Francisco Comesaña

Francisco Comesaña
Comesaña at the 2023 US Open
Country (sports) Argentina
ResidenceBuenos Aires, Argentina
Born (2000-10-06) 6 October 2000 (age 24)
Mar del Plata, Argentina
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachSebastián Gutiérrez
Prize moneyUS$541,448
Singles
Career record4–7
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 84 (25 November 2024)
Current rankingNo. 85 (2 December 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2024)
Wimbledon3R (2024)
US Open3R (2024)
Doubles
Career record0–2
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 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. As his surname suggests, his family is of Galician descent. 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 debut, top 100, two Major third rounds on debut

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 Challenger title at the Open de Oeiras, he reached the top 100 for the first time on 22 April 2024.[16][17][18]

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.[19] This was his first win at the ATP level, his first win at a Major, and his first win over a top 10 player.[20][21][22] He then defeated Adam Walton to reach the third round.[23] He lost to eventual semifinalist Lorenzo Musetti in four sets.

On his debut at the US Open, he reached again the third round of a Grand Slam, defeating Dominic Stricker in the first round, then upsetting 17th-seed Ugo Humbert in the second round.[24][25][26] In October, he won his second Challenger title for the season at the 2024 Challenger de Buenos Aires on his 24th birthday.[27]

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

Current through the 2024 Wimbledon Championships.

Tournament 2024 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon 3R 0 / 1 2–1 67%
US Open 3R 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Win–loss 4–2 0 / 2 4–2 57%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Madrid Open Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0 / 0 0–0  – 

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 8 (6 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (6–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (6–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2022 Corrientes, Argentina Challenger Clay Argentina Mariano Navone 6–0, 6–3
Win 2–0 Jun 2022 Buenos Aires, Argentina Challenger Clay Argentina Mariano Navone 6–4, 6–0
Loss 2–1 May 2023 Skopje, North Macedonia Challenger Clay Hungary Máté Valkusz 3–6, 4–6
Win 3–1 Jun 2023 Vicenza, Italy Challenger Clay Spain Pablo Llamas Ruiz 3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win 4–1 Jul 2023 Liberec, Czech Republic Challenger Clay United States Toby Kodat 6–2, 6–4
Loss 4–2 Sep 2023 Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia Challenger Clay Argentina Mariano Navone 6–4, 5–7, 1–6
Win 5–2 Apr 2024 Oeiras, Portugal Challenger Clay France Ugo Blanchet 6–4, 3–6, 7–5
Win 6–2 Sep 2024 Buenos Aires, Argentina Challenger Clay Argentina Federico Coria 1–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–4

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

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

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Legend
ITF WTT (3–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (3–6)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey WTT Clay Chile Gonzalo Lama 4–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Jun 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey WTT Clay Argentina Facundo Juárez 7–6(7–2), 2–6, 3–6
Loss 0–3 Jul 2021 M15 Sofia, Bulgaria WTT Clay Sweden Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș 6–2, 4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss 0–4 Jul 2021 M25 Kottingbrunn, Austria WTT Clay Hungary Máté Valkusz 1–6, 2–6
Loss 0–5 Aug 2021 M15 Novi Sad, Serbia WTT Clay Austria Filip Misolic 4–6, 3–6
Loss 0–6 Nov 2021 M15 Córdoba, Argentina WTT Clay Argentina Juan Bautista Torres 2–6, 2–6
Win 1–6 Dec 2021 M25 Villa Allende, Argentina WTT Clay Argentina Juan Pablo Paz 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5)
Win 2–6 Feb 2022 M15 Punta Cana, Dominican Republic WTT Clay Dominican Republic Roberto Cid Subervi 4–6, 7–5, 6–1
Win 3–6 Mar 2023 M25 Tucumán, Argentina WTT Clay Argentina Santiago Rodríguez Taverna 7–5, 6–7(6–8), 6–3

Wins over top 10 players

  • He has a 1–0 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.[28]
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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