Diego Veronelli - Tennis Coach

Florida
USA

Diego Veronelli

Hi, my name is Diego Veronelli. I am a former tennis player having reached ATP 165, and in 2010 I gave up competing and started to coach instead. I have taught on tour for ten years with many top players. I am currently Co Captain of Argentina’s Davis Cup Team. I am currently based in Miami and looking for my next opportunity.

Qualifications

Education:

Instituto Ballester School Villa Ballester, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina
Elementary School
Colegio Nuevo Las Lomas Lomas de San Isidro,
Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina Secondary School

Additional Information:

Languages: Fluent in Spanish, Portuguese, English, Italian and German

Coaching times & fees

Please contact Diego for more information on his availability and pricings
He can be contacted via email on dveronelli@hotmail.com
Or via Telephone / WhatsApp on +1 9417309539

Further information

Additional work experience:

2006. “Doble Mixto”, hosted Radio Palermo show, Argentina, with Uriel Stilman and Gustavo Marcaccio, performed interviews to ATP tennis players.
2007. “Bolas Nuevas”, hosted Radio Kosiuko show, Argentina, with Alejandro Klappenbach and Gustavo Marcaccio, performed interviews to ATP tournaments.
2016. Broadcasting and web producer in Outside the ball (www.outsidetheball.com)

Main Victories as ATP Tennis Player:

Nickolay Davydenko
Fernando Verdasco
David Ferrer
Stanislas Wawrinka
Feliciano López
Alex Calatrava
José Acasuso
Guillermo Coria
Martin Vassallo
Victor Hanescu,
Juan Balcells,
Juan Antonio Marin

As a Coach:

Began working with junior tennis players in MASSA-SCHNEITER academy in Buenos Aires, Argentina preparing potential players for ITF events. Prepared Aranza Salut (Argentina No. 1 Female under 16), Emiliano Massa (Argentina No. 1 Male under 16 ,winner of Orange Bowl), among others. Later started training, travelling and coaching the following ATP and WTA tennis players:

Gaston Grimolizzi Rank No. 361 ATP 2010
Thiago Lopes Rank No. 316 ATP 2010
Christian Lindell Rank No. 288 ATP 2011
Ricardo Hocevar Rank No. 143 ATP 2010 – 2011
Rogerio Dutra Silva Rank No. 95 ATP 2011
João Souza Rank No. 84 ATP 2010 – 2012
Aranza Salut Rank No 306 WTA 2010
Paula Ormaechea Rank No. 66 WTA 2012 – 2013
Giovanni Lapentti Rank No 110 ATP 2013
Heather Watson Rank No. 38 WTA 2013 – 2016
Angelica Blake USTA National Rank No. 2 2016 – 2017
Francoise Abanda Rank No. 115 WTA 2017
Ons Jabeur Rank No 55 WTA 2017-2018
Katie Swan Rank No 166 WTA 2018-2019
Monica Puig Rank No 27 WTA 2020

Experience

Main Highlights as ATP and WTA Tennis Coach:

2010 – 2012. Guided João Souza to break the top 100 ATP Ranking and obtain Bogota’s (USD 100.000) and Santos’ (USD 35.000) Challenger events, reaching also two other finals (Quito and Zagreb). Besides reached with this player semifinal in Kitzbuhel ATP tournament and quarterfinals in Bucharest, Viña del Mar and Belgrado (all ATP events) . João was quickly called to participate for the first time in Brazil’s DAVIS CUP team.
2013. Leads Paula Ormaechea into her first WTA final losing to Jelena Jankovic (ranked 8th WTA)
2013 – 2016. Guided Heather Watson from ranking 123 to her best ranking (38). Won 4 titles in singles (Midland ITF, Prague ITF, WTA Hobart 2016 International and WTA Monterrey 2016International). 3 titles in doubles (Midland ITF, WTA Baku 2014, Wimbledon Mix doubles 2016). Undefeated in Fed Cup in 2014, ending with a 10-2 record. Achieved victories over top10 for the first time (A. Radwanska), and Grand Slam champions and finalists (Penetta , Vinci, Cibulkova, Hantuchova). Other significant wins: Svitolina, Sloane Stephens, Pliskova, Bencic, Strycova, Shmiedlova, among others
2016 – 2017. Guided Angelica Blake on winning her first USTA National at the Easter Bowl . U16, and Arizona Winter Nationals U16. QF in Eddie Herr and SF at Orange Bowl in her first participation. USTA Hard Court Nationals Champion singles and doubles, earning Wild Card for the Junior US Open Main draw in both events. Also guided Angelica into her first ITF junior Championship in Bahamas, reaching as well 3 finals in this type of events.
2017: 2 weeks Consultancy for Tennis Canada, working with Francoise Abanda.
2018: Guided Katie Swan from ranking 320 to her best ever of 166. Qualified for the first time in WTA event. Won Main Draw match for the first time in WTA and Grand Slam event in Wimbledon. Won 2 titles, reached 5 SF and is considered one of the up coming stars in Great Britain and WTA as well.
2019: Named Head of Woman Tennis in Argentinian National Federation (AAT), designing and leading the national program.
2020: Named co-captain of Argentina Fed Cup Team reaching the World Group Playoffs after 5 year in America’s group

Testimonial

I am familiar with the qualifications of Diego Veronelli as a player and a professional tennis coach. I can confirm hat he has coached over 15 players with top 200 international rankings or top 10 national rankings. Diego has coached numerous students to titles or finals appearances in competitions that are nationally or internationally recognised. Mr Veronelli also coached a junior player, Angela Blake from the UK to win a singles title at the Easter Bowl in Indian Wells in 2016 and a doubles in the 2017 USTA National Hard Court Championship in 2017. The receipt of these awards can be directly attributed to Diego Veronelli as their coach.

Guillermo Coria - Former ATP Tennis Player

Testimonial

I believe that Coach Diego Veronelli is extraordinary. He served as my professional tennis coach from November 2013 to August 2016. During that time, he was critical to my success. When you look at my accomplishments during the period that I worked with Coach Veronelli, it is obvious how skilled he is: For example, during the period he coached me I improved my world ranking from #123 to #38, I won 4 professional tournaments (Midland ITF, Prague ITF, Hobart WTA, Monterrey WTA) and the Wimbledon Mixed Doubles in 2016; and I played Fed Cup for Great Britain with a 10-2 Win/Loss record. I also had numerous victories over Top 10 players such as Agnieska Radwanska, Dominique Cibulkova, and Daniela Hantuchova. My management team, along with the Lawn Tennis Association of Great Britain, selected Coach Veronelli because we wanted a coach who was experienced in coaching professional women players at the highest level of the game. We knew Coach Veronelli could help me reach my peak potential. Coach Veronelli was and continues to be one of the very few tennis coaches in the world who can consistently empower a player to reach a top 100 world ranking. I am grateful for the important role Coach Veronelli has played in my tennis career and I am confident that he will continue to achieve similar results with other talented players.

Heather Watson - WTA Tennis Player

Testimonial

While coached by Diego Veronelli, I made the finals of the WTA Copa Claro Colsanitas in Bogota, Colombia in February 2013 and made the finals in the ITF St Gaudens , France in 2013. Diego is also co-captain for the Argentine Fed Cup Team. Along with Mercedes Paz, Diego helped our country to reach the world group play offs after being in America's division 1 group for 5 years. This year in Chile, Argentina won every tie and qualified for the playoffs to go to the World Group. We were supposed to play Kazakhstan in April 2020 but this was postponed due to the pandemic. The Argentine Team is led by Diego and Mercedes and they coach the team during the competition and also prepare us for our matches in advance and review our performances afterwards. I believe that Diego Veronelli is an extraordinary tennis coach and is one of the very best coaches in Argentina and South America. He has had a big impact on my tennis career and I would not be where I am now without his help.

Paula Ormaechea - WTA and Fed Cup Player for Argentina