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 Vienna 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 , 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 [ 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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