Franco Davín


Franco Davín is a tennis coach and a former tennis player from Argentina.
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. Davín won three singles tournaments on the ATP Tour, and reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 30 in October 1990.
He 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 semi-finals and Roger Federer in the final en route to the championship. Davín also coached Gastón Gaudio when he won the 2004 French Open and Grigor Dimitrov from 2015 to 2016.

Tennis career

Juniors

Davín had an excellent junior career, reaching the US Open Boys' Singles final and winning the French Open Boys' Doubles.

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.

Career finals

Singles (3 wins, 6 losses)

Legend
Grand Slam
Tennis Masters Cup
ATP Masters Series
ATP Tour

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Nov 1986Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClay Jay Berger3–6, 3–6
Loss0–2Jun 1989Bologna, ItalyClay Javier Sánchez1–6, 0–6
Win1–2Aug 1989St. Vincent, ItalyClay Juan Aguilera6–2, 6–2
Loss1–3Apr 1990Estoril, PortugalClay Emilio Sánchez3–6, 1–6
Win2–3Sep 1990Palermo, ItalyClay Juan Aguilera6–1, 6–1
Loss2–4Oct 1990Athens, GreeceClay Mark Koevermans7–5, 4–6, 1–6
Loss2–5Aug 1992Prague, CzechoslovakiaClay Karel Nováček1–6, 1–6
Loss2–6Aug 1992Umag, CroatiaClay Thomas Muster1–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win3–6Sep 1994Romanian Open, RomaniaClay Goran Ivanišević6–2, 6–4