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Federico Delbonis
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Delbonis playing in the 2022 Monte Carlo Masters
Country (sports)  Argentina
Residence Azul, Argentina
Born (1990-10-05) 5 October 1990 (age 34)
Azul, Argentina
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro 2007
Retired 2024
Plays Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach Mariano Hood
Prize money US $6,138,770
Singles
Career record 164–200 (45.05% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 2
Highest ranking No. 33 (9 May 2016)
Current ranking No. 276 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 3R (2016)
French Open 4R (2021)
Wimbledon 1R (2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022)
US Open 2R (2014, 2016)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games 1R (2016)
Doubles
Career record 60–86 (41.1% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 2
Highest ranking No. 110 (22 July 2019)
Current ranking No. 1237 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 2R (2020)
French Open 3R (2019)
Wimbledon 2R (2016, 2018)
US Open 2R (2015, 2019)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games 1R (2016)
Team competitions
Davis Cup W (2016)

Federico Delbonis (born 5 October 1990) is an Argentine former professional tennis player. He played tennis for a living. He reached his highest singles ranking of No. 33 in the world on 9 May 2016. He also reached No. 110 in doubles on 22 July 2019.

Delbonis was known for his unique way of serving the ball. He would lift his racket high, toss the ball very high, and then follow through with his swing.

Federico Delbonis's Tennis Career

Early Years: 2009–2012

Federico Delbonis started playing tennis professionally in 2007. Between 2009 and 2013, he won five smaller tournaments called Challenger and Futures titles.

In 2011, Delbonis reached his first big semifinal at the Mercedes Cup in Germany. He won six matches in a row to get there. He had to win three qualifying matches just to enter the main tournament. He finally lost to Juan Carlos Ferrero in a close match.

First Big Final: 2013

In 2013, Delbonis played in the International German Open. He won against strong players like Tommy Robredo and Fernando Verdasco. This led him to a match against the famous Roger Federer.

In a huge surprise, Delbonis beat Federer in two tie-break sets. This win got him into his first ever ATP Tour final. He finished second in the tournament, losing to Fabio Fognini. Even though he lost, his performance helped his ranking jump into the top 100 players for the first time.

Winning His First Title: 2014

In 2014, Federico Delbonis won his first ATP title. This happened at the Brasil Open. He beat Paolo Lorenzi in three sets. This victory helped him reach a new high ranking of 44 in men's singles.

Best Season and Davis Cup Win: 2016

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Delbonis at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships

The year 2016 was one of Delbonis's best. He started by reaching the third round of the 2016 Australian Open. This was his best result at a major tournament at that time. He even beat the tall player Ivo Karlović.

Later that year, he had a big win at the 2016 Indian Wells Masters. He beat the second-ranked player in the world, Andy Murray. This was his third win against a top 10 player.

Delbonis then won his second career title at the 2016 Grand Prix Hassan II in Morocco. He won the whole tournament without losing a single set. He beat Borna Ćorić in the final.

A very important moment for Delbonis came in the 2016 Davis Cup. He played for Argentina in the final against Croatia. He won his final match against Ivo Karlović. This victory helped Argentina win their first ever Davis Cup title!

Big Achievements: 2021

In 2021, Delbonis continued to achieve great things. In March, he reached his fifth doubles final.

In May, he made it to the quarterfinals of a Masters 1000 tournament in Rome. This was his best performance at such a big event. He beat strong players like David Goffin and Félix Auger-Aliassime. After this, he returned to the top 50 singles players.

Delbonis also had his best performance at a Grand Slam tournament. He reached the fourth round of the French Open. He had never gone past the second round before. He won against players like Pablo Andújar and Fabio Fognini.

Later Career and Retirement: 2022–2024

In 2022, Delbonis reached the semifinals of the 2022 Argentina Open. He beat Fabio Fognini again before losing to Casper Ruud.

He played in the 2022 French Open and won one match. He also played in 2022 Wimbledon Championships and the 2022 US Open. He lost in the first round at Wimbledon and the US Open.

His ranking slowly dropped. He fell out of the top 200 players in April 2023. He then dropped out of the top 250 in September 2023.

Federico Delbonis announced that he was retiring from professional tennis on 29 January 2024. His last match was in doubles at the 2024 Argentina Open.

ATP Career Finals

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2013 German Open, Germany 500 Series Clay Italy Fabio Fognini 6–4, 6–7(8–10), 2–6
Win 1–1 Mar 2014 Brasil Open, Brazil 250 Series Clay (i) Italy Paolo Lorenzi 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–2 May 2014 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur, France 250 Series Clay Latvia Ernests Gulbis 1–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 2–2 Apr 2016 Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco 250 Series Clay Croatia Borna Ćorić 6–2, 6–4

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2018 Brasil Open, Brazil 250 Series Clay (i) Argentina Máximo González Netherlands Wesley Koolhof
New Zealand Artem Sitak		 6–4, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Aug 2018 Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria 250 Series Clay Italy Daniele Bracciali Czech Republic Roman Jebavý
Argentina Andrés Molteni		 2–6, 4–6
Win 2–1 Mar 2019 Brasil Open, Brazil (2) 250 Series Clay (i) Argentina Máximo González United Kingdom Luke Bambridge
United Kingdom Jonny O'Mara		 6–4, 6–3
Loss 2–2 Jul 2019 Swedish Open, Sweden 250 Series Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos Belgium Sander Gillé
Belgium Joran Vliegen		 7–6(7–5), 5–7, [5–10]
Loss 2–3 Mar 2021 Chile Open, Chile 250 Series Clay Spain Jaume Munar Italy Simone Bolelli
Argentina Máximo González		 6–7(4–7), 4–6

Team Competitions

Davis Cup: 1 (1 title)

Outcome Date Tournament Surface Partner(s) Opponents Score
Win Nov 2016 Davis Cup, Zagreb, Croatia Hard (i) Argentina Juan Martín del Potro
Argentina Leonardo Mayer
Argentina Guido Pella		 Croatia Marin Čilić
Croatia Ivo Karlović
Croatia Ivan Dodig
Croatia Franko Škugor		 3–2

Performance Timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles Performance

This shows how Federico Delbonis performed in major tournaments up to the 2022 Italian Masters.

Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q1 A A A 1R 1R 3R 1R 1R 1R 2R A 1R Q1 0 / 8 3–8 27%
French Open A Q1 Q2 Q2 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 2R 1R 4R 2R Q2 0 / 10 7–10 41%
Wimbledon A A Q1 A A 1R 1R 1R A 1R 1R NH 1R 1R A 0 / 7 0–7 0%
US Open A A Q1 Q1 Q1 2R 1R 2R A 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R Q1 0 / 8 2–8 20%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–4 0–4 3–4 0–2 1–4 1–4 1–3 3–3 1–4 0–0 0 / 33 12–33 27%
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A 1R 2R 4R 2R 2R 1R NH 1R 2R 0 / 8 6–8 43%
Miami Masters A A A A A 1R 2R 2R 4R A 3R NH 1R 1R 0 / 7 7–7 50%
Monte Carlo Masters A A Q1 1R A 1R A 1R A Q1 1R NH 2R 2R 0 / 5 2–6 25%
Madrid Masters A A Q2 2R A 1R Q2 A A 2R A NH 3R 3R 0 / 5 4–5 44%
Italian Masters A A Q2 A A 1R Q2 A A 1R A A QF 1R 0 / 4 6–4 60%
Canadian Masters A A A A A 1R A 1R A A A NH A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A 1R A 1R A A 2R Q1 1R 0 / 4 0–4 0%
Shanghai Masters A A A A Q2 Q1 A 1R A A A NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Paris Masters A A A A A A Q1 A A A Q1 1R 1R 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–7 2–2 4–6 4–2 2–3 2–4 0–1 6–7 1–5 0 / 39 22–39 36%
National representation
Summer Olympics NH A NH 1R NH NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Davis Cup A A A A A PO SF W A A A A A 1 / 2 5–3 63%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 3–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1 / 3 5–3 56%
Career statistics
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Tournaments 1 2 2 9 8 28 18 24 10 18 20 12 24 22 1 199
Titles / Finals 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 1 / 2 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 4
Overall win–loss 0–1 0–2 3–2 6–9 12–8 20–27 17–20 27–24 11–10 11–18 14–20 9–12 23–24 10–22 1–1 2 / 199 164–200 45%
Win % 0% 0% 60% 40% 60% 43% 46% 53% 52% 38% 41% 43% 49% 31% 50% 45.05%
Year-end ranking 195 160 166 133 55 60 52 41 68 80 76 82 44 125 276 $6,138,770

Doubles Performance

Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R A 2R A 2R 2–7
French Open A 1R 1R 2R A 2R 3R A 1R 1R 4–7
Wimbledon A 1R A 2R A 2R 1R NH 1R 1R 2–6
US Open 1R 1R 2R 1R A A 2R A 1R A 2–6
Win–loss 0–1 0–4 1–3 2–4 0–1 2–3 3–3 1–1 0–3 1–3 10–26

Record Against Other Players

Record against Top 10 Players

Here's how Delbonis played against players who were ranked in the top 10 at the time of their match. Players who were No. 1 are in bold.

Wins Over Top 10 Players Each Year

Federico Delbonis won 3 matches against players ranked in the top 10. He lost 19 such matches.

Season 2013 2014 2015 2016 Total
Wins 1 0 1 1 3
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score
2013
1. Switzerland Roger Federer 5 German Open, Germany Clay SF 7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–4)
2015
2. Switzerland Stan Wawrinka 9 Geneva Open, Switzerland Clay QF 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–4
2016
3. United Kingdom Andy Murray 2 Indian Wells Masters, U.S. Hard 3R 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–3)

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