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Residence | Andorra la Vella, 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) |
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.
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.
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | May 1996 | Hamburg, Germany | Masters Series | Clay | ![]() | 2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0-1 | Jun 1995 | Kosice, Slovakia | Challenger | Clay | ![]() | 3–6, 6–4, 1–6 |
Win | 1-1 | Jun 1999 | Weiden, Germany | Challenger | Clay | ![]() | 6–1, 7–5 |
Win | 2-1 | Aug 1999 | Sopot, Poland | Challenger | Clay | ![]() | 6–4, 7–5 |
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Tournament | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | SR | W–L | Win% | ||||||||||||||||
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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% |
# | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score |
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1. | ![]() | 7 | Hamburg, Germany | Clay | SF | 7–5, 6–2 |
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1993 | French Open | Clay | ![]() | 6–0, 7–6 |
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