Roberto Carretero

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Roberto Carretero
Country (sports)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Residence Andorra la Vella, Andorra
Born (1975-08-30) 30 August 1975 (age 47)
Madrid, Spain
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro1993
Retired2001
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Coach Marcos Górriz
Prize money $680,211
Singles
Career record23–45
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 58 (13 May 1996)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 1R (1997)
French Open 2R (1997)
US Open 2R (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.

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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)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0 May 1996 Hamburg, GermanyMasters SeriesClay Flag of Spain.svg 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)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0-1Jun 1995 Kosice, SlovakiaChallengerClay Flag of Romania.svg Adrian Voinea 3–6, 6–4, 1–6
Win1-1Jun 1999 Weiden, GermanyChallengerClay Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Christophe Van Garsse 6–1, 7–5
Win2-1Aug 1999 Sopot, PolandChallengerClay Flag of France.svg Thierry Guardiola 6–4, 7–5

Performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(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

Tournament 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 SRW–LWin%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAA 1R A0 / 10–10%
French Open Q1 Q3 1R 2R Q1 0 / 21–233%
Wimbledon AAAAA0 / 00–0  
US Open AA 2R AA0 / 11–150%
Win–loss0–00–01–21–20–00 / 42–433%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Monte Carlo 1R Q2 A 1R A0 / 20–20%
Hamburg Q1 1R W 2R A1 / 37–278%
Rome A 2R 1R 1R Q1 0 / 31–325%
Win–loss0–11–26–11–30–01 / 88–753%

Wins over top 10 players

#PlayerRankEventSurfaceRdScore
1996
1. Flag of Russia.svg Yevgeny Kafelnikov 7 Hamburg, GermanyClaySF7–5, 6–2

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win 1993 French Open Clay Flag of Spain.svg Albert Costa 6–0, 7–6

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