Diego Schwartzman

Diego Sebastián Schwartzman (, ; born 16 August 1992) is an Argentine professional tennis player.

The only junior Grand Slam he played in was the 2010 US Open, where he lost in the first round of qualifying.

In 2010, at the age of 17, he won the Bolivia F3 Futures (CL), and in 2011 he won the Chile F14 Futures (CL).

In 2012, Schwartzman won titles at the Peru F2 Futures (CL), Argentina F11 Futures (CL), Argentina F14 Futures (CL), Argentina F20 Futures (CL), Argentina F21 Futures (CL), Argentina F22 Futures (CL), and Buenos Aires Challenger (CL).

At the 2013 Australian Open, he lost in the final round of qualifying.

Schwartzman made his first appearance in the main draw of a Grand Slam event at the French Open; he came through qualifying before making it to the second round, where he lost to Roger Federer.

He lost in the first round of the US Open to Novak Djokovic.

He won four titles in the ATP Challenger Tour—at Aix-en-Provence, Prague, Campinas, and San Juan.

In the Challenger Tour Finals, he won over João Souza, Simone Bolelli, and Guilherme Clezar to claim the title.

At the end of the season, Schwartzman was ranked No. 61 worldwide.

Schwartzman's best result of the season came at the Istanbul Open, where he reached the semifinals, beating former top-ten player Jürgen Melzer along the way.

He faced tennis legend Roger Federer in the semifinals.

Schwartzman won the first set decisively before ultimately falling 7–5 in the final set.

He was also part of the Argentine Davis Cup Team, which reached the semifinals in 2015.

Schwartzman won his first-ever singles title at the Istanbul Open—an outdoor 250 clay court event.

When he reached the quarterfinals of the 2017 US Open, the 170 cm Schwartzman was the shortest Grand Slam quarterfinalist since the equally tall Jaime Yzaga at the 1994 US Open.

Schwartzman said: "It's not just for the big guys here."

On the ATP Tour, he has endured less antisemitism, but at the 2017 US Open, a spectator shouted, "Jewish people are not allowed here" in the direction of Schwartzman.

Schwartzman's family owned a successful clothing and jewelry company.

However, around the time Schwartzman was born, the family became quite poor because of the Argentine great depression.

To afford the expenses of tennis, Schwartzman and his mother would sell bracelets at his junior tennis tournaments.

Schwartzman has two brothers (one a software developer, the other a travel agent) and a sister (a lawyer).

Schwartzman's nickname is El Peque (an abbreviation of the word "pequeño", meaning "Shorty" in Spanish).

Schwartzman did not have an illustrious junior career and peaked at an ITF junior ranking of No. 217.

At age 13, he began traveling across South America to play in junior tournaments.

He saw success at that level and began receiving funding to pay for travel, equipment, and coaching expenses.

He has won four ATP singles titles and reached his career-high singles ranking of world No. 8 in October 2020.

As a clay court specialist, his best results have been on this surface.

He is noted for his high-quality return game.

Schwartzman reached his first Masters final at the 2020 Italian Open, defeating defending champion and world No. 2, Rafael Nadal, in straight sets, and Denis Shapovalov along the way.

He lost to Novak Djokovic in the final.

A month later, at the 2020 French Open, he defeated world No. 3 Dominic Thiem to reach his maiden Grand Slam semifinal, where he became the shortest man to reach a Grand Slam singles semifinal since the 5 ft American Harold Solomon at the 1980 French Open.

Schwartzman is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent, and is the son of Ricardo Sebastián and Silvana Schwartzman.

He was born and resides in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

During The Holocaust, his Polish-Jewish maternal great-grandfather was put on a train to a Nazi concentration camp.

The coupling that connected two of the train's cars broke, allowing his great-grandfather and others inside one car to escape.

His great-grandfather brought his family by boat from Germany to Argentina.

His father's ancestors emigrated from Russia to Argentina by boat.

Growing up, Schwartzman played tennis at Club Náutico Hacoaj, a Jewish-Argentine sports club in Buenos Aires that was established by and for Jews who were not allowed to join other sports clubs in the city in the early 20th century.

At junior tournaments, Schwartzman often faced antisemitic catcalls.