Francisco Comesaña

Argentine tennis player (born 2000)

Francisco Comesaña
Singles
Comesaña at the 2023 US Open
Country (sports)	Argentina
Residence	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Born	(2000-10-06) 6 October 2000 (age 23) Mar del Plata, Argentina
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Sebastián Gutiérrez
Prize money	US$338,337
Career record	1–3 (25.0%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 87 (20 May 2024)
Current ranking	No. 122 (1 July 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2024)
Wimbledon	3R (2024)
US Open	Q3 (2023)
Doubles
Career record	0–2 (0%)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 257 (8 May 2023)
Last updated on: 30 June 2024.

Francisco Comesaña (born 6 October 2000) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 87, achieved on 20 May 2024. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 257, achieved on 8 May 2023.^[1]

Early life

Francisco Comesaña was born in Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, to father Agustín and mother Adela. He has one sister, Morena. He began playing tennis around the age of six.^[2]

He began his career training at Edison Lawn Tennis in Mar de Plata, which is owned by the family of Horacio Zeballos. In 2021, he moved to Córdoba to train under coach Facundo Argüello.^[3] In 2023, he moved back to Buenos Aires to train under coach Sebastián Gutiérrez at the Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Career

2022–2023: Maiden Challenger titles

In May 2022, Comesaña won his first ATP Challenger doubles title in Vicenza, partnering Luciano Darderi.^[7] The following month, he won back-to-back singles titles at the Corrientes Challenger and the Challenger Tenis Club Argentino, both in his home country and both against Mariano Navone in the final.^[8]

In May 2023, he reached the final of the Macedonian Open, but lost to Máté Valkusz.^[9] The following week, he won the Internazionali di Tennis Città di Vicenza, defeating Pablo Llamas Ruiz in the final.^[10] Later that year, he won his fourth Challenger title at the Svijany Open and reached the final of the Santa Cruz Challenger.^[11]^[12]

2024: ATP and Top 100 debuts, first Major win

In February 2024, Comesaña made his ATP debut at the Córdoba Open as a wildcard, but lost to compatriot and lucky loser Thiago Agustín Tirante in the first round.^[13] He qualified for his first ATP 500 tournament at the Rio Open, but lost to fourth seed and compatriot Francisco Cerúndolo in the first round.^[14] He entered the Chile Open as a lucky loser, but lost to Juan Pablo Varillas in the first round.^[15]

After winning the Open de Oeiras in April, he reached the top 100 for the first time.^[16]^[17] Ranked No. 122, he made his Grand Slam debut at Wimbledon and upset sixth seed Andrey Rublev in the first round in only his second match on grass ever.^[18] This was Comesaña's first win at the ATP level, his first win at a Major, and his first win over a top 10 player.^[19]^[20]^[21] He then defeated Adam Walton to reach the third round.^[22]

Performance timeline

**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; .

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current through the 2024 Madrid Open.

Singles

Tournament	2024	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	Q2	0 / 0	0–0	–
French Open	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon		0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open		0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0 / 0	0–0	–
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Madrid Open	Q2	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0 / 0	0–0	–

ATP Challenger and Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles 16 (8 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (5–2)
Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (3–6)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (8–8)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2021	M15 Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Gonzalo Lama	4–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Jun 2021	M15 Antalya, Turkey	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Facundo Juárez	7–6^(7–2), 2–6, 3–6
Loss	0–3	Jul 2021	M15 Sofia, Bulgaria	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș	6–2, 4–6, 6–7^(6–8)
Loss	0–4	Jul 2021	M25 Kottingbrunn, Austria	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Máté Valkusz	1–6, 2–6
Loss	0–5	Aug 2021	M15 Novi Sad, Serbia	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Filip Misolic	4–6, 3–6
Loss	0–6	Nov 2021	M15 Córdoba, Argentina	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Juan Bautista Torres	2–6, 2–6
Win	1–6	Dec 2021	M25 Villa Allende, Argentina	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Juan Pablo Paz	7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–5)
Win	2–6	Feb 2022	M15 Punta Cana, Dominican Republic	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Roberto Cid Subervi	4–6, 7–5, 6–1
Win	3–6	Jun 2022	Corrientes, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Mariano Navone	6–0, 6–3
Win	4–6	Jun 2022	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Mariano Navone	6–4, 6–0
Win	5–6	Mar 2023	M25 Tucumán, Argentina	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Santiago Rodríguez Taverna	7–5, 6–7^(6–8), 6–3
Loss	5–7	May 2023	Skopje, North Macedonia	Challenger	Clay	Máté Valkusz	3–6, 4–6
Win	6–7	Jun 2023	Vicenza, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Pablo Llamas Ruiz	3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win	7–7	Jul 2023	Liberec, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Toby Kodat	6–2, 6–4
Loss	7–8	Sep 2023	Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	Challenger	Clay	Mariano Navone	6–4, 5–7, 1–6
Win	8–8	Apr 2024	Oeiras, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Ugo Blanchet	6–4, 3–6, 7–5

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (2–0)
Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (0–0)

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	May 2022	Vicenza, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Luciano Darderi	Matteo Gigante Francesco Passaro	6–3, 7–6^(7–4)
Win	2–0	Apr 2023	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Thiago Seyboth Wild	Hernán Casanova Santiago Rodríguez Taverna	6–3, 6–7^(5–7), [10–6]

Wins over top 10 players

He has a 1–0 (100%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.^[23]

Season	2024	Total
Wins	1	1

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	FCR
2024
1.	Andrey Rublev	6	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grass	1R	6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 7–6^(7–5)	122

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