Mariano Navone (born 27 February 2001) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 31 achieved on 6 May 2024. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 377 achieved on 26 June 2023.[1]

Mariano Navone
Navone at the 2023 French Open
Country (sports) Argentina
Born (2001-02-27) 27 February 2001 (age 23)
Nueve de Julio
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$609,187
Singles
Career record12–7
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 31 (6 May 2024)
Current rankingNo. 31 (6 May 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2024)
French OpenQ1 (2023)
WimbledonQ1 (2023)
US OpenQ1 (2023)
Doubles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 377 (26 June 2023)
Current rankingNo. 980 (6 May 2024)
Last updated on: 6 May 2024.

Professional career edit

2023: Five Challenger titles, top 125 edit

Navone won five ATP Challenger singles titles, all during the 2023 season.[2]

2024: ATP debut, first wins, top 35 edit

He made his 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.[3] 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.[4] Navone became the first qualifier to reach an ATP 500 final since Jiri Vesely in Dubai in 2022.[5] He lost to fifth seed Sebastian Baez in an all-Argentine final.[6][7] 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.[8] 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.[9] Next he defeated Thiago Seyboth Wild, top seed Francisco Cerundolo and qualifier Gregoire Barrere to reach his second ATP career final.[10] At the 2024 Mutua Madrid Open on his Masters debut, he reached the second round defeating Alexei Popyrin.[11] 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.[12][13]

ATP Tour career finals edit

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups) edit

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP Finals (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)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2024 Rio Open, Brazil 500 Series Clay   Sebastián Báez 2–6, 1–6
Loss 0–2 Apr 2024 Romanian Open, Romania 250 Series Clay   Márton Fucsovics 4–6, 5–7

ATP Challenger Tour finals edit

Singles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner-ups) edit

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (6–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (6–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2022 Corrientes, Argentina Challenger Clay   Francisco Comesaña 0–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Jun 2022 Buenos Aires (Argentino), Argentina Challenger Clay   Francisco Comesaña 4–6, 0–6
Loss 0–3 Sep 2022 Villa María, Argentina Challenger Clay   Nicolás Kicker 5–7, 3–6
Win 1–3 Jun 2023 Poznań, Poland Challenger Clay   Tomás Barrios Vera 7–5, 6–3
Win 2–3 Jul 2023 Santa Fe, Argentina Challenger Clay   Adolfo Daniel Vallejo 6–2, 6–4
Win 3–3 Sep 2023 Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia Challenger Clay   Francisco Comesaña 4–6, 7–5, 6–1
Win 4–3 Oct 2023 Buenos Aires, Argentina Challenger Clay   Federico Coria 2–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 5–3 Oct 2023 Santa Fe II, Argentina Challenger Clay   Andrea Pellegrino 3–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss 5–4 Nov 2023 Lima II, Peru Challenger Clay   Luciano Darderi 6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Loss 5–5 Jan 2024 Buenos Aires (Argentino) II, Argentina Challenger Clay   Facundo Bagnis 5–7, 6–1, 5–7
Win 6–5 May 2024 Cagliari, Italy Challenger Clay   Lorenzo Musetti 7–5, 6–1

ITF World Tennis Tour finals edit

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups) edit

Legend
ITF WTT (0–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2021 M15 Ulcinj, Montenegro WTT Clay   Bastián Malla 2–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Jul 2022 M25 Dénia, Spain WTT Clay   Nick Hardt 6–3, 3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups) edit

Legend
ITF WTT (3–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (3–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey WTT Clay   Miguel Fernando Pereira   Toby Kodat
  Timo Stodder
4–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 2021 M15 Bratislava, Slovakia WTT Clay   Francesco Vilardo   Simon Freund
  Vasil Kirkov
1–6, 0–6
Win 1–2 Sep 2021 M15 Žilina, Slovakia WTT Clay   Francesco Vilardo   Jan Jermář
  Štěpán Pecák
4–6, 6–1, [10–7]
Win 2–2 Sep 2021 M15 Ulcinj, Montenegro WTT Clay   Alejo Lingua Lavallén   Egor Agafonov
  Daniel Ibragimov
6–3, 6–2
Win 3–2 Aug 2022 M25 Agadir, Morocco WTT Clay   Álvaro López San Martín   Nico Hornitschek
  Jimmy Yang
3–6, 6–4, [10–5]

References edit

  1. ^ "Mariano Navone | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  2. ^ "Meet Challenger Star Mariano Navone, 'La Navoneta'". July 16, 2023.
  3. ^ "Cameron Norrie reaches Rio Open semifinals with three-set win".
  4. ^ "Navone stuns defending champion Norrie to reach Rio Open final". 24 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Baez reaches biggest ATP Tour final in Rio de Janeiro".
  6. ^ "Brilliant Baez bags biggest title of career in Rio de Janeiro". 25 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Five things to know about Mariano Navone". 25 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Berrettini bursts back into Top 100, Mover of Week". 8 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Rookie Navone continues surge with Bucharest opening win". 15 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Fucsovics soars to Bucharest final, faces Navone; Navone defeats Barrere". 20 April 2024.
  11. ^ "Navone unleashes his talent on the Caja Mágica".
  12. ^ "Navone's lightbulb moment before Top 50 breakthrough". 1 May 2024.
  13. ^ "Musetti, Navone set Top 50 battle in Cagliari Challenger final; Tabilo, Munar meet for Aix-en-Provence title". 4 May 2024.

External links edit