Diego Nargiso


Diego Nargiso is a former tennis player from Italy.
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.

Career finals

Singles

Doubles (5 titles, 15 runners-up)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.Feb 1988ABN World Tennis Tournament, RotterdamCarpet Magnus Gustafsson Patrik Kühnen
Tore Meinecke
6–7, 6–7
Loss2.Apr 1988NiceClay Heinz Günthardt Guy Forget
Henri Leconte
6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss3.Jul 1988BordeauxClay Christian Miniussi Joakim Nyström
Claudio Panatta
1–6, 4–6
Loss4.Apr 1989Monte CarloClay Paolo Canè Tomáš Šmíd
Mark Woodforde
6–1, 4–6, 2–6
Loss5.Oct 1989PalermoClay Goran Ivanišević Peter Ballauff
Rüdiger Haas
2–6, 7–6, 4–6
Win1.Feb 1990Milan Indoor, MilanCarpet Omar Camporese Udo Riglewski
Tom Nijssen
6–4, 6–4
Loss6.Mar 1990ABN World Tennis Tournament, RotterdamCarpet Nicolás Pereira Leonardo Lavalle
Jorge Lozano
3–6, 6–7
Win2.Apr 1991Torneo Godó, BarcelonaClay Horacio de la Peña Boris Becker
Eric Jelen
3–6, 7–6, 6–4
Loss7.Aug 1991Long IslandHard Doug Flach Eric Jelen
Carl-Uwe Steeb
6–0, 4–6, 6–7
Loss8.Jun 1992London Grass Goran Ivanišević John Fitzgerald
Anders Järryd
4–6, 6–7
Win3.Jan 1993Jakarta Open, JakartaHard Guillaume Raoux Jacco Eltingh
Paul Haarhuis
7–6, 6–7, 6–3
Loss9.Jun 1994RosmalenGrass Peter Nyborg Stephen Noteboom
Fernon Wibier
3–6, 6–1, 6–7
Loss10.Sep 1994BordeauxHard Guillaume Raoux Olivier Delaître
Guy Forget
2–6, 6–2, 5–7
Loss11.Mar 1995Mexico CityClay Marc-Kevin Goellner Javier Frana
Leonardo Lavalle
5–7, 3–6
Loss12.Apr 1995EstorilClay Marc-Kevin Goellner Yevgeny Kafelnikov
Andrei Olhovskiy
7–5, 5–7, 2–6
Loss13.May 1996MunichClay Olivier Delaître Lan Bale
Stephen Noteboom
6–4, 6–7, 4–6
Win4.Mar 1998Grand Prix Hassan II, CasablancaClay Andrea Gaudenzi Cristian Brandi
Filippo Messori
6–4, 7–6
Win5.May 2000Majorca OpenClay Michaël Llodra Alberto Martín
Fernando Vicente
7–6, 7–6
Loss14.May 2000Sankt PöltenClay Andrea Gaudenzi Mahesh Bhupathi
Andrew Kratzmann
6–7, 7–6, 4–6
Loss15.Jul 2000BåstadClay Andrea Gaudenzi Nicklas Kulti
Mikael Tillström
6–4, 2–6, 3–6