Roberto Carretero
# Roberto Carretero

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)

* 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)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Win | 1–0 | May 1996 | Hamburg, Germany | Masters Series | Clay | 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)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Loss | 0-1 | Jun 1995 | Kosice, Slovakia | Challenger | Clay | Adrian Voinea | 3–6, 6–4, 1–6 |
| Win | 1-1 | Jun 1999 | Weiden, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Christophe Van Garsse | 6–1, 7–5 |
| Win | 2-1 | Aug 1999 | Sopot, Poland | Challenger | Clay | Thierry Guardiola | 6–4, 7–5 |

## Performance timeline

Key :

| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

### 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 | 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% |

## Wins over top 10 players

| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1996 |||||||
| 1. | Yevgeny Kafelnikov | 7 | Hamburg, Germany | Clay | SF | 7–5, 6–2 |

## Junior Grand Slam finals

### Singles: 1 (1 title)

| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Win | 1993 | French Open | Clay | Albert Costa | 6–0, 7–6 |
