4–6
Loss 0–7 Jun 1999 Germany F6, Trier Futures Clay   Martin Verkerk 2–6, 0–6
Win 1–7 Oct 1999 Paraguay F2, Asunción Futures Clay   Adrián García 6–3, 6–4
Win 2–7 Nov 1999 Chile F4, Santiago Futures Clay   Matias O'Neille 6–4, 6–2
Loss 2–8 Nov 1999 Chile F5, Valparaíso Futures Clay   Filippo Messori 5–7, 4–6
Loss 2–9 Mar 2000 Chile F3, Santiago Futures Clay   Alexandre Simoni 6–4, 6–7(2–7), 0–6
Win 3–9 Mar 2000 Argentina F1, Mendoza Futures Clay   Flávio Saretta 6–4, 6–0
Loss 3–10 Apr 2000 Argentina F3, Santa Fe Futures Clay   Guillermo Coria 6–7(0–7), 4–6
Win 4–10 Sep 2000 Budapest, Hungary Challenger Clay   Vasilis Mazarakis 6–3, 6–0
Win 5–10 Nov 2000 Santiago, Chile Challenger Clay   Sebastián Prieto 6–3, 6–2
Win 6–10 Aug 2001 Argentina F7, Buenos Aires Futures Clay   Martín Vassallo Argüello 6–4, 7–5
Loss 6–11 Sep 2001 Campinas, Brazil Challenger Clay   Juan Ignacio Chela 3–6, 3–6
Loss 6–12 Apr 2002 Algeria F1, Algiers Futures Clay   František Čermák 3–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss 6–13 May 2002 Algeria F2, Algiers Futures Clay   František Čermák 1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 7–13 May 2002 Italy F2, Pavia Futures Clay   Marcelo Charpentier 6–0, 6–3
Win 8–13 Jul 2002 Budaors, Hungary Challenger Clay   Jiří Vaněk 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 9–13 Jun 2003 Lugano, Switzerland Challenger Clay   Álex Calatrava 6–4, 1–6, 7–6(7–4)
Win 10–13 Nov 2003 Argentina F6, Buenos Aires Futures Clay   Juan Mónaco 7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 10–14 Apr 2004 Italy F4, Monza Futures Clay   Andres Dellatorre 2–6, 5–7
Loss 10–15 Sep 2004 Argentina F6, Buenos Aires Futures Clay   Brian Dabul 6–7(1–7), 1–6
Loss 10–16 Oct 2004 Chile F2, Santiago Futures Clay   Mariano Puerta 1–6, 1–6
Loss 10–17 Nov 2004 Buenos Aires, Argentina Challenger Clay   Oliver Marach 2–6, 3–6

Doubles: 9 (3–6)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (1–5)
ITF Futures (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (3–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 1998 Chile F2, Viña del Mar Futures Clay   Enzo Artoni   Sergio Cortés
  Francisco Ruiz
4–6, 6–2, 6–7
Win 1–1 Jun 2002 Germany F7, Trier Futures Clay   Bernardo Mota   Radoslav Lukaev
  Hamid Mirzadeh
1–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss 1–2 Jun 2002 Sassuolo, Italy Challenger Clay   Manuel Jorquera   Leonardo Azzaro
  Potito Starace
3–6, 2–6
Loss 1–3 May 2003 Rome, Italy Challenger Clay   Manuel Jorquera   Amir Hadad
  Martín Vassallo Argüello
4–6, 6–3, 3–6
Loss 1–4 Aug 2003 Brindisi, Italy Challenger Clay   Manuel Jorquera   Iván Navarro
  Mario Radić
6–7(8–10), 0–6
Win 2–4 Oct 2003 Argentina F4, Mendoza Futures Clay   Brian Dabul   Diego Hartfield
  Damián Patriarca
7–6(7–4), 6–4
Loss 2–5 Apr 2004 Barcelona, Spain Challenger Clay   Ignacio González King   Emilio Benfele Álvarez
  Gabriel Trujillo Soler
6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss 2–6 May 2004 San Remo, Italy Challenger Clay   Manuel Jorquera   Daniele Bracciali
  Giorgio Galimberti
6–4, 6–7(6–8), 2–6
Win 3–6 Jul 2004 Tampere, Finland Challenger Clay   Andres Dellatorre   Lassi Ketola
  Tuomas Ketola
6–4, 3–6, 6–4

References

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  1. ^ ITF Tennis Profile
  2. ^ a b "'Nothing But Love & Respect': Tiafoe Splits With Ferreira".
  3. ^ "He's always a person that if I need to call I'll pick up the phone" – Gauff opens up on split from coach Moyano".
  4. ^ a b c d e ATP World Tour Profile
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