Javier Alberto Frana Maggi (; born 25 December 1966) is a former tennis player from Argentina and a commentator for ESPN Latin America. He won 1996 French Open mixed doubles title with compatriot Patricia Tarabini. He reached his career-high ATP singles ranking on 24 July 1995 of world No. 30. His highest doubles ranking was No. 14, achieved in May 1992.
Tennis career Frana turned professional in 1986.
Frana won the Abierto Mexicano doubles title in 1995 with Leonardo Lavalle.
Olympics Frana debuted at the Seoul Olympics in 1988, where he was defeated in the second round by fellow countryman Martín Jaite, 2–6, 4–6 and 2–6. At the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, he reached the second round again, this time falling to France's Fabrice Santoro, 6–4, 2–6, 1–6, and 1–6. He represented his native country for the last time in Olympic competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, where he was defeated in the first round by Great Britain's Greg Rusedski.
Personal life Frana was born in Rafaela, Argentina. He is of Croat origin, his family is from the Trogir area.
ATP career finals
Singles: 9 (3 titles, 6 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP International Series (3–6)Finals by surfaceHard (1–1)Clay (1–3)Grass (1–2)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (3–6)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Itaparica, BrazilGrand PrixHard Jaime Yzaga6–7(4–7), 2–6Loss0–2Newport, United StatesWorld SeriesGrass Bryan Shelton6–3, 4–6, 4–6Win1–2Guarujá, BrazilWorld SeriesHard Markus Zoecke2–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–3Loss1–3Newport, United StatesWorld SeriesGrass Greg Rusedski5–7, 7–6(9–7), 6–7(5–7)Win2–3Santiago, ChileWorld SeriesClay Emilio Sánchez7–5, 3–6, 6–3Loss2–4Buenos Aires, ArgentinaWorld SeriesClay Àlex Corretja3–6, 7–5, 6–7(5–7)Loss2–5Paget, BermudaWorld SeriesClay Mauricio Hadad6–7(7–5), 6–3, 4–6Loss2–6Pinehurst, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Thomas Enqvist3–6, 6–3, 3–6Win3–6Nottingham, United KingdomWorld SeriesGrass Todd Woodbridge7–6(7–4), 6–3
Doubles: 16 (7 titles, 9 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam Tournaments (0–1)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP Championship Series (0–0)ATP World Series (7–8)Finals by surfaceHard (2–3)Clay (3–4)Grass (1–2)Carpet (1–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (6–9)Indoors (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Barcelona, SpainGrand PrixClay Christian Miniussi Miloslav Mečíř Tomáš Šmíd1–6, 2–6Loss0–2Guarujá, BrazilGrand PrixHard Diego Pérez Ricardo Acuña Luke Jensen1–6, 4–6Win1–2Florence, ItalyGrand PrixClay Christian Miniussi Claudio Pistolesi Horst Skoff7–6, 6–4Win2–2Guarujá, BrazilWorld SeriesClay Gustavo Luza Luiz Mattar Cássio Motta7–6, 7–6Loss2–3Wimbledon, United KingdomGrand SlamGrass Leonardo Lavalle John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd3–6, 4–6, 7–6(9–7), 1–6Loss2–4Newport, United StatesWorld SeriesGrass Bruce Steel Gianluca Pozzi Brett Steven4–6, 4–6Win3–4Los Angeles, United StatesWorld SeriesHard Jim Pugh Glenn Michibata Brad Pearce7–5, 2–6, 6–4Loss3–5Tel Aviv, IsraelWorld SeriesHard Leonardo Lavalle David Rikl Michiel Schapers2–6, 7–6, 3–6Loss3–6Búzios, BrazilWorld SeriesHard Leonardo Lavalle Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez6–4, 3–6, 4–6Loss3–7Bologna, ItalyWorld SeriesClay Javier Sánchez Luke Jensen Laurie Warder2–6, 3–6Loss3–8Charlotte, United StatesWorld SeriesClay Leonardo Lavalle Rikard Bergh Trevor Kronemann1–6, 2–6Win4–8Newport, United StatesWorld SeriesGrass Christo van Rensburg Byron Black Jim Pugh4–6, 6–1, 7–6Win5–8Bordeaux, FranceWorld SeriesHard Pablo Albano David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy7–6, 4–6, 6–3Loss5–9São Paulo, BrazilWorld SeriesClay Pablo Albano Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez6–4, 6–7, 4–6Win6–9Mexico CityWorld SeriesClay Leonardo Lavalle Marc-Kevin Goellner Diego Nargiso7–5, 6–3Win7–9Ostrava, Czech RepublicWorld SeriesCarpet Jonas Björkman Guy Forget Patrick Rafter6–7, 6–4, 7–6
Mixed doubles (1 win)
ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 French Open, Paris, France Clay Patricia Tarabini Luke Jensen Nicole Arendt 6–2, 6–2
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 4 (1–3) LegendATP Challenger (1–3)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (1–1)Grass (0–1)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0-1Curitiba, BrazilChallengerHard Pedro Rebolledo1–6, 5–7Loss0-2Newcastle, United KingdomChallengerGrass Greg Rusedski3–6, 6–7Win1-2Punta del Este, UruguayChallengerClay Gabriel Markus4–6, 6–2, 7–6Loss1-3Acapulco, MexicoChallengerClay Horst Skoff3–6, 6–7
Doubles: 13 (9–4) LegendATP Challenger (9–4)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (2–1)Clay (6–3)Grass (1–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Ilheus, BrazilChallengerHard Cássio Motta Sergio Casal Javier Sánchez6–4, 6–2Loss1–1Brasília, BrazilChallengerHard Gustavo Luza Charles Beckman Jean-Philippe Fleurian6–4, 3–6, 0–6Win2–1São Paulo, BrazilChallengerHard Gustavo Luza Ricardo Camargo Ivan Kley6–3, 7–6Loss2–2Lins, BrazilChallengerClay Agustín Moreno Charles Beckman José Clavet6–7, 3–6Win3–2São Paulo, BrazilChallengerClay Cássio Motta João Zwetsch Gabriel Markus6–3, 3–6, 6–1Win4–2Newcastle, United KingdomChallengerGrass Christo van Rensburg Kent Kinnear Peter Nyborg7–6, 7–6Win5–2Buenos Aires, ArgentinaChallengerClay Pablo Albano Horacio de la Peña Gabriel Markus2–6, 6–3, 6–4Loss5–3Acapulco, MexicoChallengerClay Juan-Ignacio Garat Ellis Ferreira Richard Schmidt6–7, 4–6Win6–3San Luis Potosí, MexicoChallengerClay Leonardo Lavalle Francisco Montana Bryan Shelton6–3, 4–6, 6–4Loss6–4Birmingham, United StatesChallengerClay Pablo Albano Todd Witsken Bryan Shelton6–7, 3–6Win7–4Mar del Plata, ArgentinaChallengerClay Luis Lobo Jordi Burillo Hernán Gumy7–6, 6–0Win8–4Birmingham, United StatesChallengerClay Karel Nováček Matt Lucena Dave Randall6–3, 6–1Win9–4Paget, BermudaChallengerClay Mark Knowles Lucas Arnold Ker Daniel Orsanic6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Performance timelines
Singles Tournament19871988198919901991199219931994199519961997SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open3RAAA1R1RAAA2R2R0 / 54–5French OpenAAAAA1R1R4R1R1R1R0 / 63–6WimbledonQ22R2RQ23R1R3R3R3R1R2R0 / 911–9US OpenA1R1RA2R1RA4R1R1RA0 / 74–7Win–loss2–11–21–20–03–30–42–28–32–31–42–30 / 2722–27Olympic GamesSummer OlympicsNH2RNot Held2RNot Held1RNH0 / 32–3ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsA1RAAA1RAAA1RA0 / 30–3MiamiA1R1RAA2R3RAA2R1R0 / 63–6Monte CarloAAAAA1RAAAAA0 / 10–1RomeAA1RAAAAAAAA0 / 10–1CincinnatiA1R2RAAAAAAAA0 / 21–2Win–loss0–00–31–30–00–01–32–10–00–00–20–10 / 134–13
Doubles Tournament19871988198919901991199219931994199519961997SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open1RAAA2R1RAAA2R1R0 / 52–5French OpenA2RA2RSF3R3R1R1RQF1R0 / 913–9Wimbledon1R1RSFSFF3R2R2R1R1RA0 / 1017–10US OpenAA2R2R3R2RAAAAA0 / 45–4Win–loss0–21–25–26–312–45–43–21–20–24–30–20 / 2837–28Olympic GamesSummer OlympicsNH1RNot HeldSFNot Held1RNH0 / 34–3ATP Masters SeriesIndian WellsA1RAAA1RAAA1RA0 / 30–3MiamiA1R1RA2R3R1RAA2R2R0 / 74–7Monte CarloAAAAAQFAAAAA0 / 12–1HamburgAAA2RAAAAAAA0 / 11–1Rome1RAQFQFAAAAAAA0 / 34–3CincinnatiA2RSFA2RAAAAAA0 / 35–3Win–loss0–11–35–33–22–22–30–10–00–01–21–10 / 1815–18
Mixed doubles Tournament19901991199219931994199519961997SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenA1R1RAAA1RA0 / 30–3French Open3R1R2RAAAW3R1 / 511–4WimbledonAA3R1R3R2RAA0 / 45–4US OpenAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss2–10–23–30–12–11–16–12–11 / 1216–11
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