Roberto Carretero


Roberto Carretero Díaz 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, 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)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0[1996 Panasonic German Open – Singles|]Hamburg, GermanyMasters SeriesClay

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 3 (2–1)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0-1Kosice, SlovakiaChallengerClaydts|Jun 1999