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. 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) LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (1–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (1–0)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Hamburg, GermanyMasters SeriesClay Àlex Corretja2–6, 6–4, 6–4, 6–4
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 3 (2–1) LegendATP Challenger (2–1)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (2–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0-1Kosice, SlovakiaChallengerClay Adrian Voinea3–6, 6–4, 1–6Win1-1Weiden, GermanyChallengerClay Christophe Van Garsse6–1, 7–5Win2-1Sopot, PolandChallengerClay Thierry Guardiola6–4, 7–5
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament19941995199619971998SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAA1RA0 / 10–1French OpenQ1Q31R2RQ10 / 21–2WimbledonAAAAA0 / 00–0US OpenAA2RAA0 / 11–1Win–loss0–00–01–21–20–00 / 42–4ATP World Tour Masters 1000Monte Carlo1RQ2A1RA0 / 20–2HamburgQ11RW2RA1 / 37–2RomeA2R1R1RQ10 / 31–3Win–loss0–11–26–11–30–01 / 88–7
Wins over top 10 players
#PlayerRankEventSurfaceRdScore19961. Yevgeny Kafelnikov7Hamburg, GermanyClaySF7–5, 6–2
Junior Grand Slam finals Singles: 1 (1 title) ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1993French OpenClay Albert Costa6–0, 7–6
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