Roberto Azar

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Roberto Azar
Country (sports)Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Residence Buenos Aires
Born (1966-03-21) 21 March 1966 (age 58)
Lincoln, Argentina
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro1984
PlaysLeft-handed
Prize money$441,303
Singles
Career record48-90
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 81 (11 June 1990)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open 3R (1990)
Wimbledon 1R (1992, 1993)
US Open 1R (1990, 1991)

Roberto Azar (born 21 March 1966) is a former professional tennis player from Argentina.

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Career

Azar was runner-up at the San Marino Open in 1989. He also reached the semi-finals at the Bologna Outdoor tournament that season, beating world number 27 Ronald Agenor in the quarter-finals. He finished runner-up in the

In 1990 he made quarter-finals in Casablanca and then put together the best performance of his career up to that date by reaching the round of 16 in the ATP German Open, one of the tours most prestigious events. He defeated 11th seed and world number 18 Carl-Uwe Steeb in the second round. Another solid effort in Umag saw him make the quarter-finals and he entered the 1990 French Open as a qualifier, but had entered the top 100 for the first time. In what was his first ever Grand Slam, Azar defeated American Lawson Duncan and Czech Martin Střelba, before losing to Jonas Svensson in the third round. He also made the semi-finals of the Sanremo Open, later that year. [1]

He was a quarter-finalist at Genoa and a semi-finalist at San Marino in 1991. The following year he won his only other Grand Slam match, the French Open against Henrik Holm. In 1993 made the quarter-finals at Atlanta. [2]

Grand Prix career finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Aug 1989 San Marino, San MarinoClay Flag of Spain.svg José Francisco Altur 7–6, 4–6, 1–6

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Apr 1987 Bari, ItalyClay Flag of Argentina.svg Marcelo Ingaramo Flag of Sweden.svg Christer Allgårdh
Flag of Sweden.svg Ulf Stenlund
3–6, 3–6

Challenger titles

Singles: (1)

No.YearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
1.1992 Reggio Calabria, ItalyClay Flag of Spain.svg Alberto Berasategui 6–4, 6–2

References

  1. ITF Tennis Profile
  2. ATP World Tour Profile