Javier Frana

Javier Alberto Frana (born 25 December 1966) is a former tennis player from Argentina and former tennis commentator for ESPN Latin America. He won 1996 French Open mixed doubles title with compatriot Patricia Tarabini.

Javier Frana

Javier Frana in 2017
Country (sports)	Argentina
Born	(1966-12-25) 25 December 1966 Rafaela, Argentina
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Turned pro	1986
Retired	1997
Plays	Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,691,848
Singles
Career record	163–158 (50.8%)
Career titles	3
Highest ranking	No. 30 (24 July 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (1987)
French Open	4R (1994)
Wimbledon	3R (1991, 1993, 1994, 1995)
US Open	4R (1994)
Doubles
Career record	186–161 (53.6%)
Career titles	7
Highest ranking	No. 14 (25 May 1992)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1991, 1996)
French Open	SF (1991)
Wimbledon	F (1991)
US Open	3R (1991)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1991, 1992, 1996)
French Open	W (1996)
Wimbledon	3R (1992, 1994)
Medal record Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Doubles Pan American Games 1995 Mar del Plata Doubles 1995 Mar del Plata Singles
Last updated on: 13 February 2022.

Tennis career

Frana turned professional in 1986. He reached his career-high ATP singles ranking on July 24, 1995, when he became world No. 30. His highest doubles ranking was world No. 14, achieved on May 25, 1992.

Olympics

Frana debuted at the Seoul Olympics in 1988, where he was defeated in the second round by fellow countryman Martín Jaite, 2–6, 4–6 and 2–6. At the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, he reached the second round again, this time falling to France's Fabrice Santoro, 6–4, 2–6, 1–6, and 1–6. He represented his native country for the last time in Olympic competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, where he was defeated in the first round by Great Britain's Greg Rusedski.

Personal life

Frana was born in Rafaela, Argentina. He is of Croat origin, his family is from the Trogir area.

ATP career finals

Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (0–0) ATP International Series (3–6)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (2–3) Grass (1–2) Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoors (3–6) Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 1988	Itaparica, Brazil	Grand Prix	Hard	Jaime Yzaga	6–7(4–7), 2–6
Loss	0–2	Jul 1991	Newport, United States	World Series	Grass	Bryan Shelton	6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Win	1–2	Oct 1991	Guarujá, Brazil	World Series	Clay	Markus Zoecke	2–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–3
Loss	1–3	Jul 1993	Newport, United States	World Series	Grass	Greg Rusedski	5–7, 7–6(9–7), 6–7(5–7)
Win	2–3	Oct 1993	Santiago, Chile	World Series	Clay	Emilio Sánchez	7–5, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	2–4	Nov 1994	Buenos Aires, Argentina	World Series	Clay	Àlex Corretja	3–6, 7–5, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	2–5	Apr 1995	Paget, Bermuda	World Series	Clay	Mauricio Hadad	6–7(7–5), 6–3, 4–6
Loss	2–6	May 1995	Pinehurst, United States	World Series	Clay	Thomas Enqvist	3–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win	3–6	Jun 1995	Nottingham, United Kingdom	World Series	Grass	Todd Woodbridge	7–6(7–4), 6–3

Doubles: 16 (7 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–1) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) ATP Championship Series (0–0) ATP World Series (7–8)

Finals by surface Hard (2–3) Clay (3–4) Grass (1–2) Carpet (1–0)

Finals by setting Outdoors (6–9) Indoors (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 1987	Barcelona, Spain	Grand Prix	Clay	Christian Miniussi	Miloslav Mečíř Tomáš Šmíd	1–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Feb 1988	Guarujá, Brazil	Grand Prix	Hard	Diego Pérez	Ricardo Acuña Luke Jensen	1–6, 4–6
Win	1–2	May 1988	Florence, Italy	Grand Prix	Clay	Christian Miniussi	Claudio Pistolesi Horst Skoff	7–6, 6–4
Win	2–2	Feb 1990	Guarujá, Brazil	World Series	Clay	Gustavo Luza	Luiz Mattar Cássio Motta	7–6, 7–6
Loss	2–3	Jul 1991	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grand Slam	Grass	Leonardo Lavalle	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	3–6, 4–6, 7–6(9–7), 1–6
Loss	2–4	Jul 1991	Newport, United States	World Series	Grass	Bruce Steel	Gianluca Pozzi Brett Steven	4–6, 4–6
Win	3–4	Aug 1991	Los Angeles, United States	World Series	Hard	Jim Pugh	Glenn Michibata Brad Pearce	7–5, 2–6, 6–4
Loss	3–5	Oct 1991	Tel Aviv, Israel	World Series	Hard	Leonardo Lavalle	David Rikl Michiel Schapers	2–6, 7–6, 3–6
Loss	3–6	Nov 1991	Búzios, Brazil	World Series	Hard	Leonardo Lavalle	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Loss	3–7	May 1992	Bologna, Italy	World Series	Clay	Javier Sánchez	Luke Jensen Laurie Warder	2–6, 3–6
Loss	3–8	Apr 1993	Charlotte, United States	World Series	Clay	Leonardo Lavalle	Rikard Bergh Trevor Kronemann	1–6, 2–6
Win	4–8	Jul 1993	Newport, United States	World Series	Grass	Christo van Rensburg	Byron Black Jim Pugh	4–6, 6–1, 7–6
Win	5–8	Sep 1993	Bordeaux, France	World Series	Hard	Pablo Albano	David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy	7–6, 4–6, 6–3
Loss	5–9	Nov 1993	São Paulo, Brazil	World Series	Clay	Pablo Albano	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	6–4, 6–7, 4–6
Win	6–9	Feb 1995	Acapulco, Mexico	World Series	Clay	Leonardo Lavalle	Marc-Kevin Goellner Diego Nargiso	7–5, 6–3
Win	7–9	Oct 1995	Ostrava, Czech Republic	World Series	Carpet	Jonas Björkman	Guy Forget Patrick Rafter	6–7, 6–4, 7–6

Mixed doubles (1 win)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 1996	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	Patricia Tarabini	Luke Jensen Nicole Arendt	6–2, 6–2

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 4 (1–3)

Legend ATP Challenger (1–3) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (1–1) Grass (0–1) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0-1	Oct 1990	Curitiba, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Pedro Rebolledo	1–6, 5–7
Loss	0-2	Jul 1992	Newcastle, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Greg Rusedski	3–6, 6–7
Win	1-2	Feb 1993	Punta del Este, Uruguay	Challenger	Clay	Gabriel Markus	4–6, 6–2, 7–6
Loss	1-3	Apr 1993	Acapulco, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Horst Skoff	3–6, 6–7

Doubles: 13 (9–4)

Legend ATP Challenger (9–4) ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (2–1) Clay (6–3) Grass (1–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 1989	Ilheus, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Cássio Motta	Sergio Casal Javier Sánchez	6–4, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Dec 1989	Brasília, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Gustavo Luza	Charles Beckman Jean-Philippe Fleurian	6–4, 3–6, 0–6
Win	2–1	Feb 1990	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Gustavo Luza	Ricardo Camargo Ivan Kley	6–3, 7–6
Loss	2–2	Aug 1990	Lins, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Agustín Moreno	Charles Beckman José Clavet	6–7, 3–6
Win	3–2	Aug 1990	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Cássio Motta	João Zwetsch Gabriel Markus	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Win	4–2	Jul 1992	Newcastle, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Christo van Rensburg	Kent Kinnear Peter Nyborg	7–6, 7–6
Win	5–2	Oct 1992	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Pablo Albano	Horacio de la Peña Gabriel Markus	2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	5–3	Apr 1993	Acapulco, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Juan-Ignacio Garat	Ellis Ferreira Richard Schmidt	6–7, 4–6
Win	6–3	Apr 1993	San Luis Potosí, Mexico	Challenger	Clay	Leonardo Lavalle	Francisco Montana Bryan Shelton	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Loss	6–4	Apr 1993	Birmingham, United States	Challenger	Clay	Pablo Albano	Todd Witsken Bryan Shelton	6–7, 3–6
Win	7–4	Feb 1995	Mar del Plata, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Luis Lobo	Jordi Burillo Hernán Gumy	7–6, 6–0
Win	8–4	Apr 1996	Birmingham, United States	Challenger	Clay	Karel Nováček	Matt Lucena Dave Randall	6–3, 6–1
Win	9–4	Apr 1997	Paget, Bermuda	Challenger	Clay	Mark Knowles	Lucas Arnold Ker Daniel Orsanic	6–3, 6–7, 6–3

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	3R	A	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	2R	2R	0 / 5	4–5	44%
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	4R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 6	3–6	33%
Wimbledon	Q2	2R	2R	Q2	3R	1R	3R	3R	3R	1R	2R	0 / 9	11–9	55%
US Open	A	1R	1R	A	2R	1R	A	4R	1R	1R	A	0 / 7	4–7	36%
Win–loss	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–0	3–3	0–4	2–2	8–3	2–3	1–4	2–3	0 / 27	22–27	45%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	NH	2R	Not Held			2R	Not Held			1R	NH	0 / 3	2–3	40%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	1R	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	1R	A	0 / 3	0–3	0%
Miami	A	1R	1R	A	A	2R	3R	A	A	2R	1R	0 / 6	3–6	33%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Rome	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Cincinnati	A	1R	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Win–loss	0–0	0–3	1–3	0–0	0–0	1–3	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–1	0 / 13	4–13	24%

Doubles

Tournament	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	1R	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	A	2R	1R	0 / 5	2–5	29%
French Open	A	2R	A	2R	SF	3R	3R	1R	1R	QF	1R	0 / 9	13–9	59%
Wimbledon	1R	1R	SF	SF	F	3R	2R	2R	1R	1R	A	0 / 10	17–10	63%
US Open	A	A	2R	2R	3R	2R	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 4	5–4	56%
Win–loss	0–2	1–2	5–2	6–3	12–4	5–4	3–2	1–2	0–2	4–3	0–2	0 / 28	37–28	57%
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	NH	1R	Not Held			SF	Not Held			1R	NH	0 / 3	4–3	57%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	1R	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	1R	A	0 / 3	0–3	0%
Miami	A	1R	1R	A	2R	3R	1R	A	A	2R	2R	0 / 7	4–7	36%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	QF	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	2–1	67%
Hamburg	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
Rome	1R	A	QF	QF	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 3	4–3	57%
Cincinnati	A	2R	SF	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 3	5–3	63%
Win–loss	0–1	1–3	5–3	3–2	2–2	2–3	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–1	0 / 18	15–18	45%

Mixed doubles

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	1R	A	A	A	1R	A	0 / 3	0–3	0%
French Open	3R	1R	2R	A	A	A	W	3R	1 / 5	11–4	73%
Wimbledon	A	A	3R	1R	3R	2R	A	A	0 / 4	5–4	56%
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	2–1	0–2	3–3	0–1	2–1	1–1	6–1	2–1	1 / 12	16–11	59%

External links

• Javier Frana at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Javier Frana at the International Tennis Federation
• Javier Frana at the Davis Cup