Argentine tennis player (born 2001)
Mariano Navone (born 27 February 2001) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 29 achieved on 10 June 2024. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 377 achieved on 26 June 2023.[ 1]
Early life and background [ edit ] Navone was born in Nueve de Julio, Buenos Aires , to Luis Navone and Analía Vizzón. He is of Italian descent. He has two sisters, Lucía and Pilar.[ 2] [ 3] He began playing tennis at the age of three, and attended the Escuela de Tenis del Club Atletico Nueve de Julio .[ 3] [ 4]
Professional career [ edit ] 2023: Five Challenger titles, top 125[ edit ] Navone at the 2023 French Open Navone won five ATP Challenger singles titles, all during the 2023 season.[ 5]
2024: ATP debut, first wins, top 35[ edit ] He made his debut at the 2024 Córdoba Open as a wildcard. He also qualified for the next Latin American Golden swing tournament on home soil at the 2024 Argentina Open . Ranked No. 113, he qualified for his first ATP 500 tournament at the 2024 Rio Open and defeated compatriot Federico Coria for his first ATP win. He reached his first ATP semifinal defeating Yannick Hanfmann and wildcard João Fonseca .[ 6] He reached his first final defeating defending champion and second seed Cameron Norrie , his first top-50 win. As a result he reached the top 60, raising 50 positions up in the rankings.[ 7] Navone became the first qualifier to reach an ATP 500 final since Jiří Veselý in Dubai in 2022.[ 8] He lost to fifth seed Sebastián Báez in an all-Argentine final.[ 9] [ 10] He entered the next Golden swing tournament, the 2024 Chile Open with a special exempt (SE) status.
Seeded seventh at the 2024 Grand Prix Hassan II he reached the semifinals defeating wildcard Aziz Dougaz , Stan Wawrinka and Aleksandar Vukic before losing to eventual champion Matteo Berrettini . As a result he reached a new career-high singles ranking of No. 51 on 8 April 2024.[ 11] By reaching the second round at the 2024 Țiriac Open in Bucharest, with a win over Luciano Darderi as the fifth seed, he moved into the top 50 in the rankings.[ 12] Next he defeated Thiago Seyboth Wild , top seed Francisco Cerúndolo and qualifier Grégoire Barrère to reach his second ATP career final.[ 13] At the 2024 Mutua Madrid Open on his Masters debut, he reached the second round defeating Alexei Popyrin .[ 14] He won the biggest title of his career thus far, at the 2024 Sardegna Open Challenger in Cagliari, Italy and moved into the top 35 in the rankings on 6 May 2024.[ 15] [ 16]
Navone entered the 2024 French Open seeded 31st, making history as the first player to make their main draw Grand Slam debut as a seeded player.[ 17]
Key W F SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Current through the 2024 Winston-Salem Open .
Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)[ edit ] Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP Finals (0–0) ATP Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP 500 (0–1) ATP 250 (0–1)
Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–2) Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting Outdoor (0–2) Indoor (0–0)
ATP Challenger Tour finals [ edit ] Singles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner-ups)[ edit ] Legend ATP Challenger Tour (6–5)
Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (6–5) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score Loss 0–1 Jun 2022 Corrientes , Argentina Challenger Clay Francisco Comesaña 0–6, 3–6 Loss 0–2 Jun 2022 Buenos Aires (Argentino) , Argentina Challenger Clay Francisco Comesaña 4–6, 0–6 Loss 0–3 Sep 2022 Villa María , Argentina Challenger Clay Nicolás Kicker 5–7, 3–6 Win 1–3 Jun 2023 Poznań , Poland Challenger Clay Tomás Barrios Vera 7–5, 6–3 Win 2–3 Jul 2023 Santa Fe , Argentina Challenger Clay Adolfo Daniel Vallejo 6–2, 6–4 Win 3–3 Sep 2023 Santa Cruz de la Sierra , Bolivia Challenger Clay Francisco Comesaña 4–6, 7–5, 6–1 Win 4–3 Oct 2023 Buenos Aires , Argentina Challenger Clay Federico Coria 2–6, 6–3, 6–4 Win 5–3 Oct 2023 Santa Fe II , Argentina Challenger Clay Andrea Pellegrino 3–6, 6–2, 6–3 Loss 5–4 Nov 2023 Lima II , Peru Challenger Clay Luciano Darderi 6–4, 3–6, 5–7 Loss 5–5 Jan 2024 Buenos Aires (Argentino) II , Argentina Challenger Clay Facundo Bagnis 5–7, 6–1, 5–7 Win 6–5 May 2024 Cagliari , Italy Challenger Clay Lorenzo Musetti 7–5, 6–1
ITF World Tennis Tour finals [ edit ] Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)[ edit ] Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score Loss 0–1 Sep 2021 M15 Ulcinj, Montenegro WTT Clay Bastián Malla 2–6, 2–6 Loss 0–2 Jul 2022 M25 Dénia, Spain WTT Clay Nick Hardt 6–3, 3–6, 2–6
Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)[ edit ] Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (3–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score Loss 0–1 Jun 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey WTT Clay Miguel Fernando Pereira Toby Kodat Timo Stodder 4–6, 4–6 Loss 0–2 Aug 2021 M15 Bratislava, Slovakia WTT Clay Francesco Vilardo Simon Freund Vasil Kirkov 1–6, 0–6 Win 1–2 Sep 2021 M15 Žilina, Slovakia WTT Clay Francesco Vilardo Jan Jermář Štěpán Pecák 4–6, 6–1, [10–7] Win 2–2 Sep 2021 M15 Ulcinj, Montenegro WTT Clay Alejo Lingua Lavallén Egor Agafonov Daniel Ibragimov 6–3, 6–2 Win 3–2 Aug 2022 M25 Agadir, Morocco WTT Clay Álvaro López San Martín Nico Hornitschek Jimmy Yang 3–6, 6–4, [10–5]
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