Daniel Garza

Daniel Garza

Country (sports)	Mexico
Residence	Monterrey,Mexico
Born	(1985-04-08)8 April 1985 Monterrey,Mexico
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	2002
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 224,821
Singles
Career record	16–12
Career titles	0 0Challenger,8Futures
Highest ranking	No. 294 (16 April 2012)
Doubles
Career record	6–7
Career titles	0 5Challenger,22Futures
Highest ranking	No. 176 (19 March 2007)
Current ranking	No. 716 (19 April 2021)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	22-10
Medal record Central American and Caribbean Games 2006 Cartagena Men's doubles 2010 Mayagüez Mixed doubles 2010 Mayagüez Men's singles
Last updated on: April 23, 2021.

Daniel Garza(Latin American Spanish:[daˈnjelˈɣaɾsa];born 8 April 1985) is aMexicanprofessionaltennisplayer.

He participated in theDavis Cuprepresenting Mexico eight times. His most important victory was during the 2008 Davis Cup tie againstUruguaywhich he won in four sets to UruguayanPablo Cuevason carpet.He has aDavis Cupsingles record of 16-8 as well as a doubles record of 6-2 for a combined total of 22–10.

Garza made his ATP tour main draw debut (other than in Davis cup play) at the2011 Mexican Openwhere he was granted a wild cart entry. He would go on to lose in the first round to compatriotSantiago González2-6, 6–7^(5–7).The following year at the2012 Mexican Openhe would repeat his wild card entry, as well as his first round exit, this time at the hands ofŁukasz Kubot1-6, 3–6.For the third consecutive year, he entered the2013 Mexican Openvia wild card, and lost in the first round toMartín Alund6–7^(7–9),5–7.His final appearance at the tournament (and in non-Davis cup play) was at the2015 Mexican Opengiven another wild card, and losing in the first round toViktor Troicki4-6, 3–6.

Match-fi xing scandal

In October 2016, Garza was banned for six months and fined $5000 for attempting to match-fix at an ITF tournament inCasabalas,USA.

Decision Later Appealed

Mexican tennis player Daniel Garza successfully appealed penalties to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in a match-fi xing case.

The Tennis Integrity Unit made the ruling in April of 2017.

The 31-year-old Garza was eligible to resume his playing career immediately. The CAS awarded Garza $2,970 to help with his legal costs.

The Tennis Integrity Unit was set up by the Grand Slam Board, the International Tennis Federation, the ATP and the WTA to fight corruption in the sport.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 17 (8–9)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–0) ITF Futures (8–9)

Finals by surface Hard (6–5) Clay (2–4) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Apr 2003	Mexico F3,Naucalpan	Futures	Hard	Gabriel Pitta	2–6, 6–3, 7–6(9–7)
Loss	1–1	Aug 2005	Mexico F9,Comitán	Futures	Hard	Luis-Manuel Flores	1–6, 4–6
Loss	1–2	Jan 2006	El Salvador F1,San Salvador	Futures	Clay	Xavier Pujo	5–7, 0–2 ret.
Win	2–2	Jul 2006	Venezuela F1C,Caracas	Futures	Hard	Román Recarte	6–1, 6–4
Loss	2–3	Aug 2006	Mexico F13,Monterrey	Futures	Clay	Jorge Aguilar	6–7(4–7),1–6
Win	3–3	May 2008	USA F1C,Tampa	Futures	Clay	Marcus Fugate	7–6(7–3),6–2
Loss	3–4	May 2009	USA F10,Orange Park	Futures	Clay	Luigi D'Agord	1–6, 7–6(7–4),4–6
Loss	3–5	Oct 2009	Mexico F11,Monterrey	Futures	Hard	Todd Paul	1–6, 1–6
Loss	3–6	Nov 2009	Mexico F12,Obregón	Futures	Hard	Vasek Pospisil	6–7(0–7),3–6
Win	4–6	May 2011	USA F10,Vero Beach	Futures	Clay	Mitchell Frank	7–6(7–3),1–6, 6–1
Loss	4–7	May 2011	USA F11,Orange Park	Futures	Clay	Gerald Melzer	1–1 ret.
Win	5–7	May 2011	Mexico F2,Córdoba	Futures	Hard	Brendon Moore	6–3, 1–6, 6–2
Win	6–7	Dec 2011	Mexico F14,Ixtapa	Futures	Hard	Jaan-Frederik Brunken	6–3, 6–4
Loss	6–8	Jan 2012	Mexico F1,Monterrey	Futures	Hard	Roman Borvanov	2–6, 3–6
Loss	6–9	Jun 2014	Mexico F6,Quintana Roo	Futures	Hard	Tigre Hank	6–7(3–7),0–2 ret.
Win	7–9	Jul 2014	Mexico F8,Quintana Roo	Futures	Hard	Spencer Papa	6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Win	8–9	Aug 2014	Mexico F9,Rosarito	Futures	Hard	Miguel Gallardo Valles	6–3, 6–4

Doubles: 58 (27–31)

Legend ATP Challenger (5–3) ITF Futures (22–28)

Finals by surface Hard (15–20) Clay (12–11) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2003	Mexico F13,Celaya	Futures	Hard	Julio-Cesar Garza-Oranday	Trace Fielding Keith From	6–7(1–7),7–6(7–5),1–6
Loss	0–2	Oct 2004	Mexico F12,Torreón	Futures	Hard	Carlos Palencia	Víctor Romero Michael Kogen	1–6, 2–6
Loss	0–3	Feb 2005	Mexico F2, Casablanca	Futures	Hard	Marco Osorio	Daniel Langre Víctor Romero	4–6, 6–4, 3–6
Win	1–3	May 2005	Colombia F4,Pereira	Futures	Clay	Diego Hartfield	Pablo González Bruno Soares	7–6(7–4),7–6(7–1)
Loss	1–4	Aug 2005	Mexico F9,Comitán	Futures	Hard	Marcello Amador	Joseph Schmulian Benjamin Stapp	5–7, 3–6
Win	2–4	Sep 2005	Mexico F12,Puerto Vallarta	Futures	Hard	Víctor Romero	Scott Doerner Jason Zimmermann	6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Win	3–4	Nov 2005	Mexico F17,Leon	Futures	Hard	Michael Quintero	Mikael Ekman Carl-Henrik Hansen	3–6, 6–1, 7–6(12–10)
Win	4–4	Apr 2006	San Luis Potosí,Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Dawid Olejniczak	Héctor Almada Víctor Romero	6–2, 6–2
Win	5–4	May 2006	Colombia F3,Cali	Futures	Clay	Jorge Aguilar	Lucas Engel Michael Quintero	6–3, 6–2
Win	6–4	May 2006	Colombia F4,Barranquilla	Futures	Clay	Jorge Aguilar	Carlos Avellán Michael Quintero	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win	7–4	May 2006	Argentina F8,Mendoza	Futures	Clay	Jorge Aguilar	Brian Dabul Marcel Felder	5–7, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	7–5	Jun 2006	USA F12,Rocklin	Futures	Hard	Jorge Aguilar	Kevin Anderson Scott Oudsema	3–6, 5–7
Loss	7–6	Jun 2006	USA F13,Woodland	Futures	Hard	Jorge Aguilar	Kevin Anderson David Martin	6–7(5–7),2–6
Win	8–6	Jul 2006	Argentina F14,Chico	Futures	Hard	Bruno Echagaray	John Isner Robbye Poole	6–4, 6–4
Win	9–6	Jul 2006	Bogotá,Colombia	Challenger	Clay	Michael Quintero	Rogério Dutra da Silva Martín Vilarrubí	7–6(8–6),6–4
Loss	9–7	Sep 2006	Mexico F14,Monterrey	Futures	Hard	Jorge Aguilar	Shane La Porte lester Cook	3–6, 4–6
Loss	9–8	Nov 2006	Mexico F20,Querétaro	Futures	Hard	Pablo González	Víctor Romero Bruno Rodríguez	1–6, 7–5, 6–7(3–7)
Win	10–8	Nov 2006	Puebla,Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Jean-Julien Rojer	Bruno Echagaray Horia Tecău	6–7(6–8),6–3, [10–7]
Loss	10–9	May 2007	Colombia F3,Cali	Futures	Clay	Carlos Avellán	Pablo González Marcel Felder	4–6, 0–6
Loss	10–10	May 2007	Colombia F4,Pereira	Futures	Clay	Michael Quintero	Pablo González Marcel Felder	3–6, 4–6
Win	11–10	Aug 2007	Venezuela F1,Valencia	Futures	Hard	Santiago González	Alejandro González Borja Malo-Casado	6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Loss	11–11	Jul 2008	USA F19,Godfrey	Futures	Hard	Nicolas Santos	Austin Krajicek Conor Pollock	1–6, 7–6(8–6),[6–10]
Loss	11–12	Oct 2008	Mexico F12,Mazatlán	Futures	Hard	Luis Díaz Barriga	Adil Shamasdin Fabrice Martin	walkover
Loss	11–13	Nov 2008	Puebla,Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Santiago González	Eric Nunez Nicholas Monroe	6–4, 3–6, [6–10]
Loss	11–14	Aug 2009	Colombia F3,Barranquilla	Futures	Clay	Michael Quintero	Andrés Molteni Gonza loTur	4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss	11–15	Aug 2009	Colombia F5,Medellín	Futures	Clay	Michael Quintero	Alejandro González Juan Sebastián Cabal	1–6, 4–6
Loss	11–16	Oct 2009	Mexico F11,Monterrey	Futures	Hard	Bruno Echagaray	Ashwin Kumas Brett Joelson	4–6, 2–6
Loss	11–17	Feb 2010	USA F4,Palm Coast	Futures	Clay	Eric Nunez	Benjamin Rogers Taylor Fogleman	walkover
Win	12–17	Feb 2010	Mexico F1,Mexico City	Futures	Hard	Bruno Rodríguez	Luis Díaz Barriga M Á Reyes-Varela	6–4, 7–5
Win	13–17	Jun 2010	Venezuela F3,Barquisimeto	Futures	Hard	Antonio Ruiz-Rosales	Tigre Hank V. M-Stoliarenko	6–0, 6–1
Loss	13–18	Aug 2010	Colombia F1,Bogotá	Futures	Clay	Denis Zivkovic	Mauricio Echazú Maciek Sykut	6–3, 3–6, [8–10]
Win	14–18	Sep 2010	USA F24,Costa Mesa	Futures	Hard	Fabrice Martin	Ruben Gonzales Robbye Poole	6–4, 6–2
Win	15–18	Oct 2010	Quito,Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Eric Nunez	Alejandro González Carlos Salamanca	7–5, 6–4
Win	16–18	Nov 2010	Mexico F10,Colima	Futures	Hard	Chris Kwon	James Ludlow Christian Welte	6–2, 6–1
Loss	16–19	Jun 2011	Mexico F6,Puebla	Futures	Hard	Gustavo Loza	Manuel Sánchez Nicolás Barrientos	3–6, 3–6
Loss	16–20	Jul 2011	Manta,Ecuador	Challenger	Hard	Marcel Felder	Brian Dabul Izak van der Merwe	1–6, 7–6(7–2),[9–11]
Win	17–20	Aug 2011	Mexico F9,Tijuana	Futures	Hard	Marcel Felder	Marcelo Arévalo Robert McKenzie	7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Win	18–20	Oct 2011	Aguascalientes,Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Santiago González	Julio César Campozano Víctor Estrella Burgos	6–4, 5–7, [11–9]
Loss	18–21	Dec 2011	Mexico F15,Tehuacan	Futures	Hard	Raul-Isaias Rosas-Zarur	César Ramírez Nima Roshan	3–6, 1–6
Loss	18–22	Mar 2012	Santiago,Chile	Challenger	Clay	Jorge Aguilar	Marcel Felder Paul Capdeville	7–6(7–3),4–6, [7–10]
Win	19–22	Apr 2012	Mexico F4,Mexico City	Futures	Hard	Luis Díaz Barriga	Marvin Barker Chris Letcher	6–4, 6–4
Loss	19–23	Jun 2012	Slovenia F3,Litija	Futures	Clay	Thanasi Kokkinakis	Marc Sieber Steven Moneke	2–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Loss	19–24	Mar 2013	Canada F2,Sherbrooke	Futures	Hard	Vahid Mirzadeh	Austin Krajicek Chase Buchanan	3–6, 2–6
Loss	19–25	May 2013	USA F11,Vero Beach	Futures	Clay	Carsten Ball	Juho Paukku Vladimir Obradović	walkover
Win	20–25	Jul 2013	USA F19,Joplin	Futures	Hard	Roberto Maytín	Dekel Bar Leon Frost	6–1, 6–2
Win	21–25	Sep 2013	USA F23,Claremont	Futures	Hard	Carsten Ball	Matt Fawcett Oscar F Matthews	6–3, 6–2
Loss	21–26	Nov 2013	Mexico F19,Merida	Futures	Hard	Angel Peredo	Alex Lampart Marcelo Arévalo	4–6, 5–7
Win	22–26	Feb 2014	USA F5,Sunrise	Futures	Clay	Hans Hach Verdugo	Marc Rath Nicolas Reissig	7–6(7–4),6–4
Loss	22–27	Feb 2014	USA F6,Boynton Beach	Futures	Clay	Darian King	Deiton Baughman Collin Altamirano	4–6, 4–6
Win	23–27	May 2014	USA F12,Vero Beach	Futures	Clay	Jorge Aguilar	Devin McCarthy Connor Smith	6–4, 6–7(3–7),[10–7]
Loss	23–28	Jul 2014	USA F20,Tulsa	Futures	Hard	Raul-Isaias Rosas-Zarur	Luke Bambridge Liam Broady	4–6, 2–5 ret.
Win	24–28	Aug 2014	Mexico F9,Rosarito	Futures	Hard	Antonio Ruiz Rosales	Jarryd Chaplin Ben McLachlan	0–6, ret.
Loss	24–29	Jun 2015	USA F17,Buffalo	Futures	Clay	Maximiliano Estévez	Nathan Pasha Sekou Bangoura	walkover
Win	25–29	Nov 2015	Colombia F9,Valledupar	Futures	Hard	Kaichi Uchida	Manuel Sánchez Federico Zeballos	7–6(7–3),5–7, [10–8]
Loss	25–30	Dec 2015	USA F35,Tallahassee	Futures	Hard	Tigre Hank	Nicolas Meister Eric Quigley	3–6, 5–7
Loss	25–31	Apr 2016	USA F12,Memphis	Futures	Hard	Tigre Hank	Darren Walsh Luke Bambridge	1–6, 2–6
Win	26–31	Sep 2017	Turkey F32,Antalya	Futures	Clay	Patricio Heras	Caio Silva Thales Turini	6–4, 7–5
Win	27–31	Sep 2017	Turkey F33,Antalya	Futures	Clay	Felipe Meligeni Alves	Victor Baluda Ilya Vasilyev	5–7, 7–6(7–5),[10–5]

External links

• Daniel Garzaat theAssociation of Tennis Professionals
• Daniel Garzaat theInternational Tennis Federation
• Daniel Garzaat theDavis Cup