Diego Dedura
Full name | Diego Dedura-Palomero |
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
Born | Berlin, Germany | 12 March 2008
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$62,421 |
Singles | |
Career record | 1–2 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 348 (14 July 2025) |
Current ranking | No. 348 (14 July 2025)[1] |
Doubles | |
Career record | 0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 1817 (31 July 2023) |
Last updated on: 14 July 2025. |
Diego Dedura-Palomero (born 12 March 2008) is a German tennis player.
Dedura has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 348, achieved on 14 July 2025.[1]
Personal life
[edit]Dedura was born in Berlin to a Chilean father and a Lithuanian mother. He speaks four languages: German, English, Spanish and Lithuanian.[2] In April 2025, he announced that he would forgo the second part of his surname as a player.[3]
Career
[edit]2024
[edit]Dedura made his ATP Challenger Tour main draw debut at the age of 16 as a qualifier at the Schwaben Open in Augsburg, reaching the second round.[4][5]
2025: First ATP win at age 17, top 400
[edit]At the age of 17, Dedura made his ATP Tour main draw debut as a lucky loser at the BMW Open in Munich, where he won against Denis Shapovalov via retirement in the first round and became the first player born in 2008 or later to win an ATP Tour match.[6][7] He lost to Zizou Bergs in the second round.[8]
Singles performance timeline
[edit]W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Current through the 2025 Hamburg Open.
Tournament | 2025 | SR | W–L |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||
Australian Open | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
French Open | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
Wimbledon | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
US Open | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
ATP Masters 1000 | |||
Madrid Open | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
Career statistics | |||
Tournaments | 2 | 2 | |
Overall win–loss | 1–2 | 1–2 | |
Year-end ranking |
ITF World Tennis Tour finals
[edit]Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)
[edit]Finals by surface |
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Clay (0–2) |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2024 | M25 Pula, Italy | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | May 2025 | M15 Villach, Austria | Clay | ![]() |
3–6, 3–6 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Diego Dedura - Overview". ATP Tour.
- ^ "Who is Diego Dedura-Palomero? Meet Germany's latest teenage star". 17 April 2025.
- ^ "Diego Dedura-Palomero legt Doppelnamen im Tennis ab - künftig fällt "Palomero" beim Youngster weg". Europsort.de (in German). 17 April 2025.
- ^ "Diego Dedura-Palomero writes Challenger history at 16". Tennis World USA. 23 May 2024.
- ^ "Munich breakout star Dedura on his tennis identity and love of 'the grind'". ATPTour. 16 April 2025.
- ^ "17-year-old Dedura-Palomero becomes the first player born in 2008 to win on the ATP Tour". The Washington Post. 15 April 2025.
- ^ "17-year-old Dedura-Palomero makes history in Munich opener". ATP Tour. 15 April 2025.
- ^ "Dedura-Palomeros erster großer Auftritt endet im Achtelfinale". Sportschau.de (in German). 17 April 2025.