Franco Davín (; born January 11, 1970) is an Argentine tennis coach and former professional player.
Davín won three singles tournaments on the ATP Tour, 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 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 and Arnaud Boetsch en route before losing to Michael Stich.
Coaching career
Davín coached Gastón Gaudio when he won the 2004 French Open winning against Guillermo Coria, whom he coached also at one time.
Davin also coached fellow countryman Juan Martín del Potro until July 2015, and was the captain of the Argentine Davis Cup team. Under Davín's tutelage, Del Potro won the 2009 US Open, defeating Rafael Nadal in the semifinals and Roger Federer in the final en route to the championship title.
He coached Grigor Dimitrov on a trial basis for 9 months from September 2015 until June 2016.
After that he coached Fabio Fognini 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 in 2020. From November 2020 until 2021, he coached Cristian Garín. From mid 2022 until 2023, he coached Brandon Nakashima on a part-time basis and then also coached WTA player Veronika Kudermetova at the same time.
Since March 2025 he is coaching João Fonseca in a “consultant” role.
Personal life Davín resides in Key Biscayne with his wife Mariana, his daughter Juana, and his son Nacho.
In June 2020, Davín tested positive for COVID-19.
Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss1986US OpenHard Javier Sánchez2–6, 2–6
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss1987French OpenClay Guillermo Pérez Roldán Jim Courier Jonathan Stark7–6, 4–6, 3–6
ATP career finals
Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP World Series (3–6)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (3–6)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (3–6)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Buenos Aires, ArgentinaGrand PrixClay Jay Berger3–6, 3–6Loss0–2Bologna, ItalyGrand PrixClay Javier Sánchez1–6, 0–6Win1–2St. Vincent, ItalyGrand PrixClay Juan Aguilera6–2, 6–2Loss1–3Estoril, PortugalWorld SeriesClay Emilio Sánchez3–6, 1–6Win2–3Palermo, ItalyWorld SeriesClay Juan Aguilera6–1, 6–1Loss2–4Athens, GreeceWorld SeriesClay Mark Koevermans7–5, 4–6, 1–6Loss2–5Prague, Czech RepublicWorld SeriesClay Karel Nováček1–6, 1–6Loss2–6Umag, CroatiaWorld SeriesClay Thomas Muster1–6, 6–4, 4–6Win3–6Bucharest, RomaniaWorld SeriesClay Goran Ivanišević6–2, 6–4
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 6 (4–2) LegendATP Challenger (4–2)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (4–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Oporto, PortugalChallengerClay Mark Koevermans3–6, 3–6Win1–1Parioli, ItalyChallengerClay Francisco Roig6–1, 6–4Win2–1Turin, ItalyChallengerClay Renzo Furlan7–6, 3–6, 6–1Win3–1Oporto, PortugalChallengerClay Gabriel Markus6–4, 6–3Win4–1Punta del Este, UruguayChallengerClay Gérard Solvès6–2, 4–6, 6–0Loss4–2Agadir, MoroccoChallengerClay Younes El Aynaoui3–6, 6–1, 3–6
Doubles: 1 (0–1) LegendATP Challenger (0–1)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Venice, ItalyChallengerClay Marcelo Filippini Jordi Arrese Francisco Roig3–6, 2–6
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament1987198819891990199119921993199419951996SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0French Open3R1RA3RQF1R1R1RAQ30 / 78–7WimbledonAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0US OpenAAA3RA1RA1RAA0 / 32–3Win–loss2–10–10–04–24–10–20–10–20–00–00 / 1010–10ATP Masters SeriesMiamiAA1RA2RAAAAA0 / 20–2Monte CarloAAAA1RA1RAAA0 / 20–2Rome1R1R1R1R1RA1RAAA0 / 60–6Hamburg1RA2RQF2RA1RAAA0 / 55–5Win–loss0–20–11–33–21–40–00–30–00–00–00 / 155–15
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