Eighth finalists in 2018 and 2020
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Diego Schwartzman
Best ATP ranking 8
- Country Argentina
- Age 32 years
- Size 1.7 m
- Jeu Right-handed, two-handed backhand
Special feature: Nicknamed 'El Peque', he is one of the few players under 1.75m tall to have played at the highest level of world tennis.
Profile & career
Diego Schwartzman, now retired, is the best Argentine player of his generation behind Juan Martin Del Potro. Small in stature for a sport like tennis (1m70) , he was a great clay-court specialist, a semi-finalist at Roland-Garros 2020 and a pillar of the early years of the UTS Tour, in which he played notably in 2021 on the Mouratoglou Academy courts, then in 2023.
Schwartzmann enjoyed the best moments of his career in the second half of the 2010s and at the start of the following decade. In 2020, he also reached his only Masters 1000 final in Rome, beaten by Novak Djokovic after eliminating Rafael Nadal.
It was at the end of this run, which took place in the autumn of 2020 because of COVID-19, that the Argentine reached his highest ranking, an eighth-place finish that earned him a place in the ATP Finals.
SCHWARTZMAN'S PRIZE LIST
Junior career: No real noteworthy performances
Schwartzman has not particularly distinguished himself at junior level. His best ranking at this level is 217th ITF. He has only played in one Grand Slam and lost in the first round of qualifying. Schwartzman won a few Futures tournaments after that, before embarking on his professional career.
ATP career: world No. 8 in 2020 then retirement in 2025
Diego Schwartzman began his career in 2010. The turning point came in 2016 in Istanbul, when he won his first ATP title. A good performer on clay, he also achieved some good results on hard courts. He reached world No. 8 in October 2020 after his first Grand Slam semi-final at Roland Garros. He decided to put away his rackets for good at home, in Buenos Aires, at the beginning of 2025. Schwartzman is 32 years old.
ATP honours list: 4 titles, most of them on clay
Over the course of his career, Diego Schwartzman has won four ATP titles, three of them on clay. He triumphed in Istanbul in 2016 against Dimitrov, in Rio in 2018 against Verdasco and against Cerundolo in Buenos Aires in 2021. His only hard court title came in Los Cabos in 2019 against Fritz. He has lost ten other finals, including his only Masters 1000 final in Rome against Djokovic in 2020.
SCHWARTZMAN &
THE GRAND SLAMS
Diego Schwartzman was a solid top 10 player. He took advantage of this to play a semi-final at the French Open in 2020, losing to Nadal. He was also a quarter-finalist at the US Open in 2017 against Carreño-Busta, among his two most notable Major results.
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Semi-finalist in 2020
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Third round in 2019 and 2021
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Quarter-finalists in 2017
Statistics & records
- 13 wins against TOP 10 teams
HIS GAME
With his short stature, Schwartzman had to contend with an enormous weakness on his serve. But thanks to his consistency and explosive running, he had few equals when it came to forcing his opponent to play the extra shot. An exceptional return man in his prime, he made 15% fewer mistakes than his opponents on the forehand and 30% fewer on the backhand during rallies, making him capable of taking sets from Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros.
Personal Life
& Interests
Diego Schwartzman is fairly discreet about his private life, but he has nevertheless been engaged to Eugenia De Martino since 2024, with whom he regularly shows off his lifestyle on social networks.
A big fan of football, which by his own admission is his number one sport, he was photographed with Lionel Messi at the Washington tournament in 2023. The eight-time Ballon d’Or winner joined Inter Miami after two seasons with PSG, and Schwartzman didn’t miss the opportunity to take a selfie with the idol of an entire country. He experienced the 2022 World Cup final in the streets of Buenos Aires with all the Argentine people.
