Mariano Navone | Bio | ATP Tour

Began playing tennis by three years old. His parents and sister all played tennis.
Nickname is La Navoneta. The nickname came because Argentina’s national football team manager is Lionel Scaloni, whose nickname is La Scaloneta.
Idols are Novak Djokovic and David Nalbandian, whose backhand was “very special” for him.
Believes his game is similar to Diego Schwartzman and Alex de Minaur’s.
Credits competing on the ATP Challenger Tour for developing his game. “Challengers have changed my life,” he said. “I made my first final in 2022 in Corrientes. In that moment, I was around 520 in the rankings. The level of Challengers has given me everything. The matches have a lot of intensity. The competition, the players are so special. They've developed my game and mentality. It's a challenge all the time to win matches. It's very difficult to win.”
Off court, enjoys basketball and football.
Likes football team Argentinos Juniors.

(UPDATED 24 AUGUST 2025)

Broke into Top 200 in June 2023, Top 100 in February 2024 and Top 50 in April 2024, achieving career-high No. 29 in June 2024 after capturing 6th Challenger title in Cagliari.
As No. 31 seed at 2024 Roland Garros, became 1st man in Open Era to be seeded in his Grand Slam main draw debut and defeated former-World No. 10 Carreno Busta in 1R.
Earned 1st ATP Tour win and advanced to 1st QF, SF and final at 2024 Rio de Janeiro as Q and defeated clay-court champions Darderi, Seyboth Wild and F. Cerundolo en route to 2nd final in Bucharest.
On home soil, made his ATP Tour debut at 2024 Cordoba as a WC and recorded biggest win of career over No. 12 Rune to reach 2025 Buenos Aires QF.
Posted 40-18 Challenger record in 2023, ending the season on a 19-2 run and led all players with 5 Challenger titles, winning in Poznan, Santa Fe, Santa Cruz, Buenos Aires and Santa Fe-2.
Began playing at age 3 as his parents and sister all played tennis and is nicknamed La Navoneta.