Federico Delbonis

Federico Delbonis
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Delbonis at the 2019 Wimbledon
Country (sports) Argentina
ResidenceAzul, Argentina
Born (1990-10-05) 5 October 1990 (age 31)
Azul, Argentina
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro2007
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachMariano Hood
Prize moneyUS$4,992,551
Singles
Career record159–186 (46.1% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 33 (9 May 2016)
Current rankingNo. 37 (14 February 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2016)
French Open4R (2021)
Wimbledon1R (2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021)
US Open2R (2014, 2016)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2016)
Doubles
Career record51–73 (41.1% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 110 (22 July 2019)
Current rankingNo. 176 (8 November 2021)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2020)
French Open3R (2019)
Wimbledon2R (2016, 2018)
US Open2R (2015, 2019)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2016)
Team competitions
Davis CupW (2016)
Last updated on: 8 November 2021.

Federico Delbonis (Spanish pronunciation: [feðeˈɾiko ðelˈβonis]; born 5 October 1990) is an Argentine professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 33 achieved on 9 May 2016. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 110 achieved on 22 July 2019.

Professional career

2009–2012

Delbonis won five Challenger and Futures titles from the time he turned professional in 2009 until 2013. In 2011, Delbonis reached the first ATP semifinal of his career at the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart, Germany. He won 6 consecutive matches, having to win 3 qualifying matches in order to enter the main draw, ultimately falling to Juan Carlos Ferrero in three sets.

2013 First ATP final

He qualified at the 2013 International German Open and then beat Tommy Robredo, Dmitry Tursunov and Fernando Verdasco, the latter of which he won in a tight three-setter to set up a meeting in the semifinals with Roger Federer. Against Federer, Delbonis scored by far the biggest win of his career, defeating him in two tiebreaker to book a place in the first ATP Tour final of his career. He finished runner-up to Fabio Fognini, squandering a set and 4–1 lead and failing to convert three match points. Due to his strong performance, his tour ranking soared into the top 100 for the first time in his career.

2014 First ATP title

In 2014 he went on to win his first ATP title when he defeated Paolo Lorenzi in three sets, at the 2014 Brasil Open. It was their first tour level match against each other, however Lorenzi has won against Delbonis in past three Challenger events. The win enabled to reach a new men's singles high ranking of 44.

2016: Second career title, best season and best ranking, Davis cup winner

Delbonis started his season at the 2016 Apia International Sydney. He beat Sam Groth in the first round in straight sets. In his second round he played Teymuraz Gabashvili losing in straight sets 3–6, 3–6. Delbonis then played at the first major of the year at the 2016 Australian Open. In the first round he upset 22nd seed Ivo Karlović after Karlović had to retire in the third set. Delbonis then reached the third round of a major for the first time in his career after beating Renzo Olivo in the second round in five sets. He then lost in straight sets to 14th seed Gilles Simon.

Delbonis next played at the 2016 Argentina Open. He beat 6th seed Fabio Fognini in the first round after being a set down. He lost his second round match to eventual finalist Nicolás Almagro in three sets. Delbonis played in another clay court tournament at the 2016 Rio Open. In his first round he beat 6th seed Jack Sock in straight sets. He followed this up with another win in straight sets in the second round beating Paolo Lorenzi. He then lost in the quarterfinals against eventual champion Pablo Cuevas in straight sets. He then played in his third straight clay court tournament at the 2016 Brasil Open as the 4th seed. He got a bye pass in the first round. In the second round he beat Diego Schwartzman after being a set down. In the quarterfinals he lost to Íñigo Cervantes.

Delbonis next competed at the first Masters 1000 of the year at the 2016 Indian Wells Masters. In the first round he defeated Santiago Giraldo in straight sets. In the second round he defeated 32nd seed João Sousa also in straight sets. In the third round Delbonis earned his biggest win of his career defeating 2nd seed Andy Murray in three sets. This was Delbonis's third top 10 win. In the fourth round he lost to 13th seed Gaël Monfils in straight sets 3–6, 4–6. Delbonis next competed at the 2016 Miami Open. In the first round he defeated wildcard Elias Ymer in three sets. In the second round he lost to 26th seed Grigor Dimitrov.

Delbonis next chose to compete at the 2016 Grand Prix Hassan II as the 4th seed. He received a bye pass for the first round. In the second round he defeated Thiemo de Bakker in straight sets. He then defeated 7th seed Pablo Carreño Busta in the quarterfinals also in straight sets. In the semifinals In the semifinals he defeated Albert Montañés once again in straight sets. He won his second career title without dropping a set the entire tournament by defeating 3rd seed Borna Ćorić in the final in straight sets. He then competed at the 2016 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters. He had a disappointing loss to wildcard Fernando Verdasco 0–6, 3–6. Delbonis then played at the 2016 BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy as the 3rd seed. He received a bye pass in the first round. In the second round he defeated Illya Marchenko in straight sets. In the quarterfinals he defeated Marco Cecchinato also in straight sets. In the semifinals he lost to Lucas Pouille 3–6, 2–6.

Delbonis then competed at the 2016 Istanbul Open as the 4th seed. He received a bye pass for the first round. In the second round he defeated Dudi Sela in three sets. In the quarterfinal he defeated Albert Ramos-Viñolas in straight sets. In the semifinals he lost to eventual champion Diego Schwartzman despite winning the first set. Delbonis then competed at the 2016 Geneva Open as the 6th seed. In the first round he defeated wildcard Janko Tipsarević in straight sets. In the second round he defeated last years champion Thomaz Bellucci in straight sets. In the quarterfinals he lost to 3rd seed and eventual runner up Marin Čilić 4–6, 3–6. Delbonis next competed at the second major of the year at the 2016 French Open as the 31st seed which marks the first time Delbonis has been seeded at a major. He was eliminated in the first round losing to Pablo Carreño Busta in four sets.

Delbonis next competed at the third major of the year, the 2016 Wimbledon Championships. In the first round, he faced Fabio Fognini and lost in an epic five setter 4–6, 6–1, 7–6(7–3), 2–6, 3–6. Delbonis then played for Argentina in the Davis Cup quarterfinals against Italy. He beat Andreas Seppi and Fabio Fognini, both in four sets, to help clinch the tie 3–1. In the finals of Davis Cup, he lost against Marin Cilic in five sets but beat Ivo Karlovic in straight sets in the fifth and deciding rubber to give Argentina their first Davis Cup.

2021: First Masters 1000 quarterfinal, return to top 50, first Grand Slam fourth round

In March, Delbonis reached his 5th doubles final in 2 years since his last doubles title, at the 2021 Chile Open partnering with Jaume Munar.

In May, Delbonis reached his maiden Masters 1000 quarterfinal in singles in Rome. He defeated 12th seeded David Goffin and Felix Auger Aliassime in the second and third round respectively. He lost to Reilly Opelka in the quarterfinals in straight sets. With his best showing at a Masters, he returned to the top 50 in the singles rankings in over 4 years, since March 2017.

In the lead-up to the French Open, Delbonis also played in the second tournament in Belgrade, where he reached the semifinals, losing to qualifier Alex Molčan.

Delbonis made his best Grand Slam run in his career by reaching the fourth round at the French Open after defeating Radu Albot, Pablo Andújar and 27th seed Fabio Fognini. He lost to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina in the round of 16.

Delbonis made the semifinals in Hamburg, after saving 4 match points in his quarterfinal match against Benoît Paire. He lost to Pablo Carreño Busta in straight sets in the semifinals.

ATP career finals

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

Legend
Grand Slam
ATP Masters 1000
ATP 500 Series (0–1)
ATP 250 Series (2–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (1–2)
Indoor (1–0)
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)

Legend
Grand Slam
ATP Masters 1000
ATP 500 Series
ATP World Tour 250 Series (2–3)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–3)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (0–3)
Indoor (2–0)
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 finals

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

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

Singles: 22 (12–10)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (11–8)
ITF Futures Tour (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (11–10)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jan 2009 Guatemala F1, Guatemala Futures Hard Brazil Nicolás Santos 6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Mar 2009 Italy F3, Rome Futures Clay Sweden Tim Göransson 4–6, 3–6
Loss 1–2 May 2009 Argentina F7, Cordoba Futures Clay Chile Jorge Aguilar 3–6, 4–6
Win 2–2 Aug 2009 Manerbio, Italy Challenger Clay Portugal Leonardo Tavares 6–1, 6–3
Loss 2–3 Apr 2010 Napoli, Italy Challenger Clay Portugal Rui Machado 4–6, 4–6
Win 3–3 Apr 2010 Rome, Italy Challenger Clay Germany Florian Mayer 6–3, 6–4
Loss 3–4 Jul 2010 Rimini, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Paolo Lorenzi 2–6, 0–6
Win 4–4 Jan 2013 Bucaramanga, Colombia Challenger Clay United States Wayne Odesnik 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win 5–4 Apr 2013 Barranquilla, Colombia Challenger Clay Argentina Facundo Bagnis 6–3, 6–2
Loss 5–5 Sep 2013 Liberec, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Czech Republic Jiří Veselý 7–6(7–2), 6–7(9–11), 4–6
Win 6–5 Apr 2015 Sarasota, United States Challenger Clay Argentina Facundo Bagnis 6–4, 6–2
Win 7–5 Jun 2015 Milan, Italy Challenger Clay Brazil Rogério Dutra Silva 6–1, 7–6(8–6)
Win 8–5 Oct 2015 Rome, Italy Challenger Clay Serbia Filip Krajinović 1–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss 8–6 Jun 2017 Prostějov, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Czech Republic Jiří Veselý 7–5, 1–6, 5–7
Win 9–6 Jun 2017 Todi, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Marco Cecchinato 7–5, 6–1
Loss 9–7 Jul 2017 Milan, Italy Challenger Clay Argentina Guido Pella 2–6, 1–2 ret.
Win 10–7 Oct 2017 Cali, Colombia Challenger Clay Brazil Guillherme Clezar 7–6(12–10), 7–5
Win 11–7 Sep 2018 Biella, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Stefano Napolitano 6–4, 6–3
Loss 11–8 Oct 2018 Campinas, Brazil Challenger Clay Chile Cristian Garin 3–6, 4–6
Loss 11–9 Oct 2018 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Challenger Clay Chile Cristian Garin 4–6, 7–5, 4–6
Win 12–9 Jul 2019 Perugia, Italy Challenger Clay Spain Guillermo García López 6–0, 1–6, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 12–10 Nov 2019 Montevideo, Uruguay Challenger Clay Spain Jaume Munar 5–7, 2–6

Doubles: 14 (4–10)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (4–6)
ITF Futures Tour (0–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (4–9)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2008 Spain F7, Lleida Futures Clay Spain Pedro Clar-Rossello Spain Agustin Boje-Ordonez
Spain Pablo Martin-Adalia
6–7(7–9), 5–7
Loss 0–2 Sep 2008 Argentina F10, Rosario Futures Clay Argentina Nicolas Pastor Argentina Juan-Manuel Ferrer
Argentina Mauro Ferrer
2–6, 2–6
Loss 0–3 Mar 2009 Italy F4, Rome Futures Clay Argentina Nicolas Pastor Italy Leonardo Azzaro
Italy Daniele Giorgini
0–6, 7–5, [3–10]
Loss 0–4 May 2009 Argentina F7, Cordoba Futures Clay Argentina Juan Vazquez-Valenzuela Chile Jorge Aguilar
Chile Rodrigo Perez
0–0 ret.
Loss 0–5 Oct 2010 Buenos Aires, Argentina Challenger Clay Chile Jorge Aguilar Argentina Carlos Berlocq
Argentina Brian Dabul
3–6, 2–6
Win 1–5 Mar 2011 Salinas, Ecuador Challenger Clay Argentina Facundo Bagnis Brazil Rogerio Dutra Silva
Brazil Joao Souza
6–2, 6–1
Loss 1–6 Jun 2011 Marburg, Germany Challenger Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos Germany Martin Emmrich
Germany Bjorn Phau
6–7(3–7), 2–6
Win 2–6 Sep 2011 Como, Italy Challenger Clay Argentina Renzo Olivo Argentina Martin Alund
Argentina Facundo Arguello
6–1, 6–4
Win 3–6 Mar 2012 Rabat, Morocco Challenger Clay Spain Inigo Cervantes Huegun Slovakia Martin Klizan
France Stephane Robert
6–7(3–7), 6–1, [10–5]
Loss 3–7 Mar 2012 Marrakech, Morocco Challenger Clay Spain Inigo Cervantes Huegun Slovakia Martin Klizan
Spain Daniel Munoz-De La Nava
3–6, 6–1, [10–12]
Loss 3–8 Jan 2013 São Paulo, Brazil Challenger Hard Argentina Renzo Olivo United States James Cerretani
Canada Adil Shamasdin
7–6(5–7), 1–6, [9–11]
Loss 3–9 Mar 2013 Santiago, Chile Challenger Clay Argentina Diego Junqueira Brazil Marcelo Demoliner
Brazil Joao Souza
5–7, 1–6
Loss 3–10 Mar 2013 Pereira, Colombia Challenger Clay Argentina Facundo Bagnis Colombia Nicolas Barrientos
Colombia Eduardo Struvay
6–3, 3–6, [6–10]
Win 4–10 Apr 2013 Barranquilla, Colombia Challenger Clay Argentina Facundo Bagnis Brazil Fabiano De Paula
Italy Stefano Ianni
6–3, 7–5

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
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

Current through the 2022 Miami Open.

Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q1 A A A 1R 1R 3R 1R 1R 1R 2R A 1R 0 / 8 3–8 27%
French Open A Q1 Q2 Q2 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 2R 1R 4R 0 / 9 6–9 40%
Wimbledon A A Q1 A A 1R 1R 1R A 1R 1R NH 1R 0 / 6 0–6 0%
US Open A A Q1 Q1 Q1 2R 1R 2R A 1R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 7 2–7 22%
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 0–1 0 / 30 11–30 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 0 / 5 1–5 17%
Madrid Masters A A Q2 2R A 1R Q2 A A 2R A NH 3R 0 / 4 4–4 50%
Italian Masters A A Q2 A A 1R Q2 A A 1R A A QF 0 / 3 6–3 67%
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 0–2 0 / 36 21–36 37%
National representation
Summer Olympics NH A NH 1R NH A 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 SR W–L Win %
Tournaments 1 2 2 9 8 28 18 24 10 18 20 12 24 8 184
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 6–9 2 / 184 159–186 46%
Win % 0% 0% 60% 40% 60% 43% 46% 53% 52% 38% 41% 43% 49% 38% 46.09%
Year-end ranking 195 160 166 133 55 60 52 41 68 80 76 82 44

Doubles

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 1–7
French Open A 1R 1R 2R A 2R 3R A 1R 4–6
Wimbledon A 1R A 2R A 2R 1R NH 1R 2–5
US Open 1R 1R 2R 1R A A 2R A 1R 2–6
Win–loss 0–1 0–4 1–3 2–4 0–1 2–3 3–3 1–1 0–3 0–1 9–24

Record against other players

Record against top 10 players

Delbonis's match record against those who have been ranked in the Top 10, with those who have been No. 1 in boldface, and retired players in italics.

* Statistics correct as of 31 August 2021.

Wins over top 10 players per season

  • He has a 3–18 (14.3%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
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)
* Statistics correct as of 31 August 2021.

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