Argentine tennis playerLast updated on: 13 February 2022.

Javier Alberto Frana (born 25 December 1966) is a former tennis player from Argentina and former tennis commentator for ESPN Latin America. He won 1996 French Open Mixed Doubles *le with compatriot Patricia Tarabini.

Contents

• 1 Tennis career
  • 1.1 Olympics
• 2 Personal life
• 3 ATP career finals
  • 3.1 Singles: 9 (3 *les, 6 runner-ups)
  • 3.2 Doubles: 16 (7 *les, 9 runner-ups)
  • 3.3 Mixed doubles (1 win)
• 4 ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
  • 4.1 Singles: 4 (1–3)
  • 4.2 Doubles: 13 (9–4)
• 5 Performance timelines
  • 5.1 Singles
  • 5.2 Doubles
  • 5.3 Mixed doubles
• 6 External links

Tennis career

Frana turned professional in 1986. He reached his career-high ATP singles ranking on July 24, 1995, when he became world No. 30. His highest doubles ranking was world No. 14, achieved on May 25, 1992.

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 compe*ion 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 *les, 6 runner-ups)

Doubles: 16 (7 *les, 9 runner-ups)

Mixed doubles (1 win)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 4 (1–3)

Doubles: 13 (9–4)

Performance timelines

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Doubles

Mixed doubles

External links

• Javier Frana at the *ociation of Tennis Professionals
• Javier Frana at the International Tennis Federation
• Javier Frana at the Davis Cup