| Francisco Comesaña | |
| Residence: | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Birth Date: | 6 October 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Mar del Plata, Argentina |
| Height: | NaN1.78 |
| Plays: | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach: | Sebastián Gutiérrez |
| Careerprizemoney: | US$541,448 |
| Singlestitles: | 0 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 87 (20 May 2024) |
| Currentsinglesranking: | No. 122 (1 July 2024) |
| Australianopenresult: | Q2 (2024) |
| Wimbledonresult: | 3R (2024) |
| Usopenresult: | 3R (2024) |
| Doublestitles: | 0 |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 257 (8 May 2023) |
| Updated: | 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]
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]
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]
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]
Current through the 2024 Madrid Open.
Current through the 2024 Wimbledon Championships.
| Tournament | SR | W–L | Win % | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||
| Australian Open | Q2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||||||
| French Open | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||||||
| Wimbledon | style=background:#afeeee | 3R | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | ||||||
| US Open | style=background:#afeeee | 3R | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | ||||||
| style=text-align:left | Win–loss | 4–2 | 0 / 2 | 4–2 | ||||||
| ATP Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||||
| Madrid Open | style=background:#ecf2ff | Q2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |||||||
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Corrientes, Argentina | Challenger | Clay |  Mariano Navone | 6–0, 6–3 | ||
| Win | 2–0 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Challenger | Clay | Mariano Navone | 6–4, 6–0 | ||
| Loss | 2–1 | Skopje, North Macedonia | Challenger | Clay |  Máté Valkusz | 3–6, 4–6 | ||
| Win | 3–1 | Vicenza, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Pablo Llamas Ruiz | 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 | ||
| Win | 4–1 | Liberec, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay |  Toby Kodat | 6–2, 6–4 | ||
| Loss | 4–2 | Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia | Challenger | Clay | Mariano Navone | 6–4, 5–7, 1–6 | ||
| Win | 5–2 | Oeiras, Portugal | Challenger | Clay |  Ugo Blanchet | 6–4, 3–6, 7–5 | ||
| Win | 6–2 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Challenger | Clay | Federico Coria | 1–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–4 |
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Vicenza, Italy | Challenger | Clay |  Luciano Darderi | Matteo Gigante Francesco Passaro | 6–3, 7–6(7–4) | ||
| Win | 2–0 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Challenger | Clay |  Thiago Seyboth Wild | Hernán Casanova Santiago Rodríguez Taverna | 6–3, 6–7(5–7), [10–6] |
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | WTT | Clay | Gonzalo Lama | 4–6, 2–6 | ||
| Loss | 0–2 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | WTT | Clay | Facundo Juárez | 7–6(7–2), 2–6, 3–6 | ||
| Loss | 0–3 | M15 Sofia, Bulgaria | WTT | Clay |  Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș | 6–2, 4–6, 6–7(6–8) | ||
| Loss | 0–4 | M25 Kottingbrunn, Austria | WTT | Clay | Máté Valkusz | 1–6, 2–6 | ||
| Loss | 0–5 | M15 Novi Sad, Serbia | WTT | Clay |  Filip Misolic | 4–6, 3–6 | ||
| Loss | 0–6 | M15 Córdoba, Argentina | WTT | Clay | Juan Bautista Torres | 2–6, 2–6 | ||
| Win | 1–6 | M25 Villa Allende, Argentina | WTT | Clay | Juan Pablo Paz | 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–5) | ||
| Win | 2–6 | M15 Punta Cana, Dominican Republic | WTT | Clay |  Roberto Cid Subervi | 4–6, 7–5, 6–1 | ||
| Win | 3–6 | M25 Tucumán, Argentina | WTT | Clay | Santiago Rodríguez Taverna | 7–5, 6–7(6–8), 6–3 |
| Player | Rank | Event | Surface | class=unsortable | Score | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | ||||||||||||
| 1. | Andrey Rublev | align=center bgcolor=eee8aa | 6 | style=background:#f3e6d7 | Wimbledon, United Kingdom | style=background:#cfc | Grass | style=background:#afeeee | 1R | 6–4, 5–7, 6–2, 7–6(7–5) | 122 |