Facundo Díaz Acosta Explained

Facundo Díaz Acosta
Residence:	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Birth Date:	2000 12, df=yes
Birth Place:	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height:	1.83m (06feet)
Weight:	165 lbs (75 kg)
Turnedpro:	2018
Coach:	Mariano Monachesi, Mariano Hood
Plays:	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:	$1,001,648
Singlesrecord:	17–20 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Singlestitles:	1
Highestsinglesranking:	No. 47 (22 April 2024)
Currentsinglesranking:	No. 61 (5 August 2024)
Australianopenresult:	1R (2024)
Frenchopenresult:	1R (2023)
Wimbledonresult:	1R (2024)
Usopenresult:	1R (2023, 2024)
Doublesrecord:	0–3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Doublestitles:	0
Highestdoublesranking:	No. 173 (28 November 2022)
Updated:	5 August 2024
Wimbledondoublesresult:	1R (2024)
Medaltemplates-Expand:	yes

Facundo Díaz Acosta (born 15 December 2000) is an Argentine professional tennis player.He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 47 achieved on 22 April 2024. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 173 achieved on 28 November 2022.^[1]

He has won one singles ATP title at the 2024 Argentina Open.He competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour and has won five Challenger singles titles. He is the current Argentinian No. 5 in singles.^[2]

Career

2020–2022: ATP debut, Maiden Challenger title

Díaz Acosta made his ATP main draw debut at the 2020 Argentina Open after receiving a wildcard for the singles and doubles main draws.^[3]

In May 2022, Díaz Acosta won his first Challenger title at the Dove Men+Care 2022 Challenger Coquimbo in Chile on clay.^[4]

2023–2024: Major and Masters debuts, First ATP title, top 50

He recorded his first ATP win at the 2023 Argentina Open as a wildcard against his compatriot Federico Coria and achieved his best ranking as world No. 134 following his second ATP Challenger title at the 2023 Savannah Challenger.Díaz Acosta made his Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2023 French Open – Men's singles after entering the draw as a lucky loser. He also entered the 2023 US Open losing to John Isner in the first round. Díaz Acosta, made his Australian Open debut losing to 12th seed Taylor Fritz in five sets.

He reached his first ATP quarterfinal at the 2024 Córdoba Open defeating two compatriots, qualifier and ATP debutant Federico Agustín Gómez and lucky loser Thiago Agustín Tirante. The following week at the 2024 Argentina Open Díaz Acosta reached back-to-back quarterfinals defeating compatriot and fourth seed Francisco Cerúndolo in straight sets.^[5] He made his first ATP semifinal defeating Dušan Lajović setting up again a meeting at this tournament with Federico Coria^[6] whom he defeated again this time to reach his first ATP final. He won his first ATP title without dropping a set the whole tournament, defeating third seed Nicolás Jarry in the final. As a result he reached a new career-high ranking in the top 60.^{[7] [8]} In the next ATP 500 tournament in Rio he defeated Stan Wawrinka in straight sets. As a result, he moved to a new career-high in the top 55. Next, he lost to Sebastián Báez. The following week he played in Santiago, where he won his first round match against Pedro Cachín, before losing against Sebastian Báez.

He made his ATP Masters 1000 debut at the 2024 Miami Open, losing his first round match to Alexei Popyrin in straight sets. At the next Masters in Monaco, he played in the qualifying competition, defeating fellow Argentinian Diego Schwartzman in straight sets in the first round before losing to Sumit Nagal in a deciding third set. Following the loss he entered the main draw as a lucky loser, but lost to Roberto Bautista Agut in straight sets in the first round.

Following his second round win at the 2024 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell over 15th seed Borna Ćorić, his first top 50 win, he reached the top 50 in the live rankings.^[9] Later defeating Fábián Marozsán in the third round, coming back from a set down to win the match 3–6, 6–3, 6–1, achieving a career high in the live rankings as the world number #46. In the quarterfinals he faced Stefanos Tsitsipas, losing the match 6–4, 3–6, 6–7^(8–10), having 2 matchpoints and saving 2 matchpoints before eventually losing.

Performance timeline

Singles

Current through the 2024 Cincinnati Open.

Tournament	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L	Win%
Australian Open	A	Q2	1R	0 / 1	0–1
French Open	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1
Wimbledon	Q1	Q1	1R	0 / 1	0–1
US Open	Q1	1R		0 / 1	0–1
Win–loss	0–0	0–2	0–2	0 / 4	0–4
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Miami Open	A	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1
Madrid Open	A	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1
Italian Open	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Canadian Open	A	A	Q1	0 / 0	0–0
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Shanghai Masters	style=color:#767676	NH	A		0 / 0	0–0
Paris Masters	A	A		0 / 0	0–0
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–3	0 / 3	0–3
Career statistics
	2022	2023	2024	Career
Tournaments	0	4	15	21
style=text-align:left	Titles	0	0	1	1
style=text-align:left	Finals	0	0	1	1
style=text-align:left	Hard win–loss	0–0	1–2	0–4	0 / 6	1–6
style=text-align:left	Clay win–loss	0–0	1–2	15–9	1 / 14	16–13
style=text-align:left	Grass win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	0 / 1	0–1
style=text-align:left	Overall win–loss	0–0	2–4	15–14	17–20
style=text-align:left	Win Percentage
Year-end ranking	191	95

ATP Tour career finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Legend (singles) Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP Finals (0–0) ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP Tour 250 Series (1–0)

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoor (1–0) Indoor (0–0)

Result	class=unsortable	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	class=unsortable	Score
Win	1–0		Argentina Open, Argentina	250 Series	Clay	Nicolás Jarry	6–3, 6–4

ATP Challenger and Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 14 (8 titles, 6 runner-ups)

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

Finals by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (8–6) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1		M25 Vic, Spain	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Raúl Brancaccio	7–5, 5–7, 3–6
Loss	0–2		M15 Majadahonda, Spain	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Pol Toledo Bagué	2–6, 6–7^(2–7)
Win	1–2		M15 Santa Cristina val Gardena, Italy	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Wilson Leite	6–7^(7–9), 6–1, 6–2
Win	2–2		M25 Hurlingham, Argentina	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Juan Manuel Cerúndolo	6–4, 6–3
Loss	2–3		M25 Prostějov, Czech Republic	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Nikolás Sánchez Izquierdo	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win	3–3		M25 Eupen, Belgium	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Matteo Arnaldi	7–6^(7–2), 6–2
Loss	3–4		bgcolor=moccasin	Buenos Aires, Argentina	bgcolor=moccasin	Challenger	Clay	Santiago Fa Rodriguez Taverna	4–6, 2–6
Win	4–4		bgcolor=moccasin	Coquimbo, Chile	bgcolor=moccasin	Challenger	Clay	Pedro Boscardin Dias	7–5, 7–6^(7–4)
Loss	4–5		bgcolor=moccasin	Coquimbo, Chile	bgcolor=moccasin	Challenger	Clay	Juan Manuel Cerúndolo	3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Win	5–5		bgcolor=moccasin	Savannah, USA	bgcolor=moccasin	Challenger	Clay	Tristan Boyer	6–3, 6–1
Win	6–5		bgcolor=moccasin	Oeiras, Portugal	bgcolor=moccasin	Challenger	Clay	Aleksandar Vukic	6–4, 6–3
Loss	6–6		bgcolor=moccasin	Heilbronn, Germany	bgcolor=moccasin	Challenger	Clay	Matteo Arnaldi	6–7^(4–7), 1–6
Win	7–6		bgcolor=moccasin	Milan, Italy	bgcolor=moccasin	Challenger	Clay	Matteo Gigante	6–3, 6–3
Win	8–6		bgcolor=moccasin	Montevideo, Uruguay	bgcolor=moccasin	Challenger	Clay	Thiago Monteiro	6–3, 4–3 ret.

Doubles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Legend (doubles) ATP Challenger Tour (1–5) Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (3–0)

Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (3–5) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0		M15 Heraklion, Greece	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Mateus Alves	Corentin Denolly Jonathan Eysseric	4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win	2–0		M15 Madrid, Spain	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Gerardo López Villaseñor	Íñigo Cervantes Oriol Roca Batalla	7–6^(7–4), 2–6, [10–6]
Loss	2–1		Todi, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Alexander Merino	Francesco Forti Giulio Zeppieri	3–6, 2–6
Win	3–1		M25 Denia, Spain	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Shintaro Mochizuki	Pawel Cias Andrey Chepelev	7–5, 6–3
Loss	3–2		Tigre, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Matías Franco Descotte	Conner Huertas del Pino Mats Rosenkranz	5–6 ret.
Win	4–2		Seville, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Román Andrés Burruchaga	Nicolás Álvarez Varona Alberto Barroso Campos	7–5, 6–7^(8–10), [10–7]
Loss	4–3		Buenos Aires, Argentina	Challenger	Clay	Román Andrés Burruchaga	Guido Andreozzi Guillermo Durán	0–6, 5–7
Loss	4–4		Guayaquil, Ecuador	Challenger	Clay	Luis David Martínez	Guido Andreozzi Guillermo Durán	0–6, 4–6
Loss	4–5		Montevideo, Uruguay	Challenger	Clay	Luis David Martínez	Karol Drzewiecki Piotr Matuszewski	4–6, 4–6

Notes and References

1. Web site: Facundo Diaz Acosta | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis. ATP Tour. 2020-02-10. 2022-06-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20220628154116/https://www.atptour.com/en/players/facundo-diaz-acosta/d0cg/overview. live.
2. Web site: ATP Rankings | Pepperstone ATP Rankings (Singles) . 2024-02-20 . 2024-02-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240220022808/https://www.atptour.com/en/rankings/singles?RankRange=0-5000&Region=ARG . live .
3. Web site: Garin debutará en Buenos Aires ante promisoria figura argentina. February 8, 2020. La Tercera. February 10, 2020. March 6, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220306200233/https://www.latercera.com/el-deportivo/noticia/garin-debutara-en-buenos-aires-ante-promisa-argentina/1003825/. live.
4. Web site: Coquimbo | Draws | ATP Tour | Tennis. May 15, 2020. ATP Tour. May 15, 2022. May 15, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220515213208/https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/current-challenger/coquimbo/1202/draws. live.
5. Web site: Jarry digs deep to deny Wawrinka in Buenos Aires. 2024-02-15. 2024-02-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20240215050634/https://www.atptour.com/en/news/jarry-wawrinka-buenos-aires-024-wednesday. live.
6. Web site: Defending champ Alcaraz seals Buenos Aires SF spot. 2024-02-17. 2024-02-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20240217071746/https://www.atptour.com/en/news/alcaraz-vavassori-buenos-aires-2024-friday. live.
7. Web site: Diaz Acosta upsets Jarry in Buenos Aires for first ATP title. 2024-02-18. 2024-02-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20240218221200/https://www.atptour.com/en/news/jarry-diaz-acosta-buenos-aires-2024-final. live.
8. Web site: First-time winner spotlight: Facundo Diaz Acosta, who wants to play Nadal. 2024-03-18. 2024-02-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20240228000056/https://www.atptour.com/en/news/diaz-acosta-first-time-winner-spotlight-buenos-aires-2024. live.
9. Web site: Nakashima sinks Rublev in Barcelona upset. 16 April 2024 .