Flávio Saretta
# Flávio Saretta

Flávio Saretta Filho (born June 28, 1980) is a former professional tennis player from Brazil who turned professional in 1998.

## Tennis career

Saretta has won one ATP Tour doubles title, the 2004 Croatia Open Umag with José Acasuso, defeating Czech players Jaroslav Levinský and David Škoch in the final.

In 2004 he competed in the Tennis Olympic Tournament in both the singles and doubles tournaments. He was eliminated by Andy Roddick in the singles tournament round of 64 and, playing together with André Sá, he reached the doubles tournament round of 16, where he was eliminated by Wayne Black and Kevin Ullyett, from Zimbabwe.

He reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on September 15, 2003, when he became the number 44 of the world, capping what would be the best season of his professional career. He had his best results in all 4 of the Grand Slam tournaments, reaching the Round of 16 at Roland Garros. His clay court prowess was also evident when he was successful in defending his crown at the Bermuda Challenger tournament in April.

During the Hamburg Masters in 2006, Saretta scored one of his biggest wins against the Russian former World No. 1 Marat Safin, 5–7, 6–0, 6–4.

Flávio Saretta won the Rio Pan-American Games 2007, after saving 2 match-points at semi and at final against, respectively, Eduardo Schwank and Adrián García. In the end of 2007 Saretta had one of the biggest injuries of his entire career and he is out of the circuit since then.

In 2009, Saretta announced that he will stop playing professionally because he is tired of "fighting against the pain" of his injuries. He had an unsuccessful comeback in 2014, losing all his matches that year in three tournaments played in Brazilian soil.

In 2015 Saretta became a tennis commentator for BandSports, a Brazilian sports cable channel.

## Titles (12)

### Singles (7)

* Legend
* Grand Slam (0)
* Tennis Masters Cup (0)
* ATP Masters Series (0)
* ATP Tour (0)
* Challengers (7)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (4)
* Grass (0)
* Clay (3)
* Carpet (0)

| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | January 1, 2001 | São Paulo, Brazil | Hard | Guillermo Coria | $7–6^{(7)},$ 6–2 |
| 2. | September 4, 2001 | Curitiba, Brazil | Clay | Luis Horna | $7–6^{(3)},$ 6–1 |
| 3. | April 15, 2002 | Bermuda, Bermuda | Clay | Vince Spadea | 6–3, 7–5 |
| 4. | December 30, 2002 | São Paulo, Brazil | Hard | Andres Dellatorre | $7–6^{(5)},$ 6–3 |
| 5. | April 14, 2003 | Bermuda, Bermuda | Clay | Nicolás Massú | 6–1, 6–4 |
| 6. | August 8, 2005 | Gramado, Brazil | Hard | Jacob Adaktusson | 6–1, 6–3 |
| 7. | January 2, 2006 | São Paulo, Brazil | Hard | Thiago Alves | $7–6^{(2)},$ 6–3 |

### Doubles (5)

* Legend
* Grand Slam (0)
* Tennis Masters Cup (0)
* ATP Masters Series (0)
* ATP Tour (1)
* Challengers (4)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (1)
* Grass (0)
* Clay (4)
* Carpet (0)

| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partnering | Opponents in the final | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | September 2, 2001 | Campinas, Brazil | Clay | Edgardo Massa | Adriano Ferreira Antonio Prieto | 1–6, $7–6^{(5)},$ 6–4 |
| 2. | July 19, 2004 | Umag, Croatia | Clay | José Acasuso | Jaroslav Levinský David Škoch | 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 |
| 3. | January 8, 2006 | São Paulo, Brazil | Hard | Thiago Alves | Lucas Engel André Ghem | $7–6^{(10)},$ 6–3 |
| 4. | November 12, 2006 | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Clay | André Ghem | Tomas Behrend Marcel Granollers | 6–1, 6–4 |
| 5. | October 19, 2008 | Montevideo, Uruguay | Clay | Franco Ferreiro | Daniel Gimeno Traver Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo | 6–3, 6–2 |

## Runners-up (14)

### Singles (6)

* Legend
* Grand Slam (0)
* Tennis Masters Cup (0)
* ATP Masters Series (0)
* ATP Tour (0)
* Challengers (6)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (1)
* Grass (0)
* Clay (5)
* Carpet (0)

| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | July 30, 2001 | Belo Horizonte, Brazil | Hard | Eric Taino | 5–7, 6–1, 6–2 |
| 2. | April 4, 2005 | Mexico City, Mexico | Clay | Florent Serra | 6–1, 6–4 |
| 3. | June 6, 2005 | Lugano, Switzerland | Clay | Albert Montañés | 7–5, $6–7^{(4)},$ $7–6^{(5)}$ |
| 4. | November 7, 2005 | Guayaquil, Ecuador | Clay | Marcos Daniel | 6–2, 1–6, 6–0 |
| 5. | November 13, 2006 | Asunción, Paraguay | Clay | Guillermo Cañas | 6–4, 6–1 |
| 6. | March 12, 2007 | Bogotá, Colombia | Clay | Santiago Giraldo | $7–6^{(4)},$ 6–2 |

### Doubles (8)

* Legend
* Grand Slam (0)
* Tennis Masters Cup (0)
* ATP Masters Series (0)
* ATP Tour (0)
* Challengers (8)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (2)
* Grass (0)
* Clay (6)
* Carpet (0)

| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partnering | Opponents in the final | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1. | October 9, 2000 | Guadalajara, Mexico | Clay | Fernando Meligeni | Hugo Armando Alexander Waske | $7–6^{(4)},$ 4–6, $7–6^{(7)}$ |
| 2. | January 1, 2001 | São Paulo, Brazil | Hard | Cedric Kauffmann | Noam Okun André Sá | 6–4, 1–6, 6–4 |
| 3. | March 12, 2001 | Salinas, Ecuador | Hard | Daniel Melo | Luis Horna David Nalbandian | 6–4, 0–6, 6–1 |
| 4. | July 9, 2001 | Campinas, Brazil | Clay | José de Armas | Edgardo Massa Leonardo Olguín | $6–7^{(6)},$ 6–2, 7–5 |
| 5. | April 4, 2005 | Mexico City, Mexico | Clay | Marcos Daniel | Lukáš Dlouhý Pavel Šnobel | 5–7, 6–4, 6–3 |
| 6. | July 3, 2007 | Turin, Italy | Clay | Pablo Andújar | Pablo Cuevas Horacio Zeballos | 6–3, 6–1 |
| 7. | September 8, 2008 | Seville, Spain | Clay | Rogério Dutra da Silva | David Marrero Pablo Santos | 2–6, 6–2, [10–8] |
| 8. | March 9, 2009 | Santiago, Chile | Clay | Rogério Dutra da Silva | Sebastián Prieto Horacio Zeballos | $7–6^{(2)},$ 6–2 |
