Career of Mario Diming
Playing Level Pro 10
Starting off at number 1000 in the world
Review of the Rookie Year
Weeks 52-4
4 Tournaments
Only Qualified in One Future Tour Guatemala F1 and lost in Round 1
Starting Ranking- 895
End of the Month Ranking-879
Weeks 5-8
1 Tournament
Qualified in Australia F2 Made it to the Quarter-finals
Starting Ranking- 879
End of the Month Ranking-870
Weeks 9-12
4 Tournaments
Won Morocco F1, Semifinal of Sunrise(Challenger) as a Wildcard, Round 1 at Trani(Challenger) and Switzerland F1
Starting Ranking- 870
End of the Month Ranking- 337
Weeks 13-16
1 Tournament
Qualified in Leon(Challenger) and made it to the Finals as a Qualifier
Starting Ranking- 337
End of the Month Ranking-273
Weeks 17-20
4 Tournaments
Won Two Tournaments Greece F2 as Top Seed and Kaohsiung (Challenger) as a Wildcard. Two Round 1 loses at Bucharest (Wildcard) and Munich (Qualifier).
Starting Ranking- 273
End of the Month Ranking-141
Weeks 21-24
3 Tournaments
Qualified in the French Slam lost Round 1 to (#15/#15) Haas 6-1 6-1 6-0. Lost Round 1 at Nice(TET250) as a Wildcard. Lost Round 2 at London(TET250).
Starting Ranking- 141
End of the Month Ranking- 118
Side Note- Nadal beat Davydenko in the French Slam 7-6(3) 6-3 6-1
Weeks 25-28
3 Tournaments
Lost Round 2 of UK Slam won Round 1 vs Johansson 6-4 6-1 6-1 Lost Round 2 vs. (#11/#11) Ljubicic 6-1 6-3 6-1. Lost in Round 2 at Eastbourne(TET250) as a Qualifier. Lost in Round 2 at Newport (TET250)
Starting Ranking- 118
End of the Month Ranking- 78
Side Note- UK Slam Final – Roger Federer defeats James Blake 6-4 7-6 7-5
Weeks 29-32
3 Tournaments
Lost Round 3 at Washington DC (TET500) vs. (#1/#4) Hewitt 6-0 6-0 Lost in Round 2 at Bogota(TET250) and Lost Round 1 at Montreal(Masters Series) vs. Murray 6-0 6-0
Starting Ranking- 78
End of the Month Ranking- 72
Made the decision to try and play doubles as well with my partner being Jeff Coetzee
3 Tournaments
Finals of Washington DC (TET500) lost vs. (#2) Robredo/Berdych 6-0 6-0 as Wildcard. Semifinals of Atlanta (TET250) lost vs. (#3) Baghdatis/ Davydenko 6-2 6-4. Lost Round 2 of Montreal (Masters Series) (#4) Knowles/ Paes 7-6(1) 6-2
Starting Doubles Ranking- 913
End of the Month Doubles Ranking- 140
Starting Entry Doubles Rank- None
End of the Month Doubles Entry Rank- 39
Weeks 33-36
1 Tournament
US Slam won Round 1 vs Chiudinelli 6-7(4) 6-2 6-2 6-0 Lost Round 2 vs. (#27/#28) Murray- 6-4 6-2 6-0.
Starting Ranking- 72
End of the Month Ranking- 61
Side Note- US Slam Final Nadal defeats Robredo 3-6 7-5 6-2 6-4
Doubles
2 Tournaments
Wins Cincinnati (Masters Series) as Qualifiers beat World #1 Double Team the Bryan Brothers in Finals 0-6 7-6(3) 6-2. Quarter-finals in US Slam as the #15 Seed lost to (6) Bjorkman/ Ullyett 5-7 6-2 6-2.
Starting Doubles Ranking- 140
End of the Month Doubles Ranking- 34
Starting Entry Doubles Rank- 39
End of the Month Doubles Entry Rank- 13
Weeks 37-40
3 Tournaments
Finals of Metz as the #8 seed. Very interesting match with Fabrice Santoro in the Quarter-finals 6-7(5) 7-6(12) 6-1. Lost Finals vs (#1/#5) James Blake 6-0 6-4. Quarter-finals of Tokyo (TET500) as the #6 seed. Lost vs. Mayer 6-1 6-4. Lost Round 1 in Kuala Lumpur (TET250).
Starting Ranking- 61
End of the Month Ranking- 45
Doubles
3 Tournaments
Finals of Metz as the #2 seed lost vs. #4 seed Llodra/Ram 6-3 1-6 1-0(12-10). Finals of Kuala Lumpur as the #2 seed lost vs. #3 seed Roger Federer/ Nalbandian 6-3 6-1. Lost Round 1 of Tokyo as the #2 seed.
Starting Doubles Ranking- 34
End of the Month Doubles Ranking- 29
Starting Entry Doubles Rank- 13
End of the Month Doubles Entry Rank- 13
Weeks 41-44
4 Tournaments
Finals of Stockholm(TET250) as the #3 seed lost vs. (#1/#17) Djokovic 6-1 6-1. Lost Round 1 of Shanghai(Masters Series), Paris(Masters Series) and Basel(TET500) as the #4 Seed vs V. Spadea.
Starting Ranking- 45
End of the Month Ranking- 41
Doubles
4 Tournaments
Semifinals of Basel(TET500) as the #3 seed lost vs. #1 L. Paes/ M.Knowles 6-2 6-0. Quarterfinals of Stockholm (TET250) as the #1 seed. Round 2 of Shanghai(Masters Series) and Paris(Masters Series).
Starting Doubles Ranking- 29
End of the Month Doubles Ranking- 26
Starting Entry Doubles Rank- 13
End of the Month Doubles Entry Rank- 11
Weeks 45-48
1 Tournament
Semifinals of Naples, Fl (Challenger) as the #1 seed lost to a WC R. Ram
Starting Ranking- 41
End of the Month Ranking- 39
Doubles
1 Tournament
Won Naples, Fl (Challenger) as the #1 seed.
Starting Doubles Ranking- 26
End of the Month Doubles Ranking- 25
Starting Entry Doubles Rank- 11
End of the Month Doubles Entry Rank- 11
Weeks 49-52
1 Tournament
Won Lexington, KY (Challenger) as the #1 seed.
Starting Ranking- 39
End of the Month Ranking- 37
Review of Rookie Year- In Singles Went 76-31 4 Titles 2 Challengers and 2 Futures $367,757. In Doubles went 31-12 2 Titles (1 Masters Series and 1 Challenger) $226,921