Franco Davín (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈfɾaŋkoðaˈβin];[a] 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.[1]
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.
He coached fellow countryman Juan Martín del Potro until July 2015,[2] and was the captain of the Argentine Davis Cup team.[3] 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.[2] Davín also coached Gastón Gaudio when he won the 2004 French Open and Grigor Dimitrov in 2015–2016.[4][5] 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.[6]