Franco Davín

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Franco Davín (Script error: No such module "IPA".;Template:Efn born January 11, 1970) is a tennis coach and a former professional player from Argentina. Davín won three singles tournaments on the ATP Tour, and reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 30 in October 1990.[1] Davín won his first ATP-tour match at 15 years, 1 month against Hans Gildemeister in Buenos Aires. He holds the Open Era record for being the youngest player to win a tour level main draw match.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Career

Juniors

Davín had an excellent junior career, reaching the US Open Boys' Singles final and winning the French Open Boys' Doubles (both in 1986).

Pro tour

Turning professional in 1987, Davín's best slam performance was reaching the quarterfinals of the 1991 French Open, where he defeated experienced clay-courter Martín Jaite as well as Christian Bergström, Marián Vajda and Arnaud Boetsch en route before losing to Michael Stich.

Coaching career

Davin coached fellow countryman Juan Martín del Potro until July 2015,[2] and was the captain of the Argentine Davis Cup team.[3] Under Davín's tutelage, Del Potro won the 2009 US Open, defeating Rafael Nadal in the semifinals and Roger Federer in the final en route to the championship title.[2] Davín also coached Gastón Gaudio when he won the 2004 French Open winning against Guillermo Coria whom he coached also at one time.

He coached Grigor Dimitrov in 2015–2016.[4][5][6] After that he coached Fabio Fognini for three years 2016–2019, when he captured the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters title and reached a career-high ranking of World No. 9 in 2019.[7][8] He then coached Kyle Edmund in 2020.[9] From November 2020 until 2021, he coached Cristian Garín.[10] In 2022–2023, he coached Brandon Nakashima on a part-time basis[11] and WTA player and world No. 11 Veronika Kudermetova.[12] Since 2024 he is coaching João Fonseca in a “consultant” role.[13]

Personal life

Davín resides in Key Biscayne with his wife Mariana, his daughter Juana, and his son Nacho.

In June 2020, Davín tested positive for COVID-19.[14]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1986 US Open Hard Template:Flagicon Javier Sánchez 2–6, 2–6

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1987 French Open Clay Template:Flagicon Guillermo Pérez Roldán Template:Flagicon Jim Courier
Template:Flagicon Jonathan Stark
7–6, 4–6, 3–6

ATP career finals

Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (3–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (3–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (3–6)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 [[1986 Copa Banco Galicia – Singles|Template:Dts]] Buenos Aires, Argentina Grand Prix Clay Template:Flagicon Jay Berger 3–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 [[1989 Bologna Open – Singles|Template:Dts]] Bologna, Italy Grand Prix Clay Template:Flagicon Javier Sánchez 1–6, 0–6
Win 1–2 [[ATP Saint-Vincent|Template:Dts]] St. Vincent, Italy Grand Prix Clay Template:Flagicon Juan Aguilera 6–2, 6–2
Loss 1–3 [[1990 Estoril Open – Men's singles|Template:Dts]] Estoril, Portugal World Series Clay Template:Flagicon Emilio Sánchez 3–6, 1–6
Win 2–3 [[1990 Campionati Internazionali di Sicilia – Singles|Template:Dts]] Palermo, Italy World Series Clay Template:Flagicon Juan Aguilera 6–1, 6–1
Loss 2–4 [[1990 Athens Open – Singles|Template:Dts]] Athens, Greece World Series Clay Template:Flagicon Mark Koevermans 7–5, 4–6, 1–6
Loss 2–5 [[1992 Czechoslovak Open – Singles|Template:Dts]] Prague, Czech Republic World Series Clay Template:Flagicon Karel Nováček 1–6, 1–6
Loss 2–6 [[1992 Croatia Open – Singles|Template:Dts]] Umag, Croatia World Series Clay Template:Flagicon Thomas Muster 1–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win 3–6 [[1994 Romanian Open – Singles|Template:Dts]] Bucharest, Romania World Series Clay Template:Flagicon Goran Ivanišević 6–2, 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 6 (4–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (4–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (4–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Template:Dts Oporto, Portugal Challenger Clay Template:Flagicon Mark Koevermans 3–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Template:Dts Parioli, Italy Challenger Clay Template:Flagicon Francisco Roig 6–1, 6–4
Win 2–1 Template:Dts Turin, Italy Challenger Clay Template:Flagicon Renzo Furlan 7–6, 3–6, 6–1
Win 3–1 Template:Dts Oporto, Portugal Challenger Clay Template:Flagicon Gabriel Markus 6–4, 6–3
Win 4–1 Template:Dts Punta del Este, Uruguay Challenger Clay Template:Flagicon Gérard Solvès 6–2, 4–6, 6–0
Loss 4–2 Template:Dts Agadir, Morocco Challenger Clay Template:Flagicon Younes El Aynaoui 3–6, 6–1, 3–6

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Template:Dts Venice, Italy Challenger Clay Template:Flagicon Marcelo Filippini Template:Flagicon Jordi Arrese
Template:Flagicon Francisco Roig
3–6, 2–6

Performance timeline

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Singles

Tournament 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0 Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open 3R 1R A 3R QF 1R 1R 1R A Q3 0 / 7 8–7 Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0 Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open A A A 3R A 1R A 1R A A 0 / 3 2–3 Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss 2–1 0–1 0–0 4–2 4–1 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 0 / 10 10–10 Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Masters Series
Miami A A 1R A 2R A A A A A 0 / 2 0–2 Template:Tennis win percentage
Monte Carlo A A A A 1R A 1R A A A 0 / 2 0–2 Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R A 1R A A A 0 / 6 0–6 Template:Tennis win percentage
Hamburg 1R A 2R QF 2R A 1R A A A 0 / 5 5–5 Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss 0–2 0–1 1–3 3–2 1–4 0–0 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 15 5–15 Template:Tennis win percentage

Notes

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