Franco Davín (; born January 11, 1970) is a
tennis
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coach and a former
professional player from
Argentina
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.
Davín won three singles tournaments on the
ATP Tour
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, and reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 30 in October 1990.
Davín won his first ATP-tour match at 15 years, 1 month against
Hans Gildemeister in Buenos Aires. He holds the
Open Era
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record for being the youngest player to win a tour level main draw match.
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
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and
Arnaud Boetsch en route before losing to
Michael Stich
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.
Coaching career
Davin coached fellow countryman
Juan Martín del Potro
Juan Martín del Potro (; born 23 September 1988) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. He was ranked world No. 3 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), in August 2018. Del Potro won 22 ATP Tour-level sing ...
until July 2015,
and was the captain of the Argentine
Davis Cup
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team. Under Davín's tutelage, Del Potro won the
2009 US Open, defeating
Rafael Nadal
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in the semifinals and
Roger Federer
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in the final en route to the championship title.
Davín also coached
Gastón Gaudio
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when he won the
2004 French Open
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On the men's side, Gastón Gaudio became the first men's major champion in the Open Era to save two championship points in the final. Gaudio also became the first Argentine man since G ...
winning against
Guillermo Coria
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whom he coached also at one time.
He coached
Grigor Dimitrov
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in 2015–2016. After that he coached
Fabio Fognini
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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.
He then coached
Kyle Edmund
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Edmund is an ...
in 2020. From November 2020 until 2021, he coached
Cristian Garín
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. In 2022–2023, he coached
Brandon Nakashima on a part-time basis and WTA player and world No. 11
Veronika Kudermetova
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She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 9, achieved on 24 October 2022, and a best WTA doubles ranking of No. 2, reached on 6 June 2022. In ...
. Since 2024 he is coaching
João Fonseca in a “consultant” role.
Personal life
Davín resides in
Key Biscayne
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with his wife Mariana, his daughter Juana, and his son Nacho.
In June 2020, Davín tested positive for
COVID-19
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The symptoms of COVID‑19 can vary but often include fever ...
.
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
ATP career finals
Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 6 (4–2)
Doubles: 1 (0–1)
Performance timeline
Singles
Notes
References
External links
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1970 births
Argentine male tennis players
French Open junior champions
Living people
Tennis players from Buenos Aires Province
Argentine tennis coaches
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles