Gabriel Francini (born December 12, 1969, in

La Plata La Plata () is the capital city of Buenos Aires province, Argentina. According to the 2022 Argentina census, census, the La Plata Partido, Partido has a population of 772,618 and its metropolitan area, the Greater La Plata, has 938,287 inhabit ...

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) is a male former

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from

San Marino San Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino, is a landlocked country in Southern Europe, completely surrounded by Italy. Located on the northeastern slopes of the Apennine Mountains, it is the larger of two European microstates, microsta ...

. Francini represented his native country in the doubles competition at the

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, partnering

Christian Forcellini Christian Forcellini (born November 10, 1969) is a male former tennis player and sprinter from San Marino. Forcellini represented his native country in the doubles competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, partnering Gabri ...

. The pair was eliminated in the first round there. Francini played in 25 Davis Cup ties for

from 1993 to 2000, posting a 3–5 record in singles and a 3–15 record in doubles.

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