Mariano Navone

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Mariano Navone
Mariano Navone - Roland-Garros - 28.05.2024 (cropped).jpg
Navone at the 2024 French Open
Country (sports)Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Born (2001-02-27) 27 February 2001 (age 24)
Nueve de Julio, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach Andrés Dellatorre
Prize moneyUS $1,468,511
Singles
Career record24–31
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 29 (10 June 2024)
Current rankingNo. 64 (24 February 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 1R (2025)
French Open 2R (2024)
Wimbledon 1R (2024)
US Open 2R (2024)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games 2R (2024)
Doubles
Career record8–14
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 146 (24 February 2025)
Current rankingNo. 146 (24 February 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 2R (2025)
French Open 1R (2024)
Wimbledon 1R (2024)
US Open 2R (2024)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games 1R (2024)
Last updated on: 24 February 2025.

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 and a doubles ranking of No. 146, achieved on 24 February 2025. [1]

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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

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Navone at the 2023 French Open

Navone won five ATP Challenger singles titles, all during the 2023 season. [5]

2024: ATP, Major, Masters debuts & first wins, top 30

He made his ATP Tour 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] [17]

Navone entered the 2024 French Open seeded 31st, making history as the first player to make their first Grand Slam main draw as a seeded player. [18]

Performance Timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#P#DNQAZ#POGSBNMSNTIPNH
(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 2025 Argentina Open.

Tournament 2023 2024 2025 SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q1 1R 0 / 10–10%
French Open Q1 2R 0 / 11–150%
Wimbledon Q1 1R 0 / 10–10%
US Open Q1 2R 0 / 11–150%
Win–loss0–02–30–10 / 42–433%
National representation
Summer Olympics NH 2R NH0 / 11–150%
Davis Cup AA0 / 11–150%
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells Open AA0 / 00–0  
Miami Open AA0 / 00–0  
Monte-Carlo Masters AA0 / 00–0  
Madrid Open A 2R 0 / 11–150%
Italian Open A 2R 0 / 10–10%
Canadian Open A 1R 0 / 10–10%
Cincinnati Open A 1R 0 / 10–10%
Shanghai Masters A 1R 0 / 10–10%
Paris Masters A 1R 0 / 10–10%
Win–loss0–01–60–00 / 61–614%
Career statistics
202320242025Career
Tournaments024428
Titles0000
Finals0202
Hard win–loss0–03–102–40 / 135–1426%
Clay win–loss0–015–112–10 / 1217–1259%
Grass win–loss0–00–30–00 / 30–30%
Overall win–loss0–018–244–522–29
Win Percentage  43%44%43%
Year-end ranking12547 $1,390,681

ATP Tour finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam (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)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Feb 2024 Rio Open, BrazilATP 500Clay Flag of Argentina.svg Sebastián Báez 2–6, 1–6
Loss0–2 Apr 2024 Romanian Open, RomaniaATP 250Clay Flag of Hungary.svg 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)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Jun 2022 Corrientes, ArgentinaChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Francisco Comesaña 0–6, 3–6
Loss0–2 Jun 2022 Buenos Aires, ArgentinaChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Francisco Comesaña4–6, 0–6
Loss0–3 Sep 2022 Villa María, ArgentinaChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Nicolás Kicker 5–7, 3–6
Win1–3 Jun 2023 Poznań, PolandChallengerClay Flag of Chile.svg Tomás Barrios Vera 7–5, 6–3
Win2–3 Jul 2023 Santa Fe, ArgentinaChallengerClay Flag of Paraguay.svg Adolfo Daniel Vallejo 6–2, 6–4
Win3–3 Sep 2023 Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BoliviaChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Francisco Comesaña4–6, 7–5, 6–1
Win4–3 Oct 2023 Buenos Aires, ArgentinaChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Federico Coria 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win5–3 Oct 2023 Santa Fe II, ArgentinaChallengerClay Flag of Italy.svg Andrea Pellegrino 3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss5–4 Nov 2023 Lima II, PeruChallengerClay Flag of Italy.svg Luciano Darderi 6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Loss5–5 Jan 2024 Buenos Aires II, ArgentinaChallengerClay Flag of Argentina.svg Facundo Bagnis 5–7, 6–1, 5–7
Win6–5 May 2024 Cagliari, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Italy.svg Lorenzo Musetti 7–5, 6–1

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF WTT (0–2)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Sep 2021M15 Ulcinj, MontenegroWTTClay Flag of Chile.svg Bastián Malla2–6, 2–6
Loss0–2Jul 2022M25 Dénia, SpainWTTClay Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg 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)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Jun 2021M15 Antalya, TurkeyWTTClay Flag of Chile.svg Miguel Fernando Pereira Flag of Germany.svg Timo Stodder
Flag of the United States.svg Toby Kodat
4–6, 4–6
Loss0–2Aug 2021M15 Bratislava, SlovakiaWTTClay Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Vilardo Flag of Sweden.svg Simon Freund
Flag of the United States.svg Vasil Kirkov
1–6, 0–6
Win1–2Sep 2021M15 Žilina, SlovakiaWTTClay Flag of Italy.svg Francesco Vilardo Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Jermář
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Štěpán Pecák
4–6, 6–1, [10–7]
Win2–2Sep 2021M15 Ulcinj, MontenegroWTTClay Flag of Argentina.svg Alejo Lingua Lavallén Flag of Russia.svg Daniel Ibragimov
Flag of Russia.svg Egor Agafonov
6–3, 6–2
Win3–2Aug 2022M25 Agadir, MoroccoWTTClay Flag of Spain.svg Álvaro López San Martín Flag of Germany.svg Nico Hornitschek
Flag of Germany.svg Jimmy Yang
3–6, 6–4, [10–5]

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