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Schwartzman is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent, and is the son of Ricardo Sebastián and Silvana Schwartzman. He was born and resides in Buenos Aires , Argentina. [6] During The Holocaust , his Polish-Jewish maternal great-grandfather was put on a train to a Nazi concentration camp . [19]
- 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
- 2010
- Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
- RR (2020)
May 6, 2024 · ( JTA) — Jewish tennis player Diego Schwartzman announced Sunday that he will retire from professional tennis after his hometown Argentina Open in February 2025.
May 10, 2024 · Diego Schwartzman, one of the best Jewish tennis players ever, announced this week that he would retire after his hometown Argentina Open in February 2025.
- He was born and raised in a Jewish family in Buenos Aires. His family emigrated from Germany and Russia. Here’s the Schwartzman family when they were little
- He was named after the Argentinian soccer star Diego Maradona. (Maradona, famously, was 5’5″.)
- He attended Hebrew school but said, “I did not have time for Hebrew school because of tennis.” He still had a bar mitzvah.
- He started playing tennis at age 7. When, at age 13, a doctor told him he wouldn’t grow beyond 5’7″, he came home and told his parents, “I’m not going to play tennis anymore.”
Feb 1, 2017 · That easily makes him the best Jewish tennis player on the planet. Schwartzman, who was raised in a Jewish family in Buenos Aires, has steadily risen in the rankings since turning pro at 17.
Nov 14, 2020 · The best Jewish tennis player in the world can handle antisemitism — just don’t kid him about his height. 9th in the world: Diego Schwartzman has his sights trained on the top echelon of...
Jan 29, 2020 · He’s a Jewish tennis player from Argentina, and in 2019 he made it into the top 20. Schwartzman looks like every boy I went to high school with. He wears his hat backwards. He might as well...
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