Facundo Bagnis (; born 27 February 1990) is an Argentine professional

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player. He has won 1 ATP doubles event at

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and 16 Challengers in singles, achieving a career-high singles ranking of World No. 55 in November 2016.

Tennis career

2011-2012: ATP debut and first win

Bagnis played in his first

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match at the 2011 Movistar Open on January 31, 2011, losing to

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in three sets,ATPtennis.com – Players – Profiles – Player Activity
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2014-2017: First Major win, Career high year-end ranking

Bagnis secured his biggest victory (and first at Grand Slam level) when he defeated

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in the first round of the 2014 French Open, winning the deciding set 18–16.

2021: First ATP final, US Open third round

In 2021, Bagnis recorded his first ATP semifinal at the

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, where he would lose to 5th seeded

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in 3 sets. Two weeks later at the Chile Open, he would go even further by recording his first ATP final where he lost to top seed

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. Bagnis qualified to represent Argentina at the

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. At the 2021 US Open he reached the third round of a Major for the first time in his career defeating qualifier and fellow Argentine

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. He finished the year at a second best year-end high of No. 76.

2022: Back to top 100

He returned to the top 100 on 21 November 2022 following a Challenger title in Ambato, Ecuador and a Challenger final in São Leopoldo, Brazil at a third best year-end high of No. 93.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 35 (21–14)

Doubles: 37 (21–16)

Singles performance timeline

''Current through the

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