Franco Davín (born January 11, 1970) is a former tennis player and a coach from Argentina. 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

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 semifinals and Roger Federer in the final en route to the championship title. Davín also coached Gastón Gaudio when he won the 2004 French Open and Grigor Dimitrov in 2015–2016. 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 also coached Kyle Edmund in 2020. From November 2020 until 2021, he coached Cristian Garín. Since 2022, he is coaching Brandon Nakashima on a part-time basis. He has also coached Guillermo Coria.

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)

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ATP career finals

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

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 6 (4–2)

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Performance timeline

Singles