Roberto Carretero
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Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | Andorra |
Born | Madrid, Spain | 30 August 1975
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Turned pro | 1993 |
Retired | 2001 |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Coach | Marcos Górriz |
Prize money | $680,211 |
Singles | |
Career record | 23–45 |
Career titles | 1 |
Highest ranking | No. 58 (13 May 1996) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (1997) |
French Open | 2R (1997) |
US Open | 2R (1996) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 2–6 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 697 (24 July 2000) |
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 title in Hamburg as a virtually unknown player ranked only 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. 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 (1-0)[]
Legend |
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Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) |
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1–0) |
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) |
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–0) |
Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | May 1996 | Hamburg, Germany | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 |
Wins over top 10 players[]
# | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score |
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1996 | ||||||
1. | ![]() |
7 | Hamburg, Germany | Clay | SF | 7–5, 6–2 |
External links[]
- Roberto Carretero at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Roberto Carretero at the International Tennis Federation
Categories:
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Tennis players from Madrid
- Spanish male tennis players
- Tennis players from the Community of Madrid
- French Open junior champions
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles
- Spanish tennis biography stubs