Facundo Díaz Acosta (born 15 December 2000) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 47 achieved on 22 April 2024. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 173 achieved on 28 November 2022.[1]

Facundo Díaz Acosta
Díaz Acosta at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) Argentina
ResidenceBuenos Aires, Argentina
Born (2000-12-15) 15 December 2000 (age 23)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2018
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachMariano Monachesi, Mariano Hood
Prize money$1,001,648
Singles
Career record18–23 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 47 (22 April 2024)
Current rankingNo. 64 (26 August 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2024)
French Open1R (2023)
Wimbledon1R (2024)
US Open2R (2024)
Doubles
Career record0–3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 173 (28 November 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon1R (2024)
Medal record
Men's tennis
Representing  Argentina
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Santiago Mixed doubles
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Asunción Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Asunción Doubles
Summer Youth Olympics
Gold medal – first place 2018 Buenos Aires Doubles
Silver medal – second place 2018 Buenos Aires Singles
Last updated on: 26 August 2024.

He has won one singles ATP title at the 2024 Argentina Open. He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and has won five Challenger singles titles. He is the current Argentinian No. 5 in singles.[2]

Career

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2020–2022: ATP debut, Maiden Challenger title

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Díaz Acosta made his ATP main draw debut at the 2020 Argentina Open after receiving a wildcard for the singles and doubles main draws.[3]

In May 2022, Díaz Acosta won his first Challenger title at the Dove Men+Care 2022 Challenger Coquimbo in Chile on clay.[4]

2023–2024: Major and Masters debuts, First ATP title, top 50

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He recorded his first ATP win at the 2023 Argentina Open as a wildcard against his compatriot Federico Coria and achieved his best ranking as world No. 134 following his second ATP Challenger title at the 2023 Savannah Challenger. Díaz Acosta made his Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2023 French Open – Men's singles after entering the draw as a lucky loser. He also entered the 2023 US Open losing to John Isner in the first round. Díaz Acosta, made his Australian Open debut losing to 12th seed Taylor Fritz in five sets.

He reached his first ATP quarterfinal at the 2024 Córdoba Open defeating two compatriots, qualifier and ATP debutant Federico Agustín Gómez and lucky loser Thiago Agustín Tirante. The following week at the 2024 Argentina Open Díaz Acosta reached back-to-back quarterfinals defeating compatriot and fourth seed Francisco Cerúndolo in straight sets.[5] He made his first ATP semifinal defeating Dušan Lajović setting up again a meeting at this tournament with Federico Coria[6] whom he defeated again this time to reach his first ATP final. He won his first ATP title without dropping a set the whole tournament, defeating third seed Nicolás Jarry in the final. As a result he reached a new career-high ranking in the top 60.[7][8] In the next ATP 500 tournament in Rio he defeated Stan Wawrinka in straight sets. As a result, he moved to a new career-high in the top 55. Next, he lost to Sebastián Báez. The following week he played in Santiago, where he won his first round match against Pedro Cachín, before losing against Sebastian Báez.

He made his ATP Masters 1000 debut at the 2024 Miami Open, losing his first round match to Alexei Popyrin in straight sets. At the next Masters in Monaco, he played in the qualifying competition, defeating fellow Argentinian Diego Schwartzman in straight sets in the first round before losing to Sumit Nagal in a deciding third set. Following the loss he entered the main draw as a lucky loser, but lost to Roberto Bautista Agut in straight sets in the first round.

Following his second round win at the 2024 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell over 15th seed Borna Ćorić, his first top 50 win, he reached the top 50 in the live rankings.[9] Later defeating Fábián Marozsán in the third round, coming back from a set down to win the match 3–6, 6–3, 6–1, achieving a career high in the live rankings as the world number #46. In the quarterfinals he faced Stefanos Tsitsipas, losing the match 6–4, 3–6, 6–7(8–10), having 2 matchpoints and saving 2 matchpoints before eventually losing.

Performance timeline

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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

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Current through the 2024 Rolex Paris Masters.

Tournament 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win%
Australian Open A Q2 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon Q1 Q1 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open Q1 1R 2R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Win–loss 0–0 0–2 1–3 0 / 5 1–5 17%
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Monte-Carlo Masters A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Madrid Open A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Italian Open A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Masters A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Shanghai Masters NH A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Paris Masters A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–4 0 / 4 0–4 0%
Career statistics
2022 2023 2024 Career
Tournaments 0 4 18 24
Titles 0 0 1 1
Finals 0 0 1 1
Hard win–loss 0–0 1–2 1–7 0 / 9 2–9 18%
Clay win–loss 0–0 1–2 15–9 1 / 14 16–13 55%
Grass win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Overall win–loss 0–0 2–4 16–17 18–23
Win Percentage  –  33% 48% 44%
Year-end ranking 191 95 $1,178,002

ATP Tour finals

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Singles: 1 (1 title)

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Legend (singles)
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP 500 (0–0)
ATP 250 (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (1–0)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2024 Argentina Open, Argentina ATP 250 Clay   Nicolás Jarry 6–3, 6–4

ATP Challenger and Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour finals

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Singles: 14 (8 titles, 6 runner-ups)

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Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (5–3)
Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (3–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (8–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2019 M25 Vic, Spain World Tennis Tour Clay   Raúl Brancaccio 7–5, 5–7, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Jun 2019 M15 Majadahonda, Spain World Tennis Tour Clay   Pol Toledo Bagué 2–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win 1–2 Aug 2019 M15 Santa Cristina val Gardena, Italy World Tennis Tour Clay   Wilson Leite 6–7(7–9), 6–1, 6–2
Win 2–2 Mar 2020 M25 Hurlingham, Argentina World Tennis Tour Clay   Juan Manuel Cerúndolo 6–4, 6–3
Loss 2–3 Aug 2021 M25 Prostějov, Czech Republic World Tennis Tour Clay   Nikolás Sánchez Izquierdo 4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win 3–3 Sep 2021 M25 Eupen, Belgium World Tennis Tour Clay   Matteo Arnaldi 7–6(7–2), 6–2
Loss 3–4 Jan 2022 Buenos Aires, Argentina Challenger Clay   Santiago Fa Rodriguez Taverna 4–6, 2–6
Win 4–4 May 2022 Coquimbo, Chile Challenger Clay   Pedro Boscardin Dias 7–5, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 4–5 Oct 2022 Coquimbo, Chile Challenger Clay   Juan Manuel Cerúndolo 3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win 5–5 Apr 2023 Savannah, USA Challenger Clay   Tristan Boyer 6–3, 6–1
Win 6–5 May 2023 Oeiras, Portugal Challenger Clay   Aleksandar Vukic 6–4, 6–3
Loss 6–6 Jun 2023 Heilbronn, Germany Challenger Clay   Matteo Arnaldi 6–7(4–7), 1–6
Win 7–6 Jul 2023 Milan, Italy Challenger Clay   Matteo Gigante 6–3, 6–3
Win 8–6 Nov 2023 Montevideo, Uruguay Challenger Clay   Thiago Monteiro 6–3, 4–3 ret.

Doubles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups)

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Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–5)
Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (3–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (3–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Nov 2020 M15 Heraklion, Greece World Tennis Tour Hard   Mateus Alves   Corentin Denolly
  Jonathan Eysseric
4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win 2–0 Nov 2020 M15 Madrid, Spain World Tennis Tour Clay   Gerardo López Villaseñor   Íñigo Cervantes
  Oriol Roca Batalla
7–6(7–4), 2–6, [10–6]
Loss 2–1 Jul 2021 Todi, Italy Challenger Clay   Alexander Merino   Francesco Forti
  Giulio Zeppieri
3–6, 2–6
Win 3–1 Aug 2021 M25 Denia, Spain World Tennis Tour Clay   Shintaro Mochizuki   Pawel Cias
  Andrey Chepelev
7–5, 6–3
Loss 3–2 Jan 2022 Tigre, Argentina Challenger Clay   Matías Franco Descotte   Conner Huertas del Pino
  Mats Rosenkranz
5–6 ret.
Win 4–2 Sep 2022 Seville, Spain Challenger Clay   Román Andrés Burruchaga   Nicolás Álvarez Varona
  Alberto Barroso Campos
7–5, 6–7(8–10), [10–7]
Loss 4–3 Sep 2022 Buenos Aires, Argentina Challenger Clay   Román Andrés Burruchaga   Guido Andreozzi
  Guillermo Durán
0–6, 5–7
Loss 4–4 Oct 2022 Guayaquil, Ecuador Challenger Clay   Luis David Martínez   Guido Andreozzi
  Guillermo Durán
0–6, 4–6
Loss 4–5 Nov 2022 Montevideo, Uruguay Challenger Clay   Luis David Martínez   Karol Drzewiecki
  Piotr Matuszewski
4–6, 4–6


References

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  1. ^ "Facundo Diaz Acosta | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Archived from the original on 2022-06-28. Retrieved 2020-02-10.
  2. ^ "ATP Rankings | Pepperstone ATP Rankings (Singles)". Archived from the original on 2024-02-20. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
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  4. ^ "Coquimbo | Draws | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. May 15, 2020. Archived from the original on May 15, 2022. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
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  6. ^ "Defending champ Alcaraz seals Buenos Aires SF spot". Archived from the original on 2024-02-17. Retrieved 2024-02-17.
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