Steven Diez
Steven Diez is a Canadian and former Spanish professional tennis player. Raised primarily in and competing for Spain early in his career, he has since gone on to represent the country of his birth, Canada, in the Davis Cup.
Tennis career
2007
Diez competed in the main draw of two senior level ITF Futures tournaments in the autumn, losing both times in the first round. In his first match, at Spain F39 in late October, he fell to world No. 422 Carles Poch-Gradin. He fared much better a month later taking a set off world No. 425 Juan Albert Viloca-Puig before losing.2008
Diez won his first tour match in his third tournament of the year, Spain F11. He won his first ever doubles match too, partnering Ignacio Morente-Gemas to the second round of Spain F13. He then won two matches partnering Javier Valenzuela-Gonzalez to reach the semi-finals of Spain F14. The same pairing reached the semis in their next tournament too, in July, at Spain F26.In late April he competed in qualifying for an ATP World Tour event, the 2008 Torneo Godó, losing in the first round to Marc López. In July in consecutively played Futures he won his first round match, but he failed, in singles, to reach the second round in his last five events of the year. Partnering Valenzuela-Gonzalez, he reached the second round in more events than not during this same stretch. He finished the year ranked World No. 1190 in singles and No. 1274 in doubles.
2009
In his third main draw for the year Diez had a break through in reaching the semi-finals of Spain F5. Two weeks later he reached his first career final, in doubles partnering Jose Checa-Calvo at Spain F7. In June, he competed in his first main draw in an ATP Challenger, as a wild card entrant at the 2009 Open Diputación Ciudad de Pozoblanco, and reached the quarter-finals, where he lost to eventual runner-up, Thiago Alves.The following week Diez captured his first tour title, that of Spain F23 in singles, defeating David Canudas-Fernandez in the final. His singles wins stopped there as he won only one further tour main draw main for the remainder of the year while losing 8. In doubles however Diez continued to do well not losing in the first round for the year aside from his very first tourney. He finished the year ranked World No. 571 in singles and No. 893 in doubles.
2010
Diez did not win a singles main draw match in his first five events of the year leading into a call-up of sorts by Tennis Canada to represent the country of this birth in Davis Cup. Diez was recruited for his clay court ability as Canada faced Colombia on red clay in Bogota. Despite breaking the serve in the first game of the match, Diez went down to World No. 93 Santiago Giraldo in straight sets as Canada lost the tie, 1-4.In April, Diez finally won a main draw singles match, at Spain F11. He reached the second round in three consecutive events before taking his second title of this career, Spain F15 in May. He then reached the semi-finals in two of his next three events. As one of the top-ranked Canadians, Diez received wild cards into events in Canada this summer. After losing in the first round of the 2010 Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby, he qualified for the main draw of the 2010 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open, but lost in three close sets to Alex Kuznetsov in the first round. He won a set from Michael Russell before falling in the first round of qualifying for the 2010 Rogers Cup in Toronto in early August.
After reaching the semi-finals of Spain F30 the week after the Rogers Cup, and losing in the first round of Belgium F3 the following week, Diez was off from match play until last week, where, as the No. 6 seed at Canada F4, he reached the semi-finals. En route he won his quarter-final match over No. 2 seed Brendan Evans, 3-6, 6-1, 3-0 retired. In doubles, he and partner Nikolai Haessig, a top Canadian junior, lost in the first round.
The following week Diez was upset in the first round of Canada F5, as the No. 4 seed, to World No. 792 Phillip Simmonds, 2-6, 3-6. He and partner Haessig reached the semi-finals in doubles however. This result saw Steven's doubles ranking reach a new career high the following week, of World No. 769. After two weeks off, he played three consecutive Futures events in Spain, reaching the second round in Spain F37 in Sabadell, the quarter-finals at Spain F38 in Sant Cugat, and losing in the first round of Spain F39 in Vilafranca del Penedes. In doubles, he and partner Abraham Gonzalez-Jimenez reached the second round of Spain F37 and lost in the first round of Spain F38. They did not compete at Spain F39.
Challenger and Futures finals
Singles: 38 (23–15)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Spain F23, Elche | Futures | Clay |  David Cañudas-Fernández | 6–1, 6–4 | |
| Win | 2–0 | Spain F15, Balaguer | Futures | Clay | David Estruch | 6–2, 6–1 | |
| Win | 3–0 | Brazil F11, Aracaju | Futures | Clay |  Roman Vogeli | 6–1, 6–2 | |
| Loss | 3–1 | Canada F3, Mississauga | Futures | Hard |  Li Zhe | 2–6, 3–6 | |
| Win | 4–1 | Spain F39, Vilafranca | Futures | Clay | Jordi Samper Montaña | 3–6, 6–2, 6–4 | |
| Win | 5–1 | Spain F41, Madrid | Futures | Clay |  Matthew Pierot | 6–0, 6–2 | |
| Loss | 5–2 | Turkey F3, Antalya | Futures | Hard |  Dimitar Kutrovsky | 3–6, 0–6 | |
| Win | 6–2 | Spain F3, Murcia | Futures | Clay |  Pedro Sousa | 2–6, 6–4, 6–3 | |
| Loss | 6–3 | Spain F11, Lleida | Futures | Clay | Sergio Gutiérrez Ferrol | 6–3, 1–6, 5–7 | |
| Win | 7–3 | Poland F1, Sobota | Futures | Clay |  Andriej Kapaś | 7–6, 6–3 | |
| Win | 8–3 | Algeria F1, Annaba | Futures | Clay |  Gerald Melzer | 6–2, 6–3 | |
| Win | 9–3 | Algeria F2, Annaba | Futures | Clay |  Alexander Slabinsky | 4–6, 6–4, 6–1 | |
| Win | 10–3 | Algeria F3, Alger | Futures | Clay |  Francesco Picco | 6–1, 4–6, 6–2 | |
| Loss | 10–4 | Spain F14, Valldoreix | Futures | Clay |  Taro Daniel | 3–6, 2–6 | |
| Win | 11–4 | Spain F16, Santa Margarida de Montbui | Futures | Hard | José Checa-Calvo | 6–1, 6–2 | |
| Win | 12–4 | Spain F17, Martos | Futures | Hard |  Ramkumar Ramanathan | 7–5, 6–7, 6–4 | |
| Loss | 12–5 | 2014 BNP Paribas de Nouvelle-Calédonie – Singles| | Nouméa, New Caledonia | Challenger | Hard |  Alejandro Falla | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 13–5 | Switzerland F4, Sion | Futures | Clay |  Federico Coria | 5–7, 7–5, 6–1 | |
| Win | 14–5 | Spain F32, Sant Cugat del Vallès | Futures | Clay | Marcos Giraldi Requena | 6–1, 6–0 | |
| Loss | 14–6 | Greece F8, Heraklion | Futures | Hard | Václav Šafránek | 6–7, 4–6 | |
| Win | 15–6 | Greece F9, Heraklion | Futures | Hard |  Stefanos Tsitsipas | 6–2, 6–0 | |
| Loss | 15–7 | Spain F1, Castelldefels | Futures | Clay | Gerard Granollers Pujol | 3–6, 1–6 | |
| Win | 16–7 | Spain F2, Peguera | Futures | Clay | Paweł Ciaś | 4–6, 6–2, 7–6 | |
| Win | 17–7 | Spain F4, Murcia | Futures | Clay |  Alex de Minaur | 6–3, 6–4 | |
| Win | 18–7 | Spain F6, Tarragona | Futures | Clay | Gerard Granollers Pujol | 5–7, 6–1, 6–0 | |
| Loss | 18–8 | Morocco F2, Beni Mellal | Futures | Clay |  Lamine Ouahab | 2–6, 6–4, 2–6 | |
| Loss | 18–9 | Spain F7, Madrid | Futures | Hard | Akira Santillan | 4–6, 6–7 | |
| Loss | 18–10 | 2016 Hoff Open – Singles| | Moscow, Russia | Challenger | Clay |  Mikhail Kukushkin | 3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 18–11 | Spain F31, Sabadell | Futures | Clay | Sergio Gutiérrez Ferrol | 3–6, 6–7 | |
| Win | 19–11 | Spain F32, Melilla | Futures | Clay | Miguel Semmler | 6–2, 6–0 | |
| Loss | 19–12 | Tunisia F31, Hammamet | Futures | Clay |  Nino Serdarušić | 3–6, 6–3, 4–6 | |
| Loss | 19–13 | China F2, Anning | Futures | Clay |  Yang Tsung-hua | 3–6, 6–3, 6–7 | |
| Win | 20–13 | Spain F10, Majadahonda | Futures | Clay | Pedro Cachín | 6–3, 3–6, 7–5 | |
| Loss | 20–14 | Tunisia F39, Monastir | Futures | Hard |  Ivan Gakhov | 6–3, 2–6, 1–6 | |
| Win | 21–14 | Tunisia F43, Monastir | Futures | Hard |  Gabriel Petit | 6–2, 6–3 | |
| Win | 22–14 | Tunisia F45, Monastir | Futures | Hard | Clément Tabur | 6–3, 7–6 | |
| Win | 23–14 | 2019 Burnie International| | Burnie, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Maverick Banes | 7–5, 6–1 |
| Loss | 23-15 | 2019 Ningbo Challenger – Singles| | Ningbo, China | Challenger | Hard | Yasutaka Uchiyama | 1-6, 3-6 |
Doubles: 21 (9–12)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Spain F7, Terrassa | Futures | Clay | José Checa-Calvo | Francesco Aldi Alessandro Piccari | 0–6, 2–6 | |
| Loss | 0–2 | Spain F34, Córdoba | Futures | Hard | Juan Lizariturry | Agustín Boje-Ordóñez Pablo Martín-Adalia | 3–6, 3–6 | |
| Loss | 0–3 | Israel F1, Eilat | Futures | Hard | Fernando Vicente |  Jozef Kovalík Adrian Sikora | 6–2, 3–6, | |
| Loss | 0–4 | Israel F2, Eilat | Futures | Hard |  Nikola Čačić |  Damir Džumhur Ismar Gorčić | 3–6, 4–6 | |
| Win | 1–4 | Portugal F1, Faro | Futures | Hard | Fernando Vicente | Agustín Boje-Ordóñez Pablo Martín-Adalia | 6–3, 6–4 | |
| Win | 2–4 | Brazil F9, Santa Maria | Futures | Clay | Roman Vogeli |  Daniel Alejandro López Cassaccia Martín Ríos-Benítez | 7–6, 6–3 | |
| Win | 3–4 | Brazil F11, Aracaju | Futures | Clay | Roman Vogeli |  Mauricio Doria-Medina Daniel Alejandro López Cassaccia | 6–1, 7–6 | |
| Loss | 3–5 | Spain F20, Martos | Futures | Hard | Ilya Belyaev |  Harri Heliövaara Denys Molchanov | 3–6, 4–6 | |
| Win | 4–5 | Spain F35, Sevilla | Futures | Clay | Fernando Vicente | Axel Álvarez Llamas Ricardo Ojeda Lara | 6–2, 6–1 | |
| Win | 5–5 | Spain F38, Sabadell | Futures | Clay | João Sousa | Miguel Ángel López Jaén Gabriel Trujillo Soler | 6–3, 3–6, | |
| Win | 6–5 | Algeria F2, Annaba | Futures | Hard | Marc Giner | Francesc Montañés-Roca Ronald Slobodchikov | 6–4, 6–2 | |
| Win | 7–5 | Croatia F5, Rovinj | Futures | Clay | Tomislav Brkić | Nikolaus Moser Tristan-Samuel Weissborn | 6–2, 6–2 | |
| Loss | 7–6 | Russia F8, Moscow | Futures | Clay | Vladislav Dubinsky |  Aliaksandr Bury Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi | 0–6, 1–6 | |
| Loss | 7–7 | 2014 Città di Como Challenger – Doubles| | Como, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Enrique López Pérez | Guido Andreozzi Facundo Argüello | 2–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 7–8 | Spain F32, Sant Cugat del Vallès | Futures | Clay | Andrés Artuñedo Martínavarro | Sergio Martos Gornés Pol Toledo Bague | 2–6, 3–6 | |
| Loss | 7–9 | Cyprus F2, Limassol | Futures | Hard | Andrés Artuñedo Martínavarro |  Petros Chrysochos Nino Serdarušić | 6–1, 4–6, | |
| Loss | 7–10 | Cyprus F3, Limassol | Futures | Hard | Andrés Artuñedo Martínavarro | Konstantinos Economidis Markos Kalovelonis | 6–4, 3–6, | |
| Win | 8–10 | Tunisia F31, Hammamet | Futures | Clay | Bruno Mardones | Guy den Heijer Sidane Pontjodikromo | 6–2, 6–4 | |
| Loss | 8–11 | Portugal F6, Lisbon | Futures | Hard | Bruno Mardones |  Kenneth Raisma Emil Ruusuvuori | 6–7, 2–6 | |
| Win | 9–11 | Tunisia F40, Monastir | Futures | Hard | Sergio Martos Gornés | Mikalai Haliak Alexander Zgirovsky | 6–3, 6–1 | |
| Loss | 9–12 | Tunisia F43, Monastir | Futures | Hard | Marco Bortolotti | Evan Hoyt Luke Johnson | 4–6, 2–6 |