Santiago Giraldo

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Santiago Giraldo

Giraldo at the 2015 French Open
Country (sports)	Colombia
Residence	Pereira, Colombia
Born	(1987-11-27) 27 November 1987 (age 36) Pereira, Colombia
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2006
Retired	2020
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	David Sánchez Felipe Berón Pepe Imaz
Prize money	$4,541,251
Singles
Career record	168–205 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 28 (29 September 2014)
Current ranking	No. 341 (5 April 2021)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016)
French Open	3R (2012)
Wimbledon	3R (2014, 2015)
US Open	2R (2017)
Doubles
Career record	27–74 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 77 (8 June 2015)
Current ranking	No. 1302 (5 April 2021)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2015)
French Open	2R (2015)
Wimbledon	1R (2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015)
US Open	2R (2014, 2015)
Last updated on: 9 April 2021.

Santiago Giraldo Salazar (Latin American Spanish: [sanˈtjaɣo xiˈɾaldo salaˈsaɾ], born 27 November 1987) is a retired Colombian professional tennis player.^[1] He played on the ATP tour and represented Colombia in the Davis Cup competition. His best tournament result is reaching the final in the 2014 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. He is the highest-ranked tennis singles player in Colombia's history, with a career-high singles ranking of 28th in the world, and 77th in doubles.

Throughout his career he has beaten several ex-number-one players such as Lleyton Hewitt, Juan Carlos Ferrero, and Andy Murray as well as some top-ten players such as Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Kei Nishikori, Marin Čilić, Milos Raonic, Dominic Thiem, Gilles Simon, Jürgen Melzer, Rainer Schüttler, Tommy Robredo, Janko Tipsarević, and Nicolás Lapentti. He has beaten golden-generation players from Argentinian tennis such as Gastón Gaudio, Guillermo Cañas, Mariano Puerta, Juan Martín del Potro, and David Nalbandian.