Roberto Carretero Díaz (born 30 August 1975) is a Spanish former professional

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. He won one singles title, the 1996

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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 (

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and Boetsch), and most notably,

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in the semi-finals, and

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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

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, Poland in 1999. He retired from professional tennis after the 2001 season.

ATP career finals

Singles: 2(1 title)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 3 (2–1)

Performance timeline

Singles

Wins over top 10 players

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

References

External links

* * 1975 births Living people Tennis players from Madrid Spanish male tennis players French Open junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles {{Spain-tennis-bio-stub