{"id":10642,"date":"2022-11-10T20:25:57","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T20:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hellopadelacademy.com\/?p=10642"},"modified":"2023-03-27T07:49:54","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T07:49:54","slug":"juan-martin-diaz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hellopadelacademy.com\/juan-martin-diaz\/","title":{"rendered":"Juan Mart\u00edn D\u00edaz Mart\u00ednez"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Juan Mart\u00edn D\u00edaz Mart\u00ednez, also known as “El Galleguito”, is a professional padel player born on November 28, 1975, in Mar del Plata, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Those who have followed this sport for years, consider him one of the best padel players in history, thanks to his reflexes, creativity and ability on the court, including his achievements in different tournaments as a professional.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Beginnings<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

During his childhood he dreamed of being a prestigious tennis player, one of his goals was to play in the Davis Cup. People say he played a lot at the Club Deportivo in the company of his friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was at the end of the 80’s that he began to dabble in paddle tennis, a time when this sport began to have a presence in Argentina. From that moment on, days went by and Juan gradually abandoned tennis to play this new sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With his first partners, Ezequiel Lorenzo and Leo Padovani, many already considered him as a great promise of padel, because it was increasingly difficult to beat him on the court. His insertion in the professional paddle would come in 1994, thanks to Paco Pellejo, who chose him as a playing partner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A year later, however, he became the partner of Alejandro Sanz, a padel idol at the time, nicknamed “El Mago” (The Magician). In 1997, finally, he travelled to Spain and the following year he competed in the World Cup, with Spanish nationality, in his hometown, Mar del Plata.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A successful career<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In 2001, he became Fernando Belastegu\u00edn<\/a>‘s partner, together they formed a very successful team in many Spanish professional padel circuits. Especially the Padel Pro Tour (PPT), a tournament in which he was considered the number 1 duo for many years. It is, in fact, the only couple in the history of this sport to remain undefeated for 1 year and 9 months, winning 23 consecutive tournaments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Together they were victorious in 170 of the 191 finals they played, both in the Padel Pro Tour and the World Padel Tour (WPT), being number 1 for 13 years in a row. In 2015 Juan and Fernando seek new horizons, and “El Galleguito” pairs up as Juani Mieres and then with Maxi Sanchez. Then:<\/p>\n\n\n\n