Roberto Carretero
Country (sports) Spain
ResidenceAndorra la Vella, Andorra
Born (1975-08-30) 30 August 1975
Madrid, Spain
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro1993
Retired2001
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
CoachMarcos Górriz
Prize money$680,211
Singles
Career record23–45
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 58 (13 May 1996)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (1997)
French Open2R (1997)
US Open2R (1996)
Doubles
Career record2–6
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 697 (24 July 2000)
Last updated on: 21 April 2022.

Roberto Carretero Díaz (born 30 August 1975) is a Spanish former professional tennis player. He won one singles title, the 1996 Hamburg AMS.

Tennis career

Carretero, a former junior French Open Champion, shocked the tennis world by winning the Masters Series title in Hamburg in 1996 as a virtually unknown player ranked only No. 143. En route to the title he defeated two top 100 players, two top 20 players (Washington and Boetsch), and most notably, Yevgeny Kafelnikov in the semi-finals, and Àlex Corretja in the final.[1] After winning the title, Carretero lost in the first round of Roland Garros and did not have any significant results other than winning a Challenger tournament held in Sopot, Poland in 1999.

He retired from professional tennis after the 2001 season.

ATP career finals

Singles: 2(1 title)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (1–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–0)
ATP World Series (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–0)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 May 1996 Hamburg, Germany Masters Series Clay Spain Àlex Corretja 2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 3 (2–1)

Legend
ATP Challenger (2–1)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0-1 Jun 1995 Kosice, Slovakia Challenger Clay Romania Adrian Voinea 3–6, 6–4, 1–6
Win 1-1 Jun 1999 Weiden, Germany Challenger Clay Belgium Christophe Van Garsse 6–1, 7–5
Win 2-1 Aug 1999 Sopot, Poland Challenger Clay France Thierry Guardiola 6–4, 7–5

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(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

Tournament19941995199619971998SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
French Open Q1 Q3 1R 2R Q1 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Wimbledon A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
US Open A A 2R A A 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 0 / 4 2–4 33%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Monte Carlo 1R Q2 A 1R A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Hamburg Q1 1R W 2R A 1 / 3 7–2 78%
Rome A 2R 1R 1R Q1 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Win–loss 0–1 1–2 6–1 1–3 0–0 1 / 8 8–7 53%

Wins over top 10 players

# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score
1996
1. Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov 7 Hamburg, Germany Clay SF 7–5, 6–2

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win1993French OpenClaySpain Albert Costa6–0, 7–6

References

  1. ↑ "5 lowest-ranked players to triumph at a Masters 1000 tournament".


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