Mariano Navone

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]

Mariano Navone

Navone at the 2024 French Open
Country (sports)	Argentina
Born	(2001-02-27) 27 February 2001 (age 23) Nueve de Julio, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Andrés Dellatorre
Prize money	US$ 918,991
Singles
Career record	18–24
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 29 (10 June 2024)
Current ranking	No. 36 (26 August 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2024)
French Open	2R (2024)
Wimbledon	1R (2024)
US Open	2R (2024)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	2R (2024)
Doubles
Career record	1–7
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 377 (26 June 2023)
Current ranking	No. 408 (9 September 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	1R (2024)
Wimbledon	1R (2024)
US Open	2R (2024)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2024)
Last updated on: 9 September 2024.

Early life and background

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

2023: Five Challenger titles, top 125

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

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]

Performance Timelines

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.

Singles

Current through the 2024 Vienna Open.

Tournament	2023	2024	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
French Open	Q1	2R	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Wimbledon	Q1	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
US Open	Q1	2R	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Win–loss	0–0	2–3	0 / 3	2–3	40%
National representation
Summer Olympics	NH	2R	0 / 1	1–1	50%
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells Open	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Miami Open	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Madrid Open	A	2R	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Italian Open	A	2R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Canadian Open	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Cincinnati Open	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Shanghai Masters	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Paris Masters	A		0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	1–5	0 / 5	1–5	17%
Career statistics
	2023	2024	Career
Tournaments	0	22	22
Titles	0	0	0
Finals	0	2	2
Hard win–loss	0–0	3–8	0 / 8	3–8	27%
Clay win–loss	0–0	15–11	0 / 11	15–11	58%
Grass win–loss	0–0	0–3	0 / 3	0–3	0%
Overall win–loss	0–0	18–22	18–22
Win Percentage	–	45%	45%
Year-end ranking	125		$1,190,006

ATP Tour finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2024	Rio Open, Brazil	ATP 500	Clay	Sebastián Báez	2–6, 1–6
Loss	0–2	Apr 2024	Romanian Open, Romania	ATP 250	Clay	Márton Fucsovics	4–6, 5–7

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner-ups)

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, 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 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

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Legend ITF WTT (0–2)

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)

Legend ITF WTT (3–2)

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]

References

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16. "Musetti, Navone set Top 50 battle in Cagliari Challenger final; Tabilo, Munar meet for Aix-en-Provence title". 4 May 2024. Archived from the original on 5 May 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
17. https://www.atptour.com/en/news/five-to-watch-challenger-roland-garros-2024#:~:text=at%20Roland%20Garros.-,Mariano%20Navone,the%2031st%20seed%20in%20Paris Archived 2024-05-28 at the Wayback Machine.

External links

• Mariano Navone at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Mariano Navone at the International Tennis Federation