Federico Browne

Federico Browne

Country (sports)	Argentina
Born	(1976-04-07) 7 April 1976 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Height	180 m (590 ft 6 1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	1994
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$370,589
Singles
Career record	11–20
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 106 (25 August 2003)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open	2R (2000, 2003)
Doubles
Career record	8–15
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 77 (14 June 2004)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	2R (2004)
Wimbledon	1R (2004)
US Open	1R (2004)

Federico Browne (born 7 April 1976) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.^[1]

Career

Browne was the number one ranked junior in the world in 1994, winning numerous titles that year, including the Banana Bowl. He was also the 1994 Banana Bowl doubles runner-up, with Carlos Jose Tori. In the 1994 US Open he reached the semi-finals, where he was beaten by Sjeng Schalken and he was a semi-finalist in the Orange Bowl as well, for the second successive year.^[2]

In 1995, Browne appeared in a Davis Cup tie for Argentina. He played the second singles rubber, against Venezuelan Nicolás Pereira, who beat him in straight sets.^[3]

His best performance on the ATP Tour came at Buenos Aires in 2004, when he and Diego Veronelli were runners-up in the men's doubles.^[4] He also made doubles semi-finals in Sopot partnering Enzo Artoni and the Shanghai Open with Ivo Karlović, both in 2003.^[4] On the singles circuit he reached two quarter-finals, at the 2000 BMW Open as a lucky loser and at Casablanca in 2003.^[4]

On each of the two occasions he competed in the main singles draw of the French Open, Browne made the second round.^[4] In 2000 he defeated Juan Antonio Marín in the opening round, before losing in his next match by Sébastien Grosjean, in a five setter.^[4] Three years later he came from two sets down to defeat world number 59 Olivier Rochus in the first round.^[4] He was beaten in the second round by Félix Mantilla.^[4] His best doubles showing at Grand Slam level was a second round appearance in the 2004 French Open, which he and partner Karlovic earned after defeating Tomáš Berdych and Dominik Hrbatý.^[4]

He is now a tennis coach.

ATP Career Finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	2004	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Diego Veronelli	Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood	5–7, 7–6(7–2), 4–6

Challenger Titles

Singles: (3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
1.	1999	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Gastón Etlis	4–6, 7–6(4), 6–4
2.	2002	Donetsk, Ukraine	Clay	Simon Greul	6–2, 6–1
3.	2002	Reunion Island	Hard	Răzvan Sabău	6–0, 4–6, 7–5

Doubles: (10)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
1.	1998	Santiago, Chile	Clay	Enzo Artoni	Hermes Gamonal Ricardo Schlachter	6–2, 6–4
2.	2001	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Ignacio Hirigoyen	Gastón Etlis Martin Rodríguez	6–4, 7–6(6)
3.	2002	Kiev, Ukraine	Clay	Fred Hemmes, Jr.	Irakli Labadze Yuri Schukin	6–4, 6–3
4.	2002	Donetsk, Ukraine	Clay	Leonardo Azzaro	Mikhail Elgin Dmitry Vlasov	6–7(3), 7–6(4), 7–5
5.	2002	Samarkand, Uzbekistan	Clay	Rogier Wassen	Vadim Kutsenko Oleg Ogorodov	3–6, 7–6(3), 7–6(3)
6.	2002	Reunion Island	Hard	Jonathan Erlich	Marco Chiudinelli Jaroslav Levinský	6–1, 4–6, 6–3
7.	2002	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Rogier Wassen	Ignacio Hirigoyen Andy Ram	7–6(0), 7–6(3)
8.	2003	Burnie, Australia	Hard	Rogier Wassen	Raphael Durek Alun Jones	1–6, 6–3, 6–2
9.	2003	Reunion Island	Hard	Rogier Wassen	Fred Hemmes, Jr. Peter Wessels	6–1, 6–7(4), 6–3
10.	2004	Salinas, Ecuador	Hard	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	José de Armas Eric Nunez	6–3, 6–3

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