Mariano Navone

Mariano Navone (born 27 February 2001) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 29 achieved on 10 June 2024. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 377 achieved on 26 June 2023.

Early life and background
Navone was born in Nueve de Julio, Buenos Aires, to Luis Navone and Analía Vizzón. He is of Italian descent. He has two sisters, Lucía and Pilar. He began playing tennis at the age of three, and attended the Escuela de Tenis del Club Atletico Nueve de Julio.

2023: Five Challenger titles, top 125
Navone won five ATP Challenger singles titles, all during the 2023 season.

2024: ATP debut, first wins, top 35
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. 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. Navone became the first qualifier to reach an ATP 500 final since Jiri Vesely in Dubai in 2022. He lost to fifth seed Sebastian Baez in an all-Argentine final. 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. 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. Next he defeated Thiago Seyboth Wild, top seed Francisco Cerundolo and qualifier Gregoire Barrere to reach his second ATP career final. At the 2024 Mutua Madrid Open on his Masters debut, he reached the second round defeating Alexei Popyrin. 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.

Navone entered the 2024 French Open seeded 31st, making history as the first player to make their main draw Grand Slam debut as a seeded player.

Singles
Current through the 2024 Swedish Open.