The 18-year-old captured the Argentina Open title with a in over home favourite Francisco Cerundolo in the final.
Argentine clay court specialist Coria failed to make an impression on grass and was dumped in the first round at Wimbledon.
Crowd favourites Goran Ivanisevic and Gustavo Kuerten also lost in the first round of the Monte Carlo Masters.
Coria overcame compatriot Mariano Zabaleta in five sets to set up a French Open quarter-final with the US ace.\n\n
Coria will play Rafael Nadal in the final of the Rome Masters.
The 45-year-old former striker, a 2010 World Cup semi-finalist, has switched to tennis since his retirement in 2018, playing on the international senior tour.
Former French Open finalist Guillermo Coria lost in the first round of the Vina del Mar International.
Both in action in the French Open second round on Wednesday, could be considered the tournament's favourites.
The Argentina ace beat his compatriot to earn his first victory at the season-ending Masters Cup.
The Argentine clay specialist thrashed Germany's Rainer Schuettler 6-2, 6-1, 6-3 in the Monte Carlo Masters final.
Tim Henman and Juan Carlos Ferrero slumped to demoralising defeats in the second round.
Argentina's former world number three Guillermo Coria has quit tennis at the age of 27 because he has lost motivation.
Terms of the settlement were not disclosed.
Rohan Bopanna and Aldila Sutjiadi will next play fourth seeds Matthew Ebden and Barbora Krejcikova.
The former overpowered Alberto Martin while Coria beat David Nalbandian at the Monte Carlo Masters.
The world number five went down 7-6, 6-2, 6-4 to Cyril Saulnier in the first round.
While Spanish sensation Rafael Nadal silenced a partisan crowd with a win over French number one Sebastien Grosjean
Andy Roddick and Guillermo Coria raced into the fourth round with crushing victories.
Coria has injured a shoulder while Ferrero pulled out of next week's 2.425 million dollar event with illness.
India had mixed fortunes in the men's doubles at the US Open on Friday.
Unseeded Gaston Gaudio fought back from two sets down and saved two match points to win the French Open.
Defending champion David Nalbandian beat top seed Andy Roddick 7-5 7-5 in the Swiss Indoors semi-finals.
The Argentine sued a multivitamin manufacturer for a contaminated product that he said led him to fail a steroid test.
India's Rohan Bopanna and his Australian partner Matthew Ebden got off to a fine start in the men's doubles at the US Open, beating Sander Arends and Robin Haase of the Netherlands in straight sets at Flushing Meadows on Thursday.
Roger Federer produced an imperious display to dismiss unseeded German Florian Mayer 6-1, 6-4, 6-0 in the second round
A round-up of the important matches at Wimbledon on Friday.
The Argentine reached the second round at Wimbledon, overcoming Wesley Moodie in a match that spanned four days due to bad weather.
The French Open men's singles finalist says it is his dream to give Argentina its first Olympic tennis gold medal.
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