Roberto Carretero Explained

Roberto Carretero
Residence:	Andorra la Vella, Andorra
Birth Date:	1975 8, df=yes
Birth Place:	Madrid, Spain
Turnedpro:	1993
Retired:	2001
Plays:	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Coach:	Marcos Górriz
Careerprizemoney:	$680,211
Singlesrecord:	23–45
Singlestitles:	1
Highestsinglesranking:	No. 58 (13 May 1996)
Australianopenresult:	1R (1997)
Frenchopenresult:	2R (1997)
Usopenresult:	2R (1996)
Doublesrecord:	2–6
Doublestitles:	0
Highestdoublesranking:	No. 697 (24 July 2000)
Updated:	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)

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		Kosice, Slovakia	Challenger	Clay	Adrian Voinea	3–6, 6–4, 1–6
Win	1-1		Weiden, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Christophe Van Garsse	6–1, 7–5
Win	2-1		Sopot, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Thierry Guardiola	6–4, 7–5

Performance timeline

Singles

Tournament	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1
French Open	Q1	Q3	1R	2R	Q1	0 / 2	1–2
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
US Open	A	A	2R	A	A	0 / 1	1–1
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	0 / 4	2–4
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Monte Carlo	1R	Q2	A	1R	A	0 / 2	0–2
Hamburg	Q1	1R	bgcolor=lime	W	2R	A	1 / 3	7–2
Rome	A	2R	1R	1R	Q1	0 / 3	1–3
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–1	1–2	6–1	1–3	0–0	1 / 8	8–7

Wins over top 10 players

	width=200	Player	Rank	width=275	Event	Surface	Rd	width=180	Score
1996
1.	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	bgcolor=yellow	SF	7–5, 6–2

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 5 lowest-ranked players to triumph at a Masters 1000 tournament .